Van’s Secret Shop is unlocked when you give Van an item called a “Van’s Favorite”.
This rare and expensive item can be obtained via a letter in your mailbox from the Harvest Goddess. You’ll get this letter when you buy a specific number of items from Mineral Town shops and win her “raffle”, but it’s really based on an in-game counter tracking how many items you buy.
Once you gain access to Van’s Secret Shop, you can purchase any of the available items as long as you have enough money.
These items are used to complete certain in-game achievements, finish quests, and unlock niche items that add to your experience around Mineral Town.
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| Van’s Secret Shop Inventory | ||||
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| Item | Requirements (Current G) | Cost | Sell Price (Huang) | Intended Use |
| Van’s Favorite | <1,000,000 G | 100,000 G | 48,000 G | Unlock Van’s secret shop |
| Quiz Book | >1,000,000 G | 1,000,000 G | 480,000 G | Place on the leftmost bookshelf of the library |
| All BGM | N/A | Unlocks all record players | ||
| Mystery Flower | >10,000,000 G | 10,000,000 G | 80,000 G | Gift 10 Mystery Flowers to the Harvest Goddess to receive the Goddess Present |
| Remote Control | >10,000,000 G | 10,000,000 G | 5,000,000 G | Rewatch episodes of any channel in the farmhouse TV |
| All Letters | >100,000,000 G | 100,000,000 G | 50,000,000 G | Place on the leftmost bookshelf of the library to unlock all letters and books |
| All Books | >100,000,000 G | 100,000,000 G | ||
| Master Shopper Award | >150,000,000 G | 150,000,000 G | 99,999,999 G | Unlimited access to all shops outside of business hours |
How To Get Van’s Favorite
The easiest way to get Van’s Favorite is to win the Harvest Goddess’ raffle. This is a random event that can happen every time you complete 10 of the following tasks:
- Upgrade a tool at the Forge
- Buy an item at the General Store
- Upgrade your home or farm at the Workshop
- Selling animals
After you hit the counter in any of these categories, you’ll receive an anonymous letter in the mail saying that you’ve won a Van’s Favorite.
There’s also a way to exploit this raffle to keep winning multiple Van’s Favorites repeatedly.
Note: You need to land on an exact specific number of transactions for this to work, so it’s not enough to simply go beyond the required amount. If you want a quick hack to figure this out check out this Reddit comment for more info.
Getting Van’s Favorite Every Day
You can actually manipulate the game so you can receive Van’s Favorite daily.
Here’s how:
Simply head to the General Store and buy at least 10 items separately.
This means instead of getting all your shopping done in one go, close the shop menu every time you buy one item. Then open it again and buy the next one, and continue until you’ve bought at least 10 items.
If you’ve done this correctly, you should receive a Van’s Favorite in your mailbox the next day after waking up.
List of Van’s Secret Shop Items + What They Do
1. Van’s Favorite
There’s really no point in buying another Van’s Favorite from his shop, as you pretty much just gave one to Van just to gain access to the shop.
It’s a lot easier (and free) to just use the raffle method to get this item.
2. Quiz Book
Take this book to Marie’s Library and place it on the leftmost bookshelf on the first floor. This will unlock a multiple-choice minigame with 100 questions, which will only end once you get a question wrong.
Answering all 100 questions correctly will not award you with anything.
But if you want to complete the whole quiz just for fun, the answers to the Quiz Book are listed at the bottom of this guide.
3. All BGM
If you don’t want to go through the trouble of challenging the Harvest Goddess to rock-paper-scissors 50 times just to win a record, you can buy all the background music available in the game from Van.
This automatically unlocks all the records for the Record Player.
The Record Player is an item that can be placed in the farmhouse and can only be bought from Van’s regular shop for 2,000 G during his very first shop opening.
4. Mystery Flower
Giving the Harvest Goddess 10 Mystery Flowers will unlock the Goddess Present, which can be sold to Huang for 1,000,000 G.
There doesn’t seem to be any other use for the Goddess Present, so it’s not really worth it to buy all 10 Mystery Flowers from Van (totaling 100,000,000 G) just for this purpose.
Instead, you can pay Huang 100 G to play the Apple Swap minigame. Huang will shuffle around 3 special apples (AEPFE, HMSGB, and SUGDW Apples) then ask you to pick out a specific apple from the group.
Winning all 10 rounds of the Apple Swap game will reward you with a Mystery Flower.
5. Remote Control
The Remote Control is a useful tool to check back on reruns of any show on the Entertainment Channel.
You can even learn all the recipes from the Tasty Time TV Show by watching all the episodes you missed at once!
6. All Letters & All Books
Placing both of these items on the top left bookshelf of the Library’s first floor will unlock a directory of all the letters you can receive and books available in the library.
7. Master Shopper Award
The Master Shopper Award is a gold credit card that you can use to enter shops outside of opening hours and during holidays.
You can also use this to buy seasonal pets from Van’s Pet Shop at any time of the year.
Quiz Book Answers (All Possible Questions)
The answers listed below about Shipping Prices are relative to the Normal Mode of the game. If you’re playing in Simple Mode, the prices should amount to 20% more of the original price.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How do Green Pepper Seeds cost Huang’s shop? | 150 G |
| How many beds are there in Yodel Ranch? | 4 |
| How many bookshelves are there in the Library? | 15 |
| How many episodes are there in the TV show “Star Lily: Heart Snatcher ☆”? | 25 |
| How many episodes are there in the TV show “Card Collector Chisato”? | 12 |
| How many episodes are there in the TV show “Dear Princess”? | 34 |
| How many episodes are there in the TV show “Fairy and Me – Her Wish”? | 36 |
| How many episodes are there in the TV show “Mechabot Ultror Zero”? | 20 |
| How many episodes are there in the TV show “Mechabot Ultror: The Autumn Breeze”? | 47 |
| How many episodes are there in the TV show “Swip-Swap”? | 39 |
| How many Feeding Bins are there in a renovated Barn? | 18 |
| How many items are there with the word “Grass” in their name? | 15 |
| How many medals must you earn in the Derby to trade for the Adamantite prize? | 4 |
| How many medals must you earn in the Derby to trade for the Brooch prize? | 18 |
| How many medals must you earn in the Derby to trade for the Diamond prize? | 14 |
| How many medals must you earn in the Derby to trade for the Dress prize? | 250 |
| How many medals must you earn in the Derby to trade for the Face Pack prize? | 42 |
| How many medals must you earn in the Derby to trade for the Lotion prize? | 35 |
| How many medals must you earn in the Derby to trade for the Matsutake prize? | 10 |
| How many medals must you earn in the Derby to trade for the Necklace prize? | 20 |
| How many medals must you earn in the Derby to trade for the Perfume prize? | 150 |
| How many medals must you earn in the Derby to trade for the Power Berry prize? | 900 |
| How many medals must you earn in the Derby to trade for the Sunblock prize? | 30 |
| How many medals must you earn in the Derby to trade for the Truth Jewel prize? | 1,000 |
| How many potted plants are at the Clinic? | 8 |
| How many squares of tillable land are there on your farm? | 1,075 |
| How many streetlamps are there in Mineral Town? (Including the ones in Rose Plaza.) | 22 |
| How many total items are there that can be shipped? | 157 |
| How much do Clippers cost at the Forge? | 1,800 G |
| How much do Cucumber Seeds cost at the General Store? | 200 G |
| How much do Earrings cost at the Forge? | 1,000 G |
| How much do Moondrop Flower Seeds cost at Huang’s shop? | 500 G |
| How much do Potato Seeds cost at the General Store? | 150 G |
| How much do Strawberry Seeds cost at the General Store? | 150 G |
| How much do Turnip Seeds cost at the General Store? | 120 G |
| How much does a Ball cost at Huang’s shop? | 100 G |
| How much does a Brush cost at the Forge? | 800 G |
| How much does a chicken cost at PoPoultry? | 1,500 G |
| How much does a Cow Breeding Kit cost at Yodel Ranch? | 3,000 G |
| How much does a Grass Seedling cost at the General Store? | 500 G |
| How much does a Milker cost at the Forge? | 2,000 G |
| How much does a normal cow cost at Yodel Ranch? | 5,000 G |
| How much does a sheep cost at Yodel Ranch? | 4,000 G |
| How much does a Stamina Booster XL cost at the Clinic? | 2,000 G |
| How much does a Strawberry Cow cost at Yodel Ranch? | 10,000 G |
| How much does a Truth Jewel cost at Huang’s shop? | 50,000 G |
| How much does an Angora rabbit cost at PoPoultry? | 3,000 G |
| How much does Bread cost at the General Store? | 100 G |
| How much does Chicken/Rabbit Feed cost at PoPoultry? | 10 G |
| How much does Dango Flour cost at the General Store? | 100 G |
| How much does Fodder cost at Yodel Ranch? | 20 G |
| How much does it cost to get an examination at the Clinic? | 10 G |
| How much does Premium Grape Juice cost at Adge Winery? | 300 G |
| How much does the Mayonnaise Maker cost at the Forge? | 20,000 G |
| How much Lumber is needed for your second home renovation? | 600 |
| How much Lumber is needed to upgrade your Barn? | 400 |
| How much Lumber is needed to upgrade your Coop? | 350 |
| How much Lumber is needed to upgrade your Silo? | 300 |
| How much Lumber is required to build the Bathroom? | 200 |
| How much Lumber is required to build the Town Villa? | 999 |
| How much Lumber is required to change your home’s Mailbox? | 150 |
| How much Lumber is required to change your home’s Windows? | 200 |
| How much Lumber is required to expand your home the first time? | 150 |
| How much Stamina does an Orange Pastry restore? | 27 |
| How much Stamina does drinking Milk at the Inn restore? | 20 |
| How much Stamina does drinking Pineapple Juice at the Inn restore? | 30 |
| How much Stamina does drinking Water at the Inn restore? | 0 |
| How much Stamina does eating a HMSGB Apple restore? | 2 |
| How much Stamina does eating a Hot Spring Egg restore? | 4 |
| How much Stamina does eating a Lunch Set at the Inn restore? | 100 |
| How much Stamina does eating a raw Medium Fish restore? | 3 |
| How much Stamina does eating Apple Pie at the Inn restore? | 50 |
| How much Stamina does eating Cheesecake at the Inn restore? | 40 |
| How much Stamina does eating Chocolate restore? | 2 |
| How much Stamina does eating Cookies at the Inn restore? | 20 |
| How much Stamina does eating Cookies at the Inn restore? | 20 |
| How much Stamina does eating Orange Grass restore? | 0 |
| How much Stamina does eating Pizza at the Beach Cafe restore? | 30 |
| How much Stamina does eating Relax Tea Leaves restore? | 2 |
| How much Stamina does eating Roasted Corn at the Beach Cafe restore? | 20 |
| How much Stamina does eating Salad at the Inn restore? | 20 |
| How much Stamina does eating Shaved Ice at the Beach Cafe restore? | 20 |
| How much Stamina does eating Spaghetti at the Beach Cafe restore? | 40 |
| How much Stamina does eating Spinach restore? | 3 |
| How much Stamina does it take to use a Level 2 charge on the Cursed Axe? | 20 |
| How much Stamina does it take to use a Level 6 charge on a Blessed Sickle? | 15 |
| How much Stamina does the Wild Grape Water at Dudley’s Inn restore? | 1 |
| If you equip the Pedometer and press the Tool Button, how many steps does it go up? (When carrying no items.) | 1 |
| If you hold a piece of Alexandrite in your hands outside, what color does it appear to be? | Green |
| In “Milk (P),” what does the “P” stand for? | Platinum |
| In the “Mechabot” TV series, what day is Rory’s birthday? | December 25 |
| In the back room of the General Store, there is one painting. What is it of? | My House |
| In the TV show “Mechabot Ultror: The Autumn Breeze,” what is the title of Episode 6? | Morning of Battle |
| In the TV show “Star Lily. Heart Snatcher ☆,” what is the name of Sakura’s grandmother? | Yamabuki Haruhi |
| In the TV show “Star Lily. Heart Snatcher ☆,” what is the name of the stray puppy that Himeyuri found? | Agapanthus |
| In the TV show “Star Lily. Heart Snatcher ☆,” what is the secret identity of Star Lily? | Himeyuri |
| In the TV show “Card Collector Chisato,” how many cards does she have left to find by the end of Episode 6? | 25 |
| In the TV show “Dear Princess,” where did the Legendary Hero go to defeat the previous Dark Lord? | North |
| In the TV Show “F-3.14 MGP,” what is the name of Bellis’ mech? | Peretus |
| In the TV Show “F-3.14 MGP,” what kind of magic does Cosmos use? | Dark Magic |
| In the TV show “Fairy and Me – Her Wish”, what dish did the girl make for the boy? | Curry Rice |
| In the TV show “Mechabot Ultror Zero,” who does the team receive Mechbots from? | A shining figure |
| In the TV show “Star Lily, Heart Snatcher ☆,” who won the final confrontation, Star Lily or Sakura? | It’s a secret |
| In the TV show “Swip-Swap,” what is Adrian’s 4th-period class? | Math |
| In the TV show “Swip-Swap,” what is the correct spelling of the female main character’s name? | Adrienne |
| In the TV show “Swip-Swap,” what is the name of Adrienne’s best female friend? | Dani |
| In the TV show “Tasty Time,” who wins the Fried Rice cook-off? | Contestant A |
| In the TV show, “Emerald Academy – Maiden Memoirs,” what is the title of File 51? | The Stumbling Maiden |
| Of the crops on the following list, which ships for the highest price? | Cabbage |
| On the Menu Screen, which tab is the furthest to the right? | Relationships |
| There are two paintings on the 2nd floor of PoPoultry. One is of a mountain. What is the other one? | A flower |
| What background color is used for Wednesday on your Calendar? | Yellow |
| What cooking utensil goes on the very top right of the Kitchen? | Oven |
| What day is Starlight Night? | Winter 24th |
| What day is the Autumn Derby? | Autumn 18th |
| What day is the Cluck-Cluck Clash? | Summer 7th |
| What day is the Concert? | Autumn 3rd |
| What day is the Cooking Exhibition? | Spring 22nd |
| What day is the Fetch Fest? | Summer 1st |
| What day is the Fireworks Festival? | Summer 24th |
| What day is the Harvest Festival? | Autumn 9th |
| What day is the Mochi Bonanza? | Spring 1st |
| What day is the Moo-Moo Festival? | Summer 20th |
| What day is the Moonlight Night? | Autumn 13th |
| What day is the New Year’s Party? | Winter 30th |
| What day is the Pumpkin Jamboree? | August 30th |
| What day is the Spring Derby? | Spring 18th |
| What day is the Starlight Night gift-giving? | Winter 25th |
| What day is Valentine’s Day? | Winter 14th |
| What day is White Day? | Spring 14th |
| What day of the week was Autumn 1 in Year 1? | Thursday |
| What day of the week was Spring 1 in Year 1? | Sunday |
| What day of the week was Summer 16 in Year 1? | Wednesday |
| What day of the week was Summer 2 in Year 1? | Wednesday |
| What day of the week will Autumn 10 in Year 10 be? | Tuesday |
| What day of the week will Autumn 10 in Year 100 be? | Sunday |
| What day of the week will Autumn 2 in Year 21 be? | Thursday |
| What day of the week will Autumn 5 in Year 55 be? | Saturday |
| What day of the week will Spring 1 in Year 100 be? | Monday |
| What day of the week will Spring 20 in Year 10 be? | Sunday |
| What day of the week will Spring 20 in Year 47 be? | Tuesday |
| What day of the week will Spring 5 in Year 5 be? | Monday |
| What day of the week will Summer 20 in Year 75 be? | Thursday |
| What day of the week will Summer 22 in Year 5 be? | Saturday |
| What day of the week will Summer 4 in Year 123 be? | Monday |
| What day of the week will Summer 9 in Year 92 be? | Wednesday |
| What day of the week will Winter 11 in Year 134 be? | Tuesday |
| What day of the week will Winter 20 in Year 30 be? | Friday |
| What day of the week will Winter 3 in Year 12 be? | Friday |
| What day of the week will Winter 4 in Year 123 be? | Friday |
| What greeting does the weather reporter on the TV in your Town Villa use? | G’day, all! |
| What is the chance (%) of a typhoon in Summer? | About 10% |
| What is the chance (%) that any Magic Red Flower Seeds will actually bloom as a True Magic Red Flower? | About 5% |
| What is the chance (%) that it will be rainy on any given Autumn day? | About 20% |
| What is the chance (%) that it will be rainy on any given Spring day? | About 30% |
| What is the chance (%) that it will be rainy on any given Summer day? | About 10% |
| What is the chance (%) that it will be sunny on any given Autumn day? | About 80% |
| What is the chance (%) that it will be sunny on any given Spring day? | About 70% |
| What is the chance (%) that it will snow on any given Winter day? | About 40% |
| What is the chance (%) that there will be a typhoon on any given Winter day? | 0% chance |
| What is the Harvest Goddess’ special cheer? | Pan paka paaan! |
| What is the maximum size Blotched Snakehead you can catch? | 80 cm |
| What is the maximum size Fat Greenling you can catch? | 40 cm |
| What is the maximum size Loach you can catch? | 12 cm |
| What is the maximum size Mahi-mahi you can catch? | 180 cm |
| What is the maximum size Pike you can catch? | 40 cm |
| What is the maximum size Sailfin Sandfish you can catch? | 20 cm |
| What is the maximum size Squid you can catch? | 50 cm |
| What is the maximum size Tuna you can catch? | 250 cm |
| What is the shipping price of a Bamboo Shoot? | 50 G |
| What is the shipping price of a Brooch? | 1,800 G |
| What is the shipping price of a Diamond? | 100 G |
| What is the shipping price of a Hot Spring Egg? | 80 G |
| What is the shipping price of a Large Fish? | 200 G |
| What is the shipping price of a Mushroom? | 50 G |
| What is the shipping price of a Pink Diamond? | 10,000 G |
| What is the shipping price of a Ruby? | 75 G |
| What is the shipping price of a SUGDW Apple? | 50 G |
| What is the shipping price of a True Magic Red Flower? | 200 G |
| What is the shipping price of Agate? | 62 G |
| What is the shipping price of Alexandrite? | 10,000 G |
| What is the shipping price of an Amethyst? | 60 G |
| What is the shipping price of an Ancient Fossil? | 5,000 G |
| What is the shipping price of an Emerald? | 80 G |
| What is the shipping price of Black Grass? | 10 G |
| What is the shipping price of Cabbage? | 250 G |
| What is the shipping price of Carrots? | 120 G |
| What is the shipping price of Cheese (M)? | 380 G |
| What is the shipping price of Chocolate? | 50 G |
| What is the shipping price of Corn? | 85 G |
| What is the shipping price of Elli Leaves? | This item can’t be shipped |
| What is the shipping price of Fluorite? | 65 G |
| What is the shipping price of Green Peppers? | 40 G |
| What is the shipping price of Mayonnaise (P)? | 450 G |
| What is the shipping price of Mithril? | 40 G |
| What is the shipping price of Moonstone? | 55 G |
| What is the shipping price of Orichalcum? | 50 G |
| What is the shipping price of Peridot? | 68 G |
| What is the shipping price of Pumpkins? | 280 G |
| What is the shipping price of Relax Tea Leaves? | 1,000 G |
| What is the shipping price of Sandrose? | 60 G |
| What is the shipping price of Scrap Ore? | 1 G |
| What is the shipping price of Spinach? | 110 G |
| What is the shipping price of Strawberries? | 65 G |
| What is the shipping price of Topaz? | 70 G |
| What is the shipping price of White Grass? | 150 G |
| What is the shipping price of Wild Grạpes? | 30 G |
| What is the shipping price of Yarn (G)? | 2,000 G |
| What is the Stamina penalty if you eat a Poison Mushroom? | -50 |
| What message do you get when you examine the clock in Mayor Thomas’ house? | Clock |
| When is Anna’s birthday? | Autumn 23rd |
| When is Aqua’s birthday? | Spring 26th |
| When is Basil’s birthday? | Summer 11th |
| When is Blueberry’s birthday? | Spring 15th |
| When is Carter’s birthday? | Autumn 20th |
| When is Cherry’s birthday? | Autumn 14th |
| When is Dudley’s birthday? | Winter 11th |
| When is Duke’s birthday? | Winter 15th |
| When is Ellen’s birthday? | Winter 13th |
| When is Gotts’ birthday? | Autumn 2nd |
| When is Harris’ birthday? | Summer 4th |
| When is Jeff’s birthday? | Winter 29th |
| When is Lillia’s birthday? | Spring 19th |
| When is Manna’s birthday? | Autumn 11th |
| When is Mei’s birthday? | Winter 26th |
| When is Mint’s birthday? | Summer 16th |
| When is Mugi’s birthday? | Spring 17th |
| When is Plum’s birthday? | Spring 4th |
| When is Pumpkin’s birthday? | Winter 22nd |
| When is Saibara’s birthday? | Spring 11th |
| When is Sasha’s birthday? | Spring 30th |
| When is Sunny’s birthday? | Autumn 10th |
| When is the Fluffy Festival? | Autumn 21st |
| When is Thomas’ birthday? | Summer 25th |
| When is Yu’s birthday? | Autumn 5th |
| When is Zack’s birthday? | Summer 29th |
| When you enter your name, what is the maximum character count? | 8 |
| When you go into the Bathroom in your house, how much time passes? | 30 minutes |
| When you go to sleep with a True Magic Red Flower in your Vase, by how much does it boost your Fatigue recovery the next day? | 10 |
| Which of the below can NOT be fished from the ocean? | Coelacanth |
| Which of the below is NOT found in the Mountain Villa? | A TV |
| Which of these Apples does Huang offer to sell to you? | SUGDW |
| You fish in the Hot Spring in Autumn and use a Level 4 charge on your Fishing Rod. What fish could you catch? | Smelt |
| You fish in the Hot Spring in Summer and use a Level 5 charge on your Fishing Rod. What fish could you catch? | Blotched Snakehead |
| You fish in the Hot Spring in winter and use a Level 1 charge on your Fishing Rod. What fish could you catch? | Smelt |
| You fish in the lake in Spring and use a Level 1 charge on your Fishing Rod. What fish could you catch? | Bluegill |
| You fish in the lake in Spring and use a Level 4 charge on your Fishing Rod. What fish could you catch? | Crucian Carp |
| You fish in the lake in Spring and use a Level 5 charge on your Fishing Rod. What fish could you catch? | Rainbow Trout |
| You fish in the ocean in Autumn and use a Level 5 charge on your Fishing Rod. What fish could you catch? | Bonito, Halibut |
| You fish in the ocean in Winter and use a Level 1 charge on your Fishing Rod. What fish could you catch? | Sailfin Sandfish |
| You fish in the ocean in Winter and use a Level 5 charge on your Fishing Rod. What fish could you catch? | Seerfish |
| You fish in the ocean in Winter and use a Level 7 charge on your Fishing Rod. What fish could you catch? | Fat Greenling |
| You use a Level 7 charge on your Sickle. How many squares will you harvest? | 81 squares |
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