Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon Cave and Fighting Walkthrough

Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon has eight caves in total. All must be cleared in order to complete the storyline. This can take as many years as you want it to take. You can only enter the caves in order and you need a permit for each one. In order to get the permit for the next cave, you have to have defeated the boss of the previous cave.

In Rune Factory each cave has a unique climate that is perfect for growing certain crops, like a green house in Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness. Each cave also contains certain monsters that are perfect for collecting, if they do something useful.

The monsters in each cave are coming from the Monster Generators. Ivan gives you a Monster Generator radar when you first enter Carmite, so you can always see where they are. You must destroy the Monster Generators so it will stop producing monsters. Also, the Monster Generator will always be back if you leave and reenter the cave.

In order to get through the caves you need to take your time and upgrade your weapons. A sword is a must!

Fighting in Rune Factory is real time and could be better if it weren't so clunky. You can choose from a variety of weapons to fight with, all of them upgradable by either buying a better one or crafting one yourself.

The basic weapons you can are: sword, spear, and lance. Gardening tools can be used as weapons, although they aren't as effective. You can even buy a staff and learn magic as your basic defense, although a mixture both magic and melee fighting is the most advantageous.

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This is the first cave in Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon. Take your time getting through it, as it will be difficult at first.

Permit: Try to enter the cave. You can't. Talk to the mayor and he will give you the permit.

Carmite has 4 levels and 13 fields to plow.

Boss: Greater Daemon

HP: 250

This guy can be a bit hard if you don't have a good sword or aren't leveled up enough. Save your money and buy the best weapon you can afford. Avoid his swiping attacks and charging attacks. Hit him after he charges. Don't forget to fill a bottle with Edward's HP medicine!