First Day Of Rune Factory 3: Sleep Or No Sleep?

In Rune Factory 3, players can stay up until 6:00 am and the day will automatically roll over. However, there are some consequences to staying awake late. At 1 am and 3 am, the player character will yawn, which can be problematic if they are in the middle of a battle. Additionally, if the player stays awake past 3 am, there is a large chance of catching a cold. While it is not necessary to sleep before a certain time to increase the sleeping skill, getting full HP and RP recovery requires sleeping before 6 am.

You can stay awake until 5:59 am and still get sleep experience points

In Rune Factory 3, you can stay awake until 5:59 am and still get sleep experience points. This is a change from previous Rune Factory games, where you needed to sleep before 0:59 or 1:00 am to gain experience points.

In RF3, if you stay awake until 6:00 am, the day will automatically roll over, and your character will catch a cold. Sleeping at 5:59 am with full HP/RP will cause your character to wake up at 6:00 am without any negative effects. This is a quick way to advance to the next day, but it is not necessary to do this often, as the days in the game are already quite long.

If you stay up past 1 am, your character will start yawning, which can be a problem if you are in the middle of a battle. Staying up late also increases your chances of catching a cold, so it is recommended to go to sleep before 1 am if possible. However, if you do stay up late, you can reduce your chances of catching a cold by wearing an accessory with a "Cold Resistance" effect, such as a mask.

Overall, while it is possible to stay awake until 5:59 am and still get sleep experience points in Rune Factory 3, it is generally advisable to go to sleep earlier to avoid negative consequences.

Staying up past 1 am may cause your character to yawn, which can be problematic if you're in the middle of a battle

In Rune Factory 3, there is no penalty for staying up late other than your character yawning, which can be a problem if you're in the middle of a battle. You will also lose sleep skill experience, but this is not a significant issue as the amount of sleep skill you get is the same regardless of what time you go to bed. You can go to bed at 5:59 am and still get sleep experience.

However, if you stay awake for two days in a row, you will get a cold, and your character will wake up at 6 am no matter what time you go to bed. If you want to stay up late, it is recommended that you craft an accessory with 100% cold status resistance and the stay-awake ring.

In Rune Factory 4, you need to sleep before 12 am to gain sleep skill experience, but this is not the case in Rune Factory 5. In RF5, you will wake up at 6 am and get skill experience no matter when you go to sleep.

Therefore, if you are playing Rune Factory 3, it is not too problematic to stay up past 1 am, as long as you are not in the middle of a battle when your character starts yawning.

If you stay up past 3 am, you will wake up at 10 am with a large chance of catching a cold

In Rune Factory 3, there are no negative consequences for staying up past 3 am, except for the large chance of catching a cold. If you stay up past 3 am, you will wake up at 10 am the next day with a large chance of catching a cold. This is similar to Rune Factory Frontier, where staying up past 3 am will also cause you to wake up at 10 am with a chance of catching a cold.

It is recommended that you go to sleep before 1 am in Rune Factory 3, as staying up past this time increases your chance of catching a cold. If you stay up past 1 am, you will yawn, which can be problematic if you are in the middle of a battle. Additionally, waking up at 10 am will only recover your HP/RP up to 50% or so, whereas waking up at 6 am or 8 am will give you full or near-full recovery.

However, it is not necessary to go to sleep before a certain time in Rune Factory 3, as there are no penalties for staying up late. You can even stay up until 6 am, and the day will automatically roll over with no negative consequences other than a guaranteed chance of catching a cold.

If you stay up until 6 am, the day will roll over automatically and you are guaranteed to catch a cold

In Rune Factory 3, you can stay up until 6 am and the day will roll over automatically. However, if you stay up this late, you are guaranteed to catch a cold. This is a significant change from previous Rune Factory games, where staying up past 1 am or 3 am would result in reduced HP and RP, and a chance of catching a cold.

In RF3, there is no penalty for staying up late, except for the guaranteed cold if you stay up until 6 am. You will still wake up at 6 am, fully recovered with full HP and RP, even if you go to sleep at 5:59 am. However, staying up late can be risky if you are in the middle of a battle, as your character will temporarily stop to yawn, which could be problematic if you are fighting a boss.

To prevent catching a cold, you can wear an accessory like a face/breathing mask, or take cold medicine when you wake up.

You can sleep at 5:59 am and wake up at 6 am without any negative consequences

In Rune Factory 3, you can sleep at 5:59 am and wake up at 6 am without any negative consequences. This is a change from previous games in the series, such as Rune Factory 4, where you needed to sleep before 0:59 to gain experience. However, in Rune Factory 5, you will wake up at 6 am and gain skill experience no matter what time you go to sleep.

Sleeping at 5:59 am and waking up a minute later will fully restore your HP and RP without any ill effects. The only downside to staying up late is that your character will start yawning after 1 am, which can be problematic if you're in the middle of a battle. Additionally, there is a chance of catching a cold if you stay up past 3 am.

So, if you're playing Rune Factory 3 and find yourself exhausted at 5:59 am, don't worry! You can safely go to sleep and wake up refreshed at 6 am without any negative impact on your game.

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