If you’ve been following Natsume’s Facebook page you might have noticed that they’ve been releasing helpful tips for playing their latest release, Harvest Moon: A New Beginning.  The list started on Nov. 8, 2012. Currently, their list has 13 tips; however, they aren’t done yet.   

For those interested, here is the current list:

#1: You can water crops twice a day to make them grow faster! A plot will "dry up" after about 10 hours.

#2: The minimum amount you need to water a crop is once every second day. It will grow very slowly.

#3: Grass doesn't need to be watered. It's also an easy way to make some fast G when you're saving up!

#4: Even if you're not "into the ladies," it's smart to woo Iroha. She'll gift you upgraded tool Blueprints if she likes you~

#5: You could give Neil milk, but fodder's cheaper and he likes it just as much. Even if you're not wooing him, he has some cool animal-related gifts if he likes you~

#6: Emma ships your products and is the mother of an absent villager. Befriend her to encourage her child to move home.

#7: Grass (Fodder) counts as a crop. Chickens count as animals. Both will come in handy~

#8: Befriend Neil for some awesome animal-related blueprints. Tending & moving livestock will be a breeze!

#9: You can unlock both floor and wall decorations for your home. The only question remains which villager has each pattern~

#10: Need someone to socialize with late at night? Soseki and the Witch Princess are both night owls, staying up past midnight.

#11: The forecast is fickle, and may vary slightly from the newspaper's predictions.

#12: Mining is hard. You'll probably want a doctor living in town before you try it...in case you hurt yourself!

#13: There is no 13th tip. Alice is superstitious.

For more updates please check out Natsume’s official Facebook page. Have any of the tips been helping you lately?

Also on a side note, A New Beginning has been released for the Nintendo eShop on the 3DS!