Harvest Moon 3 GBC Tips & Tricks

When you start the game, get the money from the fireplace. Plow all the ground out in the field and in its place, grow grass. It should only take one day and you will have more than 7,000.

Go to the grassland and pick all the fruits and vegetables there. Leave, then return. The fruits and vegetables you just picked should be there again. You can pick them until your inventory is full. Go home and put them into your storage area to sell. You can repeat this several times.

Chickens are the cheapest and the first animals that you should buy. Only buy one male, because they are worthless. Once all the chicks are hatched, sell the male and buy another female. They will lay an egg every day and your wife may make it into Mayonnaise. Once they are at ten hearts, wait a few days and they will become Golden. The Golden Eggs are worth more, but do not make better mayonnaise. If you put them out in the rain, even for a moment, the chickens will become unhappy. If you forget to feed them or are unable to do so, they will be unhappy for 3 days. They will not lay eggs while they are unhappy.

Cows are one of your better choices for an animal. When you buy them, only get one male. They are useless except for breeding. They produce Small, Medium, and Large Milk; Cheese if you give the girl the book or buy the machine; and Butter if you give the girl the book or buy the machine. She may know how to turn it into this, but she will not always do so. Cows are available in two colors, brown and white; and black and white. There are also two different patterns in spots. Only the female can give milk. They take 35 days to mature to adults. They are calves for 14 days, young cows for 21 days, and adults until they die of sickness or you sell them. Do not get any of your cows rated at the Farmer's Union until they have all ten hearts. If you forget to feed them, they will not produce milk for three days and you will have to wait threedays longer for a calf to be born if one is pregnant. Sometimes you cannot avoid not feeding them, such as during blizzards or typhoons. If you put them out into the rain, even for a moment, they will become unhappy.

Horses are totally useless unless you enter races or just want to ride them. They are available in three colors, black, brown, and white. They will be unhappy if you let them outside in the rain, even for a moment. If you do not feed them or are unable to, they will become unhappy. They will remain unhappy for 3 days.

Sheep are also a good investment. They take 21 days to mature. The happier the sheep, the better the Wool. If you give the girl the correct books, she can make Yarn and Sweaters out of the Wool. Your wife may know , but she will not always do so. As with cows, only females can give Wool. You cannot make them mate if they do not have Wool. If these are your first two sheep, check the animal section in the morning so that your wife does not shear the Wool and you can mate them. You can not shear the Wool if they are unhappy. If you forget to feed them or are unable to, they will stay unhappy for 3 days. If you put them out in the rain on accident, even for a moment, they will also become unhappy.

Befriend the fisherman. He is the man directly to your left (when facing the screen) who always talks about fishing at the beginning and end of the day (not the girl who wears the red bandanna and loves fish). One day he will ask to borrow your hammer (or another tool). Answer "Yes" and return to him in a week or so. He will give you back the hammer as well as an old fishing pole in thanks.

Wait until the mountain/volcano erupts. Go to the mountain. Go inside the mountain and look on the far right side to see two pillars off the screen. Try to go in between them, and keep going to the right in the dark until you get to a point where you cannot walk any farther. Then, go up until you see a Harvest Sprite from the original Harvest Moon game. Talk to him and he will asked to be left alone and give you a Power Berry.REMEMBER: Do not try to give him anything, as it is a waste of time.

When you have enough money to see a movie, go to the movie theater and save the game. Then, pay for the movie and watch it. After its done, shut off the Game Boy Color, turn it back on, and resume playing. You will be outside the theater, with nothing missing.

Hold A then release after three seconds. You will do things much better then before. REMEMBER: This only works when your chosen tool is over level 1.