Junimo Hut

Junimo Hut
Junimos will harvest crops around the hut for you.
Information
Build cost:	data-sort-value="20000">20,000g
Build materials:	Stone (200) Starfruit (9) Fiber (100)
Size:	3x2

The Junimo Hut is a type of building purchasable from the Wizard at the Wizard's Tower after finishing the Goblin Problem Quest, and returning the bottle of ink from the witches hut to the wizard.

The hut houses Junimos, who live on the player's farm and harvest fully-grown crops that are within the hut's vicinity.

Harvesting

The vicinity of a hut is a 17x17 square of tiles centered on its doorway, 8 tiles in each direction plus the doorway itself. The building's footprint also covers one space to each side and above the doorway, six spaces in all. Thus, each Junimo Hut covers a maximum total region of 289 tiles: 283 plus the hut’s footprint.

Three Junimos emerge from each Junimo Hut first thing in the morning, each harvesting mature crops within range of the hut by picking them one at a time. They stop gathering at 7:10pm (as dark approaches), which is normally enough time to cover the entire area of the hut in a single day. However, Junimos are inefficient harvesters, and obstacles can lower their efficiency enough to prevent complete harvesting in one day. If the entrance to the hut is obstructed, the Junimos may be unable to gather crops at all. Junimos also cease activity if the player ends the game day earlier, or when the player attends a festival.

Junimos are unable to harvest garden pots at any time. They also remain in their huts and do not collect crops during winter or when it rains.

Junimo harvesting can be turned off by clicking on the Hut then clicking on the button depicting a green junimo harvesting a blueberry.

The player does not gain any Farming experience points from a crop harvested by a Junimo. The quality of crops, however, is governed by the player's farming level, regardless who does the harvesting.

Crops

Junimos will not collect crops grown from Wild Seeds. They will collect flowers, plants requiring a scythe, and crops physically unreachable to the player because they're blocked by trellises.

Players will not be able to plant seeds on a tile if a Junimo is standing on it.

Collection

Players can retrieve crops from the hut whenever they'd like. A bag tied with a purple ribbon outside of the hut indicates that there are crops available for collection to the player, and it disappears after all goods are collected.

This bag holds up to 36 items, and behaves as though it were a Chest, in that players may take out or put things into it. If all 36 spaces in the bag are filled, the crops that the Junimos harvest will be dropped on the ground.

Notes

• It's not necessary to have 9 Starfruit of the same quality to build a Junimo Hut. The game counts the total number of Starfruit in inventory.
• Secret Note #24 hints at a secret ability of Junimos in Junimo Huts. Placing gems inside the Junimo Hut's storage slots changes the color of the Junimos.
• The appearance of the Junimo Hut changes based on the season.

Gallery

• Jumino hut collection.png

  An example of distance.

• Jumino hut collecting.png

  A Junimo harvesting a Pumpkin.

• Using a Junimo Hut.png

  Using a Junimo Hut for Trellis Crops.

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  Junimo Hut in Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter

Bugs

• If the player harvests a crop at the same time as a Junimo, it will softlock the game.

History

• 1.1: Introduced.
• 1.4: Added functionality hinted at in Secret Note #24.
• 1.5.2: Fixed Junimos not harvesting crops if the player spent the night on the island or when they're not physically present.