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In Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town, various activities and achievements contribute to your Farm Degree, a system that reflects your progress and accomplishments throughout the game.
Although some Story of Seasons titles use the Farm Degree system to unlock rewards or certain features, in Friends of Mineral Town it serves only as a personal achievement and does not provide any rewards or additional content.
As you play, you will automatically earn Farm Degree points through the activities you perform.
Points are calculated in the background and do not need to be claimed manually. You can view your Farm Degree progress by interacting with the bookshelf inside your house and selecting the “Farm Degree” menu.
The system consists of ten categories, each with a maximum value of 1,000 points, allowing you to earn up to 10,000 points in total.
After reaching a certain number of points, you will receive a Rank that indicates your level of farming progress.
At the beginning of the game, you start with the lowest rank, such as Egg Farmer, and your rank will continue to increase as you earn more Farm Degree points.
Your current Farm Degree Rank is displayed on the Farm Profile screen.
Farm Degree Rank Title
How to Earn Points
Farm Degree points can be earned through various activities performed throughout the game.
These activities include raising livestock, using and upgrading tools, cooking, fishing, shipping items, and various other activities.
The following section explains each way to earn Farm Degree points from the different activities.
Points can be earned by shipping various types of items through the Shipping Bin.
1. Shipping Points
You earn 1 point for every 100 units of the same item shipped, up to a maximum of 100 points for each item type.
For example, shipping 400 Potatoes earns 4 points. After shipping a total of 10,000 Potatoes, additional shipments of that item no longer award points.
2. First Shipment Bonus
The first shipment of each item type awards 5 points. This bonus applies to every item type shipped for the first time, such as Cucumbers, Honey, Milk, and others.
3. Shipping Memo
Shipping at least one of every item listed in the Shipping Memo awards an additional 10 Farm Degree points.
Points can also be earned through various fishing-related activities.
- Catching each type of fish or other item, including trash, for the first time awards 5 points.
- Each Whopper Fish caught awards 10 points, up to a maximum of 70 points.
- Completing the Fish Memo by catching every type of fish awards 15 points.
- Catching 100 of the same item type, including fish, trash, treasure, or other items, awards 1 point, up to a maximum of 10,000 items of that type.
- The largest fish you have ever caught also affects your point total. Every new record that increases by 10 cm awards 1 point.
Farm Degree points can be earned through various activities related to livestock and pets.
- Winning the Moo Moo Festival, Fluffy Festival, Cluck-Cluck Clash, Beach Day, or Derby awards 10 points for each festival.
- Every one-heart increase for a livestock animal awards 2.5 points, up to a maximum of 25 points for each animal.
- For pets, filling the Training Bar to its maximum level awards 25 points for each pet.
You can also earn points through your relationships with villagers, Nature Sprites, and marriage candidates.
1. Nature Sprites
Increasing a Sprite’s Helper Skill to 100% awards 25 points in the Watering, Animal Care, or Harvesting category.
Each Sprite can contribute a maximum of 75 points, allowing all Sprites to contribute up to 525 points in total.
2. Villagers
The first time you earn one music note (10 Friendship Points/FP) with a villager or marriage candidate, you receive 1 point. A maximum of 20 points can be earned for each character.
3. Marriage Candidates
Every 100 Love Points (LP) earned with a marriage candidate awards 1 point, up to a maximum of 655 points for each candidate.
Regular villagers do not have Love Points (LP).
- Cooking each recipe for the first time awards 5 points, up to a maximum of 540 points.
- Learning a recipe from a villager awards 10 points for each recipe learned.
- Winning the Cooking Exhibition festival awards 10 points each time you become the champion.
Each time you purchase a building, facility, or other upgrade, you will earn Farm Degree points.
- Owning the Vacation Villa, Seaside Cottage, and Mountain Cabin awards 20 points each, up to a maximum of 60 points.
- Purchasing Van’s Record Player awards 30 points. Purchasing Records does not award points.
- Purchasing the Flower Vase from Huang and obtaining the Stocking from Ellen awards 50 points each.
- Asking Saibara to make the Butter Maker, Mayonnaise Maker, Cheese Maker, and Yarn Maker awards 50 points for each machine, up to a maximum of 200 points.
- Asking Gotts to build or upgrade major buildings awards 60 points for each project. Points are awarded for the Medium House, Big House, Bathroom, Chicken Coop Upgrade, Barn Upgrade, Watermill Upgrade, Silo Upgrade, and all four Field Upgrades, up to a maximum of 660 points.
Each letter received for the first time awards 11 points.
Points are awarded only once for each type of letter. For example, if you receive a New Year’s letter from Ellen, you will earn 11 points. If you receive the same letter from Ellen again the following year, you will not receive any additional points.
However, if you also receive a letter from Thomas for the first time during the same year, you will earn 11 points for that letter.
All received letters are stored on the bookshelf inside your house.
Farm Degree points can also be earned by triggering various events throughout the game.
Introduction Events
Triggering each marriage candidate’s introduction event awards 5 points, up to a maximum of 60 points.
The first introduction event you trigger also awards a bonus of 50 points.
Rival Events
Each rival event triggered awards 20 points, up to a maximum of 200 points, or two events for each couple.
Heart Events
Triggering each heart color event for the first time awards 50 points. Points are awarded based on the event color, not the marriage candidate.
For example, triggering Jennifer’s Black Heart Event awards 50 points, but triggering another candidate’s Black Heart Event does not award additional points.
You earn additional points the first time you trigger the Purple Heart Event, then the Blue Heart Event, and finally the Yellow Heart Event, up to a maximum of 250 points.
Preserved Flower
Giving the Preserved Flower to a marriage candidate for the first time awards 50 points.
Marriage
A successful marriage proposal and the wedding ceremony each award 50 points, up to a maximum of 100 points.
Family
The pregnancy event, childbirth event, baby crawling event, and your child’s first steps event each award 50 points, up to a maximum of 200 points.
If you do not talk to your spouse for 10 days and do not yet have a child, your spouse will remain in bed all day on the 11th day.
After this event occurs, you will earn 50 Farm Degree points.
Random Events
All other random events award 1 point the first time they are triggered. If an event consists of two parts, each part awards 1 point.
In addition to the events above, several special events also award 1 point, including:
- A congratulatory event from the Harvest Goddess, such as after catching every type of fish or reaching the bottom of the mine.
- A congratulatory event from Kappa after collecting all Kappa Jewels and obtaining the Kappa Treasure.
- Throwing a Cucumber to Kappa for the first time.
- Watching the final episode of Maiden Memoirs, Dear Princess, Mechabot Ultor, Star Lily, and Swip-Swap for the first time.
No points are awarded for the following activities:
- Festivals.
- Throwing a Cucumber to Kappa after the first time.
- Celebrating your birthday, your spouse’s birthday, or your child’s birthday.
- NPC visits before festivals, such as Rick before the Cluck-Cluck Clash or Zack before the Fetch Fest.
- The Tasty Time event.
- Fishing activities.
You can use the Remote Control, sold at Van’s Shop every Wednesday, to watch the final episode of each TV series directly without having to watch all previous episodes.
At this time, it is still unknown whether the TV programs broadcast at the TV Town Villa also award Farm Degree points.
- Storing an item in the refrigerator, cabinet, or rucksack for the first time awards 1 point.
- Every 500 tool EXP awards 1 point, up to a maximum of 130 points for each tool.
- Each rucksack capacity upgrade awards 20 points, up to a maximum of 40 points.
In addition to the methods above, Farm Degree points can also be earned through various activities related to your character’s progression.
- Each Power Berry obtained awards 10 points, up to a maximum of 100 points.
- Obtaining the Blue Berry from Kappa awards 50 points.
- Each year spent in the game awards 1 point, up to a maximum of 200 points.
- Hitting Moles on the farm 100 times awards 1 point, up to a maximum of 100 points.
- Every 100 steps recorded by the Pedometer awards 1 point, up to a maximum of 100 points, or 10,000 steps.
- Obtaining one of the seven Rings awards 30 points, up to a maximum of 210 points.
- Exploring the mines also awards points. You earn 1 point the first time you reach each new floor, up to a maximum of 255 points.
