Festivals (Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town)

Spring

Spring Festivals

File:Sos fomt Mochi Festival.png	Mochi Bonanza もちつき大会
	Day	Time		Location
		From	To
	Spring 1	6:00 PM	12:00 AM	Rose Plaza
NPCs Involved	Thomas, Ran, Saibara, Elly, Mei, Yu, Dudley, Duke, Manna, Gotts, Zack, Carter
Other Requirements	Spring of Year 2 or later Speak to Thomas and choose "Start"
Description	An event to celebrate the New Year with everyone while eating mochi together. There's even a competition to see who can pound mochi the fastest!
Extras	If there is room in the player's Bag, they receive the dish Mochi +5 FP with each resident the player speaks to in the square (only received once)

File:Sos fomt white day.png	White Day 春の感謝祭
	Day	Time		Location
		From	To
	Spring 14	Various		Your Farm
NPCs Involved	Doctor, Cliff, Rick, Gray, Brandon
Other Requirements	Must have room in Bag Must not be married Must have a Purple Heart ♥ with the male marriage candidate (2♥ or more than 10,000 LP)
Description	A romantic event in which affection is shown through the act of gifting Cookies. Throughout Spring 14, male marriage candidates will come to the player's farm to show their affection by giving them cookies. The player can also give gifts to female marriage candidates. It is possible trigger this event in Year 1.
Extras	+1000 LP with each male marriage candidate the player receives a gift from If there is room in the player's Bag, they receive the dish Cookies If there is room in the player's Bag and they have higher than a Yellow Heart ♥ with the male marriage candidate, they will receive the dish Chocolate Cookies (5♥ or more than 40,000 LP) If the player has higher than a Yellow Heart ♥ with the male marriage candidate and has not received a Ring, the player will be gifted a Ring instead of Cookies or Chocolate Cookies (5♥ or more than 40,000 LP)
Bachelor Visit Times	Name Time Doctor 6:00AM - 7:00AM Cliff 7:00AM - 8:00AM Rick 10:00AM - 11:00AM Gray 2:00PM - 3:00PM Brandon 4:00PM - 5:00PM

File:Sos fomt Spring Derby.png	Spring Derby 草競馬
	Day	Time		Location
		From	To
	Spring 18	10:00 AM	6:00 PM	Rose Plaza
NPCs Involved	Thomas, Rick, Popuri, Mugi, Saibara, Duke, Manna, Harris, Jeff, Sasha, Karen, Dudley, Ran, Zack
Other Requirements	To Race: Have an adult Horse On Spring 17 choose "Enter" when Thomas asks if the player wants to enter the race On Spring 18, speak to Thomas and select "Start Race"
Description	Bet on races to get tickets for prizes! If the player's Horse is an adult, they can compete in this race, however, this isn't possible in Year 1.
Extras	+5 FP with each resident the player speaks to in the square (only received once) If the player's horse wins: +20 FP with the residents in the square If the player's horse wins: The player receives a Power Berry
Medal Shop	Item # of Medals Truth Jewel* 1,000 Medals Power Berry* 900 Medals Dress 250 Medals Perfume 150 Medals Face Pack 42 Medals Lotion 35 Medals Sunscreen 30 Medals Necklace 20 Medals Brooch 18 Medals Diamond 14 Medals Matsutake 10 Medals Adamantite 4 Medals Any medals not exchange will carry over to the next Derby. Can only be exchanged once. Afterwards, the items Dress and Perfume will be available.

File:Sos fomt Cooking Exhibition.png	Cooking Exhibition 料理祭
	Day	Time		Location
		From	To
	Spring 22	10:00 AM	6:00 PM	Rose Plaza
NPCs Involved	Thomas, Bon Vivant, Sasha, Karen, Manna, Gotts, Carter, Zack, Lillia, Dudley, Ran, Rick, Doctor
Other Requirements	Thomas will tell you about the Cooking Exhibition the day before, Spring 21. When Participating: After Bon Vivant tells the player the theme, cook food which fits that theme at home Meal in hand, return to Rose Plaza before 6:00PM Speak to Thomas and choose "Yes" when he asks if you are ready to start judging
Description	Compete with other chefs at the annual Cooking Exhibition at Rose Plaza! Bon Vivant will be there to evaluate the dishes.
Extras	+5 FP with each resident the player speaks to in the square (only received once) If the player wins: +20 FP with the residents in the square
Cooking Exhibition Themes	Year Theme Recipes 1 Juice Fruit Juice, Fruit Smoothie, Strawberry Milk (Dish), Pineapple Juice, Mixed Smoothie, Mixed Juice, Veggie Juice, Relax Tea 2 Snacks Baked Yam, Cookies, Chocolate Cookies, Ice Cream, Cake, Moon Dumplings, Pancakes, Baumkuchen, Apple Pie, Baked Apple, Cheesecake, Pudding, Yam Dessert, Churros, Almond Tofu, Cheese Souffle, Madeleines, Strawberry Cake, Daifuku, Dorayaki, Orangettes, Candied Peels, Zenzai, Mont Blanc, 3 Bread Sandwiches, Raisin Bread, Curry Bread, French Toast, Orange Pastries 4 Udon Udon, Curry Udon, Tempura Udon 5 Rice Mushroom Rice, Matsutake Rice, Fried Rice, Sushi, Bamboo Rice, Omelet Rice, Curry Rice, Paella, Seafood Rice Bowl, Nasi Goreng, Bibimbap, Chestnut Rice * From Year 6 onwards, the themes will be random.

Summer

Summer 1st, Beach Opening

• Japanese Name: 海開き
• Location: Mineral Beach
• Time: 10:00AM
• Description: If you have an adult Dog and a Frisbee to throw, you can participate in this festival! The day before the festival, the Beach is closed.

Summer 7th, Cluck Cluck Festival

• Japanese Name: 鶏祭り
• Location: Rose Plaza
• Time: 10:00AM
• Description: Compete to see if your chicken is the strongest! Rick will stop by the day before to ask which Chicken you want to enter, and take it for the day. To win, cheer when your chicken is facing the opponent's chicken. If you cheer at the wrong moment when your chicken is near the edge, you might scare your chicken out of the ring, so be careful! After winning three rounds, you win the competition!

Summer 20th, Moo Moo Festival

• Japanese Name: 牛祭り
• Location: Rose Plaza
• Time: 10:00AM
• Description: If your Cow isn't pregnant, sick or too young, you can enter it into the Moo Moo Festival! Barley will stop by the day before to ask which Cow you want to enter, and take it for the day.

Summer 24th, Fireworks Display

• Japanese Name: 花火大会
• Location: Mineral Beach
• Time: 6:00PM
• Description: If you have a high enough affection level with any marriage candidate, you can ask them to watch the Fireworks Display with them at Mineral Beach.

Fall

Fall 3rd, Music Festival

• Japanese Name: 音楽祭
• Location: The Church
• Time: 6:00PM
• Description: Listen to some of the villagers perform a song for the annual Music Festival organized by the Church. Carter may give you an ocarina so you can join in the festivities.

Fall 9th, Harvest Festival

• Japanese Name: 収穫祭
• Location: Rose Plaza
• Time: 10:00AM
• Description: Gather at Rose Plaza with other villagers and enjoy a stew the entire village contributes items to.

Fall 13th, Moon Festival

• Japanese Name: お月見
• Location: Mother's Hill Summit
• Time: 6:00PM-12:00PM
• Description: If you have a high enough affection level with a marriage candidate, they'll stop by in the morning and ask you to accompany them and enjoy Moon Dumplings as you gaze at the moon from the summit.

Fall 18th, Fall Horse Race Festival

• Japanese Name:
• Location: Rose Plaza
• Time: 10:00AM
• Description: If your Horse is an adult, you can compete in this race. Bet on races to get tickets for prizes!

Fall 21st, Fluffy Festival

• Japanese Name: ふわふわ祭り
• Location: Rose Plaza
• Time: 10:00AM
• Description: You can participate in the Fluffy Festival if you have a Sheep, Alpaca or Angora Rabbit. They must not be sheared before the Festival. Barley will stop by and take the animal the day before the Festival.

Fall 30th, Pumpkin Festival

• Japanese Name: かぼちゃ祭り
• Location: Anywhere
• Time: Anytime
• Description: Give sweets to the local children!

Winter

Winter 14th, Valentine's Day

• Japanese Name: 感謝祭
• Location: Anywhere
• Time: Anytime
• Description: Give chocolate to male marriage candidates and win affection points!

	Starlight Night
	Day	Weather	Time		JP Name
			From	To
	Winter 24	Sunny	6:00 PM	12:00 AM	星夜祭
Location	Your Farm
Other	The day before (Winter 23 - 6:00AM - 12:00PM), Thomas comes to Your Farm to delvier an invitation from any marriage candidate who has a Green Heart ♥ or higher (4♥ or 30000 LP). When Thomas asks, choose the marriage candidate the player wishes to spend the evening with.
Description	Spend an evening with the marriage candidate of your choice and their loved ones before viewing a beutiful winter night sky.
Result	+2000 LP with the marriage candidate +30 FP with residents who attended the festival If unmarried and the player hasn't received a ring from the chosen marriage candidate, one will be gifted to the player. For bachelors, except Rick, and Jennifer, there will be special dialogue. For bachelorettes, there will be no message, the ring will not appear, however it will appear in the character menu.
Marriage Candidate Locations	Marriage Candidate Location to be at 6:00PM Ran Inn Brandon Workshop Cliff Cellar Doctor Mineral Clinic Elly Ellen's House Bon Vivant Unavailable until married Gray Forge Harvest Goddess Unavailable until married Huang Unavailable until married Jennifer Jennifer's Tent Kai Unavailable until married Kappa Kappa's Lake Karen General Store Marie Basil's House Popuri PoPoultry Rick PoPoultry

Winter 30th, New Year's Festival

• Japanese Name: 年越しそば
• Location: Rose Plaza, Mother's Hill Summit
• Time: 6:00PM at Rose Plaza, 12:00AM at Mother's Hill Summit
• Description: Eat Noodles at Rose Plaza with all the other villagers, and then go up to Mother's Hill Summit and watch the first sunrise of the New Year with your preferred marriage candidate.

References

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• Quintessence(Hex)
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