Innocent Life A Futuristic Harvest Moon: Animals

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What would a farm be without animals?! Well I’m glad you asked that
question because in this section I’m going to tell you everything I
know about farm animals. First and foremost, you cannot keep any
animals on your farm before you have obtained and placed the 4 blue
jewels on the altars at your farm. Once you’ve meet this requirement
you may now begin purchasing animals!

***Chickens***

If you want to buy a chicken you must first obtain a cluck-o-matic. To
find one of these items, speak with Jonathon at the ranch. He can
usually be found in the barn, is wearing a pink shirt and has an afro.
He is proud that you broke the seal on the farm and sends you a cluck-
o-matic the very next day after you speak with him! This machine will
appear in the chicken area of your storage area.

To place an order for a chicken, watch the world ranch channel on your
TV and select the Buy livestock option. Chickens cost 500g and will
appear in your chicken area of the ruins the next day.

After receiving the cluck-o-matic you can now start purchasing
chickens. You only need to ever buy one chicken since you can incubate
that chickens eggs to hatch your own baby chicks! Simply pick up an egg
off of the conveyer belt and place it in the round incubator that’s
next to the hay on the floor. It takes 3 days for your egg to hatch and
become a chick. You must name you chick before it hatches in the same
manner you did when you first bought your chicken.

Unlike other Harvest Moons to date, you cannot name your own animals
which I thought was a bit of a bummer. There’s a list of pre-picked
names for you to choose from. If you aren’t fond of a certain name
select it anyways but choose the “NO” response to the “do you like this
name” question to bring up a new set of names. You can continue in this
fashion scrolling through the different names until you find one that
you like. The animal you just bought will arrive at your farm the very
next day.

Chickens do not need to be fed or given water to but to help increase
their happiness make sure to brush them everyday. To brush you animals
stand next to the animal you want to brush and press the triangle
button. A heart will appear above the animal you brushed causing their
affection for you to rise. Animals with a higher affection will produce
higher priced goods and sell for a higher price.

You don’t need to worry about shipping your eggs as they will be
automatically shipped everyday for you. The only time you should worry
about shipping something would be if you wanted to make mayonnaise in
which case you need to manually pick up and egg, face the mayonnaise
maker (which is directly next to your conveyer belt on the left) and
throw in egg in. A bottle of mayo will come popping back out! Don’t
forget that you will still need to throw the mayo into the shipping pod
yourself as this does not get automatically shipped.

***Sheep***

If you want to buy a sheep you must first obtain a cluck-o-matic and
own a chicken. Then you must obtain a Baa-o-matic from Jonathon once
again who is usually be found in the barn and is wearing a pink shirt.
This machine will appear in the sheep area of your storage area.

To place an order for a sheep, watch the world ranch channel on your TV
and select the Buy livestock option. Sheep cost 1500g and will appear
in your sheep area of the ruins the next day.

Unlike other Harvest Moons to date, you cannot name your own animals
which I thought was a bit of a bummer. There’s a list of pre-picked
names for you to choose from. If you aren’t fond of a certain name
select it anyways but choose the “NO” response to the “do you like this
name” question to bring up a new set of names. You can continue in this
fashion scrolling through the different names until you find one that
you like. The animal you just bought will arrive at your farm the very
next day.

Sheep do not need to be fed or given water to but to help increase
their happiness make sure to brush them everyday. To brush you animals
stand next to the animal you want to brush and press the triangle
button. A heart will appear above the animal you brushed causing their
affection for you to rise. Animals with a higher affection will produce
higher priced goods and sell for a higher price.

You don’t need to worry about shearing your sheep by hand. Sheep will
be automatically sheared every Friday at 17:30pm. However, your sheep
will need to wait one week after purchase to develop wool to ship
before they can be sheared. You cannot breed sheep on your farm and
must continue to buy more sheep if you want to raise additional
livestock.

***Cows***

If you want to buy a cow you must first obtain a cluck-o-matic and own
a chicken as well as owning a baa-o-matic and owning a sheep. Then you
must obtain a Moo-o-matic from Jonathon once again who is usually be
found in the barn and is wearing a pink shirt. This machine will appear
in the cow area of your storage area.

To place an order for a cow, watch the world ranch channel on your TV
and select the Buy livestock option. Sheep cost 3500g and will appear
in your cow area of the ruins the next day. There are two different
types of cows you can choose from: Holsteins or Jersey. Holsteins are
black & white cows while the Jersey cows are brown colored. Regardless
of type, all the cows you purchase are female.

Unlike other Harvest Moons to date, you cannot name your own animals
which I thought was a bit of a bummer. There’s a list of pre-picked
names for you to choose from. If you aren’t fond of a certain name
select it anyways but choose the “NO” response to the “do you like this
name” question to bring up a new set of names. You can continue in this
fashion scrolling through the different names until you find one that
you like. The animal you just bought will arrive at your farm the very
next day.

Cows do not need to be fed or given water to but to help increase their
happiness make sure to brush them everyday. To brush you animals stand
next to the animal you want to brush and press the triangle button. A
heart will appear above the animal you brushed causing their affection
for you to rise. Animals with a higher affection will produce higher
priced goods and sell for a higher price.

You don’t need to worry about shipping the milk that your cattle
produce yourself as they will be automatically shipped everyday for
you. The only time you should worry about shipping something would be
if you wanted to make cheese in which case you need to manually pick up
some milk, face the cheese maker (which is directly next to your
conveyer belt on the right side) and throw in the milk. A slab of
cheese will come popping back out! Don’t forget that you will still
need to throw the cheese into the shipping pod yourself as this does
not get automatically shipped.

***Horses***

You can’t own a horse in this game but you can still ride them however!
Once you have obtained a cluck-o-matic, Baa-o-matic and Moo-o-matic
speak with Jonathon again until he mentions the wild horses. He thinks
he remembers something about the fisherman knowing how to blow a
certain tune by whistling that will allow you to jump on a wild horses
back and ride it!

If you speak to the fisherman he will ask you if you want to learn how
to whistle, say YES to learn! After learning the special tune, approach
a wild horse that is running on the plains (only the large brown ones
work as the small grey one can’t support your weight) and press the
triangle button. You will then jump on the horses back and ride around
in a circle. Time does not elapse while riding the horse. You however
cannot control the direction of the horse and you can only ride in a
circle...its kinda lame actually but when you think about it, you do
have a ridiculously amazing buggy that runs pretty darn fast!