Farm Degree, Ranks, and Achievements

In most Harvest Moon games there is a farm degree, which is an overall status of your in-game activities. The higher your farm degree, the more you've done in your game. Typically the farm degree is just for bragging rights and doesn't have an impact in the game, but some versions unlock special features when you've reached specific farm degree levels.

In A New Beginning there are three types of degrees:

1. Your overall Farm Degree is a compilation of all of your point activity.
2. Your Rank Titles come from four specific categories: cooking, fishing, fish trapping, and catching critters.
3. Many types of Achievements that will appear as you meet the activity criteria for a new rank to be issued.

Your degree ranks can only increase, they do not decrease. When you earn a new degree level you will receive a letter in your mailbox the next day. These mastery certificates will be saved in the Letters section of your farmhouse bookshelf.

Farm Degree

Your farm degree title can be found inside of your farmhouse bookshelf. Access your bookshelf and select Asset List. This list will display your birthday, your brand levels, your family information if you have a spouse and/or child, and your farm degree title. In this version of Harvest Moon, reaching certain farm degree ranks will unlock two furniture designs:

• The degree "6th Year Novice" will unlock the Blue Furniture blueprint at Rebecca's shop.
• The degree "3rd Year Intermediate" will unlock the Pink Furniture blueprint at Rebecca's shop.

Nothing else special will appear after you unlock the Pink Furniture design.

Your degree title will naturally increase as you do things within the game, whether it is interacting with villagers, participating in events and festivals, growing and shipping crops, and even getting married. The points you earn toward each of your farm degree titles are accumulatives and will never decrease. You can't ever see the exact number of farm degree points you have, but you will receive a letter in your mailbox when you've reached a new farm degree level.

Sometimes the level listed on the letter is not exactly the same as what appears inside your Assets List; the wording isn't always consistant when describing your farm degree level's title. For example, your degree in the Assets List might be "2nd Year Intermed." but the letter you receive in the mail will congratulate you on earning the "Middle School Farmer 8th Grade" level. The one in your Assets List is the one you want to keep an eye on, since it will carry with you inside your farmhouse bookshelf until the level changes. Also, the first few letters after the first farm degree title change will always say "Chick Group Farmer" while your Assets List will display the correct title.

There are a total of 42 farm degree titles.

The activities you do in the game will add to your total farm degree point value. Some activities can be done more than once per day, but some others are one-time only such as your child's birth or completing a town restoration plan.

For activities that can involve multiple items (e.g., catching up to 5 items when fish trapping, cooking 10 dishes, placing 99 items into the shipping bin, etc.) the action will earn you the farm degree point and not the multiple items. For example, putting milk into the Fermeting Machine to create cheese will earn you 1 farm degree point no matter how many bottles of milk you put into the maker machine. You could put in 10 milk to get 10 cheese in exchange and still only earn 1 point. If you are trying to maximize your points, you'll have to put the milk into the maker machine one at a time.

Degree Points	Activities
Multiplier	Earn 5 x (your current year) each morning. For example, +5 points each day in year 1, +10 in year 2, +15 in year 3, etc.
+1 point	Use a tool (watering can, sickle, milker, etc.) Catch an item when fishing or fish trapping Hit a colored mining point inside the forest mine Catch a critter Interact with a farm animal (either brushing, talking, giving a treat) once per day Place an item while editing an area's layout and objects Buy something from a shop (the purchase itself earns the point, and not the number of items you are buying) Talk to a villager once per day Pick up a piece of Barn Dirt off the floor of the barn Use your kitchen to cook a recipe Harvest honey from a bee hut Harvest a mushroom from a mushroom log Put an item into the shipping bin Collect a fish from the fishing shed Feed a wild animal Use a jump mushroom Use a tree trunk chute Hit an Elder Tree with your hammer
+2 points	Collect an item from a foraging tree trunk in the wild areas
+3 points	Give a villager a gift Use the Restroom inside your farmhouse Use the Bath inside your farmhouse
+10 points	Have a baby animal born on your farm Catch a new type of critter Catch a new type of fish Have a flower bouquet crafted at Hana's General Store Make an exchange at Sandra's Stall Have your hair cut at Allen's Salon Get a clothing outfit crafted at Yuri's Tailor Shop Have fish food crafted at Kosaboro's Bait Shop
+20 points	Harvest a crop
+30 points	Use the Hot Spring (Sandra has the blueprint)
+100 points	A farm animal becomes giant-sized
+300 points	Participate a competitive festival Trigger a random event Upgrade your brand to a new level Take a trip via the Travel Agency
+500 points	Catch a giant fish Win third place in a competitive festival Trigger a heart event with a marriage candidate Receive a gift from a wild animal family
+700 points	Win second place in a competitive festival
+1000 points	Construct a villager's house Play tree trunk music sheets #1, #2, #3, #4, #10, and #12
+1500 points	Win first place in a competitive festival
+3000 points	Collect all of the cooking recipes Catch all of the types of critters Catch all of the types of fish Upgrade your farmhouse size A farm animal or pet reaches 10 hearts of friendship (just the first time it hits 10 hearts)
+5000 points	A villager reaches maximum friendship (just the first time, not every time) Your child is born Your child sits up in bed Your child walks You give a Grow-up Candy to your child
+10,000 points	Play tree trunk music sheet #5 to unlock the forest mine
+15,000 points	Get married
+20,000 points	Complete Town Restoration Plan #1 or Plan #5
+30,000 points	Complete Town Restoration Plan #2 or Plan #3 or Plan #4

Rank Titles

Your rank titles are only in four categories: fishing, fish trapping, cooking, and critter catching. As you do these activities a certain number of times, you will eventually see a LEVEL UP appear, followed by a congratulatory full mastery letter in your mailbox the next day. The important ranks to go for are:

• Earning the Skilled Trapper fish trapping rank to unlock the Group 1 fish trapping blueprints
• Earning the Star Trapper fish trapping rank to unlock the Group 2 fish trapping blueprints
• Earning the Skilled Fisherman fishing rank to unlock the Group 1 fishing blueprints
• Earning the Fishing Maniac fishing rank to unlock the Group 2 fishing blueprints

The ranks you earn from cooking will add a multiplier to the star rank of the resulting cooked dish; the higher your rank title, the more bonus star points your resulting dish will have (using high level star rank ingredients also helps). The rank for fishing and fish trapping will increase the star rank of the caught fish. The rank you earn from catching critters does nothing in the game. Critters do not have a star quality rank nor will the rank title make new types of critters appear.

You can see the number of times you've done these four activities by going to your farmhouse bookshelf, selecting the Picture Book option, and then looking at your Various Data. The first four entries on your bottom touch screen will be the four rank categories: Times Cooked is your cooking rank, Fish Caught is your fishing rank, Fish Traps Used is your fish trapping rank, and Critters Caught is your critters rank.

No. of Times	Cooking	Fishing	Fish Trapping	Critters
0	Beginner Cook	Beginner Fisherman	Beginner Trapper	Beginner Catcher
10	Novice Cook	Novice Fisherman	Novice Trapper	Novice Catcher
50	Apprentice Cook	Skilled Fisherman	Skilled Trapper	Skilled Catcher
100	Experienced Cook	Expert Fisherman	Great Trapper	Great Catcher
200	Sous Chef	Fishing Maniac	Star Trapper	Star Catcher
400	Head Chef	Fishing Technician	Super Trapper	Super Catcher
800	Executive Chef	Fishing Idol	Expert Trapper	Expert Catcher
1300	Elite Chef	?	?	Supreme Catcher
1900	Master Chef	?	?	Elite Catcher
3000	Legendary Chef	?	?	Catcher Legend

(Sorry, these are still being worked on)

For the fishing and fish trapping rank titles, catching junk items (branches, coins, old cans, etc.) will not add toward increasing your numbers. Only when you catch a fish, shrimp, crab, clam, or other fishy creatures will your count increase.

With the fish trapping and cooking, the action counts for your overall time and not the number of items. Catching five Steamer Clams when fishing trapping is the same as catching one Steamer Clam. When trying to work on your cooking rank title, you'll want to cook each dish one at a time instead of making a 10-stack of the same dish.

Your rank title will not change anymore after you've reached the last level.

Achievements

The titles you earn have absolutely no affect in the game. These are just small goals that you can try to reach. Each category will have a bronze, silver, and gold title associated with it. You don't receive anything other than a mailbox letter if you achieve a crown rank in an achievement category. Once you reach the gold crown achievement, the counter will stop increasing for that category.

You can see these 83 achievement categories by going into your farmhouse bookshelf, selecting the Picture Book, Various Data, and then looking on your bottom touch screen. The entries that appear after the four rank titles are your supplementary achievement titles.

Cagegory	Bronze Rank	Silver Rank	Gold Rank
Object Made	Craft 100 blueprint objects	Craft 500 blueprint objects	Craft 1000 blueprint objects
Shipping Money Made	Earn 100,000 G	Earn 10,000,000 G	Earn 100,000,000 G
Blueprints Acquired	Obtain 100 blueprints	Obtain 200 blueprints	Obtain all 374 blueprints
Recipes Acquired	Obtain 100 cooking recipes	Obtain 200 cooking recipes	Obtain all 324 cooking recipes
Crop Types Harvested	Harvest 20 types of crops	Harvest 40 types of crops	Harvest all 62 types of crop
Types of Fish Caught	Catch 20 types of fish	Catch 50 types of fish	Catch all 80 types of fish
Critter Types Caught	Catch 20 types of critters	Catch 60 types of critters	Catch all 96 types of critters
Town Revitalization	Complete Town Plan #1	Complete Town Plan #3	Complete Town Plan #5
Gifts to H. Goddess	Toss 50 gifts into her pond	Toss 100 gifts into her pond	Toss 300 gifts into her pond
Times Traveled	Use the Travel Agency 10 times	Use the Travel Agency 30 times	Use the Travel Agency 50 times
Memory Museum Used	Use the museum 10 times	Use the museum 30 times	Use the museum 50 times
The Memory Museum Used achievement appears after you build and place the Memory Museum
Clothes Collected	Craft 10 clothing outfits	Craft 30 clothing outfits	Craft 50 clothing outfits
Hairstyles Changed	Use the Salon 10 times	Use the Salon 30 times	Use the Salon 50 times
Exchanged with Sandra	Make 100 trades at her shop	Make 500 trades at her shop	Make 1000 trades at her shop
Won Crop Festival	Win the festival 1 time	Win the festival 3 times	Win the festival 5 times
Won Cooking Festival	Win the festival 1 time	Win the festival 3 times	Win the festival 5 times
Won Bee Festival	Win the festival 1 time	Win the festival 3 times	Win the festival 5 times
Won Cow Festival	Win the festival 1 time	Win the festival 3 times	Win the festival 5 times
Won Chicken Festival	Win the festival 1 time	Win the festival 3 times	Win the festival 5 times
Won Sheep Festival	Win the festival 1 time	Win the festival 3 times	Win the festival 5 times
Cagegory	Bronze Rank	Silver Rank	Gold Rank
Won Alpaca Festival	Win the festival 1 time	Win the festival 3 times	Win the festival 5 times
Won Llama Festival	Win the festival 1 time	Win the festival 3 times	Win the festival 5 times
Won Yak Festival	Win the festival 1 time	Win the festival 3 times	Win the festival 5 times
Won Fishing Contest	Win the festival 1 time	Win the festival 3 times	Win the festival 5 times
Won Critter Contest	Win the festival 1 time	Win the festival 3 times	Win the festival 5 times
Made Giant Animals	Grow 10 giant animals	Grow 30 giant animals	Grow 50 giant animals
The in-game text says Made Giant Crops, but it means Giant Animals
Milk Collected	Collect 100 normal/jersey milk	Collect 500 normal/jersey milk	Collect 1000 normal/jersey milk
Eggs Gathered	Collect 100 eggs	Collect 500 eggs	Collect 1000 eggs
Wool Collected	Sheer 100 sheep wool	Sheer 500 sheep wool	Sheer 1000 sheep wool
Alpaca Wool Collected	Sheer 100 alpaca wool	Sheer 500 alpaca wool	Sheer 1000 alpaca wool
Llama Wool Collected	Sheer 100 llama wool	Sheer 500 llama wool	Sheer 1000 llama wool
Yak Milk Collected	Collect 100 yak milk	Collect 500 yak milk	Collect 1000 yak milk
Cows Acquired	Own 30 normal/jersey cows	Own 60 normal/jersey cows	Own 100 normal/jersey cows
Chickens Acquired	Own 30 chickens	Own 60 chickens	Own 100 chickens
Sheep Acquired	Own 30 normal/suffolk sheep	Own 60 normal/suffolk sheep	Own 100 normal/suffolk sheep
Alpacas Acquired	Own 30 alpacas	Own 60 alpacas	Own 100 alpacas
Llamas Acquired	Own 30 llama	Own 60 llamas	Own 100 llamas
Yaks Acquired	Own 30 yaks	Own 60 yaks	Own 100 yaks
Honey Made	Harvest 100 honey	Harvest 500 honey	Harvest 1000 honey
Mushrooms Grown	Harvest 100 mushrooms	Harvest 500 mushrooms	Harvest 1000 mushrooms
Cagegory	Bronze Rank	Silver Rank	Gold Rank
Giant Crops Harvested	Harvest 10 big/giant crops	Harvest 50 big/giant crops	Harvest 100 big/giant crops
Crops Harvested	Harvest 100 crops	Harvest 500 crops	Harvest 1000 crops
Fruit Harvested	Harvest 100 fruit	Harvest 500 fruit	Harvest 1000 fruit
Flowers Harvested	Harvest 100 flowers	Harvest 500 flowers	Harvest 1000 flowers
Herbs Harvested	Harvest 100 herbs	Harvest 500 herbs	Harvest 1000 herbs
Textiles Harvested	Harvest 100 flax/cotton	Harvest 500 flax/cotton	Harvest 1000 flax/cotton
Grains Harvested	Harvest 100 soybeans/wheat	Harvest 500 soybeans/wheat	Harvest 1000 soybeans/wheat
Paddy Crops Harvested	Harvest 100 paddy crops	Harvest 500 paddy crops	Harvest 1000 paddy crops
Tea Leaves Harvested	Harvest 100 tea leaves	Harvest 500 tea leaves	Harvest 1000 tea leaves
Fish Raised	Harvest 100 fish from fish shed	Harvest 500 fish from fish shed	Harvest 1000 fish from fish shed
Crabs Caught	Catch 100 crabs	Catch 500 crabs	Catch 1000 crabs
Shrimp Caught	Catch 100 shrimp	Catch 500 shrimp	Catch 1000 shrimp
Shellfish Caught	Catch 100 shellfish	Catch 500 shellfish	Catch 1000 shellfish
Mollusks Caught	Catch 100 mollusks	Catch 500 mollusks	Catch 1000 mollusks
Big Game Caught	Catch 100 giant fish	Catch 500 giant fish	Catch 1000 giant fish
Butterflies Caught	Catch 100 butterflies	Catch 500 butterflies	Catch 1000 butterflies
Locusts Caught	Catch 100 locusts	Catch 500 locusts	Catch 1000 locusts
Cicadas Caught	Catch 100 cicadas	Catch 500 cicadas	Catch 1000 cicadas
Beetles Caught	Catch 100 beetles	Catch 500 beetles	Catch 1000 beetles
Stag Beetles Caught	Catch 100 stag beetles	Catch 500 stag beetles	Catch 1000 stag beetles
Cagegory	Bronze Rank	Silver Rank	Gold Rank
Dragonflies Caught	Catch 100 dragonflies	Catch 500 dragonflies	Catch 1000 dragonflies
Fireflies Caught	Catch 100 fireflies	Catch 500 fireflies	Catch 1000 fireflies
Frogs Caught	Catch 100 frogs	Catch 500 frogs	Catch 1000 frogs
Bees Caught	Catch 100 bees	Catch 500 bees	Catch 1000 bees
Ladybugs Caught	Catch 100 ladybugs	Catch 500 ladybugs	Catch 1000 ladybugs
Music Played	Play 3 Tree Trunk songs	Play 7 Tree Trunk songs	Play 13 Tree Trunk songs
Played Multiplayer	Use the trade system 15 times	Use the trade system 50 times	Use the trade system 100 times
Used Makers	Use the machines 100 times	Use the machines 500 times	Use the machines 1000 times
Ore Mined	Collect 100 items when mining	Collect 500 items when mining	Collect 1000 items when mining
Items Foraged	Collect 100 wild items	Collect 500 wild items	Collect 1000 wild items
Mountain Devices Used	Use jumps/chutes 500 times	Use jumps/chutes 1000 times	Use jumps/chutes 3000 times
Poison Mushrooms Eaten	Eat 100 poison mushrooms	Eat 500 poison mushrooms	Eat 1000 poison mushrooms
Times Fainted	Pass out 10 times	Pass out 50 times	Pass out 100 times

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