Princess Maker Refine – Complete Guide

Overview

Don’t understand what the game wants from you ?Just want to know what you need to get the achievements ?This guide will try its best to give you everything you need !With organised sections to help you find what you need faster !

Welcome !

Feel free to tell me to add things !
English isn’t my first language, so don’t hesitate to tell me if you read one of my sentences and think there is a better way of saying it.
I hope this guide helps you and don’t forget to rate it ! 😉

Game Interface

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Allows you to keep up with the date !
Game starts on March 31, 1670 and ends on March 31, 1678 : regardless of your daughter’s birthday !

Here you can find some information like your name, your last earned title, your level ( depends on EXP ), your HP ( depends on Stamina ), your amount of GOLD ( earned through jobs or Errantry ) and your blood type ( which you choose at the beginning of the game, O being the strongest one ).

Here you have even more information ! Age, Height, Reputation and Weight.
Reputation can be earned in many different ways… succeeding in your job, winning competitions, earning titles through education, Errantry, ….
Height is random and then grows with your daughter everyday.
Weight will increase too fast if your daughter spends too much time resting and not working.

Information ! Again ! Here you can follow what’s happening. For example : how much damage did you take, when the end of the game is coming, when the harvest festival is the next day, how much did your earn with this week’s job…..

Here will be shown your equipment ! You can only equip one weapon, one helmet and one armor at the same time. When you buy equipment, you need to equip it or it will not appear here and you will not benefit from the stats.

Here you will choose what your daughter will do this month !
There are 3 “weeks” of 10 days each.
You can choose 1 activity per week.
Remember that your daughter will not work on Sundays (which explains why you have 10 days but not 10 Work Days [WD] )

INCM = Income
EXPNS = Expenses
WD = Work Days

Educate her :
Choose this to make your daughter learn some stats and earn some titles but careful ! It will cost you money.
Choose also this to send your daughter on an Errantry.
=> More info in the “Educate Her” and “Errantry” sections.

Let her work :
Choose this to make your daughter work. That way she will earn (and/or lose) some stats… and she will also earn money ! What kind of stat ? How much money ? It depends on the job.
=> More info in the “Let her work” section.

Let her rest :
If your daughter’s Stress gets too high, she will get sick and lose stats. To prevent that, you can let her rest for a week. It will decrease all your Stress through the week but careful ! Each decrease will cost you money and decrease Morale ! ( -4 Stress = $4 and -3 Morale )

Go on vacation :
You can also send your daughter on a vacation to decrease her Stress. It will cost $100 per week and increase Morale at the same time. ( Each day = -2 Stress and +2/3 Morale )

/! Know that you can also decrease your daughter’s Stress by buying her “Dolls” ( $150 ). It can be really interesting because using it does : -30 Stress and +10 Morale AND it means you don’t need to use a week slot to decrease her Stress. So for example : you can make her work all month and buy her this before choosing her new Schedule to reset her stress to 0.

Use this to go to the castle and talk to the King ! This will enable you to earn some Reputation.
=> More info in the “Castle Talk” section.

Use this to know what people think of your daughter. It’s not really useful, it’s more for your own curiosity.

This allows you to see your stats and do useful things like : equip your gear, use the items you’ve bought, Save and Load your game.
Change Outfit is believed to be useless, but please correct me if I’m wrong !

Stamina = HP : ( increase your stamina to increase your HP ).
Strength/Weapon : How much damage you physically do.
Intelligence = MP : How much damage you do using Magic + How resistant you are against Magic + How powerful your protection and recovery spells are + How much spells you can use in one fight.
/! MP unlocks by passing the first Study Exam, it will stay at 0 otherwise.
CBT SKL : [Combat Skill] Helps with fighting in general. You can get some by leveling up and by increasing your DEX.
DEX : Helps you evade attacks. You can get some by leveling up but the most efficient way is to do the Hunter Job ( Available at Age 13 ).
Armor : Helps you receive less damage when hit.
EXP : Helps with fighting in general
=> Lv.1 0 EXP => Lv.2 60? EXP => Lv.3 120 EXP => Lv.4 200 EXP => Lv.5 300 EXP
=> Lv.6 420 EXP => Lv.7 560 EXP => Lv.8 720 EXP => Lv.9 900 EXP => Lv.10 1100 EXP ……

Spirit : Helps you do better in jobs.
Stress : Makes your daughter sick if too high ( you will lose stats everyday until she gets better ). How high you ask ? It depends on your Spirit and Stamina : The highest the Spirit and Stamina, the highest your Stress can go without making your daughter sick.
Morale : Needs to always be higher than 0 or your daughter will become a troublemaker and won’t be accepted in some jobs ( The only ones that will accept her are the Church and the Strange Bar/Inn ). You also won’t be able to talk to her between Schedules to win stats.
/! If her Morale is really low ( ~10 ) and her Stress high, and if you’re unlucky, she can also become a troublemaker that way.
Reputation : Only useful towards endings. Reputation can be earned in many different ways… succeeding in your job, winning competitions, earning titles through education, talking in the castle, Errantry, …. The only way to lose some is by making your daughter work in the strange bar/inn

Use this to talk to your daughter and earn some stats ! You can do it every month, before doing your Schedule.
=> More info in the “Talk to your daughter” section.

This is where you buy equipment and items. You can also sell useless equipment and items.
Don’t forget that you need to go in your inventory to equip the gear you’ve bought and use the items you’ve bought, it’s not automatic !

Talk with your daughter

Where to find it ? On the main screen, under Schedule

Every month, you can have a conversation with your daughter. Depending on what you do and on some of your stats, it will have different effects ! Be careful, some are interesting, and others need to be avoided.
You won’t always earn the same amount of stat, it can be +1 or it can be +10, it’s all luck ! So I advise you to save before talking to your daughter, especially in the first years.
If your daughter is a troublemaker, any talk will have no result.

Preach is special. If you use it while Stress > Morale, then you have the possibility to choose between [Preach More] and [Scold]. If you choose [Scold] while Primary Stats* > Glamour, then you have the possibility to [Scold More Harshly].

*Stamina, Strength, Intelligence, Elegance, Spirit, Morale

Educate her

You can send your daughter to study some Stats and earn some Titles ( which means Reputation ) !
You can learn EXP ( through Military ), Intelligence ( through Study ) and Elegance ( through Etiquette )
Each course will cost you a certain amount of money per day and give you a certain amount of a stat per day.
Just like for jobs, if your daughter doesn’t do well a day, she will earn nothing ! ( but it will still cost you money ).

There are 3 levels ( A, B, S ) and you have to pass an exam each time to reach the next level.
Each exam demands a certain amount of a stat to be allowed to pass it. You also need to pay a fee and win a fight ( for Military) or answer two questions ( for Study ).
If you lose your fight or give the wrong answers, you will still lose your money and will have to try again next time. [ More details on exam requirements below ]
Each level costs a little more money but also grants more stats per day !

When you pass the S EXAM, you gain the last title but beware : you will graduate, therefore you won’t be able to attend the class anymore ! If you put the class in your schedule anyway, you will just talk to your teacher => Complete waste of time.

Lv.A +2 EXP
Lv.B +3 EXP
Lv.S +5 EXP

Careful, your mentor can sometimes launch a critical strike ! What I give in “damage” is the maximum damage I received with 5 Armor ( the minimum ).
Having a full stuff (Weapon, Helm, Armor), even a cheap one, helps a lot !
There is also a part of luck, as always with Princess Maker. Sometimes you just need to try several times with the same stats.
Your mentor’s stats can change a bit depending on your age and stats !

Requirement : None
Exam Fee : $50
Mentor’s stats : ~133 HP, ~91 Damage [ He’s really strong against Magic and has powerful critical strikes ]
I won with :
-Magic : ~400 Intelligence ~150 HP ~50 EXP
-Strength : ~55 Strength ~103 HP ~33 EXP (Lv.1)
Gain : Title S. + 10 Reputation

Requirement : Title S. (previous military title)
Exam Fee : $100
Mentor’s stats : ~171 HP, ~29 Damage [ She’s pretty easy compared to the first mentor ]
I won with :
-Magic : ~300 Intelligence ~100 HP ~70 EXP (Lv.2)
-Strength : ~89 Strength ~103 HP ~60 EXP (Lv.2)
Gain : Title F. + 10 Reputation

Requirement : Title F. (previous military title)
Exam Fee : $200
Mentor’s stats : ~374 HP, ~81 Damage (Lv.4) [ He’s really good at evading attacks, increase your DEX to counter that ( Hunter Job at Age 13 ) ]
I won with :
-Magic : ~400 Inteligence ~275 HP ~150 EXP (Lv.3) + 300 DEX
-Strength : ~400 Strength ~275 HP ~740 EXP (Lv.8) + 300 DEX
Gain : Title Swordmaster + 10 Reputation

Lv.A +2 Intelligence
Lv.B +3 Intelligence
Lv.S +5 Intelligence

Requirement : 90 Intelligence
Exam Fee : $50
Answers : 1) Diamond Dust …2) Pineal Eye
Gain : Title S.Scholar + 10 Reputation + Unlocks the ability to increase MP

Requirement : 160 Intelligence and Title S.Scholar (previous study title)
Exam Fee : $100
Answers : 1) Heating of the cathode from ion bombardment …2) 27 .32166 days
Gain : Title F.Scholar + 10 Reputation

Requirement : 300 Intelligence and Title F.Scholar (previous study title)
Exam Fee : $200
Answers : 1) Neptune brings it back up in giant barrels …2) Objects float in the air
Gain : Title Professor + 10 Reputation

+5 Elegance

For some weird reason, Errantry is listed in “Educate her” even though it is more something of its own. So I made a section just for it, which you can find more below.

Let her work

Every week, you can send your daughter to do a job and bring some money while gaining some stats !
There are some jobs you can do from the beginning and others you will unlock at a certain age
You will only gain money and stats if you do a successful job
To have a greater chance of succeeding in your job, you need : High Stamina / High Spirit / Low Stress
Be careful, some jobs make you lose stats !
Numbers are for gain and loss per day.

Errantry

Where to find it ? Schedule => Educate her => Errantry

A little lost ? Here’s a map[hyslyne.blogspot.fr]

You can send your daughter to live some adventures where she will find treasures and monsters.
You can take several weeks to have more time to explore. Indeed, you won’t come back home at the end of the week if there’s another Errantry scheduled just after, you will just stay where you are.

There are 3 “regions“, the farthest you go, the stronger the enemies will become. Those regions are : Outskirt, Border and Barbarian Land

If you want a greater chance of survival, you will need to increase stamina ( for a greater life bar ) and strength/intelligence ( depending on the way you fight, sword or magic ).
Also having a full stuff (Weapon, Helm, Armor), even a cheap one, helps a lot !
Also give your daughter a O blood type, it is the strongest one.

You can also talk to(Success depends on your Elegance)/hide from (Success depends on your DEX) your enemies and it will sometimes allow you to continue your errantry, but beware : that way you will NOT gain any experience or gold.

Sometimes your daughter gets scared and refuses to do anything, wasting a turn and putting her in danger, even if she’s super strong. Sadly it seems to be completely random or broken because even with all my stats maxed out, she would still regularly do it.

There is a day/night cycle and everytime you get in a fight, you will automatically go from day to night, or from night to day.

Everytime you survive a day, you gain 1 point of stamina and 1 point of reputation.

If you get defeated before your time’s up, your daughter will stay at home doing nothing during all the remaining days of the current week.

If you manage to reach the end of the map, your daughter will gain 50 Reputation !
Your daughter will rest during all the remaining days of the current week, giving you -10 stress per remaining day.

There are 5 chests you can collect on your way, but you can ignore the first one if you want as it only gives 1 Herb ( which is worth only 7 gold and not really useful ).
Those chests contain ( see map[hyslyne.blogspot.fr] ) :
[1] Herb…………. [2] Doll…………. [3] Book…………. [4] Tea Cup…………. [5] Dress

It takes about 15 days to collect all the chests and reach the end, so you should always schedule at least 2 weeks of Errantry.

The Errantry map is not consistent. While making it I found out some things would change of size when going from a zone to another, or also sometimes overlap each other… Which is why I decided to make a map for each zone.
I also had to compress my images because they were too big for Steam, for a non compressed version, click here[hyslyne.blogspot.com].

Harvest Festival

When does it happen ? In October

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You can choose between two competitions : Martial Art and Miss Kingdom.
The first one requires good fighting skills and the second one high Elegance and Glamour.
You can also choose to rest : BEWARE ! It will not make you skip the competitions ( so it’s not faster ) and it will not decrease your Stress.
If you win the competition, you gain Reputation !
If you lose, you gain nothing, you lose nothing ( except if you tried to bribe the judges in Miss Kingdom, then you’ve lost your money… )

This competition is not really hard. Just increase your Stamina and EXP in priority.
Then up your Strength(Attack) OR Intelligence(Magic).
And if you have some money left, buy some armor and weapons.
Don’t forget that there is a bit of luck in here ! So save before going to the festival and if you fail just load and try again, you won’t necessarily have the same contestants.

1st place : 80 Reputation
2nd place : 60 Reputation

I won each time with these stats…. I’ve never used any equipment to make a better estimation. But don’t hesitate to buy some and to increase even more your stamina and EXP to be sure to win ! Starting Age 13, you’ll be able to work as a Hunter which gives DEX ( influences your Combat Skill and helps you evade attacks ).

/! If your daughter’s birthday is between March 31 and October 1 then you have to read Age 11 instead of 10, etc… /!

Age 10 :

Age 11 :

Age 12 : 265 HP, Lv.4, 320 Strength(Attack)

Age 13 : 275 HP, Lv.4, 400 Intelligence(Magic) OR 400 Strength(Attack) + 200 DEX

Age 14 : 300 HP, Lv.5, 400 Intelligence(Magic) OR 400 Strength(Attack) + 300 DEX

Age 15 : 450 HP, Lv.7, 400 Intelligence(Magic) OR 400 Strength(Attack) + 300 DEX

Age 16 : 500 HP, Lv.8, 400 Intelligence(Magic) OR 400 Strength(Attack) + 400 DEX

Age 17 : 550 HP, Lv.9, 400 Intelligence(Magic) OR 400 Strength(Attack) + 400 DEX

/! Again, this is just to give you an idea, stats change a little depending on your game and age /!

There are 4 prizes
Miss Sun : Which requires Elegance to win
In the game, it is represented by ” k “
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Miss Moon : Which requires Proportions to win, it has something to do with your daughter’s height and weight, the ideal result being 100% ( resting too much makes your daughter fat, make her work ! ) [ Usually, just bribing 10 judges is enough to win, so $100 ]
In the game, it is represented by ” p “
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Miss Star : Which requires Glamour to win
In the game, it is represented by ” i “
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Miss Kingdom : Which requires the highest score ! It’s an addition of your elegance’s, proportions’ and glamour’s scores.
In the game, it is represented by ” + “

To win, there are different ways… you can just be the best, or bribe the judges ! Or do a bit of both.
You also need a bit of luck, since you won’t always see the same contestants ( which is why you should save before going to the harvest festival, and try again if you don’t have a satisfying result )
Bribing judges can be pretty expensive… $10 per judge

~~1 Prize : 10 Reputation
~~2 Prizes : 31 Reputation
~~3 Prizes : 91 Reputation
~~4 Prizes : 100-121+ Reputation
/! How much Reputation you gain depends on your stats and age, not just on how many Prizes you win. The higher your Glamour/Elegance are; and the closest your Proportions are to 100%, the higher your Reputation after the competition. But you still have to win at least one prize for this to count. /!

This is more of an estimation than anything, because you don’t know in advance who will be the contestants. Miss Moon requires to be the closest to 100% Proportions but know that usually 10 bribes [$100] is enough to win. I will give the contestants’ highest stats I’ve seen to help you determine how much your daughter needs but you can ignore Glamour at the beginning if you want since it is not easy to get ( you can get some by buying [$1000] or finding in Errantry “dresses” [+25 Glamour each] or by scolding your daughter [see Talk with your daughter] )

/! If your daughter’s birthday is between March 31 and October 1 then you have to read Age 11 instead of 10, etc… /!

Age 10 : 100 Elegance, 129 Glamour

Age 11 : 149 Elegance, 159 Glamour

Age 12 : 295 Elegance, 248 Glamour

Age 13 : 350 Elegance, 273 Glamour

Age 14 : 448 Elegance, 304 Glamour

Age 15 : 454 Elegance, 354 Glamour

Age 16 : 535 Elegance, 414 Glamour

Age 17 : 563 Elegance, 425 Glamour

/! Again, this is just to give you an idea, stats change a little depending on your game and age /!

Castle Talk

Where to find it ? On the main screen, under Schedule.

The Castle Talk can be done anytime before giving a Schedule.
it allows you to gain a total of 48 Reputation.
You need to go through several people until you can talk to the King.
Each person requires a certain amount of Elegance to pass.
Everytime you pass with a person for the first time, you gain some Reputation.
( So it is useless to come back after you’ve successfully reached the King )

Guard

Requirement : 50 Elegance
Gain : +8 Reputation

Commander

Requirement : 70 Elegance
Gain : +8 Reputation

Attendant

Requirement : 150 Elegance
Gain : +8 Reputation

Chamberlain

Requirement : 250 Elegance
Gain : +8 Reputation

Queen

Requirement : 400 Elegance
Gain : +8 Reputation

King

Requirement : 600 Elegance
Gain : +8 Reputation

Endings

-Stamina
-Strength
-Intelligence
-Elegance
-Glamour
-Morale
-Reputation
-EXP ( only in Magic Path )

Your highest stat decides what kind of ending you have ( Stamina Path, Strength Path, etc… )
Then Reputation decides how good your ending is in this path ( Bad, Meh, Good, Perfect ! )

There are 2 exceptions : Magic Path and Reputation Path
Magic Path works like Intelligence Path except you need to have your EXPx2 than your Intelligence + Professor Title
Reputation Path only needs really high Reputation, the other stats don’t matter.

( as your highest stat )

Fight for Fame
Become the Mercenary
Reputation between 0 and 49

Loving Wife
Become the Housewife
Reputation between 50 and 99

Gatekeeper
Become the Royal Guard Soldier
Reputation between 100 and 399

Kingdom Commander
Become the Commander
Reputation between 400 and 799

( as your highest stat )

Vigilante Hunter
Become the Bounty Hunter
Reputation between 0 and 49

Chop Chop
Become the Lumberjack
Reputation between 50 and 99

Protector of the Kingdom
Become the Royal Guard Commander
Reputation between 100 and 399

Four Stars
Become the General
Reputation between 400 and 799

( as your highest stat )

What’s yours is mine
Become the Con Artist
Reputation between 0 and 49

Romanticism
Become the Writer
Reputation between 50 and 99

Purify, Mature, and Perfection
Become the Alchemist
Reputation between 100 and 399

Royal Academy Governor
Become the Royal Academy Governor
Reputation between 400 and 799

( Intelligence as your highest stat and EXP 2x more than Intelligence + Professor Title )
Example : 800 EXP and 400 Intelligence, everything else below 400

Adventure Time
Become the Wandering Wizard
Reputation between 0 and 49

Infinite Mana
Become the Wizard
Reputation between 50 and 99

Dark Magic
Become the Sorceress
Reputation between 100 and 399

Magical Power
Become the Palace Magician
Reputation between 400 and 799

( as your highest stat )

You can’t afford me
Become the High Class Prostitute
Reputation between 0 and 49

Business Partner
Become the Merchant’s Wife
Reputation between 50 and 99

Duchess
Become the Noblewoman 2
Reputation between 100 and 399

Baroness
Become the Noblewoman 1
Reputation between 400 and 799

( as your highest stat )

Courtesan
Become the Prostitute
Reputation between 0 and 49

Heavy Drinker
Become the Barmaid
Reputation between 50 and 99

Lover of Aristocrat
Become the Noble’s Mistress
Reputation between 100 and 399

Not yet the Queen
Become the King’s Mistress
Reputation between 400 and 799

( as your highest stat )

Young Widow
Become the Divorced Woman
Reputation between 0 and 49

Bhikkhuni
Become the Buddhist Nun
Reputation between 50 and 99

Monastics
Become the High Rank Buddhist Nun
Reputation between 100 and 399

Divine Follower
Become the Prist
Reputation between 400 and 799

( The only thing that matters here is your reputation, not the stats )

Princess Maker
Become the Princess
Reputation between 800 and 1199

All hail the Queen
Become the Queen Regnant
Reputation higher than 1200

Advice

-Hold right click to speed the game a little
-Take O Blood Type ( the strongest one ) if you want your daughter to fight
-Give 31st March as your daughter’s birthday. The game will begin and end at this date regardless of your daughter’s birthday.
-Resting makes your daughter gain weight, so make her work ! You can use items to decrease her stress or send her on vacation.
-Use Dolls ( an item you can buy in the shop for $150 ) to decrease your daughter’s stress if you don’t know what to do with your money, saves a week’s slot and does -30 Stress and +10 Morale !
-To have better chances at succeeding in your jobs : High Stamina / High Spirit / Low Stress
-The easiest way to reach the Queen Ending is through Errantry
–Save before going to the Harvest Festival. You won’t always get the same result, so if you lose just load your save and try again. ( same thing for Military exams )
-Keep your daughter’s Morale above 0 or she’ll become a troublemaker for several weeks ! ( Which means only the Church and Strange Bar/Inn will allow her to work for them, talking to daughter will do nothing but she can still do everything else ). This can also be triggered if your daughter has high Stress and low Morale ( ~less than 50-100 )
-To stop the “troublemaker” status, you need to wait several weeks + bring back her Morale above 0.
If her Morale stays at 0 even after several weeks, she will stay a troublemaker until she earns some Morale.
-Keep your stress low (how low depends on your Spirit and Stamina) or your daughter will become sick and you will lose 1 stat in everyting, everyday until your daughter gets better.

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