Animal Festival Guide for Fields of Mistria

The latest update to *Fields of Mistria* brings a delightful addition with the Animal Festival, offering both fun and a chance for your farm animals to take the spotlight. If you're eager to join the festivities, here's your comprehensive guide to understanding and excelling at the Animal Festival.

How to Unlock the Animal Festival in Fields of Mistria

The Animal Festival is an annual event in Fields of Mistria, akin to other seasonal town gatherings. Should you miss it one year due to in-game commitments or forgetfulness, you'll have another chance the following year. Mark your calendar, as the festival kicks off on the 10th day of the Winter season. This timing gives you plenty of opportunity to prepare by purchasing and nurturing your farm animals, ensuring they're in top form for the big day and your shot at the grand prize.

How to Win the Animal Festival in Fields of Mistria

The highlight of the Animal Festival is the contest where you can showcase up to two of your farm-raised animals to compete for prizes. You can enter one small animal (such as chickens, ducks, or rabbits) and one large animal (like cows, alpacas, or sheep). Remember, only fully grown adults can participate in the contest.

How to Enter the Animal Festival Contest

To participate, head to the festival grounds in the town center and speak with Josephine at the front counter. She'll guide you to the two booths behind her where you'll register your animals. Josephine will also share crucial tips on boosting your score. Firstly, the more hearts your chosen animal has, the better your score will be. You can increase these hearts by regularly petting or picking up your animals, ensuring they're well-fed, and allowing them time outdoors on sunny days.

Secondly, your score can improve with the rarity of your animal's coat color. Animals with unique colors like pink or blue can significantly enhance your chances of a higher score.

When ready, approach Terithia at the left booth to enter your large animals. A menu will display which of your animals qualify. Then, visit Landen at the right booth to register your small animals. Once you've made your selections, return to Josephine and signal that you're ready for the judging to begin by choosing to ‘start the judging’.

All Prizes for the Animal Festival Contest

The judging process is showcased through a cutscene, starting with the small animal category results, announced from third to first place. Topping Hayden's chicken, Henrietta, secures you the first place in this category. The scene then shifts to the large animal category, where surpassing Hayden's cow, Sunshine, claims you the top spot.

At the conclusion of the judging, you'll receive a list of prizes corresponding to your achievements. Newcomers in their first year may find it challenging to claim first place, as it requires considerable time to max out the heart gauges of your animals. Additionally, you'll need to complete several ranch-related story quests and upgrade your farm's barns and coops to access rare animals and their unique coat colors.

Consistent care and year-round dedication to upgrading your farm will significantly boost your chances of winning the coveted gold crown at the Animal Festival.

This wraps up our guide to the Fields of Mistria Animal Festival. For more insights on the game, don't miss our guide on how to access the Deep Woods.