Tool Upgrades

Upgrading your basic tools is completely different in Island of Happiness compared to past Harvest Moon games. Your tool power now comes from attaching rocks, called Wonderful Stones, to the tool's available stone slots.

The seven colors of Wonderful Stones will increase the power of your tools in different ways. You can attach stones of the same color for a stronger affect, or even mix and match stones to create a tool with different benefits compared to the standard versions.

Stones can be acquired from winning festivals, Chen's shop in the Winter season, and at the bottom of the mine. To attach a stone to your tool, talk to Charlie when he is in Chen's shop and ask him about your tools. You can then select the tool to upgrade and then the stone(s) you want to attach.

The basic tools you start with (hammer, axe, hoe, sickle, and watering can) are only able to have 1 Wonderful Stone attached. If you want to attach more stones you will have to buy new tools from Gannon. Mirabelle sells the milker, sheers, and brush tools at her animal shop.

	Red	Orange	Yellow	Green	Blue	Indigo	Purple
Axe	Increase the chopping range by 1 length square	Receive more lumber when chopping	Chop stumps	Use 1 less STA	Increase the chopping range by 2 width squares	Add 5 additional stone slots	Earn 2 G per tool use
Hammer	Increase the smashing range by 1 length square	Receive more Material Stone, ore, and jewels when smashing rocks	Smash larger stones (3 needed for full power up)	Use 1 less STA	Increase the smashing range by 2 width squares	Add 5 additional stone slots	Earn 2 G per tool use
Hoe	Increase the till range by 1 length square	Receive more items if you till soil inside the mine	Till the rice paddy	Use 1 less STA	Increase the till range by 2 width squares	Add 5 additional stone slots	Earn 2 G per tool use
Sickle	Increase the cutting range by 1 length square	Receive more produce when cutting (fodder, rice, etc.)	Harvest rice, wheat, etc.	Use 1 less STA	Increase the cutting range by 2 width squares	Add 5 additional stone slots	Earn 2 G per tool use
Watering Can	Increase the watering range by 1 length square	Hold 50 more units of water	Give a square of soil more water	Use 1 less STA	Increase the watering range by 2 width squares	Add 5 additional stone slots	Earn 2 G per tool use
Brush	Increase the brush range by 1 length square	Lowers animal stress points	Earn more love points	Use 1 less STA	Increase the brush range by 2 width squares	Add 5 additional stone slots	Earn 2 G per tool use
Milker	Increase the milker range by 1 length square	Receive more milk	Earn more love points	Use 1 less STA	Increase the milking range by 2 width squares	Add 5 additional stone slots	Earn 2 G per tool use
Sheers	Increase the sheer range by 1 length square	Receive more wool	Earn move love points	Use 1 less STA	Increase the sheer range by 2 width squares	Add 5 additional stone slots	Earn 2 G per tool use

The most standard example is the watering can and the need to power it up to water a 3x3 square of crops. The basic watering can can only water 1 crop at a time. To increase its power, you will have to attach 1 Blue Wonderful (for +2 width range) and 2 Red Wonderfuls (for +1 and +1 length range). The details on the Watering Can will give you an area of 3x3.

0 Blue Wonderful 0 Red Wonderful

1 Blue Wonderful 0 Red Wonderful

1 Blue Wonderful 1 Red Wonderful

1 Blue Wonderful 2 Red Wonderful

Acquiring a specific color of Wonderful is not easy. Luckily there are some things you can do to increase your chances:

Points between:	Receive:
0 and 19	Blue Wonderful
20 and 39	Green Wonderful
40 and 54	Red Wonderful
55 and 70	Yellow Wonderful
71 and 82	Orange Wonderful
83 and 90	Purple Wonderful
91 to 99	Indigo Wonderful

If you're the grand prize winner in the animal judging, seasonal crop judging, cooking, fishing, or mining festivals, you will receive a Wonderful Stone. The type of Wonderful you receive will depend on the last 2 digits of your current Farm Degree.

Unfortunately you can't see your current degree point value, so make sure you save your game right before you participate in the festival. If you receive a stone color that you don't want, you can then adjust your degree points by reloading your game and using your tools, shipping items, or other tasks that increase you points.

The only mine in the game is up in the mountains and you can meet with the Harvest Goddess if you make it down to the last 255th floor. Each time you land on the bottom floor you will either receive a cooking recipe or a Wonderful Stone. If you land on an odd time (1st time, 3rd time, etc.) then you will be given a colored Wonderful Stone. An even time (2nd, 4th, etc.) will earn you a curry or natto cooking recipe.

You must unlock the Goddess before she will appear on the 255th floor! If you go down to the bottom without tossing a gift into the Goddess' Pond at least once, then you will receive nothing. Your rewards will also shift to stones on even times and recipes on odd times.

Harvest Moon farmer Katherine has noticed that there is a pattern to the type of Wonderful that the Goddess gives you for reaching the 255th floor; it is actually based on the last 2 digits of your current Farm Degree, just like with winning the yearly festivals. See the table above for the number ranges for each color.

If you are searching for a specific color of Wonderful, make your way down to the 254th floor (or somewhere close to) and then save your game. When you reach floor 255 you'll be given a stone by the Goddess. If the colored stone you receive is not what you want, reload your game and use your tools to increase your FD (1 tool use = 1 FD) until you get to the number range of the Wonderful you are looking for. Then just go back down to floor 255 to collect your stone.

Date Range:	Color:	Price:
Winter 01 to 06	Red Wonderful	2000 G
Winter 07 only	Indigo Wonderful	50,000 G
Winter 08 to 13	Yellow Wonderful	3000 G
Winter 14 to 19	Blue Wonderful	2000 G
Winter 20 to 22	Green Wonderful	3000 G
Winter 23 to 25	Orange Wonderful	5000 G
Winter 26 to 30	Purple Wonderful	2000 G

During the Winter season, Chen will have Wonderfuls for sale in his shop. The chance of him having a stone for sale is dependent on the last digit of your Farm Degree ending in 5.

If you're trying to buy a specific color of stone, save your game the night before and then check Chen's store the next morning. If it doesn't appear then reload your game, use a tool 1 time, and then go to bed and check his inventory again. If still no stone, reload and use a tool 2 times. If there still isn't a stone then reload, use a tool 3 times, and go to bed. Basically you are nudging your Farm Degree up by 1 point the night before in order to get your last number to be a 5.

When the last number of your invisible degree meets the requirement then Chen will sell one stone. You can then repeat this process the next morning and all Winter long.

You can't buy the Winter 7 Indigo Wonderful in your first year of the game. Unfortunately, your first Wi7 lands on a Friday when Chen's shop is closed.

Don't forget, going to bed adds to your Farm Degree! When you go to bed you'll receve 1 degree multiplied by the number of years you currently are in the game. You may have to repeat nudging your FD many times in order to finaly achieve an ending number of 5.