A 100% Perfect Walkthrough for Harvest Moon 64. All mechanics explained, all cutscenes, all power nuts, all recipes, all photos and more! Each individual aspect of the game is broken down into easily digestible videos. That way you only have to watch what you need.
Popuri’s got recipe you just don’t wanna pass up… if you want 100% completion for this game. It’s useless otherwise… but that’s beside the point. Let’s check out the requirements to get this uncookable recipe:
You’ll need to have built a green house, so if you don’t have one, save up for one, build one and then come back to this post when it’s been built.
You need a strawberry. They take 6 days to grow so hurry up and buy those seeds!
This must be the first gift/item you give to Popuri during that day.
You must have spoken to Popuri at least once since starting your game.
After you’ve grown a strawberry we gotta hunt this pink haired jam enthusiast down! You can find Popuri on Sundays from 9am-5pm either inside the bakery or near the fields on green ranch. On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9am-5pm you can find her outside Florist Lillia’s (the flower shop). Friday’s you’ll find her either outside the carpenter’s house or outside the mountain pass tea shop. On rainy days you can find her from 9am-5pm inside Florist Lillia’s aside from Sunday’s, she’ll be inside the bakery on rainy Sundays. After she gets married her schedule is altered, check out the guide for more info on her married schedule.
When you finally track down Popuri hand off that hard-earned strawberry to her and she’ll give you her strawberry jam recipe!
If you want an even more detail regarding Popuri’s schedule or any other Popuri related things, then make sure to check out my Harvest Moon 64 Player’s Guide that I wrote here: Harvest Moon 64 Player’s Guide
Also be sure to check out our YouTube channel for more retro game walkthroughs and to keep up to date on our Retro Revival Series here: Gerry’s Guides YouTube Channel
Stu’s got a recipe for you I desperately wish I could see, cause I dunno wtf a strawberry dog is. Anyway, let’s get down to the requirements for this odd little recipe.
You need to have built a green house! Strawberries require a green house to grow, so save that money and lumber and purchase one of those things!
You need to grow a strawberry, they take 6 days to grow.
This must be the first gift/item you give to Stu during that day.
You must have spoken to Stu at least once since starting your game.
After you’ve grown a Strawberry, go hand that bad boy over to Stu! You can find him in the church every Monday-Friday from 8am-3pm for school. On Saturday’s you can find him from 9am-3pm either in the town square or by the fisherman’s tent and on Sunday his schedule gets pretty complicated as it changes based on the season. On rainy Mondays-Fridays you can find Stu inside Doga the potion master’s house from 8am-5pm. Stu’s schedule gets even more complicated during the snow so you’ll have to check out the guide for that one.
Once you find Stu, when you give Stu that strawberry he’ll give you his Strawberry Dog recipe!
If you want an even more detail regarding Stu’s schedule or any other Stu related events, then make sure to check out my Harvest Moon 64 Player’s Guide that I wrote here: Harvest Moon 64 Player’s Guide
Also be sure to check out our YouTube channel for more retro game walkthroughs and to keep up to date on our Retro Revival Series here: Gerry’s Guides YouTube Channel
The party picture eluded Harvest Moon 64 enthusiasts for over a decade. We had no idea what was necessary to do or acquire to make sure this picture ended up in our photo album by Summer 1st Year 3. It’s time to put that mystery to rest! Below are the requirements for obtaining the party picture!
Eat 6 (of the 10) red power nuts. The blue power nut does not count toward this total!
Combined affection between all villagers is 2,494 or higher.
One non-starved adult chicken.
Have all 6 home extensions.
Have 80% of farmland be grass in any stage (384 squares of outdoor farmland).
And that’s it, go get that picture!! I know for a fact I never got this picture before because of the grass… I always planted tons of flowers and made a course for my horse in the farm land area using wood.
If you want a more information on the best methods to ensure you obtain the party picture by your Year 3 Summer 1st evaluation, then make sure to check out my Harvest Moon 64 Player’s Guide that I wrote here: Harvest Moon 64 Player’s Guide
Also be sure to check out our YouTube channel for more retro game walkthroughs and to keep up to date on our Retro Revival Series here: Gerry’s Guides YouTube Channel
It’s a surprise to me that young May even knows how to cook. Then again we can’t test out this recipe (or any of the others), so maybe she really can’t… Anyyyyywayyyyyy let’s figure out the requirements to get this recipe below:
You’ll need to have a grown a potato, potatoes grow in the Spring (unless you have a green house) and take 6 days to grow.
This must be the first gift/item you give to May during that day.
You must have spoken to May at least once since starting your game.
After you’ve grown a potato, go hand that bad boy over to May! You can find her in the church every Monday-Friday from 8am-3pm for school, on Saturdays you’ll find her outside Gaea’s (the midwife) house from 9am-3pm and on Sundays you’ll find her outside the carpenters house or in the town square from 9am-3pm.
When you give May the potato she’ll give you her potato pancake recipe!
If you want an even more detail regarding May’s schedule or any other May related things, then make sure to check out my Harvest Moon 64 Player’s Guide that I wrote here: Harvest Moon 64 Player’s Guide
Also be sure to check out our YouTube channel for more retro game walkthroughs and to keep up to date on our Retro Revival Series here: Gerry’s Guides YouTube Channel
How To Get The Harris’s Garlic Potato Beef Recipe:
Harris’s Recipe is a simple one to get, but tracking him down is what might be the most difficult aspect of obtaining this delicious recipe. Let’s go over the requirements and his schedule below:
You’ll need a potato, potatoes can be grown in the Spring, unless you have a green house, and they 6 days to grow
This must be the first gift/item you give to Harris during that day.
You must have spoken to Harris at least once since starting your game.
Once you have a potato we need to track down Harris! So let’s check out his schedule below (This schedule is only accurate when Harris is not married, if he becomes married his schedule changes)!
After you track down Harris, hook him up with that potato and he’ll give you his garlic potato beef recipe!!
If you want to check out Harris’s married schedule, or you just learn more about Harris and his role in the game, then make sure to check out my Harvest Moon 64 Player’s Guide that I wrote here: Harvest Moon 64 Player’s Guide
Also be sure to check out our YouTube channel for more retro game walkthroughs and to keep up to date on our Retro Revival Series here: Gerry’s Guides YouTube Channel
How To Get The Harvest Sprites Mushroom Salsa Recipe:
The Harvest Sprites are peculiar little guys with a peculiar little recipe. This recipe is slightly more difficult to get than normal, but not anything you can’t handle I’m sure. The requirements for it are listed below:
You’ll need to have an affection rating of 31 or higher with the Sprites.
You’ll need to have a brown mushroom. These can be found in the fall throughout moon mountain.
This must be the first gift/item you give to the sprites during that day.
You must have spoken to the sprites at least once since starting your game.
Once you have befriended the sprites and you have got yourself a brown mushroom go find the sprites! You can find them from 8am-8pm inside Moon Mountain’s cave or inside the Sprites Cave every single day, with the exception of holidays.
Once you give them the mushroom, they’ll hook you up with their mushroom salsa recipe! Wooooottttttt!!!!!!!
If you want an even more detail regarding the sprites and the many important roles they play in the game, then make sure to check out my Harvest Moon 64 Player’s Guide that I wrote here: Harvest Moon 64 Player’s Guide
Also be sure to check out our YouTube channel for more retro game walkthroughs and to keep up to date on our Retro Revival Series here: Gerry’s Guides YouTube Channel
How to get Mayor Thomas’s Fried Potatoes And Bacon Recipe:
The Mayor’s recipe is a simple one to get, but let’s go over the requirements:
You’ll need a fully grown potato plant (Takes 6 days to grow and is grown during Spring unless you have a green house)
This must be the first gift/item you give to Thomas during that day.
You must have spoken to Thomas at least once since starting your game (the initial cutscene to open the game does not count!).
Once you have a potato go find Thomas! You can find him on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday either by the church or by the library in Flowerbud Village between the hours of 8am and 5pm. On Sunday’s you will find him inside the church from 9am-3pm and on Saturdays you will either find him near the Library or Rick’s Tool Shop between 8am and 5pm. On rainy days you will find him in his home from 8am-5pm aside form rainy Sundays and Fridays when he is nowhere to be found in the game.
If you want an even more detailed breakdown of Thomas’s schedule or more detail about Thomas in general then make sure to check out my Harvest Moon 64 Player’s Guide that I wrote here: Harvest Moon 64 Player’s Guide
Also be sure to check out our YouTube channel for more retro game walkthroughs and to keep up to date on our Retro Revival Series here: Gerry’s Guides YouTube Channel
This is a pretty simple recipe to get, but let’s go over the requirements:
You’ll need a fully grown potato plant (Takes 6 days to grown and is grown during Spring unless you have a green house)
This must be the first gift/item you give to Ann during that day.
You must have spoken to Ann at least once since starting your game.
Once you have a potato head on over to Ann and hand it over to her to get her Mashed Potatoes Recipe. You can find Ann in the Green Ranch fields from 8am-5pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and sometimes Sundays (she can also be by the goddess pond on Sundays). On Thursdays she is either by the fisherman’s tent, carpenters house, on the vineyard or at Rick’s Tool Shop. During rainy days you’ll find her inside Green Ranch’s Barn aside from on Rainy Thursdays when she is unavailable.
If you want a more detailed breakdown on Ann’s schedule or more detail about Ann in general then make sure to check out my Harvest Moon 64 Player’s Guide that I wrote here: Harvest Moon 64 Player’s Guide
Also be sure to check out our YouTube channel for more retro game walkthroughs and to keep up to date on our Retro Revival Series here: Gerry’s Guides YouTube Channel
How The Hidden Happiness Mechanic Works In Harvest Moon 64:
For over a decade post release, this mechanic was not known to exist, but it happens to be one of the most important mechanics in the game. Jack’s (your player’s default name) happiness is partially responsible for whether or not you get the Party Picture at the end of the game. You must have a happiness value of 250 or higher by the end Summer 1st Year 3 to potentially qualify for the picture. At the beginning of the game you start with zero happiness and your happiness maxes out at 255.
How It Works:
There are a multitude of things that can affect the happiness meter. Below are the most common things that effect it.
Using the restroom increases happiness once a day by 2 points.
Scaring the birds in front of your house or by your pond increases your happiness by 1 point per day.
Catching a fish increases your happiness by 1 point per fish caught.
Dropping anything edible will result in a decrease in 1 happiness point.
Scenes with villagers and your decisions made in those scenes result in happiness gains or decreases.
Animal deaths result in massive happiness decreases.
Winning some festivals increases happiness.
If you want a more detailed breakdown on everything that effects your happiness meter then make sure to check out my 336 page Harvest Moon 64 Player’s Guide that I wrote here: Harvest Moon 64 Player’s Guide
Also be sure to check out our YouTube channel for more retro game walkthroughs and to keep up to date on our Retro Revival Series here: Gerry’s Guides YouTube Channel
Restoring the vineyard in Harvest Moon 64 is easily the most complicated/difficult thing to do in the game. The requirements to do it are very vague and the characters involved in the actual restoration are ones that may not seem exceedingly important during a first run through the game. So it’s a good thing you’re reading this post! Below you’ll find the requirements for the Vineyard’s revival.
Step 1 – Befriending Duke (The Bartender) To Get The Heavenly Wine:
Duke is the bartender in Harvest Moon 64. You can find him every night (aside from Sundays) from 6pm-12am behind the bar. You will need to get an affection of 40 with Duke to acquire some Heavenly Wine that your grandfather left for you. This wine was originally created by Karen’s grandmother and is your first step in the long path to restoring the vineyard. This must be completed within the first year or the event where Duke gives you the wine will never trigger!!!!
Step2 – Befriending The Harvest Sprites:
After receiving the wine from Duke you’ll need to befriend the Harvest Sprites. You will need to have an affection of 50 or higher with Sprites. When you do, they will notice that you have the heavenly wine and suggest you go speak to the Harvest Goddess about the wine (you must speak to them twice on the same day they mention the heavenly wine to trigger the Harvest Goddess suggestion).
Step 3 – Speaking With The Harvest Goddess
NOTE: Doing this step will end your day. Make sure to get all necessary tasks done for the day prior to doing it.
Once the Harvest Sprites have suggested you speak with the Harvest Goddess you will need to get an offering (an offering can be an egg or any crop you’ve grown on your farm) and head over to the Harvest Goddess pond on Moon Mountain to speak with her. Throw your offering into the Harvest Goddess pond and out will come the Goddess like normal. However, this time the only thing you can wish for is “Grape Spirit”. Wishing for the “Grape Spirit” will take you into a cut scene at the Vineyard where you and the Goddess will speak to the tree in the back right corner of the vineyard and ask it to awaken from its sleep.
Step 4 – Befriending Karen (Optional)
NOTE: You cannot be married or you can’t trigger this steps event (either way the vineyard will be restored though)
This is an optional step, but one you REALLY REALLY DO NOT WANT TO MISS OUT ON!!! This step is necessary to get Karen’s Picture (Dance Of The Kiefu Fairies). You will need to get Karen’s affection to 200 or higher prior to Fall 7th. If you can do that, she will come see you on your farm the evening of Fall 7th between the hours of 6pm-12am and ask you to come with her to see the Vineyard because it has been restored. Make sure to choose the response, “What?” and not the repsonse “I’m busy”. If you choose I’m busy you will not go to the vineyard with her and you will lose your ability to ever receive her photo. The following day you will receive Karen’s photo in the mail.
Step 5 – The Goddess’s Visit
On Fall 6th the Goddess will come to you in a dream and tell you that the Kiefu Fairies have returned to the Vineyard and that delicious grapes will be able to be harvested once again from the Vineyard!! Yea!!! You did it!!!
Step 6 – The Sweet Wine
On the morning of Winter 7th, either Karen or Kai (whoever has the highest affection) will come by your farm to give the new and improved sweet wine harvested from the vineyard. This scene will give your player a +10 happiness boost if Karen shows up and +3 happiness boost if Kai shows up.
Things That Unlock Post Vineyard Restoration:
After you restore the Vineyard two things unlock. The Gourmet Judge becomes a villager and can now be found occasionally at the cross roads and a scene with Tarou and Hanako the red head lovers will no be viewable next Fall. And that’s it!
If you want a more detailed breakdown on the Vineyard’s restoration and all the Happiness and Affection boosts gained throughout it then make sure to check out my 336 page Harvest Moon 64 Player’s Guide that I wrote here: Harvest Moon 64 Player’s Guide
Also be sure to check out our YouTube channel for more retro game walkthroughs and to keep up to date on our Retro Revival Series here: Gerry’s Guides YouTube Channel
