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I have Played oc_harvest religiously for an unhealthy amount of time, and im wondering about a few things that've been bugging me with curiosity for a while. If anyone could shed some light on some of these points, i'd be gratefull!
1.) What are those work benches in the town square for? They look like they might be for a sale of some sort every certain amount of days (or are they there just for detail?)
2.) Up by the spa, and behind the towns houses, there are square platforms, some with numbers on. now those have been really puzzling me, i've tried everything to get them to do something, but im not sure.
3.) Is that extortiantly expensive skeleton there for a purpose (something to do with the squares?) or as a demonstration of wealth? Or it costs that much because of how great the model is?
4.) Is alchohol made by boiling the blue fruit? (linseed or something isn't it?)
5.) Are the various items and niknaks you can get from the store just clutter to liven up the house, or do some of them do something? (I don't mean the pots and pans, i mean the board game and hev charger and stuff like that)
I'll probably remember other burning questions later, but these are the ones i'm thinking of right now.
Thanks a bunch to anyone who can help!

1-4 is pretty much awnsered around the forums, search for it...

5. no they are just junk

thanks for the quick reply!

1. Just for detail.

2. They're secrets, just ask around people ingame to find out what they do.

3. Yes, it does something related to the squares.

4. The alcohol (aka "Bathtub Gin") is made by purchasing the bathtub and putting 3 juniper berries and 1 bucket of water into it. The next day there will be two bottles of gin inside.

Oh god, not the skeleton...

Thanks tysn
One of the greatest maps i've ever played in source, and so are your other maps, but it's hard to forgive the secrets on oc_manor though
Looking forward to the next version with palpable anticipation!