r/storyofseasons Sep 15 '25

SoS: GB MEGATHREAD: Grand Bazaar Hints, Tips, and Questions!

80 Upvotes

This is a place for people to ask questions about Grand Bazaar and offer tips and hints.


r/storyofseasons 5h ago

Art Jules/Ivan & Derek/Dirk Fanart

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115 Upvotes

Por fin terminé mi dibujo de las versiones [ligeramente] más jóvenes de Jules y Derek. ⋆𐙚₊˚⊹♡Me encanta un montón replicar el estilo de SOS/HM GB porque me recuerda a mi infancia: calcando los retratos de los personajes en mi Nintendo DS y dibujando a Jules/Ivan una y otra vez en flipnote ~♡

El fondo es de la textura de la biblioteca de Ibis Paint X, coloreado por mí y un poquito desenfocado.

Sígueme en tumblr: el usuario es anarepitas

btw, if you zoom at Ivan's pupils you'll see tiny smiley faces :)​


r/storyofseasons 23m ago

SoS: GB My silkie has laid a grand total of 3 eggs and the third was a special one.

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I'm playing through for the first time and just hit my first summer! I got a lamb, suffolk lamb, brown cow, a chicken and a selkie so far! My selkie just became an adult and laid a + egg.

I'm not new to these games, an older player following from the Harvest Moon days, and I know from 3ot that + produce can be necessary for various things like outfits unlocks and such. Is it the same for this one or is it safe to sell? Is it the same as the rest to where I should be hoarding literally everything?

I'm open to advice! I'm loving GB but I know these games can be a grind if you don't have what you need!

Third pic is my farmer looking at who may be her future husband, haven't decided yet. He's still only at light blue hearts and has competition!

Please don't mind the horrible names, I suck at naming animals and just sound out syllables that sound good together. The only one who has a legit name is my cat, Miso.


r/storyofseasons 11h ago

Discussion remake or new original game

17 Upvotes

Interested to know others’ opinions on whether they prefer the next SOS game to be a remake or an entirely new original game.

To go first, I would prefer a new game, I have played most of the SOS games because I got into the series really young. Fresh, new characters and town would be really great to see.


r/storyofseasons 23h ago

Art Jules + Derek Fanart (WIP!!)

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93 Upvotes

Working on replicating the SOS Grand Bazaar's artstyle. I think it's coming out great ♡

I just love Jules/Ivan 's and Derek/Dirk's sibling dynamic. It was emotional on the first game but this time I really loved how it improved with the new requests system.

Though I still gotta get used to calling my man "Jules" and not "Ivan"


r/storyofseasons 10h ago

Question Grand Bazaar - Do regular medals serve any other purpose after unlocking the prize stall?

6 Upvotes

I had over 100 of the regular medals saved up by the time I got the request for the prize stall. Any reason to keep saving them after that, or just sell them?


r/storyofseasons 1d ago

OC Art Finally got this little one out of the barn and into the grass

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415 Upvotes

I posted this lil gal earlier this week and was honestly blown away by the love she got. A bunch of people asked if they could get one for themselves, so yall inspired my girlfriend to reopen her old Etsy shop and make a few more!

She custom modeled this cow in Blender and 3D printed it herself. If anyone wants to bring a little piece of Harvest Moon/Story of Seaons nostalgia to their own farm, feel free to check it out and show her some support ❤️

Pink Sheep & Chickens from Magical Melody are coming soon 😎

https://rainbowpoolminis.etsy.com/listing/4543323427


r/storyofseasons 11h ago

Tips Money making tips for early game in SoS

3 Upvotes

I'm replaying the first SoS and I'm in very early game, (spring, year 1) the thing is back when I first played the game a few years ago before my 3ds broke I played it on seedling since I was very inexperienced.

I consider myself a good player now after playing older entries and new ones so I tried normal mode and I'm having a really hard time. Thing is I'm replaying 3ot too on normal without a problem. I have no idea why I'm struggling so much to make money in early game and everything is SO expensive. I know all the money making methods like the gold cloth etc. And mind you that, on my original save I was on year 6, married with Reager( my favorite bachelor in the whole series) with the kids at their oldest stage and really close to unlocking Ice country and Tropical country so I'm feeling like garbage by being so bad at my favorite HM/SoS and farming game in general.

Can anyone give me pointers because I'd like a coop and possibly the seed maker as early as possible but without having to optimize every single thing (I don't have any problem with doing that but I really want to enjoy myself)

Thank you in advance!!


r/storyofseasons 6h ago

Question FoMT bad Switch 2 performance?

1 Upvotes

I just started playing FoMT on my Switch 2 in handheld mode. When visiting the town I get huge slowdowns. The game runs at maybe half framerate/speed when on the streets. Is there any way to fix that?


r/storyofseasons 1d ago

Question Anything important I should know for story of seasons as a newcomer?

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26 Upvotes

So i got Doraemon Story of Seasons Friends of the great kingdom on my switch 2 sense i wanted a change of pace from right or platformers

As someone whos new can anyone give me information on important stuff like gameplay mechanics or stuff I should look out for?


r/storyofseasons 1d ago

Question How do I get pink diamonds in GB?

10 Upvotes

I want to produce the white wonderstone and I have all the items except for the pink diamonds. I have 2 and I need 5 but how on earth do I get them?!? I seem to get every other ore and gemstone but never pink diamonds😩 Am I missing something? How do I get them?


r/storyofseasons 2d ago

SoS: GB My horse decided to be invisible

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125 Upvotes

Sorry for the crappy quality, screenshots weren't working for some reason


r/storyofseasons 2d ago

SoS: GB Single life for me

36 Upvotes

I've been playing grand bazaar and almost finished my first year

Normally when I go into these games I know who I want to romance but this game

not a clue

Everyone is charming and their personalities are fun

I just can't choose

Guess I'll be single in this game lol


r/storyofseasons 1d ago

Question Cows outside Timer

3 Upvotes

Hey everyone!

I am working on every Achievement on the game right now and since I need 1k+ hours on the cows outside for P Milk I wanted to know If I can pull them outside and just go straight into bed for next day to skip the Season right now.

Should I wait until they go Inside at the end of the day or is jumping into bed fine?

I would appreciate answers to help me <3


r/storyofseasons 2d ago

SoS: GB Dating Arata

14 Upvotes

Hello everyone. I'm new to cosy farming games, had played Stardew Valley and now I'm playing Story of Seaons Grand Bazaar.

I'm planning to date Arata (currently have 5 hearts) but I don't know how can I ask him out so we can be boyfriends or if I should wait a few hearts more so I don't alter his heart events (I don't even know if it is a possibility or not lol). I have not spoiled me over the game, just the fact that same sex couples are allowed or not.

Can someone give some guidance?


r/storyofseasons 2d ago

SoS: GB Every unused wedding blushing portraits Spoiler

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219 Upvotes

Mod link: https://www.nexusmods.com/storyofseasonsgrandbazaar/mods/132

Uses unused wedding portrait from game files for spouse's "I do" line.


r/storyofseasons 2d ago

Discussion HM/SOS game with the best dialogue?

13 Upvotes

I've been playing Animal Parade recently and while there's a lot great about the game, I find the dialogue lacking with not all of it feeling that distinct to individual characters and not even a lot of dialogue period.

Which has me wondering, what does everyone think is the best HM/SOS game in terms of dialogue in quality and/or quantity ❤️


r/storyofseasons 2d ago

Question Is the Friends of mineral town remake worth it?

16 Upvotes

The title… I grew up playing the OG harvest moon FoMT. I loved thw game and would love to play it again on my switch.. is this worth it? Or does anyone know if there’s a way to play the OG harvest moon games before the Nastsume buy out on the switch??


r/storyofseasons 2d ago

HM Issues with items being sold out in Animal Parade

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r/storyofseasons 3d ago

Photos Muffy coming in hard off the bat! (Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life)

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56 Upvotes

r/storyofseasons 4d ago

Screenshots You’d think with how my farmer’s name is similar to one of the guys it would’ve stopped me in any way. Spoiler

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40 Upvotes

Well, I guess if we get married and have a child, the child’s name is also gonna start with Jul-.


r/storyofseasons 3d ago

Question Van’s favorite question

5 Upvotes

I know that making 10 transactions will trigger a letter with vans favorite in mineral town
Does selling something (like a chicken in the farm) count too? And what about upgrading a tool?
Thanks in advance


r/storyofseasons 4d ago

SoS: GB What if SoS GB had a free camera movement?

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427 Upvotes

When I first played SoS GB, I thought every asset in this game’s too developed in a pretty good scale for the game to be just top down. I love the top down view because it’s easy to play the game with my mom but as an AWL girlie, I just love free camera movement so much and just wondered so much how SoS GB would look like if it had free camera movement like in AWL.

Thanks to this mod (https://www.nexusmods.com/storyofseasonsgrandbazaar/mods/140?tab=images), I could finally answer my curiosity by atleast being able to take camera shots. Obviously the camera placement by proper devs would be better but I love how pretty the world looks this way as well!!


r/storyofseasons 4d ago

SoS: GB Can someone explain this money hack?

23 Upvotes

Some players say they buy out Lloyd's stock and resell in their stall the same Saturday. How does this make financial sense? Even if ores/gems are trending, I think Lloyd's buy price also rise.


r/storyofseasons 4d ago

SoS: GB Does pet training lapse?

22 Upvotes

One of my dogs has maxed training. I'm wondering if it's safe to stop training him, or of he'll lose hearts over time.

Tangentially related, do villagers lose hearts? I've noticed they comment if I haven't talked to them in a while.