Petit Planet beginner guide

Your first day

You arrive as a Planet Tender and are greeted by Mobai, who registers your planet. The first tutorials teach you to gather fruit, fish and catch bugs. Some buildings, like your house and the museum, finish the next day, so part of the progress is paced in real time. Don't worry about rushing: most tools are available right away.

Growing the Luca Arbor

The Luca Arbor in your main plaza is the heart of your progress. Completing tasks, main story quests and Neighbor requests fills jars of Luca, which you pour onto the tree. Each new level expands your planet: the beach opens, farming unlocks, new Neighbors arrive and you get Luca Fruits for decoration. In the final beta, winter (with snow and new materials) unlocked after Luca Arbor level 9.

Daily activities

• Gathering: fruit, wood, stone and flowers.
• Fishing and bug catching: catches go into your Ecotank, and later into the museum.
• Farming: unlocked as the Luca Arbor grows. Yunguo's requests teach the basics. The final beta added flower crossbreeding for new flower types.
• Cooking: the final beta added batch cooking, so you can make several of the same recipe at once.
• Building and decorating: place furniture, reshape the terrain and use Vignettes, preset scenes that build themselves once you have every piece.
• Style: over 1,000 clothing and furniture items can be earned by playing, and you can dye your hair using flowers.

Currencies

• Dough: the main currency. Earn it by selling fish, fruit and food, and through small food delivery quests.
• Loomi: earned by filling your daily Footprints Journal, and spent at a vending machine.
• Lumia Batteries: power for Starsea Voyages, with a limited number each day.
• Jellies: earned in Galactic Bazaar minigames and events, and traded for items.

These names come from the betas. We will confirm them, and list any paid currency, on launch day.

Starsea Voyages

Once unlocked, a flying van takes you across the Starsea to small islets with resources your planet doesn't have, such as quartz and new plants and fruit. Each trip uses a Lumia Battery and covers a couple of islets. You can bring one Neighbor, who gathers based on their skills, and you can meet new Neighbors on islets and invite them to your planet. Ranking up a Neighbor's own small planet, their Planette, rewards more Lumia Batteries.

Galactic Bazaar and multiplayer

The Galactic Bazaar is the shared hub: a stage, instruments, a café, social minigames, auctions and events that pay out jellies. Outside the Bazaar, you connect with other players by sending and receiving anonymous Star Notes, which can lead to visiting each other's planets. What visitors can do on your planet depends on the permissions you set. Public chat is limited to certain spaces.

Tips for launch day

• Pour Luca onto the Arbor as soon as you have it: every level opens up more of the planet.
• Use your daily Lumia Batteries, since the daily amount is limited.
• Talk to every Neighbor each day and note what they like before giving gifts.
• Don't sell all your fruit and flowers early: some are needed for cooking, crossbreeding and Neighbor requests.
• Join the Seasonal Creation Event, which starts on launch day, if you enjoy decorating.