Fireworks (Red)
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| Type | Collection |
| Location | Qi's Walnut Room; Casino |
| Sell Price | 50g |
Fireworks (Red) is a party item whose only job is to look good for a moment. Setting one down leaves it fizzing on the ground, and after a short pause it climbs and bursts into a heart of red sparks while the whole screen takes on a red wash. The heart makes this the colour players keep for weddings, anniversaries and the evening a Mermaid's Pendant is accepted. Mr. Qi stocks it in both of his establishments: the prize counter in the Casino behind the Oasis takes Qi Coins for it, and the Walnut Room on Ginger Island sells it for a single Qi Gem. A spare one also goes into the Sewing Machine to make a red Party Hat, which keeps the celebration going after the sparks have gone out.
Overview
The Casino counter is the earlier of the two shops to open, since it only asks for the Club Card and a repaired bus. Coins there are bought with gold at a fixed rate, so a farm with money can walk in and leave with a small pile of rockets. The counter does keep a limit on how many it will hand over at once, and the shelf refills rather than offering an endless supply, which is worth knowing before planning anything elaborate.
The Walnut Room is the better shop for anyone who has reached it. One Qi Gem buys one rocket and the stock never runs dry, and gems are easy to come by once surplus Golden Walnuts can be traded in. That makes red fireworks effectively unlimited late in a save, at a price that barely registers next to the Deconstructor and the Enricher on the same shelf.
Using one is a single click. The rocket is placed on a chosen tile the way a Cherry Bomb would be, there is a brief delay while the fuse burns, and then it goes up. Because the placement is deliberate, a row of them can be laid out ahead of time along a path or around a pond and lit one after another for a proper display.
The heart burst is what sets this colour apart. Its siblings paint a star and a Junimo in the sky, but the heart is unmistakably romantic, and in a game where the wedding takes place in the farmyard it is the obvious thing to set off afterwards. Multiplayer farms tend to use them the same way, as a visible shout across the map.
Notes
In the spool of the Sewing Machine a red rocket becomes the red Party Hat. Dropped into the dye pots at 2 Willow Lane, or used with a dyeable garment in the Sewing Machine's feed, it serves as a red dye, which is handy because the valley's other red dyes are mostly flowers and fruit that could be sold instead.
Villagers are unimpressed by them. Handing a rocket to anyone in town counts as a disliked gift, so the shipping bin is kinder than a birthday present, though the sale price is low enough that setting one off is usually the better use.
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