Like with my Compendium for the 3DS game (Reddit Post), I want to create a all-in-one guide for this newest installment of Fantasy Life as well. I will be (slowly) expanding this guide as I am enjoying the game myself as well, so try not to put outrageous spoilers in the comments haha

Hope you find this guide somewhat helpful!

* The 1st wave of free DLC (Dark Ginormosia) is scheduled to release in December 2025!

For full list of reward items, check out this page of the compendium spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BrBcKh3peA96u3EIj19QROujZLBC4d3ilW-KWyf7Anw/edit?gid=1367882051#gid=1367882051

Google Sheet[docs.google.com] | HTML View Mode[docs.google.com]

My compendium spreadsheet contains a wide variety of informations that can be overwhelming at a glance. You may use the following index table for a quick summary of what each page is mostly about.


You may make a copy of the spreadsheet to sort certain pages under different critiera:

• Monsters & Life Goals
  
• Strangelings & Shrines

https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3505903847

1. Finish the Main Story
   
2. Finish a Treasure Grove to "level it up" (10+ times)
   
   • Find an Aging Altar in a year-900-grove, then bury an item and finish the grove
3. Rank up all Lives to max
   
4. Ginormosia objectives
   
   • Find a Korok Leafe
     
   • Sell many veggies until you get a letter
     
   • Add a Phantom to your party 10 times
     
   • Convert 30+ strangelings in total
     
   • Find a Time-series recipe and craft it with materials from "Legendary" challenges
     
   • Craft the True Time-series of it using even more "Legendary" materials
5. Miscellaneous objectives
   
   • Sell an item in the Gallery
     
   • Reach max affinity with any islander
     
   • Clear all quests of a Bulletin Board (any)
     
   • Defeat the lv99 Training Dummy
6. Time-gated objectives
   
   • Grow the veggie needed for Farmer ranks
     
   • Get your island rating to 5★, then gather 50 Golden Celestia's Gift (1~5 per day)

• Dosh: Bulk-craft White Woolie Sticker
  - Also a good idea to sell the obsolete waepons & tools from boss
  
• Redux Stone: Buy Long Cape (Armory also in Capital of Mysteria) to trade them in
  
• Cashnut: Sell your veggie in stalls near the 6 Ginormosia settlements
  - Build 8 plots of Shadow Carrots at Base Camp => 90+ nuts per harvest per plot
  - Farm the Wicked Mandrake behind Spirit Road's sealed gate => 55+ nuts per harvest
  
• Celestia's Gift: Feed your islanders and do requests for them
  - Visit others' island (keyword "flower"), for 1000 per day
  
• Buddy Affinity: Gift Magical Milkshake to everyone, it's a high-lv recipe that is easy to make
  - Feeding favourite food does not affect affinity gained, you only get unique dialogues
  - See this Visual Guide or compendium page[docs.google.com] for favourite food

Many items cannot be purchased from shops and are needed in many important recipes, including the ones needed to rank up. I wrote a standalone guide to cover these here:
https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3507324813

• Ginormosia Fish
  Sand Fish, Dunefish Tuna, Electric Eel, Redgill, Lavashrimp, Hotspring Bream
  
• Ginormosia boss material
  Legendary Don Horn (etc.), Skeleton Horn, Skeep King's Fleece, Wild Antler, Rainbow Feather, Bigbeak Egg, Smoldering Fang, Smoldering Hide, Golem Fragment, Eruptuna, Magma Fin
  
• Treasure Grove material
  Giant Scale, Evil Shard, Monster Crystal, Sultan Heart, Sultan Stone, Dragontree Horn, Dragontree Leaf, High-Flying Fish, Nimbus Scales, Great Lucky Bream, Lucky Pearl, Godfish, Godfish Moss, Poseidon Swordfish, Poseidon's Fin, Beelzebub Tuna, Devil's Fin
  
• Mounts
  Brown Horse, Black Horse, White Horse, Turtle, Tortortise, Black Panther, Forest Panther, Cashmere, White Woolie, King Woolie, White Runner, Taurus, Napdragon Cruiser RED, Napdragon Cruiser BLK, Turboglider
  
• NPC Outfits & Cosplay
  Royal Pomme, Sealing, Pirate Princess, Dark Sultan, Merc Idol, Dragonslayer, Carrotella, Dragon, Princess, Archaeologist, Ethereal
  
• NPC Furnitures
  Bench Press, Leafe Ornament, Celestial Globe, Noble Dress, Sultan's Chair, Family Portrait, Memory Board, Royal Family Portrait, Trip's Perch, Nostalgic Ornament

If you still cannot find what you need, this other guides might also help:
https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3485456681

Generally speaking, you want to prioritise learning skills that affect EXP gained, both from the Skill Board and equipment (for you and followers), and then the next best skills would be for Item Drop Rate+. From there, you may invest more into offensive stats, whereas defensive stats can be mostly neglected.

For details regarding best source of EXP, equipment skills (remaking & aging), buffs & damaging moves, check out this guide:
https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3500367872

A total of 121 recipes are exclusively obtained from your islanders, and you can only get 1 per real-life day (oof...) For the optimal methods in obtaining them, and other notable recipes to look out for, check out my other guide:
https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3493902047

• Request Recipes
  
  • Fruit Punch - best source of EXP for Cook
    
  • Giant Fried Egg - needed for a quest
• House Recipes
  
  • Crit Aid - most convenient source of EXP for Alchemist
    
  • Pumpkin Pie, Cabbage Rolls, Paralyzing Bomb - needed for quests
    
  • Royal Flan, Vegetable Stew, Golden Apple Pie, Creamy Curry - furniture ingredient
    
  • Angler's Goggles - tied as best Spec equipment
• Not part of the guide, but you can find these recipes for requests at:
  
  • Resistance Spray - Swolean Island shop
    
  • Long Cape, Magic Aid - Ginormosia settlement shops
    
  • Desert Headwear, Spraylixir - Ginormosia traveling merchant
    
  • Starry Night Mat, Starry Night Streetlamp, White Flower Vase - Marco's Shop (Dosh)
    
  • Pastel Low Table, Pastel Table - Marco's Shop (Celestia's Gift)
    
  • Hourglass - Marco's Surprise Box...

• Ginormosia Maps - Shrine, Tower, Recipe, Leafes, Caves & Strangelings
  
• Ginormosia Map - Towers, Shrines, Recipes, and Settlements Locations
  
• Ginormosia Map - Leafe Hiding Spots
  
• List of Strangelings[docs.google.com]
  
• Reminder that my compendium has listed many of these in spreadsheet form too:
  - All Fish, Mounts, shop recipes, RNG-based recipes, Ginormosia bosses, Treasure Grove-exclusive bosses, etc.

I explained the purpose of Ginomorisa and Treasure Grove in the followig guide, alongside tips on how you can rank up the areas quickly.
https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3511837051

This section lists many of the miscellaneous FAQ and certain questions I've had during my first playthrough. There are probably too many to read all at once, so you are recommended to just search with [Ctrl]+[F] on the specific things you're looking for.

• Should I buy the Deluxe Edition?
  
  • Yes if you want to show the developers your love and support
    
  • No if you simply don't care about uniquely cosmetic items
• Does the game have multiplayer?
  
  • [Local] Another player can control Trip, like Cappy in Mario Odyssey
    
  • [Online] Unlocked at the end of Chapter 3, you can visit or host multiplayer sessions to explore both the main islands and the big Ginormosia map

• When can I change my name and appearance?
  
  • End of Chapter 3 (comepletely free of charge)
    
  • Personally, I play on English voice and don't like the rolling sound of male voice 1/2/5/6
    (You may want to pick other voices before customization is unlocked)
    
  • Eventually you can buy new Hair and Eye options with Goddess Fruits
    
    • You can "preview" the catalogs by closing the game during the creation screen, helpful if you are low on fruits, and don't want to game to auto-save the purchase when exiting the character editor screen
      
    • See this video for All Character Creator Options
      
    • I regret buying them because I only end up using Glenn's hair from Hair Catalog 1
      
• Is there any permanently missable item/event?
  
  • The "acquired" order for recipes cannot be changed, but it's only for sorting purposes and should not affect most of your gameplay
    
  • Certain mounts are the only "craftable" items that you can keep but cannot remake
    - Some prefer making at the top quality, for the crowns above their icon
    - Some prefer making at the lowest quality, just so there won't be any crown
    - Just make sure to not craft with Good or Great, because you CANNOT change that!
    
  • The outdoor grass furnitures are limited in qauntity per playthrough
    - Only 11 Tall Grass and 27 Green Grass can be found in Base Camp
    - You can trade with other players online
    - I heard there is a mod that lets you buy an unlimited amount...
    
  • No Other item is permanently missable
    - All "Currency Items" are renewable, i.e. can be sold without consequences
    - Their selling prices is still pityful, see above for efficient money-making methods
    
  • 2 side quests at the beginning (from the prince and aunt, each gives 3000 Dosh too) have dialogues tied to them. I think you can still do them at later point in the story? But I'm not 100% so I recommend finishing them right away just to be safe.
    
  • For the final boss, there is an optional objective that lets you weaken the boss by destroying something called the wyrmheart. The action is irreversible, so some players may prefer keeping it intact as bragging right
    
    • Defense: 550 -> 180; Resistance: x0.8 -> x1.8 for Light, x0.8 -> x1 for non-Dark
      
  • The EXP-boost talisman from pre-order bonus is unique and unobtainable elsewhere
    
  • Time-traveling forward might mess up Ginormosia merchant's stocks and veggie stalls
    https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3510285845
• When is fast-travel unlocked?
  
  • You can teleport to your Life Master from the Life menu (Dpad Right)
    
  • Switching to any crafting Life lets you teleport to the nearest workbench
    
  • At the end of Chapter 3, you can fast-travel to any unlocked landmark
• Can I add NPC to my party?
  
  • Yes at the end of Chapter 3 (again)
    
  • Press [-] to auto-equip whatever equipment you aren't using
    
  • When crafting and choosing partner, press [-] to enter their equipment screen

• Do I need to pick other Lives other than a Combat one?
  
  • No for the majority of Main Story, until very late where you have to fight a few strong & tanky bosses. Otherwise, you get high tier weapons/tools just from bosses' random drops
    
  • But you do need all non-combat Lives to finish the Main Story
    
  • There's no harm in grabbing all licenses, especially since you can skip the tutorial. Again, these licenses let you fast-travel early without waiting for the animations
• How do I unlock that 2 Lives, Farmer and Artist?
  
  • Through Main Story progression, end of Chapter 3 and 4 respectively
• What skills are recommended to prioritize?
  
  • Spend points on what make you level up faster instead for more skill points. If you need more firepower, just progress the Main Story to get better weapons/tools from stronger bosses

• How do I get more Stranglings in general? (see this list[docs.google.com])
  
  • Five guranteed during Main Story
    
  • One in each of the 19 remaining shrines
    
  • Randomly dropped from bosses (both crowns)
    
  • Certain places in Ginormosia

• How do I remove the weed?
  
  • Same way you remove furnitures, with [Face Button Left]
• Is terraforming in the game?
  
  • Unlocked early in Chapter 4 IIRC
• How big is the island?
  
  • The customisable area is a 62x78 rectangle
    - Left River: 14-17 tiles from the top
    - Right River: 31-33 tiles from the top
    - Bottom River: 16-18 from the left
    - Path leading to the shrine is dead center, i.e. with 37 tiles on each side

• Where the HECK is the Banana Cave?
  
  • It's actually called Banaan Cave, directly south from the House west of capital
• Is the Cave of Trials needed for ranking up?
  
  • Miner - You need 5 Earth Mana, 5 Earth Shard, and 5 Diamond from the Starcrystal, so maybe find a movie to watch while waiting for respawns
    
  • Angler - Bluescale Lordfish need to be caught 2 or 3 times
    
  • Cook - Wild Beast Meat only drops from Taurus (crown boss) and you need FOUR in total just for ranking up. They can randomly spawn next to the B4 entrance, and one always spawns on the right path. Also worth nothing that, you get 2 meat from a Personal Request
    
  • Tailor & Alchemist - Napdragon's Scale & Teardrop can only be found here, but you can finish the Combat Life goal with the Napdragon in Capital instead

The links below are not affliated with me, I am only listing them here for other players' convenience. Some of them might be mentioned above already, and may overlap with my compendium spreadsheet.

• Useful Spreadsheets
  
  • All recipes, item data, enemy stats[docs.google.com]
    
  • All recipes, item data[docs.google.com]
    
  • All Equipment Stats & Possible Modifiers[docs.google.com]
    
  • RNG Recipes Tracker - Slates, Islanders, Traveling Merchant[docs.google.com]
    
  • Traveling Merchant recipes & materials[docs.google.com]
    
  • Strangeling List & Locations[docs.google.com]
    
  • Islander Food Preference[docs.google.com] (doesn't affect affinity gained)
    
  • EXP Table[docs.google.com]
• Non-Spreadsheet
  
  • Makeover Box (all islanders with pictures)[docs.google.com]
• Steam Guides
  
  • Comprehensive Guide, Complete Database, and Fully Interactive Map
    
  • End Game Grinding
    
  • Recipe Profit Calculator
    
  • Sealed Areas Cheatsheet
    
  • Disabling EasyAntiCheat
    
  • Silver & Golden Crown Bosses locations
    
  • Gatherables, Enemies, & Shops by area; Loots by Enemy
    
  • Ginormosia Map - Tower, Cave, Shrine, Strangeling, Leafe, Time Recipe
    
  • Ginormosia Map - Tower, Settlement, Shrine, Leafe, Time Recipe
    
  • Ginormosia Map - Leafe
    
  • Ginormosia Map - Chests
    
  • Everything about Alchemy
• Reddit
  
  • Item Drop Rate Explained
    
  • Mysterious Slate Drop Rate & Recipe Weighting
    
  • Islander's Favorite Food - doesn't affect affinity gained
• Others
  
  • All Character Creator Options
    - You can "preview" the catalog by quitting the app DURING the character creator screen
    - This is good if you don't want to waste Goddess Fruits for what may end up not used
    
  • More TBA?[http//x]

Leave a comment if you would like me to link your guides from here.

Thanks for reading thus far! As mentioned in the beginning, the guide is still slowly being expanded, so the guide is somewhat opinionated, and many things are tentative to change as new informations discovered. I'm pushing this out early just so new players have something to see, so in a sense I kinda hope this page would go obsolete since it would mean we have enough people making guides haha

Anyway, if you have at least learned one new thing from here, leave a thumbs' up! Feel free to share your own beginner tips in the comments below as well, or should I say, nice rest of your Life, eh?

Hope you have a nice rest of your day!

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gosh this section has been sticking around since the beginning, I think I want to migrate this to the Life guide instead...

• Q: What are the main purposes in each Life?
  
  • Paladin / Mercenary / Hunter / Magician - For fighting monsters effectively
    
  • Miner / Woodcutter / Angler - Gather ingredients for Blacksmith / Carpenter / Cook
    
  • Blacksmith - Tools for Paladin, Mercernary, Miner, Cook, Tailor, Farmer; Armor (for defense)
    
  • Carpenter - Tools for Hunter, Magician, Woodcutter, Angler, Artist; Furniture
    
  • Tailor - Armor (for magic defense); Cosmetic; Min-maxing for Carpenter?
    
  • Cook - Consumables (for HP, SP, Buffs)
    
  • Alchemist - Consumables (for HP, SP, Buffs, Debuff cures); Bombs; Accessories
    
  • [Locked] Farmer - Gather ingredients for Cook?
    
  • [Locked] Artist - min-maxing for Blacksmith
• Q: Which Life is "essential"?
  
  • One Combat Life is mostly good enough for the Main Story
    
  • Blacksmith, Carpenter, and Tailor are somewhat obsolete because ranking up gives you decent equipment for free; Bosses also randomly drop weapons and tools (on par with the area's highest available tier)
    
  • Cook and Alchemist can be useful for crafting healing consumables, but you level up quite frequently anyway, which heals both HP & SP back to full
    
  • Gathering Lives have less extrinsic value because of that as well
    
  • That said, if you find crafting and gathering enjoyable, there's no harm at all in picking them. Though I recommend grabbing them only after fast-travel has been unlocked
    
  • Crafting Lives may overlap with each other too, e.g. mid-game hammer requires lumber to craft, but you can just buy them unless you're at the end-game

• Q: Is there penalty for dying?
  
  • Not really, you can instantly revive with Lifecure (or let your ally revive you for free.)
    
  • If you pick reload (or 30 seconds pass), you get send to your previous save. Any consumables used during the fight would return, but you also lose anything you gathered during that time
• The [Dodge] roll gives invincibility, and is quite lenient
  
  • Bosses usually have quite predictable attack patterns that goes "attack wait attack wait". If you are melee fighters, you want to hit them only a few times, then dodge in anticipation for their next attack

• Q: What is the optimal strategy for gathering?
  
  1. Circle around the node while pressing [Light Attack] every 90˚
     
  2. When sweet spot is found, spam [Heavy Attack]
     (Use the [Charged Light Attack] instead when unlocked & upgraded)
     
  3. When the HP drops low enough, switch to rapidly tapping [Light Attack] (I rebind [ZL] to turbo-[A])
     
  4. When the HP is barely visible, do one last [Heavy Attack]
     
  5. Note that, you may sometimes not have enough SP to do all that. If that's the case, just ignore the gathering for now and fight a few bosses until they drop what you need
     (Ranking up also gives a free tool)
     
  6. You may also make SP+ Armor with Blacksmith/Tailor, or Accessories with Alchemy, but it's not "needed" since I've been doing just fine without them
• Tap [Attack] to quickly switch to combat life TODO for faster SP regeneration, assuming you already have it unlocked in the "Skill Tree" (TODO needs verification)