Game Guide
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The Game Guide contains in-game instructions with platform-specific controls for many primary elements of the game. The content shown is typically first shown to players during a First Time User Experience (FTUE) during gameplay, and then is available for later reference. It can be found under the Settings tab.
Images and text in this article will reference only one set of console controls for brevity.
 Gameplay |
 Cooking |
 Dreamlight |
 Energy |
 Fishing |
 Friendship |
 Gardening |
 House |
 Selling |
 Tools |
 Collection |
 Crafting |
 Customization |
 Quests |
 Map |
 Camera |
 Touch of Magic |
 Mining |
 DreamSnaps |
 Ancient Machines |
 Board Game |
 Timebending |
 Valley Visits |
Gameplay
Moving and Interacting
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Move your Character using the Left Stick. Look around using the Right Stick! |
Use A to interact with your surroundings.
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Clear the Way
 Select the proper Tool for the proper task... |
And to get rid of what's blocking you! |
Now synced to real time!
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The game is now synced to your time! The time will change from day to night as time passes. |
Characters will follow their own schedule, so look out for that! |
Make sure to come back daily to discover new stuff! |
Cooking
The Fine Art of Cooking
 A to start cooking.
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 You'll need Coal to power it up! |
 Combine different Ingredients to discover new Recipes. |
 Eat, sell, or give your meals to friends around the Valley! |
Restaurant Orders
 Villagers will sometimes have specific Meal requests while eating at Chez Remy. |
 Fulfill their order to gain Rewards and Friendship. |
Dreamlight
Use Dreamlight to Restore the Valley!
 Be active in the Valley! |
 Earn Dreamlight from the Dreamlight menu! |
 Remove Night Thorns from the Castle's entrance and other parts of the Valley. |
Don't Forget Your Dreamlight Duties!
 Dreamlight Duties are short tasks in the Valley. |
 Once completed, you'll earn Dreamlight from the Dreamlight Menu. Open it with <<>>. |
Energy
Expand Your Energy Reserve
 Strengthen your Friendships! |
 Gain experience and level up! |
 Your Max Energy has increased! |
How to Deal with Exhaustion
 Without Energy, say goodbye to many Activities. |
 Eating or staying inside your House will refill Energy. |
 A healthy cooked meal is the best way to recuperate. |
Fishing
Fishing Around the Valley
 X to cast your line.
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 Aim at the ripples to make sure you catch something. |
 A quickly every time the circle turns green.
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Moana's Fishing Boat
 Moana will periodically go out to sea and catch fish for you. |
Make sure you visit the Fishing Boat often to claim what's been caught! |
 Upgrade the boat to increase its efficiency. |
Friendship
Directive: Plant
- WALL-E will now tend to his own Garden.
- Make sure to visit the Garden regularly to harvest its crops.
- Upgrade the Garden to increase its capacity and efficiency.
Let's hang out with friends!
 Choose roles for your friends in the Village to get more resources. |
 Hang out with Villagers, and they'll help with your duties. |
 Level up your Friendships and assign the same roles to more Villagers to get bigger Hangout Bonuses! |
Gardening
Gardening in the Valley!
 Get seeds by foraging or by trading at Goofy's Stall. |
 X .
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 Plant a seed, water it and wait for your crop to grow! |
 Crops grow faster in the area they're from! |
Directive: Plant
 WALL-E will now tend to his own Garden. |
 Make sure to visit the Garden regularly to harvest its crops. |
 Upgrade the Garden to increase its capacity and efficiency. |
House
Home Sweet Home!
 Expand and customize your House. |
Restore your Energy by spending time in your House! |
 Use your House's storage as a second Inventory. |
Moving In: Placing a House
 You can find it in the Furniture menu. Open the Inventory. |
 Enter the House menu and choose the one you want to place! |
 Place it anywhere in the Valley! You'll need to ask for Scrooge's help to upgrade it! |
Selling
The Art of Earning Star Coins
 Be active in the Valley. |
 Gather resources. |
 Sell what you don't need to Goofy's Stall! |
 Receive Star Coins in exchange. |
Tools
Aim for the Ripples: The Fishing Rod
 RT and select the Fishing Rod.
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 X to cast your line.
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Rocks and Minerals: The Pickaxe
RT and select the Pickaxe.
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 X .
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Dig a Little Deeper: The Shovel
 RT and select the Shovel.
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 X .
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All is Green: The Watering Can
 RT and select the Watering Can.
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 X .
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Collection
The Collection Menu: A Compendium
 Access the Collection Menu from the Main Menu. |
 Select an item to discover more info about it. |
Crafting
DIY: The Crafting Station
 Interact with any Crafting Station to start. |
 Select a Recipe to make sure you have the required materials and, if so, craft the desired item. |
 Each Biome holds specific materials. Forage, experiment and discover new Crafting Recipes. |
Customization
Dress Your Best: Clothing
 Access the Clothing menu from the Inventory. |
 Select Clothes to customize the look of your Avatar. |
 Increase your Friendship Levels with your neighbors and visit Scrooge's Store daily to unlock new items. |
Designing Your Universe: Furniture
 Access the Furniture menu from the Inventory. |
 Select Furniture to customize your Village. |
Visit Scrooge's Store daily and increase Friendship Levels with him to unlock more Furniture. |
Quests
The Quest Log
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Access the Quests menu by pressing ⧉ or from the Main Menu.
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You can also track a Quest by using A .
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Keep Track of Your Story
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Quickly track new Quests with <<>>! |
Missed it? Track a Quest by using the Track icon or A while in the Quest menu.
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Map
A Sense of Direction
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Access the Map from the Main Menu. |
 The Map shows you the position of Characters, Crops, Buildings, and more! |
 X to Fast Travel to available locations.
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Travel at the Speed of Dreamlight
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Access the Map from the Main Menu. |
 Press on a Well icon or open the Fast Travel menu to quickly teleport to a location in the Village. |
 Unlock more Realms or Wishing Wells by exploring the Village. |
Presence of NPCs in Different Villages
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In the Map Menu, open the Characters tab with Y to decide which Villagers are present in the current Village.
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Enable or disable Characters. |
Camera
Capture the Moment: The Camera
 RT and select the Camera.
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 Take the prettiest pictures and save them on your device. |
Touch of Magic
Touch of Magic -- Design Inventory
 Choose <Add new> to create a new custom design. |
 You can modify or remove your design later. |
Touch of Magic -- Decorating
 Change the color of your selected item at any time. |
 Add up to 50 motifs to an item. Modify the layer order by dragging it. |
Touch of Magic -- Motif Placement
 Move, rotate and resize the Motif on your item. |
 Modify the Motif with a layer effect in the top bar. |
 Change camera angles quickly |
Mining
You Can Mine in the Valley
RT and select the Pickaxe.
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X to gather minerals.
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 And to get rid of what's blocking you! |
DreamSnaps
DreamSnaps: Requirements
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Challenge requirements can be found in the DreamSnaps section of the Events menu. |
You can also check Challenge requirements in Photo Mode with RT OR in your Wardrobe or Furniture menus when DreamSnaps mode is activated.
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DreamSnaps: How to Submit
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Place or wear items that meet the Challenge requirements before snapping a picture. |
Check out the Challenge tab in Photo Mode to see if you meet all requirements. |
If you're happy with your snapshot, use Y to submit.
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DreamSnaps: How it Works
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Using items that meet the Challenge requirements earns you more points. |
 You can also get more points by winning votes from the community. |
 When the Challenge is finished, results are calculated and you'll get rewards based on your ranking. |
DreamSnaps: Voting
 You can access the Voting feature in the DreamSnaps section of the Events menu. |
 Casting votes will get you some Moonstones, up to a cap per challenge. |
Ancient Machines
Ancient Machines
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Ancient Machines can be placed in your Village to assist with various tasks. |
Ancient Cooker
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Choose the Ingredients and quantities you'd like to cook. (Costs Mist.) |
Let it cook for a while, then come back and collect your meals. |
Ancient Gardener
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For the Gardener to work, it needs to be set up on land where crops can grow. |
Plant seeds or harvest crops with a single action! (Costs Mist.) |
Ancient Vacuum
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The Ancient Vacuum scans an area in a Biome for Night Thorns and Splinters of Fate. |
Select the desired items and collect them from a single location! (Costs Mist.) |
Board Game
How to Play Scramblecoin
 First choose 5 figurines to play with. At the start of a game, each player chooses 5 figurines to bring to the board. |
How to Play Scramblecoin
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Each figurine has different characteristics, so choose wisely! |
How to Play Scramblecoin
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You have 5 turns to collect more coins than your opponent. Coins are collected as soon as a figurine lands on its tile. |
How to Play Scramblecoin
A turn is resolved in two steps.
 1. You may place one of your figurines on the board:
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 2. Move all the figurines on the board. |
How to Play Scramblecoin
 You can have a maximum of 3 figurines on the board at once. |
How to Play Scramblecoin
At the start of each turn, you can either:
 Add a figurine on top of another in play to replace it. |
OR |  Skip placing a figurine this turn |
How to Play Scramblecoin
 Play with every Villager every day to get ranking points and obtain new figurines. |
How to Play Scramblecoin
 Villagers may be eager to play the game with you. This awards more Friendship and ranking points. |
Timebending
Timebending: The Hourglass
 RT to open the Tool wheel and choose the Hourglass!
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 Use the Hourglass to find artifacts lost to time! |
Hidden Treasure: How To Find Them
 Use the Hourglass to sense for hidden treasures, then follow the sand. |
 Once found, press the Hourglass button repeatedly to pull it out of the flow of time. |
 Find unique treasures lost in time that can be combined at the Timebending Table! |
Time Rifts: How To Use
 You can open Time Rifts with the Hourglass button. |
 In Time Rifts, treasures appear continuously. |
A Time Rift lasts for a limited time only, so be quick to find as much treasure as you can. |
Timebending Table: How To Use
 Interact with this table to use your Timebending resources. |
 Combine your resources to create exclusive items. |
 Upgrade your Hourglass to find even more types of resources. |
Valley Visits
Valley Visits: Multiplayer Guide
 You can invite up to 3 friends to your Valley. Use a Valley Visit Station to generate Visit Codes. |
Join a friend's Valley by entering the code in the Multiplayer section of the Main Menu. |
 Visiting lets you collect Pixel Shards to craft special items, drop items to trade, and shop at Scrooge's Store. |
History
- 1.0: Added
- 1.6: Added DreamSnaps; Layout rearranged.
- 1.7: Controls renamed to Gameplay.
- 1.8: UI slightly restructured. Added Ancient Machines, Board Game, Timebending, Valley Visits. Added Presence of NPCs in Different Villages in Map section.
- 1.8.7: * Minor typo fix, punctuation added: "You can open Time Rifts with the Hourglass button.", "Use the Hourglass to sense for hidden treasures, then follow the sand.", "Once found, press the Hourglass button repeatedly to pull it out of the flow of time."
* Denotes uncertain version