
                             Mo' Money Guide
                                By: Kairi'
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Basically this guide is to help you maximize your profit. :)  That is all.

Version
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1.0 - Nov. 27th, 2001. - The first one.  I might update it from time to 
time.  I need to complete the Flowers section and maybe add a few more 
New.->Vet. tips.  I also need to finish up the cost of items.


Quick stats
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A quick reference to all the best selling profits.  For an In-Depth 
calculation, look farther below.

Spring = Turnips
Summer = Tomatoes
Fall   = Eggplant
Winter = None


Statistics:
Highest bringer of profit(plant): Tomatoes
Lowest bringer of profit(plant)-: Asparagus

Highest # of harvest per month: Tomatoes (lotsa work, but lotsa money)

Lowest # of harvest per month-: Asparagus (basically, if you don't really 
need money, you can plant this one.  But if you don't really need money, 
then why are you planting it in the first place?  Maybe someone really likes 
Asparagus'.  Other than that, don't bother with this one.)



[Spring]
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Turnips:
30 Days in Month / 5 Days to Harvest = 6 times per month
$40 per turnip

We use one bag's cost to minimize cost/benefit analysis' outcome.  Multiply 
the number of bags used in the month by the outcome to view actual profit 
per month.
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The format usually is as follows:
Cost of bag(which is negative)
              +
# of crops in bag(which is 9)X(times the selling price for that crop)
              =
        Profit per bag


-$120(cost of 1 bag) + (9)(40) = $240 profit for one bag
$240 X 6 = [!!$1440!!] Profit per month (cost/analysis outcome for Spring)

This is just for one bag of Turnips harvested at the maximum possible rate 
per month.  Multiply this # by the number of bags that you will buy in that 
Spring month, and you will have your total profit for that month.
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Potatoes:
30 Days in Month / 7 Days to Harvest = 4 times per month(max # of harvests)
$50 per potatoes

-$200(cost of 1 bag) + (9)(50) = $250
$250 X 4 = [!!$1000!!] Profit per month

$440 less than Turnips.  This is because it is only harvest a maximum number 
of 4 times a month, and the cost is a bit higher per bag.
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Asparagus:
30 Days in Month / 9 Days to Harvest = 3 times per month
$60 per Asparagus

-$320 + (9)(60) = $220
$220 X 3 = [!!$660!!] Profit per month

Very costly, for only $10 more per unit.  Not much at all.  Asparagus comes 
in as the lowest in profit.  Planting Turnips over Asparagus gives you 218% 
more profit, which in regular language means that you make over twice as 
much money.  The only downfall is having to harvest Turnips more frequently 
than any other plant, which means more work.
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Spring Flowers
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White Flower:

30 / 5 days to harvest =  6 times per month
$50~$70 per W. Flower

-$400 + (9)(50) = $ 50 per month
-$400 + (9)(70) = $230 per month

The numbers speak for themselves.  Don't plant flowers for profit, unless 
you want to make very little progress in the game.


[Summer]
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Tomatoes:
$60 per T.

30-10 intial ten day waiting period until first harvest = 20 days left
20 / 3 = 6 times you can harvest tomatoes after intial(maximum)

Total times you can harvest tomatoes: 7

-$200 + (9)(60) = $340 for one bag
$340 X 7 = [!!$2380!!] Profit per month for one bag
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Corn:
$70

30-13 intial 13 day waiting period until first harvest = 17 days left
17 / 4 = 4.25 = 4 times you can harvest Corn (max.)

Total times you can harvest Corn: 5

-$300 + (9)(70) = $330 for one bag
$330 X 5 = [!!$1650!!] Profit per month for one bag
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Melon:
$80

30-15 initial waiting period: remaining days 15 days
15 / 4 = 3.75 = 3 Days max.

Total Harvest = 4

-$500 + (9)(80) = $220 for one bag
$220 X 4 = [!!$880!!] Profit per month for one bag

Plant Tomatoes over Melons and you will be making 270% more money.
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[Fall]
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Eggplant:
$40

30 / 5 days til Harvest = 6 times Eggplant can be harvested (max.)

-$120 + (9)(40) = $240 Profit per bag
$240 X 6 = [!!$1440!!] Profit per month
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Peanuts:
$50

30 / 7 = 4 times Peanuts can be harvested (max.#)

-$160 + (9)(50) = $290 Profit per bag
$290 X 4 = [!!$1160!!] Profit per month
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Sweet Potatoes:
$60

30 / 7 = 4 times

-$200 + (9)(60) = $340 profit per bag
$340 X 4 =  [!!$1360!!] Profit per month

In this case, Sweet Potatoes and Eggplant come in pretty close.  Depending 
on your current financial status, you may want to choose Sweet Potatoes 
simply because you need not harvest it as much as the Eggplants.  Your time 
could be spent forging or fishing or communicating with the townsfolk.
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Rice:
$200

Wheat:
$200

Choose either one.  They both require the same amount of work, and output 
the same number of profit.  I like to think:
Wheat = US
Rice  = ASIA
:)
(BTW, you don't get the rice/wheat until the second year)
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Winter
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There's not much you can do in this month, except socialize and bring up the 
hearts of your animals by talking to them.  Fishing in the ocean will brings 
lots of gold, because most of the fish there yield: 150~250 Gold.

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Selling Price of items:
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Fish:
Carp       - 150G (found next to farm)
King Carp  - 80   (found next to farm)
Snakehead  - 250   (found only in forest)
Black Bass  - 150  (many places)
Bluegill    - 80     (many places)
King Salmon - 250  (found only in forest)
parrotfish 150    (in the village)
blowfish 80
dorado 250        (sailing)
sailfish 250       (sailing)
coelacanth 250      (sailing)
archerfish 150       (sailing)
horned shark 250      (sailing)
blue maomao 80       (village)
pink maomao 80       (village)
king of the lake - 5000G   (forest, spring 1st, second year)

Produce:
mayonaise 300G
egg 50G
cheese 300G
butter 300G
milk L 250G
milk s 150G
milk m 200G
sweater 300G
wool s 150G
wool m 200G
wool l 250G
yarn 300G
golden egg 80G
cherry/mushroom/wild berry = 30G
rice 200G (per unit)

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What to buy?
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Now that you have a lot of money, or should know how to get a lot of it, you 
should next figure out what to buy.  Now everyone's game is going to be the 
same, but if you follow my advice, you'll progress in the game a bit 
easier/faster.

Things you can buy:
-Carpet for Housing 9,000G/6,000G/3,000G
-T.V. 10,000G
-Crib 30,000G
-Books 1,600G~2,000G
-Sprinkler 50,000G
-Cows 5,000G
-Sheep 3,000G
-Chickens 1,000G
-Horses 4,000G
-Animal Med. 1,000G each
-Snowboard 30,000G(winter)
-Plant/Grass Seeds (Varies)


I suggest you start prioritizing what you really need, and what is just 
decoration.  To be a good farmer, you NEED to have animals, so buy them 
first!  Why?  So they can start growing right away.  It takes a long while 
for Cows to become full grown, and Sheep to start growing Wool.  Chickens 
lay eggs right away(if you choose a female), so you should choose them first 
to start your farm.

You should buy three of each animal first, then buy more in each category.  
Buy 3 chickens, then move on and buy 3 Cows.  This is because your 
partner(at least for the girl) wants her Dad's dream to come true, and at 
one point she asks that you have at least 3 of each animal in the barn 
before Winter.  So get to it.

The other items; Carpet, Crib, Books, Sprinkler, you don't really need right 
away.  I say the next thing you should buy is a T.V. to see what kind of 
wheather you're going to be getting.

But of most importance, get the grass seeds and plant them.  Get 3~4~5 or 
however many bags you can get.  You can't have animals if you don't have 
fodder.


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Other stuff:
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Snowboarding:
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A - Jump
B - Jump
Directional Pad - move left or right

Press up to start moving; you should hit terminal velocity in 8 seconds - 
60km/h.  Take the first two right/left turns, and then watch for the (?) 
sign in the upperleft hand corner to tell you that you have to dodge some 
objects.  Then take the next two left/right turns, and dodge some more 
objects.  This should be a breeze...

You should hit 500m in between 34~35 seconds.  Next there should be a few 
more turns and obstacles.  When your time hits about 50 or so seconds, be 
prepared for moving really fast.  This is the first of the major dodging you 
need to do; the second big part is right before the finish line.  This is 
where you usually fall down from either a tree or log, and if you do, don't 
expect to finish before 150 seconds.

Tip #1:  If you're having trouble, you can use this tip.  Stay in the far 
left side, just a little where you can dodge the trees that come on the 
left, but not the logs.  There's an area there that you can stay and you 
won't get hit.  It's not all the way to the left; if you find that you're 
losing speed, then you're too far.  It's just a bit to the right of when you 
start losing speed.  If you see a log coming at the left, just press A or B 
to jump it.  You should clear it, unless there are two logs in succession, 
and in this case you would have to dodge both(move right), because you can't 
jump two logs in a row.
Tip #2:  Another tip if you're having trouble during 50 seconds into the 
run, is to press the start button, and then pressing A again to confirm that 
you don't want to quit.  This will slow things down for you, so you have 
more time seeing the obstacles coming at you.  Make the appropriate 
adjustments to get out of the way after you unpause.  Of course, don't do it 
too quickly; I've ended too many runs that way.

After that, you should do a few more turns, and then end up seeing an ice 
ramp.  This is where you can do tricks, and you will need to do tricks in 
order to get the Powerberry.
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*(The moves here are credited to 'Cher' from the Harvest Moon 3 Msg Board, 
where he got them from some HM3 website.)

Moves
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Besides the time, your rank also includes your score. Your score is 
determined by the difficulty of tricks you do while you're jumping the snow 
ramps. Your best trick equals your high score.

10 points - Left, B
10 points - Right, B
10 points - Left, Left, A
10 points - Right, Right, A
20 points - A, B, A
20 points - B, B, A
20 points - A, A, B
30 points - Right, Down, Right, A
60 points - Up, A, Down, B
60 points - Right, A, Left, B
60 points - Left, A, Right, B
100 points - A, Up, B, Left, A, Down, B, Right, A
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After the ramps, there should be a few more left/right turns, and then a 
final barrage of obstacles for you to dodge.  Once you finish dodging them, 
you will hit the finish line.  If you didn't fall down from hitting any of 
the obstacles in the entire course, you should have a time between 145~146 
seconds.
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Newbies to Veterans
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I've seen a whole bunch of topics in the msg boards from 'newbies', or 
people new to the game of Harvest Moon 3 GBC.  So below, I have outlined a 
few things from the game that these newbies may or may not know; in either 
case, read on to become a veteran, and hopefully this will stop reoccuring 
topics from arising.
I've also added a few money saving tips.
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*-The fertillizer is available one day when your partner sees it on T.V.  
You will be able to buy it for about 49,000 Gold.  Don't worry, he/she won't 
ask you about it if you don't have enough money.  When it comes in the 3 
days, it will be located in your kitchen(I first couldn't find it because I 
never go down there), but it will be pointless to mess around with it, 
because it's just there to show you that you bought it.  The rotten food in 
your shipping bin, that expires in two weeks becomes fertillizer.  Use the 
fertillizer on your plot to make plants/crops grow faster(I believe twice as 
fast).

*-The fishing rod is given to you buy Billy, the guy in town.  He shows up 
on MON/WED/SUN.  Give him stuff and he'll ask to borrow your hammer.  He's 
also the one to give you to boat too, so don't stop giving him things after 
you receive the rod.

*-The sprinkler has to be set down on shoveled ground, which means you need 
to take out your shovel and dig a trench by the water in your plot of land.  
Stick the sprinkler in there.

*-The fodder set that you buy from the Farmer's Union doesn't add to your 
total in the Fodder Bin that you have at home.  To use this fodder set, you 
must equip it and use it on the animal's tray.

*-Rice and Wheat you don't need to water.  It grows like grass.  You'll need 
to tear up your plot of land pretty badly if you want to make a lot, so 
think sensibly.  To plant rice/wheat, dig out a 9X9 plot with your shovel, 
so it should be filled with water(it should be a trench).  Spread the seeds 
over it.

*-When you first start the game, buy as many Turnip(or whatever seeds you 
want to plant) seeds as you can.  Since you can only go on the Mainland on 
Mons. and Thurs., you don't have many chances to go to the store.  This is 
because when you start out, it will RAIN! on those days, consecutively, and 
if you don't have anymore seeds, you'll be left with nothing to do but 
collect Wild Berries in the Grassland(which you will be doing a lot anyway, 
but it will get tedious).

*-Get the fishing rod as quickly as you can.  That way, you can stop 
foraging for stuff in the Grassland and actually start making money.  
Foraging gets real boring anyway.

*-With the high selling crops for the month(Turnips, Tomatoes, Eggplant), 
two of them can be grown fully, 9X9.  This means you don't need to cut the 
plot into U-shapes because you CAN water the middle row.  You can only do 
this from the top though.  Just press down all the way, and water just like 
normal.  You'll be able to reach to middle row, and that means you won't 
have to cut any crops into crazy U-shapes and lose revenue.

*-Once you have a boat, you can take on more jobs.  In the beginning, try to 
take on as many jobs as you can(ship 50 Turnips and such).  If you take on 
the job, the faster you complete it the more Bonus G you will get.  Plus, it 
adds to your reputation as a good farmer.  It's a good idea to save right 
before doing this, because you can accidently accept a job that you don't 
want, and then you will either have to fulfill it, or cancel it, which isn't 
too good on your farmer rating.  If you don't get the job you like, just say 
'no' to the current job, and ask again.

*-There's an optional job in the second year - a job to catch the King of 
the Lake.  Many of the jobs in the second year give you rediculous amounts 
of G for your troubles.  There's one for 99 Turnips for 10,000 which is over 
200% of the normal selling price for Turnips(40G).  Anyway, the job 
description is to catch the King of the Lake within 120 days for 60,000G.  
(There's a HM3 FAQ that outlines how to catch the King, look for it)  If 
you're short on cash the next Year, you might decide to turn in this King 
for money.

*-You don't gain interest if you put your money in the bank.  It's just 
there so that you can put your extra cash in.  The max G you can hold is 
99,999G.  I believe the max G you can put in the bank is 90,000G.



Contact Info
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I search the msg boards every other day.  Post a topic and I'll probably 
answer your question.  If you don't understand how I came to the numbers for 
each month, you can e-mail me at: griever_fx@ignmail.com
Only at a last resort.  I don't check that e-mail often(only once in a blue 
moon), because all the spam mail that I get goes to that e-mail.

If see any problems or corrections that need to be noted, you can also 
e-mail me there.  If you have any contributions that you think would be 
nice, you can send me it, and I'll see if I can put it somewhere.  I'll 
credit you right above or below what you contributed.

Sites that have permission to post my FAQ:
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-GameFAQs- (the latest version will be found here first)


All other site don't have permission.  Which means they copied it.  Which 
means I get to sue for money.

Thanks:
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-To Myself and for the Thanksgiving break that allowed me to escape college 
and write this.
-To my Mom for giving me money all the time to buy this game.
-Natsume for making this game. :thumbs up:
-GameFAQs and it's MSG boards for the wealth of info

Thanks for playing!

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