I used to play Harvest Moon Back to Nature when I was a child, using a guide that is pre-formatted with goals and tips to finish my game. Since I was used to that format, I was looking for the same thing for this game. Well, I didn't find anything like it, so I decided to make my own format and provide a list for those who also need it. I'll try to keep it simple, but since there are a lot of things to know, this guide might be wordy.

Note that I will only list some general directions. Feel free to adjust it to however you wish.
You also need to play the game with the wiki page to look for everything. The wiki is very helpful to save time.

Check this and see whom you want to marry.
World map[worldsdawn.fandom.com]
This[worldsdawn.fandom.com] is foraging map, but the items won't spawn in all spot every day. Just pick up the one that you pass through.

Open this tab at all times:
Shops' business hours[worldsdawn.fandom.com] to check which shops open and close that day
Your marriage candidate character profile[worldsdawn.fandom.com] (to talk to them everyday)
Character list[worldsdawn.fandom.com] to remind yourself of who is who
Demetri[worldsdawn.fandom.com] and Cole[worldsdawn.fandom.com]'s profile, simply because they are hard to track

I suggest to spent the first few days to get familiarized with the map first. You are free to restart the game from the beginning after that or just keep your save. You don't have to finish everything in one year - there is no penalty or whatsoever from extended plays.

In order to 100% the achievement, you would need to:
1. Get married (talk + give gifts to your marriage candidate)
2. Befriend at least 10 people with 3 ribbons or hearts (talk to them everyday)
3. Ship 7 kinds of crops
4. Get lots of money to buy everything sold in the game (optional)
5. Watch all TV programme, especially Prophecy Quest every wednesday
6. Buy all items in the saturday's Home Shopping TV programme (some items are not required, but you might want to buy them all just to be sure)
7. Buy all unique items in Paxel's stall[worldsdawn.fandom.com], especially the two parchments. Again, some items are not needed, but you might want to buy them all just to be sure
8. Play LockBall everyday until you get the achievement

That's all that you need to pay attention to. The rest can be done any time and will be covered in the guide.

Note that the game is pretty laid back. You don't need to do perfect runs every day - this means that letting your livestocks outside before sleeping is fine from time to time. There is barely anything that you need to do at winter anyway, so you can finish the leftovers by then. Just make sure to finish the time-related quests (mostly events) so you don't have to play more than one year.

Your Story Begins
Arrive in your new home in Sugar Blossom Village.


Social Creature
Greet every resident in town.


Piping Stew
Calm the mayor's throat with a homemade dish.


Budding Rancher
Purchase your very first barnyard animal.


Cozy Barnyard
Achieve maximum livestock capacity in the barn.


Pocket Stuffing
Ship an impressive amount of goods in one day.
Ship 1k worth of items.

A New Harvest
Ship 100 homegrown crops out to market.


First Friend
Establish your first true friendship in Sugar Blossom.
Reach 3 ribbons or hearts with one people.

Settling In
Make it through the first season in your new home.

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Watch the TV daily, especially Prophecy Quest. Buy everything sold there.

At the very beginning, you mostly won't have enough stamina to do everything. DO NOT sprint at all. Focus on farming and mining to upgrade the tools to the max. Buy 40 strawberry seeds at Sunflower Farm Shop, plant, and water everything daily as many as you can.

Talk to your marriage candidate everyday. If they run shop, do a part time job on it ~2h before the closing time. For example, my marriage candidate is Hunter, so I work part-time at Benjamin's Craftshop on all day except saturdays (because it's closed) starting ~6pm. You are free to do part-time at other places whenever that place is closed or not accepting part-time jobs (usually caused by rain).

At the second day, go to the post office. Use all transfer codes here[worldsdawn.fandom.com] except the last one to get enough money to buy livestock. Buy 2 cows and 2 chickens from Honey Bray Pasture Shop, and 1 brush from Benjamin's Craftshop. Tend to them everyday. I just talked to everyone and brushed the cows, but talking is unnecessary. You can take the cows' milk if they give hearts when you talk to them (you'll also get Milking Pail at some point). You don't need to brush them after you get 2 Tasty Milks from each cow daily. Use the bell to take them out during sunny days and take them in before the day ends.

You also can mine if you have some stamina left from everything. Make sure to do it in the fifth floor.

Once your stamina is out, focus on talking to everyone in the village. The Midnight Tavern is a must stop at night since it has everything that you need.

If you are unable to do everything at that day, focus on:
1) Tending your livestocks
2) Talking to your marriage candidate
2) Talking to whoever you pass through on your town visit (e.g.: if you want to go to Sunflower Farm Shop to buy seed, talk to Bloom on the right side of the field and Violet tending the store from behind the counter)
3) Watering all seeds
4) LockBall[worldsdawn.fandom.com] on sunny day. Bet max money and win all matches
5) Mining

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Make sure to visit Benjamin's Craftshop, Sunflower Farm Shop, and mining place at your first day to get farming and mining tools. Ignore fishing for now. Once you can upgrade the Watering Can and Pickaxe, do it. Sell everything you got from mining and farming.

You can recover your stamina in the spring next to the mining area once a day. Use up your stamina, go to the spring, and go mining again. If you have Eden Fruit, go to the third floor and eat it on the table after you run out of stamina. Make sure you have enough time to sleep.

Speaking of sleep, go to your bed before 11:50. You'll wake up with less stamina if you don't do it.

Watch all TV programmes, buy all items. Do all events, buy everything that is sold in Spring Market. Buy the unique item sold in Paxel's stall[worldsdawn.fandom.com] in Midnight Tavern if you can. Make sure to buy his unique items on his following visits. Some items are required for an achievement.

Once you get Shovel, always ask your dog for a walk whenever you go everywhere. Dig whenever it howls. You might get some rewards. Here[worldsdawn.fandom.com]'s the answer for Sage Glop. I got Mystic Ocarina too at this point, which I can use whenever the main character blinked to increase one out of three available resident's relationship by 1 heart / ribbon.

Once you get the best watering can, plant 2 Garden Strawberries, 12 White Potatoes, and 3 Drumhead Cabbage. Sell 1 potato and 1 cabbage and save the rest. Keep on planting Strawberries after that and switch them to Caramel Wheats when the season is almost over (day 25+).

You can also get at least 2 Eden Fruits here. One from the code that you input in the Post Office, the other from Silver Stallion Dash[worldsdawn.fandom.com]. As for the latter one, make sure you get all 15 apple and trade it for Eden Fruit.

At festival days, you only need to go to where the festival is and talk to everyone before and after the event (if any). You can do farming and mining before going there. I usually go there after I used up all my stamina for the day.

Once you have more money, buy 2 more chickens and a horse. Congrats, now your misery of non-dashing is over. You can call your horse even in rainy day to explore the area faster. If you still have more money to spare, use it to gift your marriage candidate daily if you haven't already. Mine is Hunter, so I bought Wheat Bread. If you have items from foraging, feel free to use it, although I don't find them to be reliable.

You need to get at least 2 hearts with your marriage candidate before Misty Music Festival in 20th Spring. Take them as your partner.

If you got the Piping Stew quest, keep on talking between the quest givers, preferably in Midnight Tavern. You should get all items by now except Herbal Mix. Buy the bottle from Benjamin's Craftshop (always get as many as extra bottles as you can btw) and pick up the right ingredients[worldsdawn.fandom.com]. Mix them in the Midnight Tavern's blender or yours if you already have it. Give it to Barley. You need to take it out from your inventory first.

You should have at least 3 hearts with your marriage candidate at the end of the season.

Prepare dish for Rose Rabbit here[worldsdawn.fandom.com] in spring. You can get Wholemeal Flour by crushing Caramel Wheat to the machine in the barn. Save that dish for summer since you'll plant the wheat every time the season change anyway.

Buy Kitchen Icebox from Mono's General Store before summer. It's the refrigerator.

Raise the Roof
Add a second story to your humble homestead.
Benjamin will come to your house when it's available. Purchase it from his shop.

Culinarian
Fill your kitchen with every tool and appliance.


Friend of Spirits
Win over your first Feral Shade.


Reeled In
Help Wake and River return to the village.


Page Turner
Help Fable return to the village.


Breathe Deep
Help Siloh return to the village.


LockBall Champion
Place first in the summer LockBall Tournament.


Gone Fishing
Catch 6 different types of fish around town.


Can also be obtained at this season, but feel free to delay it to the next season if needed:
The Legendary Catch
Land the mythical Banded Amberjack.
See below. Ctrl+F Banded Amberjack.

Afterglow
Catch all 28 Dusk Hoppers.

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Watch the TV daily, especially Prophecy Quest. Buy everything sold there.

Focus on talking to everyone in the village at summer. Only do mining if you have the time to do it. Here's my usual schedule:
1) Tending crops and animals
2) Go to the mine to exhaust stamina and polish all stones
3) Go to spring to restore stamina
4) Go to Oceanfront if Cole is there, if not, skip this step. The time should be 12-1pm at this point.
5) Go to Benjamin's Craftshop and talk to Hunter, Benjamin, and anyone inside the building
6) Travel the village from Church > Sunflower Farm Shop > Honey Bray Pasture Shop > Meadow Gallery > Indigo's house > Aroma Bakery > LockBall > Town Hall > Post Office (if you didn't meet Senah up to this point) > Mono's General Shop > Wild Rose Clinic > Barley's house (if you didn't meet Barley and Petal in Town Hall)
Feel free to adjust it as you wish, and put your part-time job in the rotation too. Deprioritize the shop that opens until late (Mono's General Shop) or 12 hours (Church, Wild Rose Clinic) if you are running out of time, and prioritize LockBall and shops that close at 5 (Honey Bray Pasture Shop and Aroma Bakery)
7) At 6-8:50pm, make sure to hunt Dusk Hoppers[worldsdawn.fandom.com] every day.
8) Go to Midnight Tavern between 8-10pm.
9) Either mine with whatever time you have left, but do not polish the stone until tomorrow, or fish
10) Put all lifestock back to the barn if it's sunny
11) Go to sleep

Deprioritize mining as much as possible and prioritize talking to people. Gift your marriage candidate as much as possible. Some villagers should also get 3 stars/ribbons too at this point if you talk to them every day, and your marriage candidate should be at 4 before Firelight Festival at 14th Summer.

Focus on doing LockBall everyday. Bet all of your money if you haven't already. Win every matches to increase your skill.

Once Wake and River moved in to the village, prioritize on fishing at night instead of mining. Buy fishing bait and keep on fishing at least once every night until you can buy the Landing Net and upgrade it to the max. Aim to fish at least one of each type of fish. Details here[worldsdawn.fandom.com].

Hunt Dusk Hoppers[worldsdawn.fandom.com] at night. I usually hunt them at 8pm, but you can always hunt them between 6-8:50 pm. Make sure you have some stamina left. You can save catching the ones in day 1-3 for autumn if you want, in case you still want to get used to the new season.

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Save at least 1 Diamond from mining, 1 Brush Heather from foraging, and 1 Sinker Drops for catching Banded Amberjack (more info below).

You should have enough stamina to sprint all day in mine and buildings (use horse for the rest) with 2 Eden Fruits from the previous season.

Farm 7 Juicy Tomatoes, 7 Cobbed Corns, 2 Moon Melons. Sell one of each and keep the rest. Plant the rest of the field with Juicy Tomatoes and only sell them if you need money. Sell one Caramel Wheat if you plant them on spring and turn the rest into Wholesome Flour in the barn. Keep them all. Feel free to plant any other crops for gifts as well.

Once you get the secondhand trade chain quest, do it right away. It takes time for the next event to start. Here[worldsdawn.fandom.com]'s the sequence. Note that you need to take out the item from your inventory to gift it.

Win the swimming contest in Ocean Festival event to get Eden Fruit. Just make sure to hold your dash for faster movement - short bursts won't help. Dive long before the obstacle. Wait until you have 4+ blue bubble before dashing. This is the last event Eden Fruit that you can get. The rest is either by rare chance or require you to get 10 marks (Steam achievements) and Ashen Mask. The mask requires RNG, sadly. I got this from Paxel in Spring, but it's not like I need more stamina at this point.

Donate 2500 to the Town Hall to get a Feral Shade recommendation. I did it in two batches: 1000 and 1500.

Upgrade your house and barn. Buy more livestocks.

Make sure to cover different places too to get at least 6 different fish (you need at least the first Landing Net upgrade for this) to get an achievement. Here[worldsdawn.fandom.com]'s the fish locations.

Firelight festival[worldsdawn.fandom.com] answers. Ask your marriage candidate as always before the event day. Mine is at 6 hearts at this point, so I'm not sure about the minimum requirement.

Strategy for the secret opponent in LockBall tournament: bring the ball to the upper or lower corner on your side to bounce it by kicking it from behind (make sure your opponent is 1 tile in front of you), then push the ball all the way to the left. The enemy will eventually bring the ball upwards, netting the ball to the goal. Repeat if it doesn't work.

When it's storming outside, make sure to talk to Wake (you'll probably meet him on your daily run anyway) for info about Banded Amberjack. Talk to Fable afterward. Make sure you have Diamond and Brush Heather in your inventory. Check here[worldsdawn.fandom.com] for the heather's location, or just buy it in Sunflower Farm Shop. Flip a coin at the fountain in East Village, then go to the mine's 5th floor to check a new fishing spot. Use Sinker Drops to catch it. If there's no storm throughout the season, feel free to do it in the next season. Also, yes, you don't need to upgrade your fishing rod for this.

Prepare dish for Rose Rabbit here[worldsdawn.fandom.com] in summer.

You should get maximum heart with your marriage candidate if you gift them gifts daily. A blue bird will come one day, giving you Dawnstone. Use it to your marriage candidate to propose as soon as possible.

Hide the Tuna
Befriend and bring home a grateful kitten.


Firewater
Strengthen tolerance with 10 alcoholic beverages.
Concoct or buy 10 alcoholic drink (Midnight Tavern sells them), and drink them all. Either Bauble Fizz or Northern Drink should do just fine.

Love Shines
Marry your sweetheart in front of all your friends.


Patchwork
Help Trixie and Ellie return to the village.


Master Athlete
Raise your LockBall skills to their maximum.
Win 34 LockBall matches.

Under Your Nose
Discover the rose rabbit's tasty secret.

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Focus on fishing to upgrade your Landing Net to max. Interact with the townfolks like in the summer too. You don't have to mine unless you need money - profit from your livestocks are enough to sustain yourself.

Don't forget to do LockBall on every sunny day until you max your skills. It's up to you to continue doing it or not afterward.

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Finish the rest of the achievements in summer if you haven't already. I missed some Dusk Hoppers in summer and didn't have enough time to feed the kitten 12 times, so I got those in autumn.

Plant 11 Bulb Onions, 7 Raw Carrots, and 2 Giant Pumpkins. Sell one each. Keep on planting Bulb Onions afterward for Violet.

Buy everything sold in stores if you haven't already. Save the one in Mono's General Shop for later since they sell their items cheaper in Autumn Market.

Go to Oceanfront from time to time to feed the cat. Feeding it 12 times in 12 different days will cause an event on the next day and netting you an achievement. You can feed it with fish daily.

Prepare dish for Rose Rabbit here[worldsdawn.fandom.com] in autumn. Once you have them all, visit the rabbit in the location mentioned in the wiki (depends on the day) and give it all of the food that it asks.

If you want to go the extra mile, craft mixtures[worldsdawn.fandom.com] for gifts too. Fish[worldsdawn.fandom.com] in Oceanfront and Fisherman's Spring to get fish for gifts while you're at it. For the others who have favorite food materials that are sold in the Aroma Bakery, Midnight Tavern, and Wild Rose Clinic, buy it and give it to them. Learn the NPCs route to optimize your gift-finding. Buy Autumn Crocus from Sunflower Farm Shop for Ellie. If you didn't buy this in autumn, you'll have to resort to mining Sapphire, which can be time-consuming to do.

For Harvest Festival, here[worldsdawn.fandom.com]'s the list of foods and points. Just make sure you bring the raw ingredients. I made Corn Souffle, Herbal Tea, and Chewy Chocolate Cookies. I was planning to made Supreme Pizza instead of Corn Souffle but I forgot that they will confiscate the Herbal Mix too - you need to bring the raw ingredients even for the main dish or dessert. Just make sure you get 5 points for each food and you should be fine. Make sure to talk to Petal to retrieve your food and mixtures after the event ends!

Speak in Rainbows
Acquire every available hue of parchment.


Secondhand Hero
Complete the lengthy secondhand trade chain.


Black Rose Forever
Watch every episode of Prophecy Quest.


One Year Ago
Celebrate your one year anniversary since moving to town.


Noah's Legacy
Renew true life and spirit in Sugar Blossom Village.

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If you are an achievement hunter, you only need to relax and do whatever you want until the season ends. There isn't much you can do here except collecting all parchments and finishing the secondhand trade quest if you still hasn't finished it. The tips below is just for those who want the extra mile:

If you want to go an extra mile like me to get all furnitures and increase townsfolk ribbons, buy everything sold in stores (Autumn Bakery, Midnight Tavern, Wild Rose Clinic checkups + sold items) and focus on gifting people every day. Fish at least once a day to catch 3x Bluefin Tuna and 2x Coral Lobster in Oceanfront for gifts.

You can get Cacao Chocolate from Wild Rose Clinic checkups for Bellatrix. Ellie can be gifted with Autumn Crocus, provided that you bought the flowers in Sunflower Seed Farm Shop in autumn. Do a part-time job there every day too just to make sure.

Prioritize in visiting Demetri, Cole, and Alexander early in the morning (before 9am). Set up a portal in front of Demetri's house to make it easier. Head to Sunflower Farm Shop at 9am to get a guarantee chance to meet Annabelle (and Bloom on weekdays). I couldn't find Bloom on weekends, so feel free to leave him out at that time. Wake might be hard to find on saturday. Make sure you go to his shop at 5pm straight. He should be there. As for the rest, feel free to visit them in any order that you want, following their shop opening time. Both Barley and Petal will be in their house at 7pm+, so you don't have to worry about them before that time.

If you have spare Luscious Orange, craft Steamed Lobsters for Paxel. If you don't have it, gifting him Pollengar Sprinkle will do just fine. Make sure to buy that food in the Winter Market later.

Other tricky people:

• Benjamin will go to the beach at morning every saturday.
  
• Bellatrix and Ellie will go to the beach at morning every monday.
  
• Indigo or Brynn should be in front of their house at ~9 am.
  
• Hailey will be on the beach at the morning, and on the bench in Breezy Fields at night every friday.
  
• Marian will be in front of Honey Bray Pasture shop at the morning, and on the bench in Breezy Fields at night every friday. She will be in Senah's house every sunday.
  
• Zachary will be in Midnight Tavern at night every friday.
  
• Violet will be in Breezy Fields at morning every weekends, either in front of the pond or near Logan's house.
  
• Senah will be in the Church at Saturday, and home at sunday.
  
• Mono will be at Meadow Gallery at Saturday, and near Logan's house at sunday.

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Finish the rest of the achievements in summer and autumn if you haven't already.

Buy everything sold in stores if you haven't already. Save the clothings sold in Tailor Trixie's for later since they sell their items cheaper in Winter Market.

Achievement hunters need to take note of this too: If you have bought all unique items[worldsdawn.fandom.com] from Paxel at this point, you should be left with at least 2 parchments that are sold by him. Save on the day before he comes (11st and 25nd), and then check his wares on the next night. Save scum until he sold the parchments. There are 2 times when he come here, so make sure you bought them all. The game has a leeway if you don't buy the items sold when he came first though, and if you didn't do it by now, you'll have to keep on playing after 1 year (I didn't).

Townsfolk Trivia answers[worldsdawn.fandom.com].

Buy a lot of Steamed Lobsters for Paxel in the Winter Market. It's gonna take a long time to increase his ribbons without his favorite food.

I ended up having all villagers except Paxel in 7 ribbons by the end of the year (Paxel is 5 ribbons). I made a few Chewy Chocolate Cookies for Bloom too for the last few days.

All contributors and commenters in the wiki page[worldsdawn.fandom.com], especially for:

• LockBall Bash page[worldsdawn.fandom.com]: this[worldsdawn.fandom.com], this[worldsdawn.fandom.com], and this[worldsdawn.fandom.com] anons.
  
• Rose Rabbit page[worldsdawn.fandom.com]: GamerFoxGrrrl[worldsdawn.fandom.com] for categorizing the dish based on season[worldsdawn.fandom.com].

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