r/Spiritfarer • • Aug 22 '20

General FAQ and Questions Megathread Spoiler

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Make sure to read the introduction part and be careful of spoilers here and in the comments

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Hi there! due to the increasingly massive large influx of questions on the sub, here is a megathread where this can hopefully answer most of your questions. If you still have a question feel free to ask in a comment or join the unofficial community discord. Make sure to read at your own discretion as there is a lot of spoilers of what is in the game.

First thing to know This game just got released, it is massively buggy. If a spirit disappears or you get locked in conversations or something of the like, best to save and quit and re enter the game. If that does not fix it look at or contact or look at Thunder Lotus support or their official discord.

Second thing to cover is if you are lost, take a deep breath, relax and look around. Take your time with the spirits as this is a game about death, they won't spend forever with you.

Need to know a location? check for the coords on the wiki

Resources

Sometimes you might need to release a spirit to progress the game, so sometimes you might need to let them go to upgrade your ship.

Also keep in mind you can find random resources looking through crates so if you are a bit lost, look around your area for crates and see if it is pulling up materials you need, you're probably in the right spot. You might also need upgrades such as double jump or glide or bounce to get certain materials listed.

Rocks (Location spoilers, boat upgrade spoilers)

While not all locations are listed, here is a basic area of where you can get stuff

Need to know a location? check for the coords on the wiki

  • Coal - Mount Toroyama, Hoseki Quarry, (icebreaker ship upgraded needed) Kaltstein Mines
  • Limestone - Mosstein Cove, Iwashima Countryside
  • Quartz - (Summer spoiler!!!) Quartz Dragon
  • Slate - Mount Toroyama, Hoseki Quarry
  • Marble - (icebreaker ship upgraded needed) Kaltstein Mines

Powders (Location Spoilers, boat upgrade spoilers)

Boat building spoilers: you need a crusher to make powders.

  • Lime - limestone - found in Mosstein Cove, Iwashima Countryside
  • Silica - quartz (summer spoiler) Quartz dragon
  • Carbon - coal (Mount Toroyama, Hoseki Quarry, (icebreaker ship upgraded needed) Kaltstein Mines, cooking logs, planks)
  • Comet - comet rocks

Ores (Location spoilers, boat upgrade spoilers)

Need to know a location? check for the coords on the wiki

  • Copper - Greenhalten Bay, Iwashima Countryside, Mount Toroyama
  • Iron - Hoseki Quarry
  • Aluminum - (Summer spoiler!!!) Aluminum dragon
  • Silver - (Summer spoiler!!!) Silver dragon
  • Zinc - (rockbreacker ship upgrade needed) Southpoint Docks, Floatsam Shores
  • Gold - (lantern ship upgrade needed) Crow's End Inc, Obscure Canopy, (Spirit Spoiler!!!) Gold dragon

Wood (Location spoilers, boat upgrade spoilers)

Need to know a location? check for the coords on the wiki

Boat building spoilers: you need a sawmill to make planks and you need Atul to work on it to make it functional.

  • Maple - Mosstein Cove, Barkensheim Creek, Greenhalten Bay,
  • Oak - Gurenu Fields, Iwashima Countryside, Resutenu Meadows
  • Ash - (rockbreaker ship upgrade needed) Oxbury, Ambertown Park, Sunpring
  • Pine - (lantern ship upgrade needed) Obscure Canopy, Shadow Forest

Other Resources

  • Silk - Get an orchard and put a mulberry seed in it
  • Any Sheet (Glass, Bronze, Etc) - Get a smithy building on your ship, if you do not see it upgrade your ship.
  • Glass - Smelt glass bottles
  • Cotton - Loneberg, chests around the ice area.

Event Based (Spirit spoilers)

  • Bright Jelly - Gwen's event, go into any area with a dark purple spot that has glowing jelly fish on the map and start the event
  • Lightning in a Bottle - Atul's event, go into any stormy area and start the event
  • Nebula fibre - Alice's event, around where you get here there will be night zones with a strange bug/skeleton looking symbol, go into those and start the event
  • Fireglow - Gustav's event, go into any area with a dark purple spot that has glowing fireflies on the map and start the event
  • Bottled Ectoplasm - Get stanley, follow his quests
  • Comet Rock - Giovanni's event, Ship upgrade needed to break through rocks, go into the comet marking areas and start the event
  • Pulsar Ore - Bruce and Mickey's event, ship upgrade needed to break through rocks, go through an area that looks like it has rays and start the event
  • XP Bottles - Buck's event, do his quest, when finished you can go to his desk after he states he cannot go through the everdoor

Spirits (Story and Location Spoiler warning)

  • Gwen - First spirit, your game would have to break to not get her.
  • Atul - Second spirit, just ask him to come on board.
  • Summer - Third spirit, you should also just ask and they should come on board

The rest you can find completely at your own pace. Spoilers abound for upgrades you need to find certain characters.

  • Alice - Upgrades needed: none | Location: Mount Toroyama | Quest: Feed a sheep from a neighboring island to follow you on your boat and feed it again so it follows you to the island Alice is on. Make her cottage and talk to her again.
  • Astrid - Upgrades needed: Double jump | Location: Bottom Line Corp | Quest: Go through her quest it is straightforward, the CEO is on the upper left area of the area you are in.
  • Giovanni - Upgrades needed: Icebreaker Ship upgrade | Quest: Follow Astrid's quest.
  • Gustav - Upgrades needed: Double jump, icebreaker ship upgrade | Location: Furogawa | Quest: Do the quest and he will join you.
  • Stanley - You need to fish around or shop at the wandering trader until you get red mysterious seeds, plant it in the garden and let it grow.
  • Bruce and Mickey - Upgrades needed: Rockbreaker ship upgrade | Location: Southport | Quest: Do his quest and he should be yours.
  • Buck - Upgrades needed: Double jump and Bounce | Location: Hikarishima Lighthouse | Quest: Talk to him and he will join your ship.
  • Elena - Upgrades needed: Double jump, glide, and possibly dash, Lantern ship upgrade | Location: Crow's End Inc | Quest: Talk to her and she will come with you.

Upgrades (Location Spoiler warning)

All upgrades cost 2 Obols, some spirits are less willing to give obols than others so wait a bit in their quests.

Need to know a location? check for the coords on the wiki

  • Double Jump - Hummingberg
  • Glide - Furogawa
  • Zipline - Nordeweiler
  • Bounce - Oxbury
  • Dash - Requires Double jump, glide, and bounce, located in Greymist Peaks
  • Shine - Complete Buck's quest

Building Upgrades (WIP)

  • Kitchen - Atul
  • Garden - Villa Maggiore, do Gwen's quest
  • Field - Hoseki Quarry, glide upgrade needed
  • Loom - Villa Maggiore Blueprint Chest
  • Sawmill - Treasure Map
  • Foundry - Treasure Map
  • Windmill - Talk to an npc in Alt Harbour for Hummingberg Preservation Society (Shenanigan)
  • Orchard - Obscure Canopy Shenanigan
  • Sheep Corral - Southpoint Docks. Youll need Bounce. Located in the upper right area above the lift.
  • Chicken Coop - in the shrine on the house in Loneberg
  • Crusher -
  • Cow Stall - movie director quest on Loneberg
  • Smithy - Susan's museum, have to have enough minerals and sheets to get the 3rd reward in that line.
  • Cellar - Misty Woods 148, 152, double jump and zipline needed

Recipes / Food (Location, quest spoilers)

Look to this wiki page for all the recipes, spoilers inbound.

  • To get Fat - you need a crusher and you need to crush sunflower seeds
  • To get Tuna Tataki - you need Tuna and a savory vegetable such as onion, garlic, or olive which is near the Oxbury area
  • Savory Vegetable - onion, garlic, or olive
  • Pork - Buy in Furogawa or Nordweiler
  • Chicken - Nordweiler
  • Egg - Oxbury
  • Maple Syrup - Wandering Trader errands

Spirit's favorite food

  • Gwen - Black Coffee (coffee beans)
  • Atul - Pork Chops (pork)
  • Summer - Grain Salad (grain + veggie/mushroom)
  • Alice - Veggie-pot pie (flour + veggie)
  • Gustav - Surstromming (herring (cellar))
  • Astrid - Noodle Soup (rice flour)
  • Giovanni - Beef Fondue (beef + fat)
  • Stanley - French Fries (potato + fat)
  • Bruce and Mickey - Garlic Bread (wheat flour + garlic)
  • Buck - Tomato Pizza (wheat Flour + tomato)
  • Elena - Green Salad (leaf veggie + fat)

Quests (Quest spoilers, spirit spoilers)

  • Stanley requires a "tchochke", all you need to give him is a treasure such as an old carpet, painting or ring, he will accept any.
  • How to get to the CEO in Bottom Line Corp Needs double jump
  • Stuck on Astrid's quest and she is refusing to talk to you? try talking to Olga [81, 28] and/or Masha [-91, 135] to see if that fixes it.
  • Need to fish Tuna or fish in general and they keep getting away? Try this method
  • Is Atul gone after one quest and i just have his spirit flower? that is suppose to happen, you dont get a goodbye

Ceramic Figurine locations

Tutorial here

  • "quaint" figurine - (character spoiler) part of Gustav's storyline, given to you by Gustav.
  • "delicate" figurine - (potential location spoiler) After purchasing the key to hummingberg, found in the chest in the ground floor of the locked building directly east of Theodore the shopkeeper.
  • "grand" figurine - Found in the cave system in Mount Toroyama, follow the power lines that are found on the hallway above the ladders into the ceiling.
  • "sublime" figurine - (location and skill spoilers) Crow's End Inc. requires dash, traverse the cliffside all the way west until you reach the chest at the end.

Fish

Taken from XO#2291's (on discord) information spreadsheet

Name Region Time Weather
Albacore Tuna Spot (Furogawa) Any Any
Anchovy Mist 2 Midnight Clear
Bay Shrimp Furogawa Dawn/Morning/Midnight Clear
Black Tiger Shrimp Hummingberg, Oxbury Noon/Midnight Rain
Bluefin Tuna Tuna Spot (Nordweiler) Any Snow
Blue Salmon Nordweiler Any Clear
Char Nordweiler Any Clear
Clam Oxbury Any Any
Cobia Mist 1, Mist 2 Any Clear
Cod Furogawa, Mist 1 Midnight/Dawn Any
Cuttlefish Oxbury Evening Clear
Eel Hummingberg, Oxbury Any Rain
Empty Shell Any Any Any
Flounder Oxbury Noon/Midnight Any
Giant Scallop Oxbury Any Any
Haddock Mist 1, Mist 2 Morning/Noon Clear
Halibut Mist 1, Mist 2 Any Clear
Hard-shell Clam Oxbury, Mist 1, Mist 2 Any Clear
Herring Any Any Any
King Salmon Oxbury Any Clear
Lobster Nordweiler, Oxbury Noon/Midnight Any
Mackerel Furogawa, Oxbury Any Rain
Mahi-Mahi Oxbury Any Clear
Common Mussel Any Any Any
Octopus Oxbury Any Clear
Oyster Oxbury Any Any
Scallop Nordweiler Any Any
Snow Crab Nordweiler Any Any
Sockeye Salmon Mist 1, Mist 2 Noon/Midnight Clear
Sole Hummingberg, Furogawa, Mist 1 Dawn/Midnight Any
Squid Hummingberg, Furogawa, Oxbury Any Any
Urchin Mist 2 Any Any

Other


r/Spiritfarer • • Jan 07 '21

Reminder - Use reddits built-in spoiler feature on all spoilers! Also, DO NOT PUT SPOILERS IN YOUR TITLE. It will show up even if you spoiler your post. Spoiler

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Posts that arent spoilered will be spoilered to the best of my abilities and any spoilers in the title of a post will make me remove the post.


r/Spiritfarer • • 1d ago

Media Deer lady

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The first one, the loved one


r/Spiritfarer • • 2d ago

Help Easier way to collect marble?

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I am replaying spiritfarer and have been having trouble getting marble. I need it to build the rock crusher as I use the marble I got to build a mill so that I could make Alice her favorite food before she went through the everdoor. I spent hours on Saturday going to different shipwrecks to get the marble. And now I need eight more to make the rock crusher. I know about the mine but I can't do that without the zip line and can't get the zip line without another spirit. I can't find another spirit that I can get right now without the rock crusher. I don't remember this being this difficult last time I played.


r/Spiritfarer • • 4d ago

Help How To Get Places and Materials

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I never played games growing up besides on my ds. i got a switch 2 years ago for christmas to play animal crossing. i just got spiritfarer and really enjoy it, but im not an avid gamer. a lot of this is still quite confusing and im trying to figure out how to get to bottom line corp and get oak logs. this has been a struggle for two days. any ideas?!


r/Spiritfarer • • 6d ago

General Project Update 14

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I’m alive and so is the project! Life got busy and I fell off of it for a bit, but I am proud to say that I have finished painting the buildings! The next step is painting the ship itself and the navigation room. Now that they are all painted, which ones are your favorites?


r/Spiritfarer • • 6d ago

Media Trimming

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Tell the truth - how often have you left your little clouds on legs unattended?


r/Spiritfarer • • 6d ago

Media Love for "Dredge"

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So I rarely play video games anymore. Most AAA titles just don't interest me. What most captures my attention is indie artsy games that are really trying to do something different. Obviously Spiritfarer fits that mold. Also I love Disco Elysium, Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey, and games like Firewatch and What Remains of Edith Finch.

Last night I sought to discover something on Game Pass that scratched the Spiritfarer itch. Meaning "cozy" of course: not too intense or difficult, with a fun resource management gameplay loop. But also with really interesting art and themes.

I think I struck gold by finding "Dredge." I don't see it mentioned a lot on here, so I wanted to recommend it and also see what other people who have played it think about it?

Basically you're a new fisherman in a region full of islands. (The map is reminiscent of Spiritfarer in that way.) If you're into Lovecraft/"cosmic horror" the influence there is almost immediately apparent: You find deformed fish that look like they came from outer space, and no one knows exactly why that's happening. There's something creepy going on in the water at night, and after several hours, I still don't know exactly what. I haven't been attacked by anything yet. There's just some kind of unseen alien or supernatural force that is changing things, and probably driving people mad. At the same time the art style is kind of light-hearted and cartoonish; it doesn't lean too hard into being scary or "dark" despite its setting and themes, something else that reminds me of Spiritfarer.

I'm just excited about this game and wanted to share!


r/Spiritfarer • • 8d ago

Bug / Glitch Everdoor Bug

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Hi all,

Been playing Spiritfarer with my girlfriend on the PS5 and we've run into a bug with the Everdoor.

At the time, we had 4 spirits ready to go;

Gustav

Beverly

Astrid

Stanley

Gustav and Beverly went fine, but when trying to take Stanley, he agreed to go, approches the small boat and then stops. No other spirits will talk to us.

Looking at the the Thunder Lotus (TL) site, and speaking to their support, they're aware of the issue, but it won't be fixed. We cannot recover a save from the cloud as it's already been overwritten.

We've tried all the obvious things;

Leave and come back

Close the game and re-open

Get another spirit ready to go to the door (Elena)

Sadly, none of these have worked. Does anyone have a solution to this? TL support suggested some players have seen it work again, but we've had no luck.


r/Spiritfarer • • 9d ago

General New game from the Spiritfarer team just launched a demo on Steam

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Hello everyone! I'm Alison, one of the community managers at Thunder Lotus, just dropping by to let you know that the team behind Spiritfarer just dropped a demo for their next game, At Fate's End, on Steam 😊

If you've been following us since we announced At Fate's End back in 2025, you may have noticed that this new game is more action-focused, but don't worry, it's still a story heavy game with a lot of feels. Our Creative Director Nick says it best: “With At Fate’s End, we’re taking everything we learned from Spiritfarer — that rich emotional core, that interplay of mechanics and narrative — and pushing it into new territory. This is a more intense, more action-driven game, but no less intimate. It’s about how families break apart — and how they might come back together.”

Hope you'll like it!

EDIT: just want to add that if like me, you're not so good at action games, there's a combat difficulty modifier available in your inventory under "State" ⚔️


r/Spiritfarer • • 10d ago

Feels 2nd time playing through Spiritfarer, this time is after personal loss

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I played Spiritfarer back in 2023-2024 when it was a free game on Playstation. Loved it, even though I bawled (like most do). It was the first video game to make me feel this way. Well. June of this year, I lost my grandma. She was immensely special to me and I never really knew a life without her just a short drive away. My partner suggested I replay the game and I have been putting it off for one reason or another. But I decided today is the day to start it and start trying to process. I cried hearing the menu music. I dont know how im gonna get through this game a second time, even though its one of my favorites of all time but I also know that the games message would really help me get through grieving(not that theres a rush. I just feel a little bit of grief then tuck it back away in its file, which ik isnt healthy).

Honestly I just really needed to get it off my chest. Like im assigning meaning to this playthrough by admitting im stuck in grieving and cant seem to get myself out of it on the hard days.


r/Spiritfarer • • 11d ago

Media Summer's garden

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r/Spiritfarer • • 11d ago

Feels I’m playing Spiritfarer again.

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I’ve been through somethings since I last played, but it brings me comfort so I’ll play again.


r/Spiritfarer • • 11d ago

Media We made a song inspired by Summer's story

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We'd appreciate you checking it out!


r/Spiritfarer • • 11d ago

Help Three’s company quest

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Must I do this quest to get Daria n Jackie onboard??


r/Spiritfarer • • 12d ago

General Spiritfarer Quote in Wedding Program

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My partner and I played Spirifarer together, so it felt appropriate to sneak a quote and image of Stella onto the memorial page of our wedding program.


r/Spiritfarer • • 12d ago

General Just visiting

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I came here wondering if this might be a good game for me.

My health isn't looking so good, and I've been doing a lot of crying. Mostly I try to act like nothing's wrong, or I try to outrun it, but my step is slower these days.

Some of the first gameplay tips I saw were about not letting sheep loose on your boat or they'll eat all your stuff.

That made me laugh a little bit.

Thank you

Edit: Thank you all so much for sharing your stories and your kind words with me. I don't feel so alone anymore.


r/Spiritfarer • • 12d ago

Help Quick question about sales

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No, I haven't played the game yet. No I don't need convincing, I'm sold on it, this game made Yahtzee cry, that's all I need. It's about sales.

So I'm seeing Steam selling this at an absolute banger of a discount. 3,04? Hell yeah!

But as much as I appreciate Steam, I'd rather get stuff on GOG. Especially after recent events regarding licenses and such. But the game sadly isn't discounted on GOG. Is there a reason for this, other than the devs simply not having agreed to it?


r/Spiritfarer • • 19d ago

Bug / Glitch Lots of glitches on switch

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Hi everyone. I have been playing on and off for a few months with no issues but in the last few days there have been some glitches in the game. Anyone else experienced these? This includes:

- A character calling for me during a comet shower, but I cant engage with them to start the event as they are stuck on a stair

- Planting a new tree in the orchard and it automatically planting a cherry tree when I wanted to plant a different one. I deleted the orchard and built a new one and it did the same thing.

- As above but with the garden and carrots

- Going to sleep and the screen going black and not waking up. Had to do a hard reset of console.


r/Spiritfarer • • 21d ago

Media Visited the real Everdoor last week, Rakotzbrücke, Kromlau, Germany

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Took me 8 hrs of commute just to take this picture. I don't regret it! :)


r/Spiritfarer • • 24d ago

General What should I play next

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Pictured are all the games I've played so far on my switch. I was kicked off the Switch sub for asking a boring question I guess. Dicks. Hopefully you can get the vibe of what kind of game I enjoy from this 💖


r/Spiritfarer • • 24d ago

General Two points about music in Spiritfairer

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1) The original music for the game really is great. It successfully evokes a beautiful ambience on the ship as the diurnal cycle progresses and helps add to the distinctiveness of each island destination.

2) I'm thinking of replaying the game with a deliberate strategy of having as many spirits aboard the vessel as I can who play music that makes other spirits cheerful. Apart from Atul, who should I be collecting?


r/Spiritfarer • • 29d ago

Feels I AM OBSESSED WITH THIS GAME!!!

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I am 53 and my adult son played through Spiritfarer and recommended it to me-I have been playing non-stop for days now, I love EVERYTHING about it!!! The gameplay, the artwork, the characters and especially the life lessons. Kudos to the Devs, this game is amazing and I hope they make more editions or spinoffs or what-have-you of this game!!!


r/Spiritfarer • • Sep 14 '26

Feels It's Time.

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I started my journey with spirit fairer after downloading it through game pass as a way to pass the time when recovering from Top Surgery after vaguely remembering I saw some interestinv things about it. I think its fitting to finish it only a couple days before it leaves game pass.

It's gotten me through a lot, dealing with physical changes, emotional changes, life changes. It's a beautiful game with such a beautiful story that's definitely left me changed.

Id love more content but I'm also so content with what we have, everyone passed on satisfied, my boat is the besy it can be, and the sky is full of constellations.


r/Spiritfarer • • Sep 12 '26

Feels 6 months ago, the vending machine song made me so angry that I quite literally bit my switch and broke the screen

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Yepp. I did that. And I just got a new one. And I rage quit again. Fuck this bat. She doesn't get to pass on. I'm sorry? I thought I was playing a comfy cozy wozy 'mmm snuggles and tea' kinda game. I didn't realize the creators would want to give me an aneurysm and a seizure at the same time?