This guide contains various tips and info, both in the form of summary lists and links to other guides, such as: * Link to my Compendium spreadsheet * Links to various other guides * Gift Codes * Best methods for EXP/Dosh/Affinity/etc. * Quick overview of Ginormosia and Treasure Grove * Various miscellaneous tips and tricks Introduction 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! All Released Gift Codes (so far) Gift Code Celebration Uncraftable Items Craftable Items T2GC6EQL Release Celebration HP Potion, etc. A56LCE87 Wishlist Milestone Hi-HP Potion, etc. A5C9X7VR 500k copies sold Great Lucky Bream Sack of Gold x10 Diamond Ring, etc. E47LWJGP (twitter) Sack of Gold x5 Sack of Silver x5 X95SB4UD 800k copies sold Life Cure +, etc. AF579XS2 1M copies sold Raccoon set K9E8VADB (twitter) 1.2M copies sold Legendary Materials x3 (all) Q8RD9AME (twitter) Version 1.5.0 Announcement Roast of Legend +, etc. M53UA8Y2 (twitter) Commemoration of Award Trip Doll, etc. G67W5CLX (twitter) 1.5M copies sold Legendary Materials x3 (all) Redux Stone x150 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 My Compendium Spreadsheet 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. Index / Content Page Page Page Link Note Monsters & Life Goals Link[docs.google.com] List of Combat Life Goals - You can defeat needed bosses early to reduce backtracking Shop Recipes Link[docs.google.com] Recipes you can always find in certain shops RNG Recipes Link[docs.google.com] Recipes that requires luck to get from NPC Slate Recipes Link[docs.google.com] Recipes that requires luck to get from deciphering slates All Recipes Link[docs.google.com] Ingredients, cost, and sum of costs for all recipes Ginormosia Link[docs.google.com] Ore and Tree types available in each area New Bosses available at Area Rank 3, 5, 6 in each area Don Stock Link[docs.google.com] Materials sold by the Traveling Merchant (grouped by area) Legendary Recipes Link[docs.google.com] Recipe locations, and sum of costs for crafting Fish Link[docs.google.com] Past-era, all fish locations Ginormosia, unique fish locations Strangelings & Shrines Link[docs.google.com] List of Strangelings (w/ Lives) List of Shrines (w/ challenge descriptions) Treasure Grove Link[docs.google.com] All Bosses, grouped by appearance in Treasure Grove Shop Upgrade Link[docs.google.com] Upgrade costs for Marco's Shop Dark Flame Gate Link[docs.google.com] Dark Fire costs, and the reward recipes & resources for each gate Mounts Link[docs.google.com] All mounts, and my recommended location for obtaining them EXP Link[docs.google.com] EXP needed and Skill Points rewarded for each level Aging Link[docs.google.com] List of aging skills available Islander Gifts Link[docs.google.com] Unique furnitures from certain islanders Islanders' favourite food (dialogues only) Tool Tier Link[docs.google.com] Quick reference on what tier each tool is on Crafting Action Link[docs.google.com] Quick reference for crafting mini-game's actions Debris Link[docs.google.com] Rewards for removing debris at Base Camp Gift Codes Link[docs.google.com] All released Gift Codes thus far Fashion WIP Armor sets grouped based on recolors Motion Value WIP Damage multiplier for each moves You may make a copy of the spreadsheet to sort certain pages under different critiera: Monsters & Life Goals Strangelings & Shrines Frequently Asked Questions "I haven't played in a while, what's new?" I put together a quick guide for summarising each update here! https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3515038902 "Easy steps for getting all achievements?" https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3505903847 Finish the Main Story 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 Rank up all Lives to max 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 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 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) "Best methods for Money/Redux Stone/Affinity?" 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 "Best ways to get non-shop materials?" 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://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3507324813 Guide includes: 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://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3485456681 "Best EXP methods and equipment?" 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://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3500367872 "Recipes missing for NPC requests?" 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://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3493902047 Guide includes: 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... "Where in Ginormosia can I find <insert collectible>?" 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. "What are Ginormosia and Treasure Grove for?" 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://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3511837051 "How do I access the new roguelike mode?" (Snoozaland) After certain point in the story, the Dark Don NPC would sneakily show up in your Base Camp at the Northeast corner. Simply talk to him and you'll be able to experience the roguelike mode in Snoozaland after a brief tutorial. The rewards are mostly cosmetics, but you can also get the Dragon armor sets with highest defense here, plus the strongest tier of weapons/tools from the additional boss fight unlocked later. See this for more detailed summary and strategies! https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3631528747 Miscellaneous Common Questions 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. Before You Buy 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 Common Game Features 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://steamcommunity.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 Life questions 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 Collectibles 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 Base Building 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 Area-specific 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 Guide Portal Other Resources 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. Closing Remark Thanks for Reading! 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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