Welcome to Olive Town, a peaceful community established by your trailblazing grandfather and his friends. Now that you've taken over his farm, it's your job to carry on his legacy. Plant crops, raise animals, build relationships, and get to know the residents of your new home!
Players can cultivate a variety of crops, trees, and flowers on the inherited farmland. As they progress, players unlock and renovate new areas of the farm, gradually expanding their available land for cultivation. This gradual farm expansion creates a satisfying sense of progression as players transform the run-down property into a thriving, productive farm.
Unlike previous games, players directly interact with livestock animals like chickens, cows, sheep, and pigs to pet, milk, or shear them, rather than using specialized tools. The game also introduces a new animal taming mechanic, where players can venture out into the wild and tame stray animals, which can then be adopted and added to the farm's livestock.
To support their farming operations, players can craft a variety of tools, machines, and other facilities using gathered materials. These range from basic necessities like upgraded tools and animal feeders to more advanced processing equipment like cheese makers and looms. Players can strategically place and arrange these facilities across their expanding farmland to optimize their production and resource management.
Beyond the central farm, the wider town of Olive offers opportunities for exploration and resource gathering. Players can venture into the surrounding wilderness to forage for wild plants and flowers, fish in various bodies of water, and mine for valuable ores and minerals in cave systems. These off-farm activities provide additional income streams and resources to support the player's farming endeavors.
As players establish themselves within the Olive Town community, they can build relationships with the local residents through conversation, gift-giving, and participation in town events and festivals. These interactions unlock new narrative events and deepen the player's connections with the townspeople, some of whom may even become potential marriage partners. The various seasonal festivals, such as the Egg Hunt and Fireworks Display, provide fun, community-oriented activities that further integrate the player into the rhythms of town life.