Summer Festivals

Notable birthdays this season are:

Pet Show

This contest takes place on the first Thursday of Summer.

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In your first year, Ramon will visit in the morning to tell you about the upcoming Pet Show. Since you don't have a pet yet (and he has yet to sell them at the bazaar), the merchant offers to give you a free pet; either a dog or a cat. You *can* reject his free pet if you really want to, but you can't participate in the Pet Show without one.

Head to the town plaza and talk to Woofio between 12:00 pm and 4:00 pm to begin the contest. You'll then select a pet from a list; you do not physically need to bring your pet to the town plaza to participate.

During the competition, Woofio will demand the pets to complete a specified trick, which is a series of sequential button presses. Follow the commands in the correct order to successfully complete the trick. Pets with higher training skills (the fire icons on the pet's Animal Info profile) will have more complex tricks, which will earn more points towards the pet's contest score:

Tip: You can pause the game after the button sequence appears to review what buttons need to be pressed to complete the pet trick.

After completing 10 tricks, the score tally will be judged. First place is 50 Pet Food, a large boost to friendship with your pet and the villagers, and a large boost in the pet's training skill. First-time winners will also receive a Pet Show Trophy for the farmhouse Memento display shelf. This trophy is only awarded one time, as there isn't a silver or gold rank for the Pet Show.

Second place is 20 Pet Food and a medium boost to friendship and training, while third place is 10 Pet Food and a small boost of friendship and training.

Animal Show

This contents takes place on either the second Friday or the third Friday of the season, depending on how many Fridays there are in Summer (e.g., year 1 and 2 is on the second Friday, but in year 3 it is on the third because Summer 1 is a Friday that year).

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This is a rank-based contest where the relationship (heart level) with your animals is judged by Woofio. If you win, the quality of the goods the winning animal produces will increase. In fact, every animal of that type will have a boost in quality. For example, winning with a Chicken will increase egg quality for all Chickens, but will not influence egg quality of Silkie Chickens because that's a different animal family. A Cow is different from a Buffalo. You get the idea.

To begin, talk to Mayor Felix in the town plaza from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. He'll ask you to select the contest entry from your barn. Pick the animal with the most number of friendship hearts as your best contestant, then sit back and let the judging begin!

Having a full Health bar is also important. A sick animal, even by just a little bit, will reduce your chance of taking first place.

Bronze first-prize will receive 9 Delicious Fodder Seeds, a large boost to the animal's friendship and happiness, and a large boost with the villagers' friendship levels. First-time winners will also receive a Bronze Animal Show trophy for the Memento display shelf and a Animal Show Bronze Decor item for the bazaar stall. Second-place will receive 9 fodder seeds and medium boosts, while third place receives 10 Fodder and small boosts.

A bronze-show winner can be entered into a future show to earn silver rank, and then entered again to win gold. You don't have to enter the same animal to win future ranks. The future contest entry animal simply has to be from the same family as the past winner.

A silver rank first-place winner will receive 9 Fast Fodder Seeds and a large boost in villager friendship and animal friendship/happiness levels. First-time winners will also receive a Silver Animal Show trophy and an Animal Show Silver Decor bazaar stall item. Second place winners will get 9 Delicious Fodder Seeds and medium boosts. A third-place finisher in the silver rank competition will receive 20 Fodder and small boosts.

The highest-level gold place winner will receive 9 Soothing Fodder Seeds and a large boost in villager friendship, animal friendship, and animal happiness. First-time winners will also get the Gold Animal Show trophy for the momento shelf and a Gold Animal Show Decor for the bazaar booth. Second-place in the gold competition will receive 9 Fast Fodder seeds and a medium boost with the villagers and contest entry animal. Third place will receive 30 Fodder and a small boost of friendship/happiness.

The products produced by the winning animal will also expand past 5 stars of quality. Bronze winners can produce 6-star quality goods, while silver winners can produce 7-star quality goods. Winning a Gold-rank Animal Festival will add your BRAND mark to the produced goods, resulting in a 3x boost to the products' sale price.

Miguel will start accepting orders for Delicious Fodder Seeds, (420 G), Fast Fodder Seeds (420 G), and Soothing Fodder Seeds (1260 G) after you acquire them, either from a contest win, a title achievement, or any other way.

Horse Derby

This race occurs on the third Wednesday of the season.

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The derby track at the Equestrian Park is located west of Lloyd's house. It will unlock on Summer 14 of your first year, when Ramon visits the farmhouse to hand over a free horse.

To enter the contest, talk to Mayor Felix by the main gate of the horse track. First-time participants will only have the simple Bronze Course to select. You can gain access to the longer Silver Course by taking first-place with bronze. Win the Silver Course to gain access to the challenging Gold Course.

During the summer horse race, the goal is to complete laps around the designated course, successfully jumping horse gates to rack up points. The more gates you sequentially complete, the greater your combo score. Bumping into a gate will reset the combo. Carrots are scattered around the course to restore stamina when your mighty steed becomes exhausted. In the Bronze Course, the carrots are at horse level; you do not have to jump to restore stamina. Carrots do not award derby points.

The point scores are:

The higher the rank of the derby, the more points you need to take first place.

Taking first place will reward you with 30 Horse Treats, a large friendship boost with the villagers, and large boosts to the horse's friendship and training levels. First-time winners will also receive a trophy for the Mementos display shelf inside the farm house, either Bronze, Silver, or Gold.

Second place is 20 Horse Treats and medium boosts of friendship/training, while third place is 10 Horse Treats and a small bit of friendship/training.

Crop Show

This content happens on either the third Monday of Summer or the fourth Monday, depending on how many Mondays there are that year.

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In this festival, this season's plant produce is judged based on star rank. Each category won will increase the maximum star rank of future-produced crops. Ideally, entering (and winning) using crops that regrow will give you more bang for your buck compared to entering single-harvest crops. Multi-harvest crops that are harvestable during summer are Corn, Cucumber, Eggplant, Green Bell Pepper, Red Bell Pepper, Summer Tea Leaves, and Tomato. Fruit trees are Almond, Banana, Cacao, Lemon, Mango, and Peach.

Between 12:00 pm and 4:00 pm, head to the town plaza. Have the contest entry crop held in your hands and talk to Mayor Felix to submit the entry. Crop master Matsuba will then judge the crop based on its star rank. The higher, the better!

Winning the bronze rank will reward you with 9 Eggplant seeds of 1.5-Star rank, a large boost of friendship with the villagers, and a max limit of 6 stars for the winning crop's star rank. Second place is 9 Tomato Seeds of 1.5-Star rank and a medium boost of friendship, and third place is 30 Fertilizer (1.5-Star) and a small bit of friendship with the villagers. First-time bronze winners will also receive a Crop Show Bronze Trophy to display on the farmhouse Memento shelf and a Crops Show Bronze Decor small decoration for the bazaar stall.

Silver rank grand-prize winners receive 9 Green Bell Pepper Seeds (3-star), a large boost of friendship with the villagers, and a max limit of 7 stars of quality. First time silver rank winters also receive a Crop Show Silver Trophy and a Crops Show Silver Decor. Second place in silver receives 9 Tomato Seeds (3-Star) and medium friendship boosts. Third place is 30 Fertilizer (3-star) and a small boost of friendship.

High-ranking gold contest winners receive 54 Melon Seeds (5-Star), the large friendship boost, and a BRAND associated with the winning crop, which boosts the sale price by 3x. Second-place gold winners receive 9 Tomato Seeds (5-Star) and a medium friendship boost, while third place awards 30 Fertilizer (5-Star) and a small friendship boost.

A branded crop will lose its BRAND status once processed or cooked.