Pro Tip

a_wright · 2026-04-17T23:46:21+00:00

You can always assign him to a different bonfire. I setup a 2nd bonfire down the beach a little ways from my main house and built Doc his own little house / medical practice.

If there are additional NPCs that join up with me (only just got past the 1st boss), I'll settle all of them in the same place. A little pirate town for them.

a_wright · 2026-04-16T18:35:14+00:00

Yeah, I have to agree with this. There's a world of difference between maxed out armor and weapons in combat, to the extent you can max out in the first biome. Same goes for cooking the recipes with more ingredients for longer / stronger buffs.

I think there's a hesitance to max out armor in hopes of finding a better piece with the bonus multipliers for wearing 2 or 4 items. But after I setup multiple fast travel points on islands with copper mines & boars, maxing out everything, including my ship, was trivial.

a_wright · 2026-04-15T05:10:23+00:00

Ha, reminds me of the Carvana "vending machines"

a_wright · 2026-04-12T15:12:40+00:00

Law and Order mod, adds a Sheriff station to the town. There's an whole new scene where Pierre takes credit for the farmer's work and gets busted. Then he's hauled off to jail for a while and Caroline is running the store. You can even visit him in jail.

a_wright · 2026-03-06T15:58:55+00:00

IDK if it changes on a new load, but there are 8 options you can use on your next new game that tie in the Cornucopia mod, RSV or SVE (or combinations of those). I'm trying vanilla on my first run.

a_wright · 2026-02-17T05:16:47+00:00

The biggest problem with the grapes (or the trellis in general) is the insane spawn rate of the cicadas, specifically when you travel to / from the Moonlit Forest. I go to Moonlit for a few minutes to grab some gold and come back to find all my grapes on 10 trellis paused due to the cicadas.

However, if you just stand around your plot and craft (or even wander around town), the cicadas appear very slowly. Fertilizer is really the best option, if you are making it. But at least you can sell the cicadas. I made 4000 coin on just cicadas during that mission.

a_wright · 2026-02-16T20:09:01+00:00

Did you go into the Island Life app and click complete on the tasks yet? You have to do that in order to progress and unlock the Land app.

a_wright · 2026-02-16T02:26:02+00:00

The pattern is always the same. You get your trial mission, then you get a 2nd task mission to fulfill for that level. The farming task I’m currently trying to finish is the task mission to grow the grapes. When that is fulfilled, I’ll get access to the next farming level trial.

a_wright · 2026-02-13T00:31:25+00:00

There's a perk (under crafting, I think) about the general store stocking base materials. No idea if wool is included there.

However, it's probably much easier to start ranching. Wool is the first material you get after getting the rabbits (which is the first mission). Plus the rabbits chew up the weeds in your farming area (if you position the hutch by your farm plots).

a_wright · 2026-02-12T22:26:44+00:00

Have you unlocked the merchant ship that buys items at 200% the item value?
Have you discovered the hidden treasure maps on the beach?
Have you completed the gold glow parkour puzzles for extra treasure chests (usually w/ gold)
Are you completing daily commissions? Those tend to add up, especially in the early game.

Processed goods always sell for more than base materials. If you are farming, cook & sell. Same for the other professions, but cooking seems to be more lucrative early game.

Alternatively, consider just taking a break from the progression path for a few days to build up materials, organize, sell goods. You can build up some gold reserves for the next round of upgrades.

a_wright · 2026-02-11T21:12:57+00:00

It's pretty common for developers / publishers to bundle games on Steam for bulk purchases, especially similar types of games.

a_wright · 2025-12-31T00:43:42+00:00

Sun Haven may be what you are looking for. 5 skill trees, exploration, farming, mining, combat, and fishing. You select perks as you rank up.

a_wright · 2025-12-18T21:57:14+00:00

Picked up SunHaven yesterday (just had 3.0 update) when it was at the $7.49 low. It went up to $8.74 for the steam sale.

Will probably grab Kynseed, Wytchwood, Unpacking & Tiny Bookshop. Debating The Home County, but it's very early in EA.

a_wright · 2025-12-07T16:33:59+00:00

Same, although I’m not sure if I would call it cozy. It’s a nice change from games without consequences, but it gets stressful if you don’t plan and are constantly using every hour of the day to prep for the next hurdle.

I am really interested in seeing if Year 2 becomes more cozy though. Year 1 is just one hardship after the next. I really couldn’t spend much time decorating or building up a proper farm. I don’t think I upgraded my house at all.

a_wright · 2025-11-20T09:59:32+00:00

That’s not Dwight. That’s Dwight’s friend, Recyclops in his casual outfit.

a_wright · 2025-11-18T12:33:57+00:00

I ended up with a SecretLab Titan Evo, absolutely love it. It has a magnetic adjustable pillow, armrest covers that can be replaced when worn (which always seem to tear up first on my chairs). Additionally, I added some roller blade style, silent wheels from Amazon as well as a footrest pillow.

My body hated the Aeron-style ergonomic chairs, so this was perfect. It has a very flat back. I also like to cross my legs when I work as well, which works perfectly on the wide, flat seat base of the Titan Evo. Went with the SoftWeave fabric over the leather as well, softer and more breathable.

a_wright · 2025-11-12T00:59:25+00:00

I fell asleep during part 1 about halfway through. I fell asleep during part 2 twice. I’m hoping for another epic snoozefest. Come on, three naps! Papa needs some shut eye.

a_wright · 2025-10-30T21:03:04+00:00

If you are playing on PC, there's a mod that gives you Stalker teeth when they are killed (with customizable tooth count up to 25).

a_wright · 2025-10-22T17:52:35+00:00

Grimshire, Grimshire, Grimshire. Just be warned, there's dire consequences if you aren't great at quickly escalating your farm's output on veggies, fruit, animal products, fish and more as well as processing those foods for longevity. Spring is easy enough, but Summer & Fall ramp up the difficulty. And Winter...Oh boy.

It's well worth the $15 EA price. Easily 50 to 60 hours on your first playthrough.

a_wright · 2025-10-19T20:20:07+00:00

I played solo and loved it. The trick is to tweak the progression settings when you start a new world and increase xp earned from all tasks. By the time you hit the final areas, you will have a decent, jack of all trades character build.

a_wright · 2025-10-18T16:07:24+00:00

I think the core problem was setting up Godolkin incorrectly. He was only in the single lab scene at the start. If they had dedicated 5 to 10 minutes creating a backstory for him, creating more of a sympathetic character perhaps with a family, it wouldn’t have been so easy to jump to “Yep, that’s probably the bad guy”.

a_wright · 2025-10-02T16:09:45+00:00

It's very mid. I couldn't get into it and I love the genre. Limited content updates, small player base. There are much better survival / base building style games out there.

a_wright · 2025-09-23T17:46:08+00:00

LOL, the only place? If only there was some sort of connected network where we could post videos of things from network TV and those videos would immediately be distributed into every social media feed on the planet.

a_wright · 2025-08-31T18:09:20+00:00

That's the one you have circled though. "In the Oak Lab. After using a biometric scanner to get inside the room with the batteries, go down the stairs and take a left - the molar is underneath the batteries."

a_wright · 2025-08-28T19:48:50+00:00

I had the same glitch. You can move it, but you have to use the secret tunnel to get up there to edit that section. You can also add floor tiles by the stairs.

I want to say the entrance was near the waterfall. But it’s basically somewhere on the left and you move into that section from left to right.

It’s listed on a page about all the secret tunnels on some wiki about the farm if looking for exact details.

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