STARTING SETTLEMOON

The world of Settlemoon can be confusing and a bit overwhelming when you first start playing. This guide should get you on your way.

Starting Out

After going through the intro sequence with the login screen...




This is you! If you don't like the way you look, you can change it once we get some folks in your town, so let's get you going.

You've probably noticed the little moth flitting around by now; they're a guide of sorts for the time being. The only other thing in the world right now is this big-ass Luna moth; go ahead and click on 'em to get yourself your first Moon. Go ahead and use it from the Moon menu at the bottom left.



Once you've done that, Rose will show up! They're more familiar with this world than you are; heed their advice!



They have a letter for you. View it in the Logbook menu:



Moons are essentially the timer for your town! As long as the skies are lit, adventurers will show up and visit your buildings. But we need to have buildings first, don't we?

Rose and your moth will direct you to the build menu.



Right now, there's only one building available: the humble Inn! go ahead and place it! But wait, that's only a blueprint. We need materials to build it! Rose and your moth are pointing you to the Quest menu.



There's only a single quest available currently. Click on it and bring it to the big quest slot in the center of your screen. Once that's done, Rose will embark and get you that treasure chest! Wait a minute or two for the quest to complete, then we'll use the materials to build the Inn!



Once you have the materials, drag the quest downward to remove it from the slot. Go back into the build menu and place the Inn! But adventurers need supplies, right? So now go into the Inventory menu, as shown by your moth.



Click on the slime to gather it and then deposit it in the Inn for some delicious Slime Drink! Adventurers love that stuff. They'll start coming to your town to buy it, providing you with income.




Now there's just one thing left to do: quests! Go back to the Quest Menu.



Notice that building the Inn got you another quest slot! Go ahead and drag quests to those. Adventurers that visit your town will automatically take quests and embark. Once they're done, they'll bring back materials that you can buy to turn into sellable items for your buildings.

You should have a few materials left over; Make sure to decorate your town! Decor gives powerful bonuses to nearby buildings. You can always tell if a piece of decor is affecting a building if placing it causes a popup to appear!


Providing adventurers with quests for materials to sell back to them is the basic gameplay loop! Keep your town stocked up and the cash flowing and you'll start to uncover the secrets of Settlemoon!

Other Notes

Avatar Customization

You can customize your avatar through the Friends Menu:


Each button corresponds to a cosmetic slot. You can copy the cosmetics of adventurers that visit your town by clicking on them!

Adding Friends

You can add adventurers as a friend with this button:


If an adventurer is added as a friend, they'll show up in town a lot more often! You can also keep track of their progress easier.

To use one of the secret Cameo Friend Codes, copy the code and paste it into the game while you have the Add Friend button open.

Floors and Paints

If you open the Build menu, you'll see this button:


The items in this menu allow you to build floors and re-paint your buildings!

[Hazuki-chan]

Leaving one or more quests on repeat can be a great way to restock materials you're low on, including boss ones as long as your adventurers can handle defeating that boss. If you end up with 10 or 20 completions of a quest you can only pay for three times, you can also drag the quest off to cancel the extra completions (after paying for as many as you like) to dodge the extra costs - though you won't get materials from the cancelled completions. Alternatively you could leave it there but cancel the repeat order, and just pay for it when you can afford to, though that could clog up your quest space a bit.

[Hazuki-chan]

I'm pretty late in saying this, but I can confirm clicking an active quest (you should see what looks like a stack of papers instead of a single paper for that quest, now, and a 'recycle' icon) will set it to repeat. This cycle can produce a lot of quest completions but takes a little longer than stacking several of the same quest side by side, as it involves "scouting" which is an extra phase needed when repeating non-boss quests... and also if you order a quest from your discovered quests (bottom left) rather than dragging one up from the world map (where bosses and monsters and things pop up).

[Antifa Alligator]

The quest menu should have new quests cycle in and out while you have a sky active. Make sure you've got a timer going from the moon menu.

[A Pocketful of Stars]

How do I get more quests? I only have the original materials quest that Rose gave me. I can loop it, but is there a way to get additional ones to complete?

[Antifa Alligator]

@kocel You will eventually get more space to work with, but a big part of the game is making efficient use of the space you have.

[Kocel]

Is there a way to make my town bigger or am I going to just make some hard decisions regarding balancing shops and town decor?

[GrayFoxGuardian]

That is exactly what it does, especially useful when fighting "event" monsters when changing moons.

[Knuckle Witch]

I'm pretty new myself so I'm not 100% certain, but I believe that sets the quest to continue being completed. If you have that on, adventurers will scout out more targets like it after the quest is done and can complete the quest multiple times, letting you cash out the materials multiple times in a row. I think thats what it does, anyways!

[Flair]

Thanks for the guide! Underneath the quests, you're able to toggle a recycle sign onto the quest itself. [i.imgur.com] Do you have any idea what this does? I can't tell.