Top 3 Worst Glitches in Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley

Bugs, errors, or whatever you call them, these sometimes game-breaking glitches can be your worst nightmare, as they disturb the whole gameplay experience.

In this article, we’ll show you some of the most famous and frustrating glitches in Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley.

3. Horse Race Practice Glitch

This glitch occurs after you train for the horse race with Bob on Tuesdays or Gwen on Thursdays. Each time you finish the race with either one of them, a bug may cause your character to go off track into the sea.

The glitch causes no real harm and can easily be fixed by leaving the area—just follow the fences to the back of the barn. See the picture below:

You can also have some fun by walking to the Sun and Sea until your character disappears from view. If you bring your horse, you can enter Bob's ranch area to retrieve it afterward.

2. Stuck After the Horse Race

This glitch happens after the Horse Race event, specifically after winning a Short, Long, or Steeplechase race and receiving a Transformer notification.

When triggered, your character gets stuck: you cannot move, open menus, or perform actions—only the camera can still rotate.

Normally, you should still be riding your horse after the race, but in this bug, your horse disappears, and you end up frozen in place.

This forces players to repeat the race, which can be frustrating when the glitch keeps happening. But don’t worry, there’s a simple fix.

The Solution

The root cause is actually trivial: the bug occurs if you start the race while riding your horse.

To avoid it, make sure you are not on horseback when entering the race area at 2 PM. Simply dismount and leave your horse elsewhere (for example, at the Plaza) before going in.

Many players wonder: “Can I join the race without bringing my horse?” Yes! You absolutely can. Just try it.

After following this tip, I can guarantee the bug won’t happen again.

You may also be interested in: How to Always Win the Horse Race in Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley

1. Can't Open the Mine Chamber 2, etc

There is the worst glitch in Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley, i.e, you can't open the next level of the mines.

In fact, you are only required to wait for every early season (i.e, Summer 1) to open the mine chamber 2, and so on. Although some require you to complete the quest to open them.

After I searched a lot of information on this issue, I got some things that might cause the next level mines not to open and still be blocked by large stones. Here's why:

• You've not completed the quest given by Ponta to get 20 Fish prints, especially if you want to unlock the Underground Lake (Fishing spot in the mine).
• Maybe you play the old Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley USA version, which has sound effects (SFX) in the background.
• You play the Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley pirated version. Remember, pirated games definitely have a lot of problems, so just accept it if there are bugs that interrupt your gameplay.

Maybe you ask like this, What does the point of number 2 mean?

When you play Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley, and you find the sound of chickens, cows, horses, etc, not just the background music (BGM), then most likely you will not be able to open the next chamber of the mine.

Somehow, on some PSP versions, this can cause bugs that interrupt your game.

If I can't open mine chamber 2, can I finish all endings? No, you can't!

It would be very harmful if the next level mines could not open. You will lose the opportunity to complete all the event endings.

Because you can't finish the Secret Fossil event path and you will fail to get the Best Ending because one of the mecha events (Mole) cannot be finished.

However, you can still get a Good Ending by completing 3 types of Tourist Spots or Nature Preserves event paths.

Have you ever had the glitches above? Let us know through the comments below.