History VideoGame / RuneFactory4

** Holding the grab buttong will have your character grabbing the same type of item (regardless of level) which can be very helpful.

** You can check of your Shipping Box and put everything inside or take outside at your own leisure. This not only helps saving time, but also prevents you from accidentally shipping something you didn't mean to.

* HarderThanHard: The "Hell" difficulty introduced in ''Special''. Enemies are much tougher and hit '''''much''''' harder. Whatever you thought it was too good/powerful becomes almost a necessity to survive here, especially against bosses.

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** The wooden baseball bat's description mentions that [[Videogame/EarthBound only kids in striped shirts makes a weapon like this their first choice]].

* WakeUpCallBoss: Rafflesia in Delirium Lava Ruins. So far you could've beaten bosses through a combination of brute force and luck, but this is a boss you can't just bumble your way to victory. It summons enemies and spreads status effects to debilitate your allies, it also heals up ''and'' will regenerates its lost parts. If you think you can win just tanking hits and attacking mindlessly Rafflesia can be a nasty surprise.

* AndroclesLion: Two of the monsters that you can tame and join your adventures without needing any other way to tame it are a Green and a high-leveled Silver Wolf found in the Arc 2 areas Idra Cave and Sechs territory respectively. You rescue the Green from being trapped while you fed the hungry Silver Wolf who both join your party in gratitude.

* AndroclesLion: Two of the monsters that you can tame and join your adventures is a Green and high-leveled Silver Wolf found in the Arc 2 areas Idra Cave and Sechs territory respectively. You rescue the Green from being trapped while you fed the hungry Silver Wolf who both join your party in gratitude.

* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Bado has no real passion for his work as the town blacksmith, and is always coming up with get-rich-quick schemes.
** Which contrasts Gaius from ''VideoGame/RuneFactory3'', who forges weapons because he enjoys it, and doesn't care about making a profit.

** Maya Road's underground sections have certain rooms where the gates have an abnormally fast monster spawn rate. These room can be used to level up very quickly provided you have the means to survive the onslaught of enemies.

* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: [[spoiler:The Forest of Beginnings for Arc 1. Located in Leon Karnak, it's where Lest/Frey must venture to rescue the final Guardian.]]

* WakeUpCallBoss: Rafflesia in Delirium Lava Ruins. So far you could've beaten bosses through brute force, luck (and maybe with party members), but this is a boss you can't just bumble your way to victory. It summons enemies and spreads status effects to debilitate your allies, it also heals up ''and'' will regenerates its lost parts. If you've been ignoring the crafting system or think you can win just attacking mindlessly Rafflesia will be one nasty surprise for you.

* TurnsRed: The boss monsters will do this once they're weakened enough.

* MetalSlime: The Mineral Squeaks, which can only be found in one specific area, spawn randomly, and drop the rare Double Steel and 10-Fold Steel materials, which can be used to raise equipment's stats to ridiculous levels. [[GuideDangIt But they only drop it if you manage to hit them without killing them, and they have paltry HP and defense]].

** Deeper in Rune Prana's final floor are two Greater Daemons.

* PowerFist: This game introduces Fist weapons, which take the form of gloves that are used to punch enemies. Lest/Frey can also use Fist weapons to pick up enemies they've hit, leading to a [[WrestlerInAllOfUs variety of]] [[HumanHammerThrow follow up attacks.]]

* UselessUsefulSpell: Inverted. Standard status effects such as poison, seal, and even instant kill all work very well even into the post game where they shine the most. The sick and fatigue status while not helpful in battle at least builds your own resistance to them. Its a lot better building the immunity this way.

* JustForFun/SurprisinglySimilarStories: During Arc 2 you end up having to face a menancing empire led by an ambitious mad man that has no qualms in using forbidden powers and artifacts to reach his goals... [[spoiler:And the final battle against him is takes place in an ominous flying fortress where you end up fighting a dragon with divine powers that could shape and destroy the world if she desired.]] Are we talking about this game or ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana''?

* CreepyDoll: The guardian of Obsidian Manor, Marionetta.

* DevelopersForesight: Your child has unique dialogue for going through Yokmir Forest for the first time--the very first dungeon--which is very difficult to see, unless you manage to marry Vishnal (and only Vishnal is possible to marry this early) before ever leaving town.

* NowWhereWasIGoingAgain: One of the random quotes from Lest after reloading a save is even "Uh... What was I doing again?"

* SoundOfNoDamage: If an attack does nothing you'll hear a different noise, as if one hit a thick glass, to indicate its ineffectiveness.

* HauntedHouse: The Obsidian Mansion. Most monsters in the mansion are ghost or reaper kinds, ApocalypticLog written in [[CouldntFindAPen blood]], several ghostly shades appearances, and its guardian is the resident ISeeDeadPeople ElegantGothicLolita with a ghost stalking her since she was a child.

** Mealy Apples. They are rare drops from a hidden enemy that only appears during a Tornado on a specific location. Does even worse things to you than what a Failed Dish would if you try to eat them. If used for upgrading your equipment, it actually ''reverses'' the effects of the previously used material. By the way, did you know that upgrading equipment with Object X provides a massive stat reduction? Consider the implications of that for a moment.

* TagAlongKid: Lest/Frey can take their child into dungeons with them. One part of the map requires the player's spouse and child to be tagging along to unblock the path.

* WorldOfBadass: If you have patience you can train every single citizen of Selphia into becoming badasses with high levels and the finest equipment you can craft. Yes, even your child.

* GiantMook: There's a few of these appearing as uncommon spawns, but only Mamadoodles (giant Cluckadoodles) are tamable. The others have a chance of appearing as mini-bosses in Sharance Maze or Field Dungeons.

* FinalExamFinale: The seventh and final area of Rune Prana is a huge path where Lest or Frey must fight through (almost) every regular mook (organized by type) in the game, while the rooms change seasons as they explore deeper.

''Rune Factory 4'' was released in Japan on July 19th, 2012 by [=MarvelousAQL=] while North American version was released by Creator/XSEEDGames on October 1st, 2013. [=ZenUnited=] later announced plans to release the game in Europe during Spring 2014, [[http://www.siliconera.com/2014/01/20/rune-factory-4-european-release-cancelled/ but now possibly due to Neverland Co. filing for bankruptcy,]] the game was cancelled for release in European countries. However, on October 3rd, 2014, Creator/XSEEDGames announced plans to release Rune Factory 4 in Europe and later released December 11th, 2014 on the Nintendo eShop. An UpdatedRerelease for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch was confirmed during a Nintendo Direct on February 13, 2019, and was released on February 25, 2020. The rerelease was later announced at E3 2021 to be ported to UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and Steam, and was released on those platforms on December 7, 2021.

* UniqueEnemy: Typhoon monsters can only spawn on one particular bridge in Sercerezo Hill on the day of a typhoon. It cannot spawn anywhere else in the game (not even in randomly generated dungeons from Dungeon Flowers or Sharance Maze). Should you defeat it, you'll have to wait for the next typhoon for it to show up again.