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Marry Celia 4th cutscene explanation + guide

If you read my Marry Celia guide, you might remember that I mentioned a 4th cutscene, that was complicated and not for beginners.
This isn't because it requires an insane amount of skill, it's because it requires an insane amount of luck, and newcomers shouldn't reset over not getting this cutscene.

The cutscene is activated when you enter Celia's house with the following requirements:

3 red hearts
Clear weather
Celia is inside her house
Either Spring 10, Summer 1, 2 or 4
Between 12:00pm and 2:00pm
Mystery requirement

The two big alarms on that list are the clear weather requirement, and the mystery requirement.
I obviously don't know much about the mystery requirement, just that when looking into the cutscene, I had all other requirements, yet still didn't get the cutscene. My current theory, is that it requires someone else to either be inside or outside of Celia's house, but because the cutscene starts when you enter, you aren't able to check.
The problem with the weather requirement, is that weather is entirely random, and if it isn't clear on any of the required dates, you cannot get the cutscene.

Everything else is pretty standard. On a good run, you should always get there at the correct times with 3 red hearts. So far I haven't had it where I couldn't activate the cutscene because Celia was outside, but I have a feeling it could still happen.

It's best if you try to get the 4th cutscene on Spring 10, because you've already given her an item that day (as well as just got her on 3 hearts), so you can go straight back home after the cutscene, rather than go give her a gift like you would on a day in Summer.


The reason that getting the 4th cutscene is so good, is that it increases your friendship by 3 whole points. This allows you to marry Celia by Summer 2, assuming you got all the other cutscenes and gave her a flower every day.

By going for this cutscene from the beginning of the run (meaning you reset if you don't get it) you can also save a bit of time by avoiding flowers, you should only need to pick up 10 flowers, as you can pick up 2 flowers after the 3rd cutscene, as it leaves you at the spring next to flowers. The fastest flowers to pick up are the 10 Goddess Drops, right by Celia's house.


Aside from actually activating the cutscene, it's EXTREMELY IMPORTANT that you don't mess up the options and throw the whole run away.
There are 3 option boxes that you want to encounter in this cutscene, the correct answer for the 1st box is the 2nd option, if you get this wrong, THE CUTSCENE WILL END and you will be very sad.
The correct option for the 2nd box is the 1st option, and it doesn't matter which option you choose for the 3rd box, I don't yet know which is faster, but for the time being just go for the 1st option.

So the correct options are 2-1-1


If you manage to get this cutscene in a run, and therefore get a 12 day run, congratulations, that's a very good run and you should be happy :D

Marry Celia Guide

In order to marry Celia, you need to get her up to 4 red hearts and then propose to her using the blue feather.
To make things simple, I've created a system called 'points' to tell how many red hearts Celia will have.
1 red heart	= 3 points
2 red hearts	= 8 points
3 red hearts	= 13 points
4 red hearts	= 18 points

There are 2 main ways to increase your points:
Give her a flower (or other item she likes) or activate ( and correctly answer) a heart event, which gives you 1 point each.
Failing a heart event, may also lead to losing points, but I haven't figured out how many as of yet or if it does.

There are 4 heart events which you can activate during the run (I'll explain the 4th in a separate guide, just pretend there's 3), which means you have to give Celia 15 flowers (or up to 3 more, if you can't get heart events), one every day.
Pick up the 14-18 flowers on the first day. There should be 10 Toy Flowers below Celia's farm, and 4-8 Goddess Drops next to her farm.
If you're confident that you're going to get the 3rd event, you can miss picking up 1 flower at the beginning and instead pick it up from the spring.


Heart Event Guide:

As mentioned above, there are 3 'normal' heart events which you can get in a run. As stated earlier, there is a 4th cutscene, but it's very complicated, and isn't worth worrying about for a beginner.

The first event happens on Spring 3, from around 1:00pm to 2:30pm. All you need to do, is have 1 red heart, and enter her house, when she's home alone. This will most likely require you to enter her house, give her a flower, leave, and then enter again.

The second event can happen on Spring 5 or 6 (maybe even 7?) at around 10:00am-ish. Basically just leave her house, when Celia is outside, working on the farm.

The third event happens on Spring 8 when you leave your house. I'm not sure it matters whether it's morning or afternoon, but just leave your house to activate it.

If you fail to get the 2nd event, there is a back-up. After the 3rd event has happened you should be able to go straight to her house, enter it then leave to activate the 2nd event. I don't know the exact timings, but it's faster than doing an extra day, but not faster than getting it normally.


However, even if you activate the event, you are given options during the event, which you have to answer correctly to get a point.
The 1st event has 3 branching option boxes, the fastest method, is to pick the 1st option and then the 2nd one.
The 2nd event has 1 option box, and the correct answer is the 2nd option.
The 3rd event has 2 option boxes, both of which the correct answer is the 1st option, meaning you can just mash A during this event.
If you're new to the game, don't worry about not getting the 4th event but if you do get it, then make sure for the 1st option box, you select the 2nd option, and then the 1st option for the 2nd and 3rd, meaning after the 1st box, you can just mash through the event.

This covers all the basics of the run.
For a guide that lists all/most big and small time saves for this category, that I can think of, read this ---> http://pastebin.com/VCkTzMfk

Marry Muffy Guide

Marrying Muffy is, as you'd expect, somewhat similar to marrying Celia, you have to get her to 4 red hearts and then give her a blue feather.
Much like Celia runs, I've used a point based system, to determine, how many red hearts Muffy will have.
1 red heart	= 1 point
2 red hearts	= 7/8 points
3 red hearts	= 12 points
4 red hearts	= 15/16 points

The big difference between Celia and Muffy, is that for both 2 hearts and 4 hearts, the amount of points required is somewhat random, with 2 hearts either being 7 or 8 points, and 4 hearts being 15 or 16 points. 2 hearts isn't usually a problem, as you have to pass that amount anyway, but 4 hearts can cause a few problems, especially if you try and propose early for a better time.

There are 5 different ways to increase your points with Muffy (6, but doing one of them, means you can't do another)
Giving her a flower	= 0.5/1 point
Giving her milk		= 0.5 point
Talking to her		= 1 point
Coin/Moon Ore	= 1 point
Heart event		= 1 point

The reason why Muffy has more ways to increase points than Celia, is because you can give Muffy multiple gifts in one day. However, increasing points using these methods, isn't fully straight forward.
When giving Muffy a flower, she'll ask you if the flower is for her, and you'll get three options, Yes, If you want it, and No. Saying no is obviously incorrect, saying if you want it gives you half a point, and saying yes gives you 1 point, but be careful, because the default option is if you want it, and hitting that can cost a bit of time. In terms of how many flowers you should pick up, pick up 3 flowers at the beginning of the run, and then on day 3, after you've talked to her, pick up 6.
Giving her milk, is straight forward. Milk your cow on day 1 (before you've talked to her), 2, 3 (depending on whether the ruins are open) and maybe 4 (if you have time)
Talking to Muffy, to increase your points, isn't just talking to her. After you've talked to a few times, she'll ask why you're here, and to get the point you need to respond with, to see you, which for the first half of the run, is the default option. However, after 3 hearts, the answers all switch round, and the "to see you" answer is the second option. It's also worth mentioning, that you cannot get this point, when Muffy is outside of the bar, it only works when she is inside the bar but not working.

In order to explain the next section, I'm going to first explain a strange part of the run.
As you may know, Muffy works in the Blue Bar, which is open from 10:00am, until when, I don't know. Muffy starts her shift around 1:00pm-ish, with the exception of Spring 3 when you get the first heart event. When Muffy is working, she won't accept any gifts from you. Considering she works until very late, there's no point in trying to catch her at the end of her shift, but instead, you need to come back at 10:00am the next day, which means waiting around 3 minutes.
But this doesn't mean those 3 minutes have to be wasted, as they can be spent in the ruins, trying to dig up coins and moon ores, to give to Muffy. The major problem with this, is that it's reliant on RNG. You don't know whether you'll get any coins or moon ores, but the more the better. Sometimes Carter won't even be in the ruins, and you can't dig at all.
If this happens, then a good back up strat is to feed and milk your cow, and then milk your cow again, the next day. If you do this, you should be able to sell your cow straight after you milk it.
If you do manage to get any coins or moon ores, then you can give one a day to Muffy, with all the other gifts.

There are 2 heart events you can activate during a run, but sometimes there's 3, if you're a bit behind on points.

Heart Event Guide:

The first heart event happens on Spring 3, at around 1:00pm-ish, but can happen on Spring 2. All you have to do is leave your house normally, and the event should start. Even though this event has two option boxes, the correct answers are the default ones, for both of them.
The second one is a bit more random about when it happens, but it's usually around Spring 6, afternoon-ish. To activate this event, all you need to do is enter the Blue Bar. This is another event where you can just mash A because the correct option is the default one.
There is a third event, which can sometimes come up, around the beginning of Summer. I'm not entirely sure, but I think this event triggers, if you either aren't on 3 hearts, or aren't close to 4. The event activates upon leaving your house. Because this event is more likely to trigger in run that goes further into summer than necessary, it's quite crucial that you correctly answer it's one option box, with the second option.
This has only happened to me once, but there's also a possible fourth event, which happens around 6:30pm-ish, once you have 4 hearts (I think). The only way this event should activate, is if you're not able to visit Muffy in the afternoon of the next day, because she'll be working. If you do activate this event, just mash through it, to get through it safely, because if you're not sure on how many points/hearts you have, this can still boost you up.

That's pretty much it for Muffy
For a guide that lists all/most big and small time saves for this category, that I can think of, read this ---> http://pastebin.com/jCbvKbei

Marry Muffy Video Guide

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdDQ7IdWFSE

Marry Nami Guide

Nami is the hardest of the 3 girls to marry, mostly because she goes wherever she wants whenever she wants and she only likes a few items. Unlike Celia and Muffy, with Nami the fastest method of marrying her is to get her to 3 red hearts and then end the chapter, so that the game will get Nami to ask you if she can move in with you.
The points needed for red hearts with Nami are as follow:
1 red heart 	= 9 points
2 red hearts	= 13 points
3 red hearts	= 21 points

There are 3 different ways to increase your points with Nami, giving her gifts, heart events, and talking to her.
Giving her a gift and heart events give you 1 point.
Talking to her may also give her 1 point (it may only be 0.5 point), but is very random and rarely ever works. To try and get the point for talking to her, you need to talk to her in her room, which you can only enter at either 7:00am or 9:00am, if she hasn't already left.
The only gifts you can give her are statues and fossils from the ruins, and Trick Blue Flowers which only grow in fall.

Because the fastest way to marry Nami is by ending the chapter with her on 3 red hearts, it's faster to sleep until Fall and give her 20 Trick Blue Flowers.
If you're doing this in a no-reset/marathon situation then you may want to go to the ruins in the last few days of Summer and give her some statues and fossils.
Because you need to get 21 points in order to marry Nami, you need to give her a gift everyday from Fall 1 until the end of the year, but you also need to activate a heart event.
There is only 1 heart event that appears in the run, which happens a few days after you get 1 red heart.
In this event there is only 1 option box and the correct choice is the second one.

In this run you will also want to get a horse in order to save a lot of time.
To get a horse you need to ship/buy something any day from Spring 10 onward, so that the next day at 12:00pm Takakura will bring you a horse.
Any time after 1:00 and you will not get the horse, so you don't have a lot of room for error. Luckily the only thing you'll need to do in Spring/Summer is milk your cow twice, sell it and then sleep until fall.
If you ship some milk on Summer 10, you can get the horse on the day you start befriending Nami.

Nami's will go wherever she wants, but the best bet is usually Romana's mansion.
I recommend going to Romana's mansion first, then checking the area by the beach, then by Celia's farm.
Sometimes Nami will leave the valley and go to town. On these days you can't give her any items.

That covers everything for Nami.
Time saves are mostly the same as ones in Celia and Muffy runs, but the biggest time saver is just being lucky.

Name	Author
Check out harvestmoonspeedruns.com for the latest guides and info!	loganalogy 2 years ago
Marry Celia 4th cutscene explanation + guide	The00berNoober 8 years ago
Marry Celia Guide	The00berNoober 8 years ago
Marry Muffy Guide	The00berNoober 8 years ago
Marry Muffy Video Guide	The00berNoober 8 years ago
Marry Nami Guide	The00berNoober 7 years ago