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| n/a<ref>While visually it resembles a red Critical Hit, the limited-time red highlighted coin collection that can yield a Yellow Reward Chest upon success appears to be limited to once per day.</ref>

==Memory Shard Mechanics==

'''Shared [[Memory Shard]] Counter: [[Cooking]], [[Fishing]], [[Foraging]], [[Gardening]], [[Mining]], Watering [[Dried Flower]]s'''. When you do these Activities in the game that are capable of producing [[Memory Shard]]s, an invisible counter is running in the background. Each time an Activity is performed, the counter increases by one. It then checks against a pre-generated list of numbers, conditions, and rewards. If your counter hits an indicated number and the current gameplay conditions meet the requirements, a reward will be yielded - in this case, a [[Memory Shard]].

A specific piece of a specific [[Memories|Memory]] will always result next from doing that particular Activity, and this value is predetermined. However, since these [[:Category:Activities|Activities]] have a shared [[Memory Shard]] counter, this can be exploited to have a better chance at gaining desired [[Memory Shard]]s. For example, if you know that a Memory Shard is in your action queue and you desire a different type of Memory Shard value, you can save right before you are supposed to get the [[Memory Shard]], quit without saving, restart, then swap to a different type of Activity. The Memory Shard properties seem to be unrelated depending on Activity —- i.e. the orb color, [[Memories|Memory]] Universe, or specific piece of the [[Memory Shard]] will not be the same if you change activity to acquire a different [[Memory Shard]]. The counters are consistent, and each action of the activities listed counts as one (1). However, it is currently unclear how or if collects from Red and Gold Critical Hits are counted<!--, so you may occasionally need to do a task twice to get a Memory Shard to trigger-->. "Miracle" Elixirs have no impact on these activities.

An example use case: a player plants 50 [[Wheat]], which is a fast-growing ({{growthTime|1}}) and cheap ({{price|1}}) crop. They harvest the crops, manually saving their game every 10 actions. They encounter a yellow [[Memory Shard]] on their third crop harvest after a save point. They have already completed all of their yellow [[Gardening#Dreamlight and Memories|Gardening/Foraging Memories]], so they want to get a different [[Memory Shard]]. They immediately quit the game, restart, and go to a biome where they saw a [[Dried Flower]]. They forage from 1 tree, and 1 bush, and on their third action, they water the [[Dried Flower]] to yield a pink [[Memory Shard]]<!--Frozen 3, top middle piece-->.

'''Digging:''' Unique morb counter. Elixir (Shovel Varnish), DOES impact, as does location (i.e. Beach vs. Non-Beach). See Digging section for more details.

'''Feeding Critters:''' Unique morb counter. Critter doesn't matter. Like/Love food doesn't matter. "Failed" feedings increase counter, failed feeding will not yield morb.

'''Night Thorns:''' Unique morb counter.

==Critical Hit Mechanics==

===Critical Hit Definitions===

2 types of "critical hits" in game:

- Red: 1 item collected initially, and 7 additional items highlighted in red shoot out from initial collection item to run over in limited time window. Applicable for: Crops, Foraged Fruit (Trees and Bushes), Foraged Spices/Mushrooms, Mined Rock Spots, Fishing

- Gold: Multiple collects from 1 item in place that is highlighted golden. Applicable for: Crops, Foraged Fruit (Trees and Bushes)

===Critical Hit/Luck Mechanics===

When you do actions in the game that are capable of producing a critical hit, an invisible counter is running in the background. Each time an action is performed, the counter increases by a specified amount. It then checks against a pre-generated list of numbers, conditions, and rewards. If your counter hits an indicated number and the current gameplay conditions meet the requirements, a reward will be yielded - in this case, a critical hit.

The "Well Fed" Bonus significantly increases the number of critical hits - both red and gold. However, this appears to be a boolean - NOT a sliding scale of "more energy-->more critical hits". Being at 5 energy over the energy threshold into the Well Fed Bonus will yield the same results as being 3000 energy over, at the maximum 5000 energy. Test results have shown that there appear to be 2 separate Critical Hit Counters for Well Fed vs. not Well Fed.

Items collected from Gold critical hits count as additional collects (both for the purposes of Duties, and also for impact of the Companion Bonus, if Hanging Out with an appropriate Role of Villager), but items collected from Red critical hits do not (NEED VERIFICATION). It is currently unclear exactly how Gold-critical-hit items increment the counter.

Villager Companions do not affect critical hits.

Critical Hits are independent of [[Memory Shard]]s; it is possible to get a critical hit and a [[Memory Shard]] from the same action. There is 1 shared morb counter for: Cooking, Fishing, Foraging, Gardening, Mining, Watering Dried Flowers.

It is possible to get both a Gold Critical Hit and then a Red Critical Hit from the same plant (crop).

Removing obstacles (including Night Thorns) has no equivalent of a Critical Hit - whether or not a Night Thorn yields a Yellow Chest is from a predetermined list of rewards, independent of the specific obstacle that is cleared. It is currently unclear when this is reset, as it seems consistent that the player gets one Yellow Chest from Night Thorns per day.

When you do digging actions in the game in the Valley, an invisible counter is running in the background. Each time a hole is dug, the counter increases by 1. It then checks against a pre-generated list of numbers, conditions, and rewards. If your counter hits an indicated number and the current gameplay conditions meet the requirements, a reward will be yielded - in the case of Digging, one of the following: [[Star Coins]], [[Digging#Resources|Crafting Materials]], [[Memory Shard]]s, [[Green Reward Chest]]s.

The Meal requests from customers in Chez Remy pull from a pre-generated list; a specific Meal is not tied to any specific Character, rather, it is always <<given to the player>> in a predetermined order. There is no purpose in entering the Restaurant, seeing the requested orders, not saving, and restarting the game in hopes that you will randomly be assigned another set of Meal requests -- the Meal values are already determined and will not change until they have been removed from the queue.<!--either by the customer being served, or....-->

Who is in the restaurant is 100% time based and operates totally separately from the above; if you go in at 4AM it might be Krisfott wanting pan-seared tilapia, if you go in at 11AM it's eric instead.

The rewards yielded by Green and Yellow Reward Chests pull from a pre-generated list of rewards; a specific reward is not tied to any specific Chest, rather, it is always given to the player in a predetermined order. There is no purpose in opening a Clothing, Furniture, or Motif bag, seeing the result, not saving, and restarting the game in hopes that you will randomly get a different item -- the value is already determined at the time it is spawned. Green Chests yielded from digging, Green Chests that spawn daily, and Yellow Chests from Night Thorns or yielded from obstacles all function the same way - that is, they all pull from the same pre-generated list of rewards.

The rewards yielded by [[Night Thorn]]s pull from a pre-generated list of rewards; a specific reward is not tied to any specific [[Night Thorn]], rather, it is always given to the player in a predetermined order. The specific type of Seed will vary based on the Biome that the Night Thorn is cleared in. In practice, this means that if you remove a [[Night Thorn]] that spawns limited-time coins to collect in order to obtain a [[Yellow Reward Chest]] and do not collect all of the coins in time (for example, a coin shoots to a hard-to-reach location), you can restart the game if it has not saved, and try again with a [[Night Thorn]] that has more clearance around it.

It is possible to get Rich Soil during a Critical Hit. If during a Red Critical Hit, it will shoot out at the same time as all of the other items. Unknown if Rich Soil can also be rewarded during a Gold Critical Hit.