Festivals

**Festivals** are in-game events that take place on the days listed below. Festivals will be announced at the Notice Board in front of the Mayor's Office at the beginning of each month. The dates can also be checked in the diary screen in the  Calendar Tab
.

Julia will inform you about most of the festivals by visiting your farm. Some festivals such as the Candy Day are mentioned by some of the villagers one day in advance.

Attendance at festivals is optional. Nevertheless Julia will visit your farm in the course of the first spring season and recommends you to aim for winning the farming related festivals in order to contribute to Orange Town's public welfare.

Unlike other farming simulations the shops and villagers will stick to their "normal" schedules. This means shops are opened and villagers will behave like they do on any other day.

## Festival Participation

###  Winning Rewards

By participating in festival-contests the player can win in-game trophies and rare items.

###  Gaining Friendship

Different villagers will attend different festivals. If you participate in a festival and talk to a villager you will gain +100 friendship points.

###  Access to special Shops

During the Flower Festival Chloe and Serge will offer special discount to their goods which they sell at the Festival Preparation Area. At the Chicken Festival you will be able to buy a rooster from Stella.

## Spring Festivals

###  9th Spring: Flower Festival

The Flower Festival takes place on the 9th of Spring. You attend the festival by entering the Festival Preparation Area between 10am and 18pm. When the festival ends, you will be returned to your farm at 18pm.

The featured attraction of the flower festival is the flower bouqet contest. You and the other villagers search for flower bouquets scattered around a special area, which is only accessible during the flower festival. The contest starts by talking to Amanda. In order to win the festival you have to bring boquets in the right color to Amanda. The fastest player (i.e. the one with the most points) will win the game.

The festival ends after Amanda announces the winner. If you win the first, second or third place you will recive the rewards the next day within your mailbox.

Serge and Chloe will open their shops at the Festival Preparation Area and sell items with special discounts.

###  18th Spring: Chicken Festival

The Chicken Festival takes place on the 18th of Spring. You attend the festival by entering the Festival Preparation Area between 10am and 18pm. When the festival ends, you will be returned to your farm at 18pm.

The featured attraction of the chicken festival is the chicken race. In order to participate in the chicken race you need to bring a chicken to the festival area. Chickens in the game vary in speed, refer to the main chicken page to learn how to have your chickens assessed by Benjamin.

The race starts by talking to Benjamin. You will win the race if your chicken's speed or luck stats are high enough. There is no chance to influence your chicken's performance during the race scene.

The festival ends after Benjamin announces the winner. If you win the first, second or third place you will recive the rewards the next day within your mailbox.

In the first year Stella will sell a rooster for 5,000g. If you don't buy it, Lucas will do. Later on you will receive a quest from him, wherein he aks you to bring him some bird feed. Later he offers you to buy the rooster at a reduced price.

## Summer Festivals

###  28th Summer: Tomato Festival

The Tomato Festival takes place on the 28th of summer. You attend the festival by entering the Festival Preparation Area between 10am and 18pm. When the festival ends, you will be returned to your farm at 18pm.

The featured attraction of the tomato festival is the tomato war. The contest starts after talking to Benjamin. Pick tomatoes from the barrels and try to throw it onto the other contestants. If you hit someone your score will be increased by 30 points whereas the score of the hit person will decrease by 10 points. The same rules apply if you get hit by a NPC. The player first one who reaches 500 points wins the game.

The festival ends after Benjamin announces the winner. If you win the first, second or third place you will recive the rewards the next day within your mailbox.

## Winter Festivals

###  9th Winter: Candy Day

The Candy Day takes place on the 9th of Winter. It is considered a special day where everyone gives candy to the kids. You can gift candy to Phi, Richard and also Nathalia.

There isn't any special event at the Festival Preparation Area, therefore the candy day takes place in Orange Town. It triggers some festival related conversations with the villagers.

## Reference

1. ↑ Game Files: OrangeSeason\www\js\managers\Relationship.js :: increaseFriendshipForFestival()
2. ↑ The "Tomato Festival" is inspired by a real tomato festival in Spain which takes place at the end of august every year. Refer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La\_Tomatina