Unique Spouse Abilities

[Madurcrazy]

I am sure I am far from the first person to suggest this.

However, I think it would be cool if every spouse had a special skill that could help the farmer. Or be able to send your spouse on “missions” relative to their skill while you are busy.

Example: Abigail wants to fight monsters, maybe she could co-op a mining mission with you OR be sent to hunt for a specific material for you.
Harvey could craft health items for you and maybe if you are dying in the mines press a button that summons him for emergency healing (lol).

Idk just a cool thought.

Edit: AND If you have kids the kids inherit the skill set or a random combination of skills from the parents so when THEY get older they also can do special things for you.

 

[noobsqoou]

I've thought about this myself before and came up with a few ideas (I may have posted them here before, but I’m not 100% sure):

• Harvey: promotes player health
  • All food/drink prepared in the kitchen is increased by one level of quality (Regular => Silver, Qi Seasoned (Gold) => Iridium)
  • 0.2 less energy used per energy-using action
• Seb or Haley: builds an online presence for the farm (Seb builds a conventional website, Haley utilizes social media)
  • All shipped goods sell for +25%
  • Farm Computer generates a selection of seasonal special orders (28 days)
    • Special Orders depend on Farming skill profession:
      • Coopmaster will generate orders for raw Coop products
      • Rancher will generate orders for raw Barn products
      • Artisan will generate orders for Artisan products
      • Agriculturalist will generate orders for raw crops
    • 2x sell value
    • Orders must be fresh
• Emily: tends to animals and unlocks the spiritual potential of minerals
  • Feeds and pets all farm animals (stacks with player petting and auto-petting)
  • Sell price of all gems and minerals increase by +50% (stacks with gemologist)
• Maru: enhances farm processing power
  • Artisan equipment (except casks) add +1 quality to processed goods
  • Refining equipment and casks take 25% less time to process
• Leah: forages like crazy
  • Gathers all foragables and digs up all artifact/seed spots on the farm and throughout the valley (excluding Calico Desert and Ginger Island)
  • Generates an amount of "tree-shaking loot" equal to the player going out and shaking all the trees on the farm and in the valley (except desert and island)
  • Gathers all fruit tree produce (except desert and island)