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Welcome, Farmer! This resource is your essential companion for every stage of your homestead journey. Below, you can select your current level to find a detailed guide, a list of key buildings and unlocks, and tips tailored for that specific stage of the game. You should also look a few levels ahead. We encourage all players, including veterans, to read through the early levels as they break down fundamental game mechanics, optimal resource management strategies, and core tips that are easy to overlook, but are crucial for maximizing your farm's efficiency in the long run.
More levels will be added as time permits.
The Key to Success
Guided Tutorial - The First Four Levels
Storyline?
Understanding Your Homesteads and Game Map (Sundale)
Homestead Color Coding
Fun Fact - Rename Your Homesteads
Your First Production Chain
Building Limits
Building from the Ground Up
Save Your Game
Market and Feedmill
More Than 1 at a Time
Market - What Should I Send?
Market Myths
Houses, Bakery, and Running Your Farm
Workers and Houses
The Quest Book
Key Farming Secret - What is Important
Key Tip - The XP Trap
Key Strategy - Avoiding The Trap
Bigger Market - Buying Contract Slots
Gems
The Best Non-Gem Package
The Gem Trap
What to Use Gems On
How to Wisely Buy Gems
The Barn Upgrade and Happiness Introduction
Why Upgrade the Barn?
Buying Land
The Happiness Counter-Balance
Happiness Target Zone for Cost Control
New Feature: Building Edit Mode
Manure into Fertilizer
The Silo is a Major Choke Point!
Tip - Pesky Tasks
Golden Hills and Barley
Second Cow?
Tip - Preparing for Future Buildings
Trick - Strategically Leveling Up
Chicken Coop and Homesteads Working Together
Daily Quests
Daily Goodies
Socials and More Goodies
Tip: Optimize Feed Mill Scheduling
Shipping and Upgrading
Glass and Bricks - Restoring Balance
The Barge: A Delivery Mechanic
Tip: Ignore the Barge for Growth
Adding Canned Beans and Upgrade the Barn
Saws and Rakes
The Storage Box: Flexibility and Solutions
Limited Time Events
Festivals
Engineered Overwhelm - You Can't Do It All
Materials and Their Uses
Market Strategy - Rule of 3s
Why It Works
The Strategic Heartbreak
Demand Shifts
Your Farm, Your Way
The Guild: Projects and Helps
Crate Assistance: Filling Orders
Loyalty Points
Tip: Finding an Active Guild
Player Tournaments
Milestones aka Rewards
Tournament Tip: Maximize Happiness
Market vs Barge vs Train
Getting the Library
More Tomatoes and Market Dynamics
Research
496?!? Where to Start
Production vs Delivery
Production Research
Delivery Research
Slowly Growing
Decorations and Hot Peppers
Fishing
Many Different Fish
Fillets and Shops
Tip - Saving Your Lures
Train Time!
Food Cart
Upgrades - Are They Needed?
Flying Your Flags
Strategically Timed Level Up
Freedom to Farm
Best Feature In The Game - Make All
Second Best Feature In The Game
What About The Fields?
Guide Coming Soon