r/runefactory Jun 05 '25

🌸 Mod Announcement 🌸 Sub reminders while diving into Guardians of Azuma

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I hope everyone is enjoying the game! I can't wait to play when I finish up work. Just a couple reminders before making a post.

  • Avoid spoilers in your post title and if you plan on asking or discussing spoilers, make sure your post is either tagged spoiler or use the spoiler markdown in comments and post.

Saying "spoilers ahead" and not using markdown is not sufficient. Unmarked spoilers will be removed. If you see any, please report.

  • If you have a question about gameplay, performance, etc., search the sub before posting to avoid clogging up the sub. You can sort the sub posts or search results by New to see the most recent discussions.

Happy gaming!


r/runefactory 1d ago

RF-TOD tides of destiny hammer is so fun

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233 Upvotes

bonk bonk bonk bonk


r/runefactory 5h ago

RF - Guardians of Azuma Quality Thread

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I know spiders drop em but I haven't had much luck with getting them to drop. My adventure log says they drop from spiders in the snowy field but all I saw em drop was strong thread. So... Any help?


r/runefactory 21h ago

Discussion Games that scratch the RF itch?

27 Upvotes

Pretty fair question, might have been asked a bunch and if so I apologize, but I’m wondering what other games there are that have the same feel as RF. Once I finish all of these games I know I’m going to want more and I want some recs to keep an eye out for when I’m out and about. Thanks in advance!


r/runefactory 1d ago

Discussion Nintendo eshop sales has rune factory games and I was wondering if the veterans could help me out on this!

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So I saw they have:

Rune factory 5 for 7.50€

Rune factory 4 special for 4.50€

Rune factory 3 special for 8€

They do also have guardians of azuma on sale but the ingame purchase label turned me off from that so I'm not considering that one.

I have the 4th one on my 3ds so I'm also thinking the special edition probably isn't worth it.

But what about the 5th one / 3rd one?


r/runefactory 1d ago

RF3 How is playability in RF3S

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Hi! I noticed that RF3S is on sale on the eshop rn and was considering buying it. However I have it on steam already and the controls are so sensitive it's near unplayable for me. Do you know if the switch version also has this issue?


r/runefactory 2d ago

RF3 I was aware RF4 made a reference to polka music but the price on these leeks is something else. Mind you this isn't a localization either

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r/runefactory 2d ago

Discussion rf2 special or tides of destiny special?

9 Upvotes

which one would should get the special treatment first? i honestly really want to try out tides of destiny and a remake with modern qol stuff sounds really fun


r/runefactory 2d ago

RF - Guardians of Azuma Is anyone using their villagers for farming at all?

1 Upvotes

I'm curious to know. I immediately noticed how inefficient they were so I gave them other jobs.


r/runefactory 2d ago

RF - Guardians of Azuma Gold cabbage and potato seeds

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I'm sick and tired waiting for that merchant to pop up so I'd like to know where I can find wild gold potato and cabbage seeds. Can anyone tell me? I already got the gold pumpkin and turnip seeds


r/runefactory 3d ago

Discussion If you had to pick pairs for rival marriages in Guardians of Azuma, what would you pick?

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A lot of people enjoyed the rival marriage system in Harvest Moon, in which bachelors and bachelorettes could marry each other. If you're not a fan of such a system, or prefer the other characters to only be with the MC, that's fine. For those who may be interested however, what pairings would you make? It's not really a post on whether the game needs ir or not, its just for fun.


r/runefactory 3d ago

RF - Guardians of Azuma My biggest gripe in the game

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At first I didn't really want to play the game because of the 3d farming and all but this game surprised me. I'm having a blast so far but there's one thing I absolutely HATE. It's the fact that the villagers toss everything in the shipping shed. Why couldn't we just choose where the villagers would put the items in? Now you have to check the shed every single time before going to sleep and sometimes I forget that 😑


r/runefactory 3d ago

RF4 in another life, he would be the one landing on ventuswill’s head

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82 Upvotes

found this in my videos from 2024


r/runefactory 3d ago

RF - Guardians of Azuma Is this permanent?

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Is this MND +5 permanent or short time?


r/runefactory 4d ago

RF - Guardians of Azuma Meaning of highlighted college symbols

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51 Upvotes

Hey everyone,
I feel so dumb rn but can someone explain to me what’s the meaning of the highlighted symbols? Is it that it works better on those villages specifically? Or marking down that I have those items in those villages?


r/runefactory 3d ago

RF - Guardians of Azuma A Curious Cow

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Where do I go to complete this quest? I tracked the quest but I don't see a marker anywhere. Yes, I traveled to all the regions to check. Any help?


r/runefactory 4d ago

RF - Guardians of Azuma First time modder learning from scratch...Didn't go as planned.

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I was trying to make an edit to remove the scarf from this outfit...Safe to say something went horribly wrong lmao. Oh well, back to the drawing board.

I did manage to eventually remove the scarf, but the whole model is bonked.

Anyone else who wants an edit of this outfit without the scarf...Uh give me like a week.


r/runefactory 4d ago

RF - Guardians of Azuma How do I reach this area?

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r/runefactory 4d ago

Discussion Are older titles worth checking if never played so far?

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Hello guys.
I've been a fan of the series since RF4 on 3DS,
so far I've played RF4S (I'm replaying it at the moment), RF3S and Azuma.

I wanted to try older titles, on different platforms, but I'm not sure if the mechanics over the years became too tedious for someone a bit spoiled by new QoL ones.

I admit, as a player who grew up with eg Morrowind and many farming sims, I'm a bit used to annoying gameplay for sake of having fun with plot, etc, but also I became a bit of a casual player now that I'm older (teenage me would laugh at me for that, sigh, being an adult sucks).

Should I try and which of the remaining titles would be the easiest dive after those I've played?

Thank you, and I'm sorry if similar topics happen often; I didn't find one.


r/runefactory 5d ago

RF4 Why did requests become more restricted over time?

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Having played all the DS games and started 4, I notice that in 2 you could select any amount of requests a day with the only restricton being you needed items among other things to acconplish as well as friendship points. Then 3 only let you do one a day but still gave you option to choose any request. Now 4 only lets you do specific requests each day with no option to select even if you can do two a day unlike 3. What made it have less freedom over time?


r/runefactory 5d ago

RF - Guardians of Azuma ⁠[GoA] Newbie Questions: Summer Village shops and factory duplication?

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I'm pretty new to the game and ran into a couple of questions while managing the Summer Village in Guardians of Azuma.

My first question is regarding Unmanned Shops: I noticed the Summer Village already has multiple built-in stores that are completely unmanned (unlike the Spring Village). Should I assign my villagers to operate these stores, or is it better to keep them focused on agriculture and mining?

My second question is regarding Factory Duplication: Is it worth building the same type of factory in different villages? For example, if I already have a salt factory in the Spring Village, should I bother building another same factory in the Summer Village?

Thanks in advance for any advice!


r/runefactory 5d ago

RF - Guardians of Azuma Is ring of repose worth it?

4 Upvotes

I can craft the ring of repose but is it worth it?


r/runefactory 6d ago

RF - Guardians of Azuma Didn't realise I was coming between bro and his wife

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98 Upvotes

r/runefactory 5d ago

Art What If Fubuki and Hound's Roles Were Swapped (by komugiko)

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r/runefactory 6d ago

Discussion I opened RF4 and found out i have 4 girlfriends and the Dolce marriage event is happening 💔

9 Upvotes

So like I used to play it when I was lonely and stuff- I played Rune Factory 4 from like 2022 to 2024 and when I decided to continue playing it again yesterday I just came back to that and it made me so emotional because it feels like nothing changed except me and in those 2 years I did have to worry about actual love irl and grew up mentally so it became more than just whoever makes me happy because now if I did marry Dolce I would leave Clorica (which I equally love) alone, same thing with Xiao Pi and Margaret, I genuinely have no idea what I should do, and branching the save files would just cause a bigger problem because I did that with one of my older Minecraft worlds where I still play an old version on modded version 1.12.2 and I updated one to the latest version and it's just so confusing because both worlds are different except in very few things- anyways Clorica and Dolce are my favourites but I don't know how to continue now because getting married does seem promising and I wanted it back then but I don't remember who was my choice..