Your first day in Grimshire starts off with you waking up in Greenleaf Healing, where you are introduced to two characters straight away: Hazel and Percy.



Current villagers met: 2/26

After checking to see if you are well, Percy takes you outside, showing you two important locations on the way:

• The Root Cellar, where all food for the winter is kept.
  
• Hawthorne Goods, the general store where you can buy seeds and other items.

Afterwards, you are taken to an old farm, where you are given the house and land to live and use as you wish, and Percy gifts you your first tool: the Rusted Hoe, which can be used to till soil so you can plant seeds.





From here, you should start by getting familiar with the town, and meeting everyone as part as your first quest: Meet and Greet
Before you leave the farm, pick one of the radishes growing in your field for later, then head East (Right) to enter the village.

Your first two stops when you enter town are Hawthorne Goods and Timbersmith's Catch.





At Hawkthorne Goods, you meet the Hawkthorne Family, consisting of:
Dudley, who gifts you a Grey Wood Plank Wallpaper for your house.
Beatrix, who gifts you your second tool, the Wooden Watering Can, to help water your crops.
Oliver, who gifts you 5 Dried Carrots.
Poppy, who gifts you 1 coin.

Current villagers met: 6/26

Before you leave the shop, talk to Beatrix, who will give you another quest Carrots for Beatrix, giving you 5 Carrot Seeds to grow on your farm.


At Timbersmith's Catch, the house that is south from Hawkthorne Goods, you can meet the Timbersmith family, consisitng of:
Wilfred, who gifts you your third tool, the Wooden Rod, which can be used to catch fish.
Greta, who gifts you a Drying Rack, a vital item for food preservation.
Beryl, who gifts you 5 Small Dried Fish and a quest, to help Donate 25 Specimens at the Manor.

Current villagers met: 9/26

Before you leave, talk to Wilfred again, and get another quest from him Fisher-bun, to catch a Whitefish.







Head up the path to the north, to find the Flour Garden, where you meet Prudence.
She will gift the Cooking Station, allowing you to cook various meals that restore more stamina.

Current villagers met: 10/26






Head to the right, across the bridge, and you will find the Rusty Bucket, home to:

Rusty, who will gift to a Blackberry Juice.
Lila, who will gift you a Mushroom Stew.

Current villagers met: 12/26




To the right of the Rusty Bucket, is the manor, home to Adeline, who will gift you a Simple Double Bed, which can be used to sleep on at home.

Current villagers met: 13/26












In addition, located in the Manor, is a chest, which is where you place items to donate for research. This quest you got from Beryl when you meet her first. So why not place your first item, the radish from your farm, in there.



Head South of the Manor, and you will find the Ranch, where you will find:

Rufus, who will gift you 15 Fences, which can be used to decorate your farm or keep critters contained.
Logan, who will gift you a Alpheep Painting to decorate your home with.

Current villagers met: 15/26


Head up North, back past the Manor, to the next house and shop, Hopping Furniture. Here, you will meet:

Wallace, who will gift you a Simple Table to decorate your home.
Ericka, who will gift you a Crafting Table, an important building that is used to craft a lot of things you will need on your farm.
Rose, who will gift you the Compost Bin Recipe. You can make this with the right materials at the Crafting Table.
Jack, who will gift you a Stone.

Current villagers met: 19/26





To the left of Hopping Furniture, is the Temple, home to Edgar. He will gift you 2 Wooden Windows, to decorate your home with.

Current villagers met: 20/26

After visiting the Temple, head directly West (Left), over the river, past Greenleaf Healing, and you will enter the Forest.

Then, simply head north-west (Left and Up), to find the Blacksmith.




Here, you will meet Gruff, who will gift you your fourth tool, the Rusted Pickaxe, which is very important to remove stones on your farm and go mining for ore.

Speak to Gruff again, and he will give you a quest Dig Deep.

Current villagers met: 21/26

After leaving the Blacksmith, move South-West (Left and Down), across a bridge, until you find the Carpenter's Cottage, home to:






Rowan, who will gift you your fifth tool, the Rusted Axe, which is used to clear sticks and cut down trees on your farm and the forest.
Willow, who will gift you a Herringbone Flooring to decorate your house with.

Talk to Rowan again and he will give you a quest Rowans Lumber.

Current villagers met: 23/26

Head south from the Carpenter's Cottage, and you will enter the marsh. As soon as you arrive, head to the right, and you will find the Hunter's Hut. Inside, you will meet:


Kai, who will not give you anything.
Tano, who will give you the last tool you will get for free, the Rusted Scythe, which can clear dead plants and harvest hay more effectively.

Current villagers met: 25/26

Head South-East from the Hunter's Hut, and you will find a path back to your farm! Here, you can drop off the decorations and other items you were given if you wish to do so, freeing up some inventory space.

You have one more villager to meet.Head back into town, and go East from the Root Cellar to find the Mayor's House.

Theo waits to meet you, and as a welcome gift, he will give you 200 Coins.

Current villagers met: 26/26

In addition, if he is the last villager you need to meet, he will also let you finish the quest Meet and Greet when you talk to him again, giving you an additional reward of of some Nutty Cheese Wedges.


If you are struggling to find villagers in their homes, don't worry. They are most likely out doing their daily tasks. You can use the Map or Villager tabs in the menu to find their location.

With your first day meeting the villagers and getting to know the town, you might of experimented with planting some crops, chopping down trees, mining rocks, foraging, mining and fishing.

That is a great start to help you get yourself familiar with the game. By day two, you should start looking at some of those quests that you got as many will provide some helpful items to help with your farming.

First step should be to plant those carrot seeds you got from Beatrix. Plant the 5 of them and, if it is not raining, water them with you Wooden Watering Can, which you can fill from the river to the right of your farm.



These will day a few days to grow, and you will need to remove weeds.

If you are able to get some compost from the General store or make some yourself in the compost bin, you should apply it to any crops you have to increase both their growth time and their yields.




What you choose to do next is up to you in any order.

Cut down some trees for Rowan's quest. He needs Medium wood, which can easily be collected from Maple trees on your farm, as well as clear out some space for later.

With 20 Medium Wood, you can turn it in to Rowan to get the Saw. The Saw is an important building that turns any wood into planks, which are needed for crafting and making buildings. You also get the ability to make one at your crafting table.


Finding a Whitefish out of all the shadows may be a small challenge, but it is rather easy if you keep your eye out.

To start fishing, simply select your Wooden Rod, and toss the bobber into the water after choosing the distance. Fish nearby will have a question mark over their head, meaning that they are in range of the bobber.
Simply wiggle or reel in slightly to get their attention, until they have an exclamation point. Don't do it too much or you will scare the fish off.














When your character has the exclamation point over their head, you must react or you will miss your chance.


To find a Whitefish, you simply look for a medium shadow in the water along the coastline, either in the village, the farm or the marsh. If you see no medium shadows, simply leave the area and come back to try and see if a new shadow appears.


Turning in this fish to Wilfred gives you a Fish Trap, a very handy tool for your farm that allows you to place Kibble in and catch fish.

Diving into the mines, you are met with both a maze and darkness. Your goal here, is to collect at least six copper ore. Five for Gruff, and one for later.




Look around the area, move where you are able, and you will be able to harvest various ores from the mine walls, getting you Stone, Coal, Copper, Tin and Quartz.


If you are running low on stamina, you should eat some food so you can keep mining.
In addition, be careful when the screen shakes. It means the mine isn't stable in this part and you should avoid digging forward, or the whole mine will collapse and you will be forced to start over from Floor 1.









As you explore the mines, you may find some gems and ores that aren't in the walls. You can pick these up without your pickaxe.


In addition, any crosses on the ground you see you can dig up for additional goodies with your Hoe.
















As you dig through the mines, you may come cross some old chests. These contain many good items and are worth emptying them. Once empty, you can destroy them with your pick for a single Plank.



Once you collected the ore, turn it into Gruff and you will give you the recipe to make a Furnace. This will be valuable for when you need metal bars for upgrades and tools later.


Adeline and Beryl are constantly researching new methods to help the town, and almost all items you can mine, fish, forage and farm can be turned in to their donation box at the manor.

What is different about this quest, compared to the others, is that this line of quests is ongoing through the year and you do not need to rush to complete it on your first few days. However, it is recommended that you try and turn in as many items as you can to get valuable rewards that make your farming management easier to deal with.

Any item with a magnifying glass on it can be turned in for research and you only need one of each item.

Turn in items you find, and you will unlock the Smoker. The Smoker is an important building for your farm that smokes fish, meat, cheese and nuts for preserving.

These few quests will be the start of your days on the farm, introducing you to several important mechanics to get you started.