Reaching Max Bond Level 8: What Happens Next (with Yunguo as an example)
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So I hit max bond level with our neighborhood lovely red panda today and thought I'd share what (apparently) happens next (today is only Day 1 of me having maxed it out, so forgive any inaccuracies or mistakes please!).
1. Friendship Flower
There seems to be a new system called 'Friendship Flower' that looks like it's designed to keep you gifting and talking to your maxed out Neighbors and not neglect them.
No idea what happens if you do though. The tutorial said it will 'wilt' if not 'watered' for some set amount of time.
I just hope the Neighbor doesn't move out or something of a similar flavour. I'd like to let them be and focus on bonding with my other neighbors; maybe come back occasionally when nostalgia hits because it feels like a waste of resources and time otherwise (especially when you have 7 Neighbors to manage).
2. Yunguo's Crop Garden
After completing the final Bond Quest for her (which was super emotional and touching by the way!), she will give you a Crop Garden blueprint to set up.
You will need to craft x1 Harvest Bamboo Chair for it iirc. The garden has 9 plots in a 3x3 dimension.
The first time it'll already have Passionfruit seeds planted and watered (as part of the bond quest). After waiting for 1 IRL day, it'll be ready to harvest and use/sell as you please. The quest will also be marked complete only then.
3. "Sproutsie Seed Box"
The TL;DR seems to be you can 'queue' 5 different types of seeds for Yunguo to nurture. Basically automating the farming process for one type of crop at a time.
That's all! Personally, I feel like Yunguo is the one everyone should focus on maxing out first because of the farming utility she provides. And farming is currently rather tedious and unoptimized methinks. I would love a water sprinkler or irrigation system that we can unlock later down the line.
If anyone else has reached max bond level with any other Neighbor, please share what happens here or in a separate post!