The town is where money becomes items. Hult sells seeds and bags. Merlin works metal hours. Cod sells guns. The dock holds Lightman and Kelp. Commercial street is deco and gossip. Mountains and mining area are the ore suburb. Treaty Port is the hop.
Sleep in people’s beds and the game says no. Public chests are fair. The woodland hides behind the overview map — Secrets names them.
Daily loop
Mail, launch drone, sell, buy seed, talk one villager, leave before night. That is a town day. Dungeons are a different day. Mixing both without a backpack is how you drop copper in the street.
Shops, hours, and the people who own them
NPC shop hours are often 8–22, but individual shops in launch videos were closed at dawn. Wait. Hult is the shopkeeper who also wants keys as gifts. Alchemy is the seed research loop. Merlin is metal. Cod is guns and a 0.5 crit special weapon later. Kasia is the woman on the cliff who gave you the farm, not a town stall. Gift cap is two a week; do not experiment on Hult the morning you need a bag.
Outpost garbage can roll a Heavy Pistol. Archives want chips — do not vendor every chip between shops. Festival days override schedules; Long Night Festival week in month 4 will empty houses. Calendar plus Gift Finder are the social tools. This page is the street map. Botanical Research Lab backyard is an early forage pocket, not a second Hult.
Outskirts, ore, and the lane back to the cliff
Coal and copper sit in the Mining Area and in Doloc Rivervalley, Ridge Valley, and Wetland. Mountains behind town are not optional forever. Wild Endyam vegetation still exists in outskirts if you would rather pick than buy. Deep forest and woodland shortcuts connect without a loading screen if you leave the farm lane. They are among the 33 hides. The Clear Quartz Bracelet is optional in town; still walk edges.
Treaty Port hops home without spending the clock. The Range is for drone practice before the valley. Dock Kelp is 40 gold and 10 energy per cast with no meter. Cod in ordinary rain is 170. Do not fish random puddles here expecting dungeon species. Launch the cargo pad on the farm; town shops will not replace a pad you forgot to send.
Keep reading in this section
World map
Wetland
Old City RuinsFrequently asked questions
When do shops open?
NPC shop hours are often 8–22, but individual shops in videos were closed at dawn. Wait.
Where is Alchemy?
Research / seed loop. Bring reports.
Is the outpost in town?
Treaty Port / outpost is the named hop with trash cans worth checking.
Can I live in town?
Your bed is the farm bed. Town is work.
Where is the booth?
Right side of the starter farm, not a town stall. Dial 12311, 24141, or 35321.
Kelp or shop gold first?
Dock Kelp is 40 gold and 10 energy with no meter. Launch the cargo pad; shops will not replace a pad you forgot to send.
Hult hours?
Windows are often 8–22. Dawn can still be closed. Wait. Gift cap is two a week.