Fireworks (Purple)
| Fireworks (Purple) | |
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| Type | Collection |
| Location | Qi's Walnut Room; Casino |
| Sell Price | 50g |
Fireworks (Purple) bursts into a star. The rocket is dropped on a tile, sits still for a second or two while the fuse goes, then rises and fills the sky with purple sparks as the screen takes on a matching purple tint. The star is the plainest of the shapes and the one that looks best over water or against a winter night, which is why it tends to be the colour used for screenshots and for the end of a long save. Mr. Qi sells it in the Walnut Room for a single Qi Gem and at the Casino prize counter for Qi Coins. Oddly, the hat it makes in the Sewing Machine is the blue Party Hat rather than a purple one.
Overview
Placement is what separates these rockets from an ordinary buff item. The rocket is not used from the toolbar on the spot: it is laid on a chosen square, exactly as a bomb would be, and only then does it fire. That means a display can be built in advance. A line along the farm path, a ring around the pond or a cluster in front of the farmhouse can all be set out and then lit in order, which turns a single pop into something closer to a show.
Buying them is cheap in both shops but easier on the island. The Walnut Room charges one Qi Gem each and never runs out, and gems come from trading surplus Golden Walnuts or from finishing the harder orders on Qi's board. The Casino counter is open far earlier in a save, since it only needs the Club Card, and it prices the rockets in coins bought with gold at the exchange machine. The difference is the stock: the desert counter keeps a modest number on the shelf, while the island shop will sell as many as a farmer can pay for.
Both shops that sell rockets belong to Mr. Qi, which is why they arrive so late. The desert counter needs his errand chain finished, and the island room needs a hundred Golden Walnuts, so a farm only gets to play with fireworks once most of the game is behind it. That timing suits the star, because the things worth celebrating by then are the big ones: the final skill mastered, the Perfection score closing out at the summit, or a shared goal landing on a multiplayer farm where every player sees the same burst.
Notes
In the dye pots at 2 Willow Lane the rocket works as a purple dye, and it does the same in the Sewing Machine's feed with a dyeable garment loaded. Since the rockets are bought in bulk for a single gem each, dyeing a shirt purple costs almost nothing once the Walnut Room is open.
Giving one away is a poor idea. Every villager counts a rocket as a disliked gift, and the sale price through the bin is small, so almost any use is better than either.
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