Ref: http://www.thonky.com/story-of-seasons-trio-of-towns/mining
Scroll down till you see the Ore Probabilities chart

For example, I'm aiming for Moonstones;
S = Very high probability
A = High probability
B = Medium probability
C = Low probability

For Mining node in southeast corner of northern Westown, you will get Very High Probability if using level 4 Hammer.(every 3 days). It works. So far I get about 1-2 moonstone per round.

For Mining node near Westown Post Office (and in farm basement after completing Farming Tips 3)
High Probability if using level 3 Hammer.(every 3 days).
Give it a try. Good luck.

Edit: [Just in, 2 Moonstone, level 3 Hammer]

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Bell will be available on Year 2, Spring 1.

wat the tuttttt....   (on the different level hammer for different type of ore)
i currently feel processing my crops by cooking them first before selling them gain me higher profits (instead of just selling them off raw)
what you think? what gives you highest profit?

btw...u have the "power circles" available already?

My main source of income used to be "Gold Yoghurt" . But it is rather time consuming to make them. Then an angmo on SoS FB group I joined told me that selling Smoothie is way easier and also can increase ur cooking rank. So right now I make Smoothie to earn $$. And also I have Giant crops, I can make more Smoothie . 1 Giant Crop equals to 5

Currently have 18mil and just gotten my Magical mansion (interior). Time to farm more Moonstones for Magical exterior -.-"



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I have some power circles. Maiden with Spear for my factories. And Giant Pearl to constantly get Gold pearl.

wow...impressive figure and house deco design...    

wow...impressive figure and house deco design...    

Thanks. Entering 4th year soon.. current aim is to max all crops' qualities. And also waiting for them to release the DLC.

There's several easy way to make a huge amount of profit and level up cooking skill super fast in the game.

Once you've unlocked all three villages and can buy yogurt, butter and corn meal from the supply shop, you can cook Cornmeal Flatbread. It's extremely rewarding.

If you're still in the first year, you can sell Rice Porridge. The ingredient is rice and soy sauce which you can buy in Tsuyukusa.

Did any of you guys go this route? Some people don't like to do this since they consider it cheaty.

Will there be any DLC for US version? I thought it's only for JP version

There's several easy way to make a huge amount of profit and level up cooking skill super fast in the game.

Once you've unlocked all three villages and can buy yogurt, butter and corn meal from the supply shop, you can cook Cornmeal Flatbread. It's extremely rewarding.

If you're still in the first year, you can sell Rice Porridge. The ingredient is rice and soy sauce which you can buy in Tsuyukusa.

Did any of you guys go this route? Some people don't like to do this since they consider it cheaty.

I found some useful spreadsheet you might need it:

1) Crop guides

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1--V...8xXos/htmlview#

2) Achievements checklist

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1swt...w#gid=819738086

Thanks for sharing that tumblr post!

I love how XSEED is very honest about deciding whether or not to localize the DLC. It's humbling to know how much time, money and energy they spent on localizing the game and the DLC that they published.

Sometimes as gamers we don't consider that side of the business when it quite frankly could financially make or break the studio.

thanks for the info...and it seems there is soft soil? 

currently im still on the normal dry soil...

how does topping works? it said it improves quality... but it doesn't seem to increase the price...

Yep. That's why I dont mind paying for it.
Yeah plant on soft soil grow faster.
Price increases too

Before & After



5* to 5*(Red) after adding topping

Is this the best Harvest Moon and Story of the Seasons to date? Or is there pros and cons.

Best Story of Seasons, yes. The real deal from the original developer and producer.

Harvest Moon by Natsume is quite thrash now.
Eg; Skytree Village(2016) and The Lost Valley(2014)

"Harvest Moon is no longer the game you grew up with"
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https://www.polygon.com/e3/2016/6/20/119822...seasons-e3-2016

That i know regarding Natsume, but is the game as good as the original Story of Seasons or A New Beginning for example. How better does it gets.