Mini-Jukebox
| Mini-Jukebox | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Crafted Item |
| Recipe | Gus (5-heart event) |
The Mini-Jukebox is a small music player that lets the farmer choose the soundtrack on the farm. It works like the big jukebox in The Stardrop Saloon, playing any track already heard in the game. Gus hands over the first one in person once he counts the farmer as a friend, and his gift includes the recipe for more. Each extra copy needs a Battery Pack, so most farms only build a few. It is a purely cosmetic item, but it lets every corner of the farm have its own music.
Recipe
The recipe comes from Gus at five hearts of friendship. The scene plays when the farmer steps out of the farmhouse in the morning, before midday, on a day without rain. Gus walks up to the farmhouse and says he now thinks of the farmer as a friend. He then gives away a Mini-Jukebox along with the recipe for making more.
Crafting more takes a couple of Iron Bars and a Battery Pack. Iron Bars come from smelting Iron Ore with Coal in a Furnace. The Battery Pack is the harder part. Lightning Rods catch them during thunderstorms, and Solar Panels fill one after a week of sunshine.
Reaching five hearts with Gus goes faster with the gifts he loves. Diamonds, Oranges, Escargot, Fish Tacos and Tropical Curry all please him most. His birthday falls on the 8th of Summer, when any gift earns much more friendship.
These are the ingredients one batch needs.
| Name | Image | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Iron Bar | 
|
2 |
| Battery Pack | 
|
1 |
Use
Interacting with a placed Mini-Jukebox opens a list of songs. The list holds every track the farmer has already heard, including seasonal themes, festival music and the songs from heart events. Picking one starts it playing in that area.
The jukebox only plays on the farm. Placed anywhere else, it refuses with a message saying it can only be played there.
Rain silences it outdoors. On a rainy day, an outdoor jukebox shows the message "The Mini-Jukebox cannot be played in the rain!" Outdoor music therefore waits for a dry day.
The first jukebox from Gus costs nothing, so the Battery Pack only comes into play for the second and later copies. One jukebox near the farmhouse is enough for most farms, and extra copies are a matter of taste.
Notes
Placing a few jukeboxes around the farm gives each area its own mood. A lively track by the crop fields and a calmer one beside the pond make the daily round feel different from place to place. Because only heard tracks appear, the list grows longer as the years pass and more festivals and events are seen.
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