Mochi Bonanza Festival – SoS: FoMT

by Kal S.

Mochi Bonanza Festival
Date	Spring 1st (annual)
Time	6:00 PM to 12:00 AM
Location	Rose Plaza
Special Requirements	None
Prizes	9x Mochi, Friendship Points

Every year on Spring 1st, the Mochi Bonanza Festival is held in Mineral Town’s plaza to celebrate the New Year.

This non-competitive festival is one of the only times you can get Mochi in the game, so don’t miss it!

Requirements

Attending the Mochi Bonanza Festival is simple: just enter the plaza after 6:00 PM on Spring 1st of each year.

To get to Rose Plaza, head east from the path above your farm until you reach the very end, and go up.

A map of Mineral Town with directions to Rose Plaza.

There are no additional requirements to be able to join the festival, and you can enjoy the event with the rest of Mineral Town’s residents.

Just make sure you have an empty slot available in your backpack so you can carry home any prizes you receive later on.

Event Details

The Mochi Bonanza is a short mochi-pounding session where the player can make mochi with the other villagers.

There’s no minigame or competition that takes place during this festival.

Simply attending will award you with the rare Mochi ingredient.

To start the Mochi Bonanza, speak to Mayor Thomas and select “Begin” when he asks you if you’re ready to play.

Mayor Thomas announces the start of the Mochi Bonanza.

After a short cutscene, the festival will be over and you’ll wake up the next morning in your farmhouse.

Prizes

Just showing up to the festival will award you with 9 Mochi, which will appear in your backpack the next day. You can use this Mochi for recipes or gifts.

The farmer holds up a plate of Mochi.

Talking to any villager during the festival will also add +5 Friendship Points.

You can no longer interact with anyone after Mayor Thomas starts the Mochi Bonanza, so make sure you’ve spoken to everyone before you trigger the main event.

What To Do With Mochi

As Food

Mochi can be consumed to restore a minimal amount of stamina. However, it will not affect the player’s fatigue.

Stamina Recovery	Fatigue Recovery
+2 STA	-0 FAT

In Recipes

The farmer cooks Zenzai in the kitchen.

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 Duke 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	Pumpkin