In Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town, life can get pretty hectic for what's supposed to be a chilled-out experience. There are crops to tend to and animals to care for, creating a task list that can get pretty long. Beginners to the game especially can be left feeling like they have no time left to make friends, explore the town, and go mining.
Luckily the nature sprites are here to help. These colorful creatures can water and harvest your crops as well as care for your animals. All they require in return is love and friendship. We'll show you how to befriend the harvest sprites to benefit from their help on your farm.
Updated on June 27, 2023, by Branden Lizardi: Prepare for a new wave of life to hit the Friends of Mineral Town community. The popular remake of the even more popular Harvest Moon game is coming to Xbox Game Pass. This will offer plenty of folks a new, cheaper way to experience what this game has to offer. To ensure everything stays clean and easy to read, we've updated this guide to follow our modern formatting and style standards. Good luck, farmer!
How To Find And Befriend The Nature Sprites
The sprites can be found in a hut in the top right corner of the map. To get there, head up to the church and follow the path that runs up the right-hand side. This will lead you to the Sprites hut, which opens at 9 am. To be able to seek help from the sprites, you'll need to befriend them first by giving them gifts. Each sprite loves items that are the same color as they are.
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Harvest Sprite |
Prefered Gifts |
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Cherry |
Red Items (Apples, Cherries) |
Flour, Honey |
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Pumpkin |
Orange Items (Pumpkin, Oranges) |
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Sunny |
Yellow Items (Corn, Pineapples) |
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Mint |
Green Items (Cucumbers, Bell Peppers) |
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Blueberry |
Blue Items (Blue Magic Red Flowers) |
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Plum |
Purple Items (Eggplants) |
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Aqua |
Sweets (Apple Pie, Ice Cream, Cookies) |
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Each sprite also likes grass or other items of their corresponding color, and every single one loves flour, which you can buy for 50g each in the general store. Due to the fickle nature of color-matched items, it's easier and safer to go for universally liked gifts instead.
If you buy flour, you can also spend an extra 50g to get it gift-wrapped. This improves your relationship quicker than gifting it as it is.
Talking to the sprites, playing with them, and attending their tea party will all help keep them happy and leave you able to call on them for help. After a few days, the sprites will like you enough to open up new interactions.
How To Get Nature Sprites To Help On The Farm
Sprites can all be assigned different jobs. They will water crops, harvest crops, or care for animals. While caring for animals involves the largest number of tasks, it takes the least time. This is because they will feed and brush them and harvest and ship any byproducts they produce. Due to this, it's worth assigning extra sprites to water crops since this takes the longest, and the sprites only stick around for a set amount of time or until they finish the set task.
Watering crops takes the most time, so assign more sprites to this task, especially as you grow more crops. Crops are the most profitable aspect of farming, so you'll want to prioritize them.
As sprites work, they'll gain experience. You can also raise this by playing minigames with them. Their experience is tied to specific tasks, so it's worth making sure you have sprites trained in each task so they become more efficient as your farm grows.
Keeping the sprites happy
If you work your sprites hard without giving them a break, they will refuse to work for you. To prevent this, you need to keep talking to them and offering them gifts. You can do this when they arrive in the morning, saving a trip up to the hut and allowing you to do it before 9 am.
It's also good to rotate the sprites you ask for help every few days so you can make sure they have some time to rest. If you look after them, they'll look after you; your farm will thrive in no time.