Early Guides

Feel free to comment anything and I'll put them in this guide :)

Will add and update contents from time to time.
Use Ctrl+F to find what you need in the sections.
Thank you @Hecatolite for helping with the exam questions and fish locations!

In Progress

• train routes;
• add Bamboo Sea
• add Old Town
• add Desert
• add Terrace
• add map details
• Torrentslither's location

Getting Started

Farming basics

Simp will visits you next morning and requested 10 wheat. Simp will also teach you how to use your inventory. Then your first main quest starts.

Head to the Farmer’s Supermarket next to the greenhouse and talk to the storekeeper, Cheng Xuyuan. She will eventually give you wheat seeds and your essential farming tools (wooden hoe and watering can) before teaching the farming basics.

Note: You’ll get one wheat after harvesting in the tutorial. Don’t sell it just yet, you can use it to complete Simp’s request.

Bridge to Niuyang Village

Talk to the NPC worker standing on the bridge and you’ll discover why the bridge has collapsed. The next morning you can start visiting the village and meet the villagers.

Fishing Rod

You’ll receive a mail from Old Jiang the next morning. He will invite you to meet him near the dams in Niuyang Village. Simply talk to him and he will give you his fishing rod for free.

Cooking

Chef will sent you a mail after you visited him for the first time. Meet him at his usual place. He then will give you his spare stove and you can start cooking in your house. Cooking dishes is essential because you need it a lot to recover your stamina from mining, fishing and battle.

For more, see “Cooking Recipes”

Pickaxe & Mining

After having a meeting with the villagers at the Activity Room, Lin Nan will sent you a mail asking to meet her. Go and talk to her to receive a wooden pick. Be sure to bring some food with you before started mining.

Characters & Gifts

Village Head

Large mug
• buy at Market - 50G
  
• reward: unlock tea time date

Aquarium
• buy at Mudflats - 3,000G
  
• reward: unlock boating date

Potted plant
• buy at Old Town - 2,000G
  
• reward: unlock "camping" date (picnic)

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Auntie

Sewing machine
• buy at Market - 600G
  
• reward: obtain clothes (cheesy coffee)

Water heater
• buy at Solar Empire (mining cave lvl15) - 1,200G
  
• reward: unlock King Yan's story

Paper art
• buy at Old Town - 200G
  
• reward: obtain Agrispirit, Helisqueak

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Chef

Bowl
• buy at Market - 2G
  
• reward: upgrade the stove (3 slots)

250kg rice
• buy at Underground Veggie City (mining cave lvl10) - 1,000G
  
• reward: upgrade the stove (4 slots)

Traditional dessert
• buy at Old Town - 500G
  
• reward: upgrade the stove (5 slots)

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Cheng Xuyuan

Programming 101
• pick up in Activity Room (meeting room shelves)
  
• reward: obtain Agrispirit, Aquaribbit

Succulent
• buy at Market - 100G
  
• reward: obtain Agrispirit, Solcroak

Farmer's Rhapsody
• participate in Combine Harvest Contest on the 17th of the month
  
• reward: obtain Agrispirit, Springwing

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Dr. Wang

Drum kit
• buy at Hidden Bar (mining cave lvl5) - 4,000G
  
• reward: increase max AP

Electric blanket
• buy at Electric Blanket Kingdom (mining cave lvl20) - 300G
  
• reward: increase max AP

Thousand-year ginseng
• buy at Bamboo Sea - 3,000G
  
• reward: increase max AP

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Lin Nan

Dentures
• pick up on ground (mining cave lvl11)
  
• reward: sand table model (placed on rooftop)

Wig
• pick up on ground (mining cave lvl22)
  
• reward: obtain Agrispirit, Flamewalker

Creative Merch
• buy at Antique Museum - 2,500G
  
• reward: obtain geological sensor (& unlock mining cave level 30)

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Luo Meili

Rocking chair
• buy at Market - 500G
  
• reward: unlock new exam subjects (3)

Elephant chess
• buy at Bamboo Sea (camping ground) - 50G
  
• reward: unlock new exam subjects (3)

Four treasures of the study
• buy at Old Town - 800G
  
• reward: unlock new exam subjects (3)

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Mo Xiaowen

Mouse
• buy at Market - 299G
  
• reward: unlock new furniture

Wooden sculpture
• trade 99 woods with the NPC
  
• reward: unlock new furniture

Serial number
• pickup on ground (Desert)
  
• reward: play "Kitty Life" on computer

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Niu Qingqing

Star
• buy at Stellar Valley - 500G
  
• reward: obtain frozen fish (weapon) and unlock catching fish in the river in front of her house

Cloud
• buy at Bamboo Sea - 1,000G
  
• reward: unlock time skip on bench

Rainbow
• buy at Desert - 2,000G
  
• reward: obtain classic cleaning broom (weapon)

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Xia

Xia's wallet
• defeat the scammers at Bamboo Sea (behind cave)
  
• reward: 2,000G

Xia's credit card
• defeat the scammers at Old Town (Scammer's Headquaters)
  
• reward: 3,000G

Xia's ID card
• defeat the scammers at the Desert
  
• reward: 10,000G

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Facilities

Abandoned gym / Ranch

In order to own ranch animals, you need to buy the abandoned gym located beside your farming plot. Talk to the NPC in front of it and pay him. He will then bring all the gym equipment and give you a scythe. A feed grinder will be available as well.

Cost: 2,000G
Reward: refer "Animals & Produce" for more

Greenhouse

The greenhouse next to the Farmer's Supermarket is available for sale when you talk to NPC standing right in front of it. There are no farm work required to manage the greenhouse. After buying, you can harvest the crops from the basket once daily.

Cost: 2,500G
Reward: get random crops daily

Fishing net

You will noticed there are two big and round fishing nets that are placed in the river behind your house. These nets can be rented by talking to the NPC that stands near the pier.

Cost: 2,500G
Reward: get random fish

Once rented, you'll get two random fish daily. When you have unlocked Mudflats and complete the streamer's request, clams and other seafood will be added.

Manhole covers

After you helped rescuing the Village Head in the manhole, he will call someone to do the work, but didn't give the materials and money needed for the job. So, it's our job to fix it.

Materials: 3,000G, 10 iron nuggets & 5 copper nuggets
Reward: ability to fast travel throughout the village using the manhole

Lucky Draw / Gashapon

At one point in the game, the Village Head will install a gashapon machine in front of the Kitty Volunteer Station.

Cost: 2 bullcoins per draw
Reward: get random items from ore nuggets, bullcoins, crops, dishes and even furniture.



The kitty will also give you free 2 bullcoins everyday. So don’t forget to claim it daily. The coins are not only useful for the gashapon, but for dates and card game as well.

Pro tip: save your game before (and after) making a draw because sometimes, you’ll get nothing from it u_u 

Honey

Location: Lumberyard (Apiary)

You can get free 50 honey by telling the straw hat NPC that you're a "Market inspector". After that, he allows you to harvest all the honey from the bee box whenever you want. You can harvest them daily and it will reappear again each time you visited Lumberyard (not only limited to once per day).

Vending machine

In case if your inventory is full, you can retrieve important tools you left by interacting with the vending machine at the train station.

Locations

Market

Day: Wednesdays & Saturdays
Fare: 20G
Time taken: 3 hours trip

Take a ride on the bus to the market by talking to the bus driver at the bus stop near the main road. You can buy crops, clothes, gifts, food and other stuff.

Aside from that, you can get appraisals here. You’ll find an undetermined stones when you reached the deeper level of the mine. Take the stones with you and get them appraised at one of the stall that you can buy sewing machine and rocking chair. It is located across the stall where you can kick the empty boxes.



There are 14 to uncover, and each stone has a chance to either be one or an ore/gem you’d find in the mine. You will not receive multiple of the same artifacts and all artifacts will be donated.

Lumberyard

Materials: 2,222G & 22 wood
Time taken: 2 hours trip
Limit: Daytime only

On your first visit, talk to the person next to the map board and take up the quest to get an axe. If you happens to have 50 woods he requested, you can give him right away. Now you can chop down some trees here to get more woods.

Antique Museum

Materials: 6,666G, 66 wood & 66 iron nuggets
Limit: Daytime only

Artifacts recovered from appraised undetermined stones from the Market will be donated here. Once you've recovered all artifacts, the second floor of the museum will be unlocked.

Mudflats

Materials: 20,000G
Day: Mondays and Thurdays
Fare: 100G
Time taken: 5 hours trip
Limit: Daytime only

The bus stand is located near the train station. It is famous for seafood and clams digging. You can also enjoy the beautiful sunset.

Railway Routes

Unlock the routes by donating the required materials to the railway donation box at the train station. By doing so, you can proceed with the main storyline.

Bamboo Sea

Where the bamboos are thick and insects sing, the air is chilling without a breeze.

Materials: 10,000G, 50 wood, 20 iron nugget

Item highlights:-
Bamboo shoots
Agrispirits
Broom upgrade

Old Town

Could the spring breeze fathom the southern rain? So joyful, through dampened streets, they come and go.

Materials: 30,000G, 100 wood, 20 gold nugget

Item highlights:-
Agrispirits
Broom upgrade

Desert

TBD, Image TBD

Materials: 50,000G, 150 wood, 20 meteor

Item highlights:-
Agrispirits
Broom upgrade

Terrace

Like waves of green that rise and fall, the terraces are a sight that enthralls.

Materials: 100,000G

Home sweet home! You also get to show off your scooter skills!

Mining

Important: Don't forget to bring some cooked dishes with you before you go! Make sure to make space in your backpack too.

Elevators

Elevators are able to take you down the mining level much faster. They're available on every 5 floors of the mine. It is very convenient especially when you need to get items or complete a quest. But, since they are all broken, you need to fix it first.

Repair materials
Level 5: 10 iron nuggets
Level 10: 15 iron & 10 copper nuggets
Level 15: 25 iron, 15 copper & 5 gold nuggets
Level 20: 30 iron, 20 copper, 10 gold nuggets & 5 agate
Level 25: 30 iron, 20 copper, 10 gold nuggets & 5 crystal

Level Requirements

There are some requirements in order to reach certain level of the mining cave. Below are the things you need to do:-

• Level 1

  You’ll need an iron pick that can be obtained by trading the wooden pick with the NPC near the mining entrance for 10 iron nuggets.
  
  

• Level 5

  Pro tip: bring a tomato with you before going to the mining mountain
  
  • Reach Hidden Bar (level 5) and go to the restroom
    
  • Talk to the person in the stall and hand him the tomato
    
  • Check the toilet and dive in to reach mining cave level 6
  
  

• Level 10

  Trade 10 gold nuggets with the NPC near the mining entrance to proceed to level 11
  
  

• Level 20

  Buy the Fire Resistant cheongsam (Blessing Bliss) by exchanging 5 gems with the NPC to proceed to level 21
  
  

• Level 25

  • Talk to the mushroom with the exclamation mark. The parent mushroom will asked your help to bring its son back
    
  • Head back up to level 17th and find the son
    
  • Interact with the parent mushroom again to complete the quest. After a conversation with it, it will give you an upgraded pickaxe (fusion seedling) so you can dive down to the next level
  
  

• Level 30

  • To unlock, gift Creative Merch to Lin Nan, head back home and read the letter she sent
    
  • Talk to Lin Nan and agree to find the "treasure"

Fishing

Rod upgrades

1. Niuyang Village
   — Help Old Jiang by catching 5 rare mandarin fish
   — Reward: Suburban rod
   
   
2. Mudflats
   — Help Old Jiang by catching 5 rare sturgeons
   — Reward: All-Purpose rod

Fish location

** indicates rare fish

Niuyang Village Waters	Lumberyard Waters	Bamboo Sea Waters
Grass carp Bighead carp Carp Crucian carp Tilapia Mandarin fish**	Carp Rounded gudgeon Grass carp Crucian carp Bighead carp Grayling**	Bighead carp Crucian carp Darksleeper Black carp Longsnout catfish Jiangkou Bighead carp**

Old Town Waters	Desert Waters	Mudflat Waters	Nextdoor Village Waters
Herring Rounded gudgeon Grass carp Longsnout catfish Shorthead catfish Bluntsnout bream**	Black carp Herring Longsnout catfish Carp Schizothoracin**	Barracuda Bighead carp Rudd Carp Sturgeon**	Snakehead fish Bighead carp Carp Tilapia Herring Burbot**

Animals & Produce

After buying the abandoned gym from the previous owner, you can now own ranch animals. The animals will give produce if they are well fed.

Weed feed

To make your own weed "animal" feeds, you can easily cut the grass (weed) around your house and the village. Then throw them in the feed grinder one by one. Be sure to put the feed in the feeding trough once daily so that you can get their produce the next day.

Obtaining the animals

Your next step is to fill the gym with animals. Once you completed the task required, they will be automatically added to your ranch.

Animals	Location	Requirements / How to obtain	Produces
Cow	Market	Buy it at the market for 998G.	Milk Beef
Horse	Hidden Bar (mining level 5)	Buy tea from the NPC in the corner of the bar for 59G and give it to the horse.	Gold (Money)
Pig	Lumberyard	Give 1 honey - get it from the Lumberyard's apiary by telling the bee keeper that you're a Market Inspector	Pork
Chicks	Lumberyard	Give 10 beef, 10 milk, 10 honey, 10 pork, 10 lamb, 10 grass, 10 soil - get one chick per gift	Egg Chicken
Goat	Old Town	Talk to the NPC before getting on the boat at the first dock. Find the goat and pay 2,000G. - it can be found near the courtyard	Lamb
Alpaca	Desert	Select images with alpaca - exactly like the captcha	Grass Soil

Agrispirits

Some Agrispirits can help you in farming. Those that are not used in farming will assist you in combat and will fight along you when you bring them travelling outside the village. They are also a requirement to enter Nextdoor Village.

Note: For those obtained by gifting, refer "Characters & Gifts" section.

Deergrains

"You never know what you'll find in a pickled cabbage jar—a pickled cabbage, or one of those cute deergrains."

Location: Old abandoned house near mining mountain (Simp's house)
Obtain: interacting with the huge pickled jar

Aquaribbit

"Great for watering crops."

Obtain: give Programming 101 book to Cheng Xuyuan.
- will be placed in backpack.

Solcroak

"Your handy harvest helper."

Obtain: give succulent to Cheng Xuyuan.
- will be placed in backpack.

Springwing

"A true reaper's boomerang."

Obtain: give Farmer's Rhapsody to Cheng Xuyuan.
- will be placed in backpack.

Marboink

"This little piggy loves gold, and will most certainly carry it all the way home."

Location: Mining cave level 13
Obtain: give gold nugget

Unipheonix

"The fire-breathing little Agrispirit who was mistaken for a gas stove."

Location: Market (NPC with red cap selling propane gas)
Obtain: select "yes" to change the gas tank and pay 1,500G

Hibiscusheart

"A fruity clay mound with ruddy cheeks and insatiable yearning for apples."

Location: Village
Give: 5 apples

Manginseng

"It's got three heads that can never agree."

Location: Bamboo Sea
Give: 30 recyclable trash

Earthspout

"O god of soil! O god of fertilizers."

Location: Bamboo Sea (path near Observation Pavilion)
Obtain: after defeating the scammers behind the cave, talk to the NPC standing in front of it

Flutterroar

"A plump tiger with the disproportionately tiny wings."

Location: Bamboo Sea (Aerial Suspension Bridge)
Obtain: pay attentjavascript:ShowPreview()ion to it's expression

Birdrill

"A big bumbling buffoon of a bee who produces no honey."

Location: Lumberyard
Obtain: answer "No" when you're asking it to come with you to meet it's boss

Flamewalker

"I'm a bird that looks like a yellow sack, has no facial organs, yet possesses two pairs
of wings. What am I?"

Obtain: give wig to Lin Nan and head inside her house to claim it

Helisqueak

"How can I not be a gossip-monger with ears as big as mine?"

Obtain: give paper art to Auntie and head in the Village Head's house. Find it inside Auntie's room to claim it

Spottedhound

"Like a narwhal with leopard spots, if narwhals were vegetarians."

Event: Harvest Festival (25th of the month)
Location: Village Entrance
Obtain: find all 4 festival stickers

Prancerwave

"A roaming deer who enjoys the sea breeze."

Location: Mudflats
Obtain: sit with it on the bench

Coastalenigma

"A true pearl in the rough."

Location: Mudflats
Obtain: complete the "Dinner or Museum" side quest

Flitterfish

"An adorable pastel fire extinguisher on legs."

Location: Old Town
Obtain: use it to put out the fire

Geolion

"I'm not a flower! I'm here for the job interview!"

Location: Old Town (Courtyard entrance)
Obtain: pay 500G to the NPC with the green cap

Starfire

"A part-timer whale who keeps the water supply for the oasis running."

Location: Desert
Obtain: find the Martial Arts Secret Manual and hand it to McDoo

Gustweaver

"A shapeshifter who summons sandstorm if enraged."

Location: Desert
Obtain: plant the sapling from the rocket base near the sandstorm

Rubyscroll

"A robot with a professional smile who's constantly having an existential crisis."

Location: Desert
Obtain: hammer the control panel and launch the rocket

Punisher

"He doesn't need a head if he's got brains."

Location: Nextdoor Village
Obtain: help the farmer find the culprit that steals his veggies

Torrentslither

"A magical blow-dryer, bringer of meteor shower"

Location: Stellar Valley
Obtain: interact with it

Date Activities

All activities are unlocked by giving gifts to the Village Head. If you don't have the gifts, refer to "Characters & Gifts" for more details

To invite the villagers, go to the date location and interact with the bubble. Each activities will cost you 5 bullcoins. All dates are limited during daytime only.

During the dates, you will have some small talk with the villagers. It is best to know their personality and character, since they will ask your opinion on what they talked about. Depending on what you pick, they will leave you with gifts or none.

Tea Time

Location: Your house (on rooftop)

Boating date

Location: Your house (opposite lake)

Camping "picnic" date

Location: Your house (yellow mat)

Cooking Recipes 🍳

Default (1 slot)

Dish	Ingredients	Stamina	Dish	Ingredients	Stamina
Sashimi	Mandarin fish (or grayling, sturgeon, burbot, Jiangkou bighead carp, schizothoracin)	50 HP	Steak fillet	Beef	45 HP
Poached chicken	Chicken	30 HP	Braised meatballs	Pork	30 HP
Stir-fried cabbage	Cabbage	20 HP	Tomato salad	Tomato	15 HP
Fried shredded potatoes	Potato	15 HP	Candied apple fritters	Apple	15 HP
Braised grass carp	Grass carp	13 HP	Tomato juice	Tomato	10 HP
Stir-fried bamboo shoot	Bamboo shoot	10 HP	Shredded cucumber with sauce	Cucumber	10 HP
Stir-fried leek (L)	Leek	10 HP	Grilled fish	Carp (or bighead carp, rudd, black carp, rounded gudgeon, snakehead fish, shorthead catfish)	10 HP
Sour-and-spicy carp	Crucian carp	10 HP	Steamed tilapia	Tilapia	10 HP
Stir-fried celery	Celery	9 HP	Grilled mushrooms	Mushroom	8 HP
Watermelon juice	Watermelon	8 HP	Soy milk	Soybean	7 HP
Carrot juice	Carrot	7 HP	Fried egg	Egg	7 HP
Grilled eggplant	Eggplant	7 HP	Pan-seared green chili pepper	Chili	6 HP

Default (2 slots)

Dish	Ingredients	Stamina	Dish	Ingredients	Stamina
Fries	Potato, tomato	75 HP	Watermelon chicken	Chicken, watermelon	55 HP
Sour-and-spicy shredded potatoes	Potato, chilli	55 HP	Mashed potato	Potato, milk	50 HP
Spicy boiled beef	Beef, chili	50 HP
Pork tripe chicken	Chicken, pork	45 HP	Braised beef with tomatoes	Beef, potato	45 HP
Braised beef with potato	Beef, tomato	45 HP	Creme brulee	Milk, egg	45 HP
Apple pie	Apple, flour	35 HP	Roast pork with eggs	Pork, egg	35 HP
Eggplant with boiled egg	Eggplant, egg	35 HP	Stewed chicken with mushroom	Chicken, mushroom	35 HP
Squirrel mandarin fish	Grass carp, tomato	35 HP	Chili chicken	Chicken, chili	35 HP
Sauteed mushroom and pork	Pork, mushroom	35 HP	Tomato fried egg	Tomato, egg	30 HP
Apple chicken	Apple, chicken	30 HP	Cabbage soup	Cabbage, egg	30 HP
Fruity apple mix	Apple, milk	30 HP	Watermelon slushie	Watermelon, milk	30 HP
Eggplant minced pork	Pork, eggplant	30 HP	Fried leek with pork	Leek, pork	28 HP
Tomato cabbage with vinegar	Cabbage, tomato	27 HP	Sauteed pork with bamboo shoot	Pork, bamboo shoot	25 HP
Fried celery with beef	Celery, beef	24 HP	Sweet-and-sour carp	Carp, tomato	20 HP
Salted egg yolk corn	Corn, egg	20 HP	Fried celery with pork	Celery, pork	16 HP
Vegetable juice	Beet, cabbage	15 HP	Apple and pear soup	Apple, pear	10 HP

Upgrade 1 (3 slots)

Dish	Ingredients	Stamina	Dish	Ingredients	Stamina
Braised beef with tomatoes and potatoes	Beef, tomato,potato	85 HP	Fish-flavored shredded pork	Pork, chili, carrot	84 HP
Braised chicken	Chicken, mushroom, bamboo shoot	65 HP	Griddle spicy cabbage	Pork, cabbage, chili	65 HP
Pork dumplings with bamboo shoots	Flour, pork, bamboo shoot	65 HP	Yangzhou fried rice	Rice, egg, carrot	60 HP
Pan-fried bun	Flour, pork, egg	55 HP	Omelet	Rice, egg (2)	55 HP
Vegetable porridge	Rice, carrot, cabbage	50 HP	Rustic bowl	Bamboo shoot, egg, chili	50 HP
Spicy stir-fried meat	Pork, chili (2)	45 HP	Sizzling eggplant	Pork, eggplant (2)	45 HP
Stir-fried vegetables	Potato, eggplant, chili	35 HP	Crispy pork	Flour (2), pork	35 HP
Milk custard	Milk, egg (2)	35 HP	Crispy banana fritters	Banana, flour, egg	30 HP

Exams 📝

To take an exam, you need to give one gift to Lou Meili. Each time you gave her a gift, it will unlock 3 set of exams.

Items	Location	Unlocked exams
Rocking chair	Market	Agricultural Animal Husbandry Cooking
Elephant chess	Bamboo Sea camping ground	Fishing Tea Art Medical
Four treasures of the study	Old Town	Computer Ore Business

Cost: 500G (per exam)
Time: 60 seconds
Number of questions: 10 (Yes and No)
Reward: 50 bullcoins (only when passed)

After gifting her, head into the room and interact with the bubble near the table. Pick the exam you want to take. In order to pass each exam, you need to get at least 6 questions right. Once your exam been graded and passed, the certificate will be displayed outside the activity room, on the board.

P/s: The questions might not be in this exact order.

Exam - Agriculture

Spraying lime and painting tree trunks white are some of the measures to prevent heat stroke for fruit trees.
Answer: Yes

When spring is about to end, catkins will float in the air. Willow catkins refer to fluffy seeds of willow trees.
Answer: No

Underground pests often feed on the roots of plants so no pest damage is visible above ground, but the plants will eventually wilt and die.
Answer: Yes

Soybean is one of the four main staple crops of China.
Answer: Yes

Diamondback moth is a prevalent and severe pest on cruciferous vegetables in China.
Answer: Yes

Plant cells are composed of a cell wall, cell membrane, cytoplasm, and nucleus. The cell wall is a living substance.
Answer: No

Agriculture can be classified into primitive agriculture, ancient agriculture, modern agriculture, and contemporary agriculture.
Answer: Yes

The three essential elements of fertilizer are nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.
Answer: Yes

October 16th is World Food Day.
Answer: Yes

Piglet anemia is a nutritional and metabolic disorder caused by calcium deficiency.
Answer: No

The crop seed production license is valid for 1 year.
Answer: No

Super rice refers to rice with particularly good quality.
Answer: No

The Green Revolution happened in the 1950s.
Answer: Yes

Cold Dew is one of the twenty-four solar terms.
Answer: No

The production process of organic food prohibit the use of chemical fertilizers.
Answer: Yes

The four stages of crop cultivation are sowing, irrigation, field management, and harvesting.
Answer: No

Carbon dioxide fertilization in vegetable greenhouses is primarily to boost the respiration of plants.
Answer: No

The minimum purchase price is intended to guide farmers’ circulation behavior.
Answer: No

The ground temperature in the greenhouse fluctuates more compared with the air temperature.
Answer: No

Fruits and vegetables are good for the body because they are low in calories and can help maintain a healthy weight.
Answer: Yes **for Agriculture Exam only**

Vegetables are low in fat.
Answer: Yes

Sesame is a sugar crop.
Answer: No

Baby cabbage and Chinese cabbage are the same vegetable.
Answer: No

The protein content of what has the most significant impact on its nutritional quality.
Answer: Yes

Tea is a hobby crop.
Answer: Yes

Crickets make sounds by stretching and squeezing their abdomens.
Answer: No

Peanuts have anti-aging effects.
Answer: Yes

Peanuts should not be rotated with soybeans.
Answer: Yes

Cucumbers prefer warmth and are sensitive to cold. They need a certain temperature difference between day and night to grow well.
Answer: Yes

Pollution-free agriculture products should first and foremost be high quality.
Answer: No

80-90% of the calories in cereal foods come from carbohydrates.
Answer: Yes

Vegetables stored in freezers retain less nutrients.
Answer: Yes

The most basic means of production for agricultural production is water distribution.
Answer: No

Textile is not a type of specialty agricultural production.
Answer: Yes

Fruit trees that are deficient in zinc are prone to growing stunted leaves.
Answer: Yes

Exam - Animal Husbandry

Intensive breeding of commercial pigs involves crossbreeding different breeds of pigs, and their bloodlines are not pure.
Answer: Yes

If the cow’s mouth and tongue are pink, it means the cow is very healthy. If it appears too red, it means the cow has too much inner heat. If it is blue, the cow has a cold.
Answer: Yes

In addition to being fed with boar feed, boars also need to be regularly supplemented with eggs and cod liver oil.
Answer: Yes

Most female sheep have horns on their heads.
Answer: No

The quality of cow’s milk is better than that of yak.
Answer: No

Among mallards, the male duck’s feathers are brighter in color than the female duck’s.
Answer: Yes

Chicks need to be vaccinated regularly from the time they are born.
Answer: Yes

The number of boars needed in small and medium-sized pig farms should be one boar for every 60 to 100 sows.
Answer: Yes

China’s Ministry of Agriculture has mandated vaccination for animal diseases that are highly contagious and harmful, such as avian influenza and foot-and-mouth disease.
Answer: Yes

One cannot enter or leave a farm without permission.
Answer: Yes

Raising geese costs more than raising chicken or ducks.
Answer: Yes

Geese like water, so they also like moisture in their pen.
Answer: No

Friesian cows are native to Denmark.
Answer: No

The meat of free-range chickens is better than that of feed-free chickens.
Answer: Yes

For safety reasons, people should try to avoid contact with wild animals.
Answer: Yes

Goat milk has a higher nutritional value than sheep milk.
Answer: No

The yak is the only remaining Ice Age animal on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Answer: Yes

It is best to feed cattle once a day.
Answer: No

Exam - Cooking Skills

The village head likes to eat Candied Apple Fritters.
Answer: No

Niu Qingqing likes to eat Double-cooked pork.
Answer: No

Ingredients in larger shapes should be used for dishes that take shorter to cook.
Answer: No

When making curry, refined salt determines the basic taste, white sugar adds a hint of sweetness, and MSG enhances the flavor.
Answer: Yes

Compared to frying directly, frying with batter can greatly improve the moisture retention rate of the main ingredients.
Answer: No

Adding vinegar halfway through braising fish can eliminate the fishy smell and enhance the aroma.
Answer: Yes

Green peppers have a high Vitamin C content and are unsuitable for prolonged cooking.
Answer: Yes

The transparency of yellow rice wine will weaken over time.
Answer: No

When buying clams, choose ones that open their shells to breathe. These are more active and taste better.
Answer: Yes

The oiled and expanded tendons should be soaked in hot alkaline water to soften before being rinsed and processed.
Answer: Yes

Pyropia is a common edible fungus.
Answer: No

Pork tenderloin is found in the lumbar region. It boasts a long, lean shape and a tender texture that is accompanied by a healthy red color and rich flavor.
Answer: Yes

Beef rib meat, also called beef ribs and beef brisket, is found at the rear and upper part of the breast meat.
Answer: Yes

Raw materials need to be blanched or fried before being pickled.
Answer: Yes

Drunken Crabs are usually made with steamed crabs.
Answer: No

Eggplant is low in fat and sugar, making it ideal for weight loss.
Answer: Yes

Purple garlic generally offers the best flavor as minced garlic.
Answer: Yes

Cut an onion in half, then immerse it with the knife in cold water for two to three minutes before slicing it will prevent tearing up.
Answer: Yes

Vegetables are low in fat.
Answer: Yes

The condiment known as the “King of Flavors” is MSG.
Answer: No

Eating crabs and persimmons at the same time causes diarrhea.
Answer: Yes

Braising is a good way to cook sea cucumbers.
Answer: Yes

Drunken chicken is usually marinated after being boiled.
Answer: Yes

Plain steamed bun slices are frequently used as the base ingredient for dishes that are only fried on the side.
Answer: Yes

Only use low heat when making a clear soup.
Answer: Yes

Prawn crackers, scorched rice, and vermicelli are all dried food products.
Answer: Yes

The outside of raw materials, such as skin-on pork, pig’s trotters, and ham, needs to be scraped repeatedly with a knife during the cleaning process.
Answer: Yes

Quick-fried vegetables are very juicy with a sweet and sour taste. They do not need velveting.
Answer: No

Bok choy can be cooked by quick stir-frying and steaming to conserve more vitamin C.
Answer: Yes

When heating refreshing beef balls, use low heat to keep the water simmering gently. Cool them down in cold water before storing them in the fridge if they will not be consumed right away.
Answer: Yes

When making the Inverted Three Threads Consomme, the ingredients must be pressed down firmly in the bowl.
Answer: Yes

Brine is divided into three categories according to its color: red brine, white brine, and salt brine.
Answer: No

Celery leaves have no nutritional value.
Answer: No

The main purpose of using onion strips, grated ginger, and garlic in preparing fish sauce is to enhance the taste.
Answer: No

Stews need to be prepared with a good broth. They usually contain as much broth as other ingredients.
Answer: Yes

Pig intestines only need to be rinsed with water.
Answer: No

Season the ingredients before cooking when using fresh ingredients to prepare simmered, stewed, and boiled dishes.
Answer: No

Exam - Fishing

Feeding fish are fish that have well-developed mouths and teeth that enable them to bite and ingest solid bait. Some examples of feeding fish are grass carp, carp, crucian carp, and herring.
Answer: Yes

A fish’s memory only lasts 7 seconds.
Answer: No

Carp is a bottom-dwelling fish.
Answer: Yes

Lure fishing is an environmentally friendly fishing method.
Answer: Yes

“The Book of Fish Farming” is the earliest book on fish farming in China.
Answer: Yes

The Crucian Carp dislikes aquatic plants.
Answer: No

Fry is a term used to describe young fish that have emerged from their eggs. They are usually about 7-8 mm in length.
Answer: Yes

It is more likely that fish will die from overeating than starvation. Is that true?
Answer: No

Groundbaits are used to draw fish to a desired place for fishing.
Answer: Yes

Seahorses are plankton.
Answer: No

The Mandarin Fish are herbivorous.
Answer: No

Fish are lowly warm-blooded animals.
Answer: No

The book "Questions and Answers for Fisherman and Woodcutters" describes six essential components of pole fishing: pole, line, float, condition, hook and bait.
Answer: Yes

Exam - Tea Art

The production and cultivation of tea began to flourish in the Song Dynasty.
Answer: No

茶, the Chinese character for tea, became widely accepted during the Han dynasty.
Answer: No

The types of tea during the Tang Dynasty included coarse, loose, powdered, and cake tea.
Answer: Yes

During the Song Dynasty, China’s tea ceremony underwent a transformation. Unlike the method of baking tea in the Tang Dynasty, the method of whisking tea became popular.
Answer: Yes

The Archives of Tea was the first monograph in the tea world.
Answer: No

The world’s first monograph on tea was written by Lu Yu.
Answer: Yes

The basic tea categories can be divided into green tea, white tea, yellow tea, oolong tea, black tea, and dark tea.
Answer: Yes

Lapsang Souchong is known as the “ancestor of black tea”.
Answer: Yes

“Queen of Black Tea” refers to Keemun black tea.
Answer: Yes

Emperor Qianlong once said, “One should not live without tea for a single day.”
Answer: Yes

Da Hong Pao is black tea.
Answer: No

Da Hong Oai, the finest of all black teas, is also known as the “champion of tea.”
Answer: No

Black tea is suitable for drinking in moderation in winter.
Answer: Yes

Anji White is a type of white tea.
Answer: No

Tieguanyin is a type of green tea.
Answer: No

The basic steps of green tea processing are: plucking, withering, rolling, and drying.
Answer: Yes

There are many varieties of green tea. Some of the more famous ones include Bilouchun, West Lake Longjing, Huangshan Maofeng, and Zhuyeqing.
Answer: Yes

Most of the fresh materials for crafting oolong tea are harvested from old leaves.
Answer: No

Oolong tea is a fully fermented tea.
Answer: No

Green tea is a type of fermented tea.
Answer: No

Dark tea is post-fermented tea.
Answer: Yes

Pu’er tea is mainly produced in Yunnan Province and is pressed dark tea.
Answer: No

Chaoshan Gongfu tea can be brewed up to three times, and the concentration of the tea soup in each brew is arbitrary.
Answer: No

The Classic of Tea ranks water sources by their suitability for tea: the best water comes from mountain springs, followed by river water, and the worst water comes from wells.
Answer: Yes

The astringency in tea mainly comes from tea polyphenols.
Answer: Yes

The most distinct characteristic of yellow tea is its yellow leaves and soup. As the saying goes, “The dry tea is golden yellow, the soup color is apricot yellow, and the bottom of the leaves is soft yellow.”
Answer: Yes

“Phoenix nods three times' ' is a traditional etiquette in a tea ceremony, which means three bows and expresses the host’s respect and kindness towards the guests.
Answer: Yes

“One should drink new tea and aged wine.” The quality of aged tea must be poor.
Answer: No

According to the legend of “Shenlong's Hundred Herbs”, Shennong was often poisoned by tasting various herbs, but he always detoxified himself by eating a plant, which was honeysuckle.
Answer: No

Lu Yu interpreted the Chinese character for tea (茶) as “people among the vegetation.”
Answer: Yes

Exam - Medical

Foods like kelp, seaweed, wakame, and iodized salt are rich in iodine and are suitable for people with iodine deficiency.
Answer: Yes

There are many causes for children to grind their teeth at night, the chief cause being intestinal parasitic disease.
Answer: Yes

Eating ice cream can ease throat pain.
Answer: No

If you have a nosebleed, lift your head up immediately to stop the bleeding.
Answer: No

Insufficient growth hormone in childhood can result in cretinism.
Answer: No

Babies should receive a pneumococcal vaccine promptly after birth.
Answer: No

A drowning person needs artificial respiration immediately after being rescued.
Answer: No

If you see a person getting electrocuted, you should immediately use your hands to rescue him.
Answer: No

Eating uncooked green beans can cause food poisoning.
Answer: Yes

Edible organic acids, such as citric and acetic acids, can be broken down by your metabolism and are harmless to the human body in normal doses.
Answer: Yes

Fruit and vegetables are good because they are low in calories and can help maintain a healthy weight.
Answer: No **for Medical Exam only**

CPR stands for Cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Answer: Yes

If you have acute abdominal pain, you cannot take painkillers by yourself, and you should go to the hospital for an examination ASAP.
Answer: Yes

Waist and leg pain in elderly may be linked to zinc deficiency.
Answer: No

You can take the medicine with milk or juice.
Answer: No

The Heimlich maneuver should be used if a fish bone is lodged in your throat.
Answer: No

Severe Vitamin C deficiency can induce scurvy.
Answer: Yes

Exam - Computer

Commonly used data structures include Array, Stack, and Queue.
Answer: Yes

The famous mount in Final Fantasy is a creature called the Chocobo.
Answer: Yes

Deep learning is a subfield of machine learning, which is a subfield of artificial intelligence.
Answer: Yes

The character Mario in Nintendo games first appeared in “Super Mario”.
Answer: No

Assembly language is a high-level language capable of operating systems.
Answer: No

Gabe Newell, the founder of Steam gaming platform, developed the game “Half-Life”.
Answer: Yes

CMYK color mode is mainly used for printing.
Answer: Yes

The game Tropical Valley is developed using Unreal Engine 5.
Answer: Yes

A programmer’s first line of code is usually “Hello, World.”
Answer: Yes

The creator of the Linux operating system had met Steve Jobs.
Answer: Yes

Writing too many notes and documentation is a sign of poor programming skills.
Answer: No

Program = data structure + algorithm.
Answer: Yes

Front-end development mostly refers to the front-end part of the website, such as user interface design and development, while back-end refers to back-end server development.
Answer: Yes

The loudest switches on mechanical keyboard are undoubtedly the brown switches.
Answer: No

Open-source software and free software mean the same thing.
Answer: No

Photoshopping pictures often means to beautify, edit, restore, and combine pictures.
Answer: Yes

The creator of Python once said: Life is short, I use Python.
Answer: Yes

“I have a great idea. Everything I need is ready, all I need is a programmer!” It’s best to keep this to yourself.
Answer: Yes

Images in PNG can retain transparency information.
Answer: Yes

Claude Shannon proposed the concept of information entropy and was the founder of information theory.
Answer: Yes

Github is a well-known open-source code hosting website.
Answer: Yes

The originator of computers is Turing, and the father of modern computers is John von Neumann.
Answer: Yes

Autonomous driving and speech recognition are weak artificial intelligence.
Answer: Yes

The Turing test evaluates whether a machine has artificial intelligence.
Answer: Yes

In computer networks, LAN stands for wide area network.
Answer: No

Ascii code is a compression encoding.
Answer: No

All programmers like to wear plaid shirts.
Answer: No

Basic database operations include add, delete, modify, and query.
Answer: Yes

Exam - Ores

Granite refers to white limestone with black patterns.
Answer: No

Glass is an artificial diamond.
Answer: Yes

Rough diamonds are uncut natural diamonds.
Answer: Yes

Natural crystals usually feel much cooler to the touch than artificial crystals.
Answer: Yes

An ore field is a part of an ore body.
Answer: No

Silver is a better safe haven asset than gold.
Answer: No

Glass conducts heat better than crystals.
Answer: No

Silver is the international hard currency.
Answer: No

Quartz is another name for diamonds. Rough diamonds are also called raw diamonds.
Answer: No

Mineral pigments will last forever.
Answer: No

In hard and stable coal and rock formations, when it is determined that the roadway will not be supported, safety measures must be in place.
Answer: Yes

Copper is harder than iron.
Answer: No

The moisture content of ore concentrate is one of the standards for measuring quality.
Answer: Yes

The main factors that constitute ore structure are particle size, crystallization degree, and embedding pattern.
Answer: Yes

The greater the slope of the roadway, the larger the uphill angle of the bracket should be.
Answer: Yes

The main use of silver is decorative.
Answer: No

Hotan Jade is known as “Nanyang Jade”.
Answer: No

Exam - Business

A key step in starting a business is to define your target market and address their specific challenges and needs.
Answer: Yes

Flat management is a style of company structure.
Answer: Yes

Peter Drucker is known as the father of modern management.
Answer: Yes

A water company is not owned by the state, so it is not a business.
Answer: No

A joint-stock enterprise is a type of business entity that has a separate legal personality. It must have two or more shareholders or investors, and they contribute capital to the enterprise in exchange for shares or stocks. The enterprise aims to generate profits by engaging in various economic activities.
Answer: Yes

Working overtime can lead to hair loss.
Answer: Yes

OKR, the objective and key results method, is a set of management tools for clarifying and tracking goals and their completion. It was invented by the founder of Intel.
Answer: Yes

CPA refers to Masters of Business Administration.
Answer: No

Enterprise strategic management first appeared in the UK.
Answer: No

Angel investment generally only provides the relatively small “first round’ investments. It is a high-risk, high-yield investment.
Answer: Yes

Catering belongs to the service industry.
Answer: Yes

SWOT analysis is a method that evaluates a company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
Answer: Yes

The most important form of modern enterprise system is the company system.
Answer: Yes

When a company applies for copyright protection for their work, the protection period is 10 years.
Answer: No

A registered trademark is valid for life.
Answer: No

Fredrick Taylor’s “Scientific Management” elevated management from experience to science for the first time.
Answer: Yes

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@rogueclon946 ah! thank you so much for your help!

[rogueclon946]

Torrentslither is a Stellar Valley spawn. Nothing special needed.

[beans]

@badger_grr it is! Sashimi is sold at the highest price I got so far, which is 1,500G

[badger_grr]

Cooked food sells for more $$ than raw. If you make grilled fish it increase sell price to $90, good way to make money early game! Also- adding just rice = rice bowl (one of the side quests) and just mushrooms makes grilled mushrooms, worth way more than raw mushrooms!

[beans]

@cosmicmermaid that’s great! And yes, I will add it to the guide. Thanks! I will try to update it soon 😁

[CosmicMermaid]

It worked! Thank you so much! I thought I softlocked myself out of having it. I didn't even know that about the vending machine. That could be a good tip to add to your guide. 😁

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@cosmicmermaid I see. Then try checking the vending machine at the train station. Supposedly you can get whatever you left from there

[CosmicMermaid]

No I went to go back home to empty my inventory and when I talk to him again I had the one for him so he took it and left, now he's gone and no axe

[beans]

@cosmicmermaid yep, and I did have enough woods too at the time but I do have space in my inventory. Did you try to free it up? Does the axe dropped on the ground?

[CosmicMermaid]

So I was supposed to get an axe in the lumber mill? When I talked to the guy my inventory was full so I never got the axe and already had enough wood...