The problem is that the game is so open to different paths. Here’s a basic basic basic basic list:
- Talk to everyone all the time; give people gifts (random fruit is fine mostly) twice a week
- Buy seeds and plant them. Harvest and buy better seeds. Make sure to water them!
- Be on the lookout for forage-able fruits and flowers. Chop down trees so you have wood to build. Learn where stuff is and where gates to future progress are. Mostly they’ll tell you what you need to proceed.
- On rainy days when you don’t have to water, fight monsters in the mine.
- Talking to folks gives you quests. Following the quests gives you stuff and teaches you the game.
- Exploring the world and checking the achievement list teaches you, too.
- The wiki is fantastic, but so are the game interface and menus.