Crops that can be harvested multiple times will also slowly level up over time. When crops are picked they will occasionally drop seeds for a higher level version of the same crop. To refresh the soil the player will have to use crop rotation. The longer a plot of land is continuously used the longer it takes for crops to grow. Soil potency is also factored into growing time. For example, during summer storm will pass by the field and destroy the most of the field, forcing players to start all over again from the beginning. Weather affects farming gameplay than just one way. When it come to planting, the right crops need to be planted corresponding to the weather, otherwise the crops will wither and die before producing any fruits or vegetable. After so a hoe is used on the field to make sure the ground is suitable to be planted. The process includes removing weeds and rocks.
On the field, player must fertilizes first before planting crops. Farming GameplayĪs part of Harvest Moon franchise, the player must farm crops, fruits and vegetables to help proceed the main story. However this feature does not greatly impact the gameplay, it is only used as the key concept for the story. One special feature that has been added is the ability to transform the main character into a monster. If the player continues to abuse the character, the character will be sick and will be forced to buy medicine to heal. When the character is out of HP, the player will be forced to return home. When player is out of RP, player's actions depletes health points instead. The rune points allows actions such as plowing or watering the farm it also act as magic point for magic as well. The player is given two bars, one for health point and another one for rune point( the game version of energy points). As days pass by, the crops will grow according to the time that has been passed. As they play the game, times passes and the player can do certain things only in daytime. Just like in the previous installments, Rune Factory 3 lets the player farm almost real-time. While starting his new life, Micah must find out why he has the ability to transform into a monster and keep it as a secret from everybody else at the same time. Micah is allowed to live there as long as he can maintain the farmland within the tree. Not able recall any of his memories, Micah is offered the chance to live in the sacred tree located on the outskirts of town. A moment later the monster transforms into Micah, a human child. Shara discovers him and brings the monster inside her house to nurse him. On a rainy day a monster drops out of sky, knocking it unconscious.