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One of the most novel aspects of Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life (and the game it's based on) is how time passes. Your charming farmer lifestyle doesn't go on in unchanging perpetuity; as time passes, you get older, and the world around you changes. Before you know it, your hair is gray, and your child is an adult with a life of their own.
Living out an entire lifetime can be overwhelming, to say the least. And while SoS: AWL may not overload you with new things, years will start to pass faster than you intended. Fortunately, it's not an experience you have to go into completely blind. We've outlined each major chapter and the changes you can expect to see therein.
WARNING: Each section ꦗcontains narrativ🔜e and environmental spoilers.
Chapter One: Beginnings
The beginning of the game. You are new to the Forgotten Valley and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:have to familiarize yourself with the locals and your farmland.
Your Home And Family
You're single and live alone in a single-room home. You have a modest kitchen area where you can cook soups or salads.
Your Farm
You begin the game with a dog and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:a single cow. Later in the year, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Takakura will gift you a horse. You have little grass growing in the grazing field and two fields to grow crops in.
The Townsfolk
Everyone here is new to you. Some are older, otherꩵs are children,☂ and some are about the same age as you.
Notes Of Importance
You are 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:required to choose a♏ marriage candidate by the end of the year. You can romance one of several characters. If you don't propose by the end of the year, you are made to choose someone. If you don't, the game is over.
Chapter Two: Branching
There is a several-year time skip (your animals and crops are unchanged, don't worry). This chapter has the most changes, introducing both your child and a handful of new townsfolks and farm features.
Your Home And Family
The biggest and most noticeable change is that you now have a child. They take after your spouse in terms of appearance. You can talk to them, pick them up, and play with🎃 them.
You also have expanded the house to have a separate kitchen in the back. This comes♒ with a bathroom😼, toilet, and separate refrigerator storage that you can pull from when cooking meals.
Your Farm
After some effort, you can unlock 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Vinnie, the crop-hybridizing plant mo🃏nster. This enables you to create hybrid crops. You can also get a dialogue with Takakura to unlock the Amazing Field option from☂ the shopping ledger. This is a large field capable of growing rare third-generation hybrid crops.
In the Spring and from here on out, (along with toys for your child).
The Town And Townsfolk
Nina, Gary's significant other, has passed away. Gary has entered a depressed mood for the duration of this chapter. He has relocated to a small house near her grave, while Baddoch, the doct😼or, h🍃as moved into their old home.
A new family has also moved in, introducing Garrett, San, and Kate. You can 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:get an Alarm Clock from a special request from Garrett.
Hugh will be a little older.
Notes Of Importance
The 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:dig site will have expanded if you helped them uncover anything noteworthy.
Chapter Three: Blessings
You've become comfortable with your life at this point. Not much will change this chapter aside from the younger folks aging more.
Your Home And Family
Your child has grown from a toddler to a child. They will start developing their abilities and interests. This is the best time to focus on that and 168澳洲幸𒅌运5开奖网:promote interests you want them to li🉐ke.
The Town And Townsfolk
Gary is back to his normal self again. Hugh has grown into a teenager.
Van is 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:expanding his stock, offering things like a creepy teddy bear for a million G.
Notes Of Importance
The dig site might have expanded again.
Chapter Four: Blooming
This is where time starts to get away from you. Signs of aging are showing on everyone, yourself include🔜d. Despite this, not much changes about the world mechanically.
Your Home And Family
Your child is now in the angsty teenager phase. They're taller, older, and generally upset for no reason.
This is a normal part of parenthood and not an indication that you didn't raise them properly.
The Town And Townsfolk
You, your spouse, and all the adults in the Forgotten Valley will have aged with more wrinkles and gray hair. Hugh and Kate are young adults now, with 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:new outfits and styles.
Notes Of Importance
The dig site will have expanded even further.
Chapter Five: Traversal
Finally, your child is past that dramatic young age. They're a young adult now. This will be 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the biggest difference in this chapter.
Your Home And Family
As mentioned, your child has grown into a young adult. They have a new outfit and will be more positive and cooperative. Their interests will be more solidified, something your spouse will remark on.
Notes Of Importance
The dig site will have expanded even more. It's so large now.
Chapter Six: Twilight
This is it: the twilight years. Your elderly at this point, and it shows. This entry has a remarkable spoiler, so proceed with caution.
Your Home And Family
You, your spouse, and everyone else in town are older. Your hair is mostly gray now, and you don't have as much energy as you used to.
Your child is a full adult now. They will have decided on a career path now.
The Town And Townsfolk
The✤ children are all grown up, an﷽d all the adults are noticeably old now.
Notes Of Importance
You guessed it: the dig site will have expanded.
At the end of the year, a cutscene will play out. Your character will stay in bed, where your family will find you unresponsive. The doctor will visit and declare a time of death, after which a somber but heartfelt mourning sequence will play out. This is considered the end of the game. Be sure to save your data afterward because...
Chapter Seven: Beyond
It's not over! After the last chapter, you can then load up your saved file. It will now say it is Year 1 Spring 1 of the Beyond chapter, with the three harvest sprites as an icon. Loading this save will boot up an endless mode generally referred to as 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Beyond or Chapter Seven.
In the Special Edition of Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life, this was known as Heaven Mode.
Everyone in town will revert to their Chapter 2 ages, yourself included. The exceptions to this are the youngsters Hugh, Kate, and your child, who will stay a full adult. Unfortunately, Nina will remain passed away.
This chapter never ends. It's intended to be a non-canonical continuation so that you can continue your save file, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:striving for achievements, completing 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the remaining Wonders, finding the rest of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the hybrid crops, or whatever unfinish♌ed business you have with the game.