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Luck is a statistic that affects many different aspects of the game, such as the drop rates of geodes and chance of getting treasure from Fishing. There are two kinds of luck: Daily Luck, which is determined by the game, and Luck Buffs gained from eating certain food.

Daily Luck

The base value for daily luck is a randomly generated number from -0.1 to 0.1.^[1] If you have the Special Charm, the value is increased by 0.025. Daily luck does not change if the day is restarted, but it can change if you replay the previous day.

You can check your daily luck by right-clicking on the Television and selecting "Fortune Teller." The Fortune Teller will give an indication of the daily luck stat modifier. Luck is not affected by viewing the Fortune Teller Television Program (i.e., the luck value is not neutral if the player does not view the program, the luck value remains constant regardless.)

A 0.01 increase in daily luck generally means a random event is about 1% more likely to happen.

Message	TV Display	Stat Bonus ^[2]
The spirits are very happy today! They will do their best to shower everyone with good fortune.		Luck (> +0.07)
The spirits are in good humor today. I think you'll have a little extra luck.		Luck (> +0.02 and ≤ +0.07)
The spirits feel neutral today. The day is in your hands.		Luck (≥ -0.02 and ≤ +0.02, but not 0)
This is rare. The spirits feel absolutely neutral today.		Luck (0)
The spirits are somewhat annoyed / mildly perturbed today. Luck will not be on your side.		Luck (≥ -0.07 and < -0.02)
The spirits are very displeased today. They will do their best to make your life difficult.		Luck (< -0.07)

Daily Luck Effects

Daily luck affects the following:

Amount of wood dropped from trees
Chance of getting coal from rocks
Chance to discover ladders while Mining.
Quality and number of ores obtained from Panning.
Chance of getting a second item (in addition to ore) from Panning.
Geode drop chance from rocks.
- (Luck does not increase the chance to receive rare gems and artifacts from geodes.)
Drop chance of Duck Feather and Rabbit's Foot.
Chance of getting items from Garbage Cans and the chance the item is not trash.
Chance your spouse will be jealous after giving a gift to another marriage candidate.
Chance of treasure appearing while Fishing.
- Chance of getting special items (e.g., Neptune's Glaive, Prismatic Shard, Iridium Band).
Results of playing slots at the Casino.
Amount of lightning during a storm (higher luck = more lightning). ^[3]
Chance to double the number of extra crops yielded at harvest, for crops that allow extra harvests (i.e., Coffee Bean, Potato, Tomato, Blueberry, Hot Pepper, Eggplant, Cranberry, and Strawberry).
Chance to find treasure rooms in the Skull Cavern.
Amount of gold and items lost when dying in The Mines or Skull Cavern.
Chance of finding gem nodes and mystic stones in The Mines or Skull Cavern.

Luck Buffs

In addition to Daily Luck, Luck Buffs gained from eating food will provide temporary bonuses. A luck buff of +1 means a random event is roughly 1% more likely to happen. Any luck buff is treated separately from daily luck, so the effects of the two types of luck are not automatically the same; both the types of events affected by luck buffs and the magnitude of the effect can be different.

Known differences between daily luck and luck buffs include:

The drop chance of Duck Feather and Rabbit's Foot is not improved by luck buffs.
For Fishing Treasure Chest contents, a luck buff does not improve special item chances. Instead, it increases the chance of getting double quantities of resources and gems. It also allows standard rings (Glow Ring, Magnet Ring) to appear in place of small rings (Small Glow Ring, Small Magnet Ring).

The following foods provide a temporary luck buff:

Image

Name

Description

Ingredients

Energy / Health

Buff(s)

Buff Duration

Recipe Source(s)

Sell Price

Fried Eel

Greasy but flavorful.

Eel (1)

Oil (1)

75

33

Luck (+1)

7m

George (Mail - 3+ )

120g

Lucky Lunch

A special little meal.

Sea Cucumber (1)

Tortilla (1)

Blue Jazz (1)

100

45

Luck (+3)

11m 11s

	The Queen of Sauce
	28 Spring, Year 2

250g

Pumpkin Soup

A seasonal favorite.

Pumpkin (1)

Milk (1)

200

90

Defense (+2)

Luck (+2)

7m 41s

Robin (Mail - 7+ )

300g

Shrimp Cocktail

A sumptuous appetizer made with freshly-caught shrimp.

Tomato (1)

Shrimp (1)

Wild Horseradish (1)

225

101

Fishing (+1)

Luck (+1)

10m 2s

	The Queen of Sauce
	28 Winter, Year 2

160g

Spicy Eel

It's really spicy! Be careful.

Eel (1)

Hot Pepper (1)

115

51

Luck (+1)

Speed (+1)

7m

George (Mail - 7+ )

175g

Magic Rock Candy

A rare and powerful candy infused with the essence of the prismatic shard.

N/A

500

225

Mining (+2)

Luck (+5)

Speed (+1)

Defense (+5)

Attack (+5)

8m 24s

N/A

5,000g

Special Charm

After reading Secret Note #20 and solving the puzzle depicted, the player is awarded with a Special Charm that permanently increases daily Luck by 0.025.

References

↑ See Game1::_newDayAfterFade in the game code.
↑ See Objects.TV::getFortuneForecast in the game code.
↑ See Utility::performLightningUpdate in the game code.

History

1.3: Officially added Special Charm to game. Treasure rooms added to Skull Cavern, which are affected by luck.
1.4: Magic Rock Candy introduced. Special Charm luck increase changed to a static 0.025.

Skills & Stats
Skills	Farming • Mining • Foraging • Fishing • Combat
Stats	Attack • Crit. Chance • Crit. Power • Defense • Immunity • Luck • Magnetism • Speed • Weight

[luck-1] See Game1::_newDayAfterFade in the game code.

[tvluck-2] See Objects.TV::getFortuneForecast in the game code.

[lightning-3] See Utility::performLightningUpdate in the game code.

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 *Chance your [[Marriage|spouse]] will be [[Marriage#Jealousy|jealous]] after giving a gift to another marriage candidate.
 *Chance of [[Fishing#Treasure Chests|treasure]] appearing while [[Fishing]].
-**Chance of getting [[Neptune's Glaive]] from [[Fishing#Treasure Chests|Fishing Treasure Chests]].
+**Chance of getting special items (''e.g.'', [[Neptune's Glaive]], [[Prismatic Shard]], [[Iridium Band]]).
 *Results of playing slots at the [[Casino]].
 *Amount of lightning during a storm (higher luck = more lightning). <ref name="lightning" />
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 ==Luck Buffs==
-In addition to Daily Luck, Luck Buffs gained from eating [[Cooking|food]] will temporarily affect the same aspects of the game as Daily Luck, with the exception of the drop chance of [[Duck Feather]] and [[Rabbit's Foot]]. A luck buff of +1 means a random event is roughly 1% more likely to happen. The following foods provide a temporary luck buff:
+In addition to Daily Luck, Luck Buffs gained from eating [[Cooking|food]] will provide temporary bonuses.  A luck buff of +1 means a random event is roughly 1% more likely to happen.  Any luck buff is treated separately from daily luck, so the effects of the two types of luck are not automatically the same; both the types of events affected by luck buffs and the magnitude of the effect can be different.
+Known differences between daily luck and luck buffs include:
+* The drop chance of [[Duck Feather]] and [[Rabbit's Foot]] is not improved by luck buffs.
+* For [[Fishing#Treasure Chests|Fishing Treasure Chest]] contents, a luck buff does not improve special item chances.  Instead, it increases the chance of getting double quantities of resources and gems.  It also allows standard rings ([[Glow Ring]], [[Magnet Ring]]) to appear in place of small rings ([[Small Glow Ring]], [[Small Magnet Ring]]).
+The following foods provide a temporary luck buff:
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