Harvest Goddess New Year’s Game Show (SoS:FoMT)

by Kal S.

Every year from Spring 1st to Spring 5th, there will be a special channel on your farmhouse TV featuring the Harvest Goddess.

She will host a game show that works a little bit like blackjack, but is much simpler. She will show you a number, then make you guess if the next number is higher or lower than the first.

If you guess correctly, the game continues until you make a wrong choice.

The prize you win depends on the number of correct guesses you manage to make per round. If you win enough rounds, you can get either Buckwheat Flour or Mochi.

Harvest Goddess Game Show Prizes
Prize	Number of Correct Guesses
None	0-2
Buckwheat Flour	3-9
Mochi	9+

Finding the Game Show

You can find the Harvest Goddess’ Game Show by turning on the TV in your farmhouse and selecting the “Entertainment” channel between Spring 1st and Spring 5th.

Sometimes she won’t show up right away, so keep selecting this channel until you see her avatar appear.

The farmer turns on the Harvest Goddess’ channel.

She will jump right into the rules of the game, which are pretty straightforward.

The Harvest Goddess will show you a number between 0-9.
You have to guess if the next number is lower or higher than the previous number.
The Harvest Goddess will flash the second number, and tell you if you win or lose.
If you win, you continue to the next round until you lose.
If you lose, the game ends.

At the end of the game, the Harvest Goddess will tell you how many rounds you won and the corresponding prize.

You can play the game up to 5 times a day, for 5 days until Spring 5th.

Strategies To Win

This game is mostly luck-based, and there aren’t really any RNG-based strategies or techniques to take advantage of during the game show.

Since the numbers are really just RNG, there’s no guaranteed way to win, unfortunately.

The farmer wins a bag of Buckwheat Flour.

But generally, you can just follow these easy tips to try and last as long as you can in the game:

If the first number is 0, the second will 100% be a higher number.
Likewise, if the first number is 9, the second number will 100% be lower.
If the first number is between 1-4, the second number is more likely to be higher.
If the first number is between 5-8, the second number is more likely to be lower.

The best way to play is to trust your choices and keep trying until you get the prize that you want!

Prizes

The two items you can get as prizes are difficult to obtain during the rest of the year.

This is the best time to stock up on these elusive ingredients, so take advantage of the Harvest Goddess’ Game Show!

Prize #1: Buckwheat Flour

Buckwheat Flour is used to make Zaru Soba, a basic noodle that is the base for many recipes.

The farmer cooks Tempura Soba in the kitchen.

Dish	Ingredients	Equipment Needed
Zaru Soba	Buckwheat Flour	Rolling Pin, Pot, Knife

Prize #2: Mochi

Mochi is excellent as an ingredient or as a well-loved gift to most villagers in Mineral Town.

In Recipes

The farmer cooks Okonomiyaki in the kitchen.

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Dish	Ingredients	Equipment Needed
Daifuku	Mochi, Adzuki Beans	Pot, Seasoning Set
Oden	Turnip, Potato, Mochi, Egg (any quality)	Seasoning Set, Pot
Okonomiyaki	Wheat Flour, Cabbage, Oil, Egg (any quality), Mochi	Knife, Frying Pan
Zenzai	Mochi, Adzuki Beans	Pot, Seasoning Set

Gifting Mochi

The farmer gives Mayor Thomas Mochi.

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Villager	Birthday	Type of Gift	Friendship/Love Points Earned
Marriage Candidates
Ran	Summer 17th	Loved	+9 FP, +500 LP
Elly	Spring 16th	Liked	+3 FP, +300 LP
Cliff	Summer 6th
Gray	Winter 6th
Villagers
Saibara	Spring 11th	Loved	+9 FP
Mugi	Spring 17th
Manna	Autumn 11th
Carter	Autumn 20th
Ellen	Winter 13th
Duke	Winter 15th
Lou	–
Thomas	Summer 25th	Liked	+3 FP
Zack	Summer 29th
Yu	Autumn 5th
Dudley	Winter 11th
Nature Sprites
Plum	Spring 4th	Liked	+3 FP
Blueberry	Spring 15th
Aqua	Spring 26th
Mint	Summer 16th
Sunny	Autumn 10th
Cherry	Autumn 14th
Pumpkin	Winter 22nd