Frontier takes place sometime after the events of Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon.

He used a mind controlling ability called Awareness Control to influence Noire into singing a melody called the Spirit's Song to pull spirits underground to create a Dark Rune and also make the whale fall and destroy the town out of revenge for being cast out.

To open the way there, Raguna requests the help of the game's bachelorettes to grow twelve Crystal Flowers.

Gelwein reveals that he was using Noire and Mist to force-feed the monster negative energy so he can control it and use it to destroy the world.

Examples include: Strawberries and turnips in the spring, tomatoes and pineapples in the summer, and yams in the fall.

However, should even one area of Trampoli become devoid of Runeys, the ecosystem suffers, and crops grow much slower than normal.

Every nine ripe crops in the field in front of the character's house spawn one Runey daily.

In Rune Factory: Frontier, there are a total of 13 marriageable women, as well as many other townspeople whom Raguna can socialize with.

The social system involves speaking with the townspeople as well as giving them gifts, which may increase, decrease, or make their affection stay the same.

The game was announced during an interview between Cubed³ and Yasuhiro Wada, the creator of the Story of Seasons series, on June 6, 2007.

[3] IGN's writer Mark Bozon praised the game's design, comparing it to the best titles in the Harvest Moon/Rune Factory series.