What can you do as a free member?

Member benefits illustration

Create your free account today and unlock all our premium features and tools to enhance your gaming experience.

Member benefits illustration

Create your free account today and save articles to your watchlist and get notified when they're updated with new information.

Member benefits illustration

Create your free account today and save your favorite games for quick access later, synced across all your devices.

Member benefits illustration

By creating a Game8 account and logging in, you'll receive instant notifications when someone replies to your posts.

Comment rating feature illustration

By creating a Game8 account and logging in, you can make use of convenient features in the comments section, such as rating and sorting comments.

Premium archive feature illustration

By creating a Game8 account and logging in, you can access Premium articles that are exclusively available to members.

Site Interface

Guest
Free Member
Article Watchlist
Game Bookmarks
Cross-device Sync
Light/Dark Theme Toggle
User Profiles
Direct Feedback
Comment Rating

Game Tools

Guest
Free Member
Interactive Map Access
Interactive Map Pins
Interactive Map Comments
Interactive Map Pins Cross-Device
Check List
Event Choice Checker
Deck Builder Cross-Device
Message Board Notification
Message Board Cross-Device
Build Planner
Stat Calculator
Diagnostic Tool
Weapon/Armor Wishlist

Want more information?Learn more

Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma (RFGoA)

How to Use the Plum Branch

Add to Watchlist

Rune Factory Guardians of Azuma - Plum Branch
The Plum Branch is a sacred treasure used to perform the Dance of Bonds in Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma (RFGoA). Check out how you can use the Plum Branch and where you can perform the Dance of Bonds!

How to Use the Plum Branch

Dance of Bonds Uses



Activate Save and Frog Statues

Dance of Bonds on the Frog Statue in Summer Village
The Plum Branch is used to perform the Dance of Bonds in front of statues. This includes save statues that also serve as fast travel points and the frog statues that give recipes.

No need to equip the Plum Branch to do the dance. Simply approach a statue, and press the button prompt that appears for Dance of Bonds. The Plum Branch will automatically be taken out for this action.

You only need to perform the Dance of Bonds once per statue. This means that you can just approach a save statue and save without having to perform the dance again. This also means that each frog statue can only give you one recipe in your playthrough.

Deepen Bonds with Villagers

Raise Bond Levels

You can use the Plum Branch in front of villagers to perform the Dance of Bonds for them. This allows you to get closer to the affected villager, increasing your Bond.

If this functions similarly to the Greeting Spell in Rune Factory 5, only one Dance of Bonds per villager per day will have an effect on villager Bond levels.

List of All Characters

Befriend Monsters

Once you have access to Monster Barns, you will be able to befriend monsters using the Plum Branch.

To befriend a monster, perform the Dance of Bonds in front of it until you see a smiley face (☺) on top of its name. Defeat this monster, and you will be able to give it a gift. If it accepts your gift, it will be added to your Monster Barn.

Restore Power to the Seasonal Gods

Restoring Ulalaka

The Plum Branch can be used to revitalize the seasonal gods of Azuma during the main story of the game. Perform the Dance of Bonds in front of the sacred object of the god, such as Ulalaka's sacred tree and Matsuri's sacred sword, and their power will be restored enough for them to start appearing in the overworld.

Complete Walkthrough and Story Guide

Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma Related Guides

Rune Factory Guardians of Azuma - Sacred Treasures
All Sacred Treasures

All Sacred Treasures

Plum Branch Sacred Drum
Terra Tiller Sacred Sword
Sacred Parasol Sacred Fan
Sacred Oni Mask Sacred Staff

Author

    Please participate in our site
    improvement survey
    12/2025
    Would you assist in
    improving Game8's site?
    ×
    This survey will take about 1 minute.
    Your answers will help us to improve our website.
    We are listening to our users' valuable opinions and discussing how to act on them.
    The information collected through this survey will be used for the purpose of improving our services. In addition, the information will only be disclosed a part of a statistic in a format that will not allow identification of personal information.
    Begin Survey

    All rights reserved

    Guide Index