Beginner's Tips

I thought Welcome to Elderfield was a cozy farm game. Wrong. Week one already has missable skills, weekly god worship, and a first dungeon half the playerbase skips because it looks like endgame.

This page = what I do in my first in-game month so I don't miss stuff. Story order lives in the main walkthrough. Mall and church done? Skip to the section you still need.

Core rule: almost nothing is gated at start. Explore from hour one. Farm can wait.

Explore everything

Sewers, mall, Greystone, farm, fishing — all reachable early. No tiny starter zone.

• Every building, every door
• Fight too hard? Leave, level, return
• Click everything — lots of ground loot looks like decoration (foraging route)

Tip: Hard enemy = come back later. Not "never go here."

Mall = first dungeon

Game sends you there. Easy to ignore. Tell: NPC side quests all point to mall.

• Main story needs it
• Not overleveled — one-hit kills happen
• Every NPC, every corner

Warp — don't miss

Ultra Video, Mall F1. Shopper on the far right by the SALE sign → free Warp.

NPC Shopper

Teleports home from almost anywhere (~5 min walk from house). Zero MP cost. I get this before any farm grind.

Mall mines — copper + iron ASAP. Need both for tools (cooking and crafting). Extra gold → mall tomes; Lesser Mending first.

Molly — on the way to farm

Path to Hans Farm: small mine + Molly's workshop. Quest gives starter pickaxe.

NPC Molly

Skip = fine, no hard block. I stop anyway — pickaxe + quest order. Furnace after copper: Molly on hub.

Church + god doors

Doors with god symbols need you to follow that god. Not late-game.

Church, every Sunday — pick one old god for the week.

Father Desmond

• One god per week — switch next Sunday
• Weekly perks + opens that god's doors (loot inside)
• Where to go: god rooms

Library early — starts farm tower quest. Runs in background forever. Stone Tower.

Gifts — 2 per NPC per week

First month I gave zero gifts. Didn't know what to give. Mistake.

• Max 2 gifts per character per week
• Miss a week = lost for that week
• Give random stuff if needed — social tab logs likes and hates

Tip: Sunflower seeds from harvest — NPCs hate them.

TV events — optional

Daily random TV event: blood trail, phone number, treasure, dog, etc.

Most = overleveled fights, bad loot. Events repeat — no rush. Big moon stuff: moon events.

Summer: standing outside in sun = sun damage.

Farm quirks

Seasons: Rebirth, Harvest, Witch, Death — 28 days each. Most crops not season-locked (some exceptions).

Quirk	What to know
Special plots	Flowers + fruit trees only — normal seeds won't work
Farm respawns	Wood/stone come back fast — good with Warp + bath loop
Scarecrow	Before valuable seeds — birds target expensive crops. ~5g at seed shop
Plant/water	Stand still — game auto-picks next tile in range
Rain	Harvest + replant same tile same day = new plant not watered

Traveling merchant

Weekends only. Pays more than town shops. Each week wants 2 random crops for bonus price. Stockpile all week, sell the wanted crops to them.

Sleep, save, heal

• Sleep optional — debuffs stack if you skip nights (Heavy Eyelids = less EXP)
• Save from bed without sleeping
• Shops don't close — play day or night
• Sleep does not heal — same HP or worse; attacks in sleep possible; low HP = risky

Heal = bath (respawns monsters). Or cook/eat. Bath also triggers weekly resource reset (same after death). Cleared mines don't refill daily — weekly cycle.

Warning: Bath wipes shrine buffs. See first night on hub.

Storage

• Bag = limited — pouches from shops/drops; free Spare Bag in town
• Chest = unlimited; crafting pulls from chest
• Fridge = food for cooking only — food in chest won't show in recipes. Bugs, eyeballs, salt too if craft menu can't find them

Combat + crafting tricks

• Heavy weapon raises heal MP cost — swap weapon off, heal, swap back
• Smelter/crafting timer shows only when you start — write it down, no countdown after

Save MP for boss fights.

First month — my order

#	Do	Why
1	Mall + Warp	Missable; saves walking
2	Molly + mall mines	Pickaxe, copper/iron
3	Library / Dayton	Tower quest timer
4	Church Sunday	God perks + doors
5	2 gifts/NPC/week	Missable progress
6	Scarecrow	Protect seeds
7	Food in fridge	Cooking works
8	Bath to heal; sleep before day 2 moonrise	Curses

Mall clear? Back to main walkthrough.