Farm Degree & 7 Rings

In Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town (SoS FoMT), your activities and achievements are tracked as Farm Degree points, which accumulate to determine your Farm Degree Rank (or farming title).

Unlike some other Story of Seasons titles where Farm Degree unlocks in-game rewards, in FoMT, it serves solely as a personal achievement record.

Overview of Farm Degree

• Farm Degree points are automatically calculated in the background based on your gameplay.
• You can view your current Farm Degree points and rank by opening the bookshelf inside your house and selecting Farm Degree.
• There are 10 categories of points, each with a maximum of 1,000 points, totaling 10,000 Farm Degree points.
• Your Farm Degree Rank changes as you accumulate points, starting from Novice Farmer and progressing through ranks up to Farming Universe Master.
• Your certified farming title is shown at the bottom of the Farm Profile screen.

How to Earn Farm Degree Points

Selling Goods

• Earn 1 point for every 100 of a specific item sold (max 100 points per item).
• First-time sale of an item grants 5 points (e.g., first Turnip, first Honey, first Large Milk).
• Completing the Shipping Memo (shipping at least one of every item) gives 10 points.

Fishing

• Catching a new fish or junk item for the first time grants 5 points.
• Catching a Whopper fish awards 10 points each (max 70 points).
• Completing the Fish Memo (catch all 57 fish) gives 15 points.
• Catching 100 of a certain fish, junk, or treasure gives 1 point, up to 10,000 total catches.
• Catching larger fish sizes than your previous max awards 1 point per 10 cm increase (e.g., from 60 cm to 90 cm = 3 points).

Animals

• Winning the Moo-Moo, Cluck-Cluck Clash, Fluffy Festival, Beach Day, or Horse Race events grants 10 points each.
• Raising an animal’s heart level by 1 grants 2.5 points, max 25 points per animal.
• Fully training a pet’s green training bar grants 25 points.

Villagers

• Training Nature Sprites to max skills (watering, harvesting, animal care) grants 25 points each, max 75 points per sprite (total 525 points).
• Gaining 10 Friendship Points (FP) music notes from villagers and marriage candidates grants 1 point the first time (max 20 points per person).
• Gaining 100 Love Points (LP) with marriage candidates grants 1 point (max 655 per candidate; villagers don’t have LP).

Cooking

• Cooking a recipe for the first time grants 5 points (max 540 points).
• Hearing a recipe from villagers grants 10 points per recipe.
• Winning the Cooking Festival grants 10 points.

House Upgrades

• Owning Vacation Villa, Seaside Cottage, and Mountain Cabin grants 20 points each (max 60 points).
• Buying Van’s Record Player grants 30 points (no points for buying records).
• Buying Huang Vase and Ellen’s Socks grants 50 points each.
• Having Saibara build Butter, Mayo, Cheese, and Yarn Makers grants 50 points each (max 200 points).
• Hiring Gotts for major building upgrades grants 60 points each (includes house expansions, bath, barn upgrades, waterwheel, silo, and field upgrades; max 660 points).

Tools

• Placing an item in fridge, storage, or backpack grants 1 point.
• Every 500 experience points gained on tools awards 1 point (max 130 per tool). You get 100 exp points for using tools properly (e.g., tilling, mining) and 50 points for swinging tools without reason.
• Backpack upgrades grant 20 points each (max 40 points).

Letters

• Receiving a new letter for the first time grants 11 points. Letters are stored in the bookshelf.
• Repeated letters from the same sender do not grant points again.

Events

• Triggering marriage candidate introduction events grants 5 points each (max 60 points), and 50 points for the very first introduction event.
• Rival events grant 20 points each (max 200 points; 2 events per rival).
• Viewing the first heart event of a certain color grants 50 points each (max 250 points).
• Giving the Preserved Flower to a marriage candidate grants 50 points the first time.
• Accepted marriage proposals and weddings grant 50 points each (max 100 points).
• Pregnancy announcements, childbirth, baby crawling, and first steps events grant 50 points each (max 200 points).
• Neglecting to talk to your spouse for 10 days with no baby results in your spouse staying in bed day 11, and you get 50 points the next day.
• Other random events grant 1 point each. Events with two parts grant 1 point per part.
• Congratulatory events (e.g., greeting the Goddess for catching all fish, reaching mine bottom) grant 1 point.
• First cucumber thrown to Kappa grants 1 point, subsequent cucumbers do not.
• Birthdays (yours, spouse’s, child’s) do not grant points.
• Pre-festival visitor events do not grant points.

TV Shows

• Watching the last episode of shows like Dear Princess, Maiden Memoirs, Mechabot Ultor, Star Lily, and Swip-Swap grants 1 point each.
• Tasty Time and fishing shows do not grant points.
• Using Van’s Remote Control to watch last episodes without watching all episodes is possible.

Main Character

• Each Power Berry collected grants 10 points (max 100 points).
• Blue Berry from Kappa grants 50 points.
• Playing the game for each year grants 1 point (max 200 points).
• Hitting 100 moles in your farm grants 1 point (max 100 points or 10,000 moles).
• Every 100 steps recorded on the Pedometer grants 1 point (max 100 points = 10,000 steps).
• Receiving each of the 7 rings grants 30 points each (max 210 points).
• Wedding ceremony grants 50 points.
• Descending floors in the mine for the first time grants 1 point per floor (max 255 points).

Farm Degree Ranks and Points

The 7 Rings

The 7 achievement rings in FoMT give 30 Farm Degree points each. You’ll get a notification when acquiring a ring, but the ring itself is not shown visually. Rings are recorded in the character profile page in the main menu.

1. Pedometer Ring

Earned by reaching 10,000,000 steps.
Tip: Use rubber bands or tape on the left joystick to make your character walk against a wall in an indoor space, then let the game run to count steps automatically. Disable auto-sleep in settings.

2. Shopping Master Ring

Unlocked after purchasing items from town shops 35 times. The ring will be mailed to your mailbox without a notification icon.

How to farm: Buy 1 chicken/rabbit feed from PoPoultry repeatedly, checking mailbox after each purchase. Save inside the shop before buying to try buying multiple items quickly.

3. Birthday Ring

Received from your spouse on your first wedding anniversary. Enter your house after 6 PM on that day.

4. Marriage Ring

Received during your wedding ceremony.

5. Starlight Night Ring

If unmarried, spend Winter 24 with a marriage candidate at the Starlight Night festival to get this ring. Married players might receive it when attending the party with their spouse and grown child.

6. Valentine/White Day Ring

Given during Valentine’s Day (Winter 14) or White Day (Spring 14) if a marriage candidate with a purple heart visits and you talk to them. You can also get it from your spouse if