Dusty
| Dusty | |
|---|---|
| Type | Animal |
Dusty is Alex's dog, and he lives in Pelican Town rather than on the farm. His home is a fenced Dog Pen just to the right of The Stardrop Saloon. He belongs to the town's story, not to the farm's daily chores. He matters most to Alex, who confides in him during two of his heart events. Pam also knows him and has a few words to say about the old dog. Finishing the Trash Bear's requests gives his shabby pen a proper doghouse.
Notes
Alex spends many of his afternoons standing beside the Dog Pen. On most days he heads there around 4pm, and he stays until early evening. That makes the pen one of the easiest places to find Alex late in the day.
Alex's 4-heart event takes place at the pen. Walking into town between 9am and 4pm finds Alex talking to Dusty about how both of them have had a hard life. He then notices the farmer and asks whether anything was overheard. Either answer leads to the same story. Alex explains why he lives with his grandparents, George and Evelyn. His father drank and treated him badly, then left, and his mother fell ill and died soon after. To lighten the mood, Alex offers to show what Dusty will do for a barbecued steak.
Dusty appears again in Alex's 10-heart event. A letter from Alex invites the farmer to the Saloon in the evening, between 7pm and 10pm. Inside, the pair share a private dinner while Gus plays the violin. If the farmer returns his feelings, Alex happily starts on his steak. A moment later, Dusty bursts through the window, drooling at the smell of food.
Pam knows the dog too. When she has warmed to the farmer, she says: "Don't mind that ol' dog next to the house. He might look at you cross, but he'll never get up from that box in a hunderd years. The old boy's name? It's Dusty."
Very little of the dog is ever on show. On an ordinary day the pen holds nothing but two points of light where his eyes catch the dark, and on some days even those are hidden behind the slats. He steps out far enough to be seen only twice, during each of the scenes with Alex, and he stays visible afterwards once the pen has been rebuilt, which is the real reward for the errands that paid for it.
The dog has been around longer than the house he sits beside suggests. He is old enough to have known Alex before the move to George and Evelyn, which puts him at a dozen years at the least and explains why Pam talks about him the way she does. That history is also why he turns up in both of Alex's scenes rather than one: he is the only witness left to the part of Alex's life that Alex will not describe to anyone in the town.
The pen starts out shabby, with a cardboard box for a kennel and a rough sign. Helping the Trash Bear changes that. Trash Bear waits in Cindersap Forest, near the way down to The Sewers. He asks for four items in turn, a mix of fish or forage and cooked dishes. Once the last request is met, he flies off under an umbrella and tidies several spots around the valley. One of them is Dusty's pen, which gains a proper wooden doghouse. The upgrade is purely for looks.
All Animals
Every entry in this group, with its key details.
| Name | Image | Building | Price | Produce |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 
|
Coop | 800g | Egg; Brown Egg; Large Egg; Large Brown Egg |
| Cow | 
|
Barn | 1500g | Milk; Large Milk |
| Dinosaur | 
|
Big Coop | - | Dinosaur Egg |
| Duck | 
|
Big Coop | 1200g | Duck Egg; Duck Feather |
| Dusty | - | - | - | - |
| Goat | 
|
Big Barn | 4000g | Goat Milk; Large Goat Milk |
| Golden Chicken | 
|
Big Coop | - | Golden Egg |
| Ostrich | 
|
Barn | - | Ostrich Egg |
| Pig | 
|
Deluxe Barn | 16000g | Truffle |
| Rabbit | 
|
Deluxe Coop | 8000g | Rabbit's Foot; Wool |
| Sheep | 
|
Deluxe Barn | 8000g | Wool |
| Void Chicken | 
|
Big Coop | - | Void Egg |