#1 · Farmhouse
Start farming with Farmer Hans
Talk to Farmer Hans in the Farmhouse and start The Farmer's Path.
Why now: This opens the farming progression and gives you the first crop objective.
Opens: Farming, The Farmer's Path
Welcome to Elderfield helper
What Should I Do Next in Welcome to Elderfield?
Tell the assistant what you have already unlocked and what you want to work on. It recommends the next useful step, explains what it opens, and warns you when a quest continues beyond normal Demo progression.
What are you trying to progress?
Pick a goal. A useful next step appears immediately — you do not need to fill a checklist first.
Verdict
Best next step: Start farming with Farmer Hans.
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#2 · Farm Path / Farm Mine
Help Molly and open the Workshop
Bring Copper Ore to Molly on the Farm Path.
Why now: This opens the Workshop and Forge Shop, which removes a major crafting bottleneck.
Opens: Workshop, Forge Shop, Furnace progression
#3 · Lakefront
Unlock fishing at the Lakefront
Talk to Fisherman Herb and complete Casting Your Line.
Why now: Fishing opens another repeatable source of fish, treasure, bait-related resources, and later item requirements.
Opens: Lakefront fishing
Coming up
Open the Ranch
Waiting for Reach Day 5
Complete A Fast Food Fiend
Waiting for Complete The Skull Chalice, Reach Day 21
Built for getting unstuck
This is not a full save editor or a checklist you must fill out first. Start with your goal, mark completed steps as you go, and the recommendations update around your current progression.
Where do you want to go next?
Start with the beginner order
Farming, Workshop, fishing, then the Ranch from Day 5.
Getting Started →I can’t craft something
Find the first unlock, station, or ingredient blocking the route.
Check What I’m Missing →I want farming details
See crops, processing, and later seed unlocks.
Farming Guide →I want fishing details
Open Lakefront fishing and look up later catches when a quest asks.
Fishing Guide →