Welcome to Elderfield Guides

Quick answer: Choose the problem blocking your next step: Catacombs hammers and floors for Carlos and sealed passages, Catacombs materials for Dense Gold and kiln power, Elder Gem for the lost miner, or Time to Investigate for Akira's 6/7 counter. Starting a new save? Begin with How to Play below.

Jump to Professions and cooking, Getting started, Tools and crafting, Quests and secrets, or Game troubleshooting.

Professions, cooking, and the current update

The October 26 Professions update and October 27 hotfix are live. Choose the next action that gets you back to playing:

The update guide links the official announcements; each task route keeps its own underlying source dates.

Getting started

Learn the daily loop first, then open the guide for the activity you are doing today.

If you have a rod but no bites, check the bait guide before changing your timing. If the bite happens but the catch fails, start with the tutorial's control sequence.

Tools and crafting

Use these routes in order of the unlock you need, rather than buying every available recipe ingredient.

For the first Blast Kiln run, the Catacombs route supplies a shopping list and the 30-Coal budget for a Generator's first plates and ingots.

Quests and secrets

These guides include the objective and location spoilers needed to finish the named task.

For an Elder Gem search, follow the Sealed Passage branch in the Mall Mines. For Dense Gold, use the separate Catacombs guide. Both involve mines, but lead to different objectives and materials.

Game troubleshooting

Choose by the last screen you can reach. A launch crash, an achievement crash, and a missing tool each need different checks.

• Game will not open or closes immediately: use launch troubleshooting.
• Steam Deck stops after the splash screen: use the Deck launch guide.
• A unique tool seems lost: begin with the tool recovery checks.
• Advice describes an older build: compare the symptom with Professions and the October hotfixes.

For gifts and marriage, use the romance guide. For a difficult expedition, start with Combat and food decisions in the profession guide, then follow your task's specific route.