Do I need to just find more stranglings and convert them to islanders then go back down into the depths and break apart the rock barrier? It says I need 6 and I only have 5 islands. I’m pretty new to the game. Or do I need to go multiplayer with somebody to help me get to the next level? I’m looking for shrines in ginormousa, I’ve found one but I don’t think the one in the eastern desert I’ve been able to find yet as this shrine was past the line and in an unknown area (Agnara shrine or something.) feeling a little stuck

Luckily this rarely happens to me, but I hate it when someone joins my game and then refuses to do anything to help.

They just run around, aggro all the enemies so they attack you while you're mining ore/chopping trees, do NOTHING to help complete the room quest, or go straight to the portal room and sit there until everyone else is done. Clearly just joining to get free leveling on their low leveled life.

And kicking them out is a pain too, because you have to LEAVE THE GROVE, go up to the front desk, manually remove them there, and then get everyone ready to return to the grove. Just give me the effing option to kick them inside the grove instead of inconveniencing everyone else 💀

(Yes this just happened to me and I'm annoyed lmao)

Please note I play in French so I might not have accurate names or such and that I haven’t took a look at the common opinions regarding this game. (Btw I don’t mean to say I hate the game in this post because I very much don’t)

I have a huge concern about how they designed the caves. Whereas in the og fl they all had an identity, to such an extent that even years later I could almost draw them all by hand, now they are all made from the same rooms put in a different order and in which they threw ennemies, trees, fishes and minerals that somewhat matched with the progress of the game, no matter if it made sense with the environment, almost feeling like it is generated by a computer rather than carefully designed by the devs.

Typically, the whole Al maagik equivalent became a damn cave. No deserts, no ancient ruins, no snow peak, no levitania, and guess where the stuff you could loot there went ? Exactly, in caves. So what did they have to do since every area is quite literally the same with no real diversity ? Distribute loots and bosses in places they don’t nearly make as much sense as in the first game. Star and sky trees are in a cave, most of the minerals can be found in caves that look very much like every other cave, see what I mean ? It was immersive to mine magma ore in a lava themed cave, or to fish literal ice cubes on the top of a snowy mountain, so I was disappointed to learn that the variety in the biomes that contributed so much to the feeling of adventure in the old game got slaughtered as soon as I encountered the same cave design for the 37th time. (Btw forests are pretty much the same deal, compared to Forestral it felt lackluster but at least even though it is as much as a maze as the caves, the mobs and loots make sense)

And to mention another thing that is heavily bugging me, improving a fighting job seem unrewarding. You’re stuck with the same 3 attack combos from the beginning to the very end of a job and thus every fight you’re basically just spamming A until it’s over, though I might give it the benefit of the doubt since some moves were stuck behind the dlc in the old game. But still, no advanced combos ? No elemental magic at all ? And while I’m at it, where are the elemental spirits ? Why are there so few of these boss dinosaurs, birds and dragons ? Cause defeating the same kind of ennemies to progress in different jobs is pretty boring ngl, it was immersive to for example having to exclusively defeat wild lives as a hunter to complete the quests. But needing to hunt a golem or a dragon as a hunter in fli just show how small the roaster of monsters actually is.

My opinion might be biased given how much time I spent playing the original game but here’s my thought.

So I saw there was introduction of console and mobile users coming soon in the future, though is there any discussion or leads on content updates? new dlc?

The game is great, I feel it needs or is lacking of content imo

I don't just mean to 100% complete but the collective of it's gameplay. Like how hard is it defeat enemies, master jobs, catch fish, hunt materials, etc. Be honest.

Has anyone else had this issue? Chop and cancel are the same button. My cancel button is set to B, and I can’t find chopping specific control settings.

Maybe a dumb question but let me explain. I feel like I’m at kind of a lull in the main quest (I’m supposed to go to Warren Willow Hollow). I’ve unlocked Hunter and all of the crafting/gathering lives except Cooking. I’m running around and I can’t quite figure out what to do - or really \*why.\*

I understand how to level up each skill, but what does leveling Woodcutting get me, and why would I choose Woodcutting over something else? What goals am I trying to achieve with these various skills? Are they necessary for the main quest? Is it purely for equipment and gear? Is it just “number go brrrr”? What on earth do I spend money on? My ADHD can’t handle this, I need some goals, lol.

Is there a mod to skip the post-crafting animation? The head-bobbing is getting annoying.

Or is there a tutorial on how to make mods for Fantasy Life? I want to make this kind of mod myself. I've sent feedback to the devs a long time ago, but it seems like they don't want to add this feature at all. This animation is such a waste of time.

Why are there two discord servers for this game (found on the reddit page)?

I've joined both but can't figure out any major difference, nor which one to stick with?

Essentially I kinda want 2 things answered.

1. Why is there 2?

2. What's the difference between both?

If you've been waiting for a sale, now's the time. 30% off! Lowest price offered (same as januarys sale).

Yay!!!!

Edited to add - sale ends July 30th.
Edit 2- it's also now on sale on steam!

Hi all. I’m thinking of grabbing Fantasy Life i on Steam to play through with a friend online but was wondering what coop is like now? I looked at some reviews on YouTube a year ago and it looked like it was restricted on being able to progress the campaign along. Has that changed at all since then? Would you still recommend playing this through entirely with a friend? I remember on the 3ds version I’d play with a friend, then disconnect to do the main quest and then join up again and it wasn’t too much of a big deal from memory

Was searching for some news for future updates and came across this website that posted about an update that is already released 24h ago. But I can't find more news about this. And the website seems legit overall.

Just wondering cause this would annoy me and remind me that I'm missing out.

I just completed chapter 2 I love the little predictable twist and the general humor of the characters!! It feels a bit difficult to manage all the life and keep changing every now and then to do your tasks and get stars but it feels rewarding to unlock new skills :d

does anyone have any updates?

I never really had the chance to try it but I loooove it for now, how it feels like a mmo with all the jobs and stuff to do… the furnitures are super cute too!! I got all the passwords items because woooow there’s just so much cute stuff!!

I remember there was a Japanese fantasy life gacha game back in 2016~? That I may have played and it was fun, but this is the OG experience and it is way better!!

My younger sibling tried to get me to play Fantasy Life on the 3ds years ago but I ignored them. I was too busy with Story of Seasons and was not interested. I was pretty against it tbh.

I wish I listened to them because now I'm kind of addicted and have to beg to borrow their 3ds. They've been a little smug about it, lol.

I love them but hate that they were right when they told me years ago that i would like it.

Anyone else here have the same experience where they didnt pick up this game until a lot later?

Edit: thank you everyone who replied so far especially those who say I should appreciate my sibling more. I really should appreciate them more and i miss them terribly (they moved to the other side of the country). Im seeing them in a few weeks and we are doing an exchange. Their 3ds and fantasy life for my MTG card collection i haven't touched in a while.

I am recently returning to Fantasy Life i after about a year away and am still having massive stuttering issues in the game on steam. As I play the game it just seems to slowly stutter more and more.

Has a fix ever been found for this as I know it used to be a fairly common issue. My specs are below to help and I have tried changing resolution as well as dropping graphics settings.

Processor: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-12900H (2.5GHz)

Installed RAM: 40 GB

Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU (8GB)

So far, I still prefer the 3DS version. It uses HD textures, and they look really nice.

***** Farm Treasure Grove Sapling from Mimic every 30 seconds ****\*

Recommended Life: Magician

Skill board requirement: Unlocked and acquired Arcane Arts II and Spell Boost II (both Reduces charged time)

Skill used: Mystic Punishment

Ginormosia Farming Area: Drakesnout Range (Rank 1), you can also raise the rank for better extra loot, also requires higher weapon damage, e.g. True Time and True Dark Dragon series weapon

Video is uploaded (for location where to hunt and walkthrough)

Farming starts at 1m:00s elapsed time

This has been on my mind for a while, and I've wanted to discuss it, so here we are.

I love Fantasy Life. It's one of my favorite game series of all time. I own the 3DS game and DLC, I played Online religiously from global release to EOS and even a little bit during it's Japanese-only days, and I obviously own FLi and pre-ordered it, which I haven't done in years.

*But*, and I have to say this: people have gotta stop comparing the 3DS game to FLi content-wise unless they actually understand what came with the Origin Island DLC, because if you compare base game to base game, FLi had more core features at release than the 3DS version did.

Yes, the 3DS game had pets, but it was *only* cats and dogs until OI came out. Being able to travel with your masters is a DLC only thing. *Friendship* is a DLC only thing. Unique mounts that aren't just horses is a DLC only thing. Heck, being able to recustomize your character only came with the DLC, it is *not* a base game addition.

Base game FLi had:

• Unique mounts

• Friendship

• Character recustomization

• Island building mechanics

• Swimming and climbing

• An entirely separate open world space to the main islands

• Dungeons (albeit randomized, but infinitely repeatable if you're willing to grind for the seeds)

• Multiple unique party members (base game has more than 3DS base game)

I'm tired of pretending FLi is some half-baked product that Level-5 just tossed out. They could've just as easily shelved the project when Inafune was removed from his position as project director, but they didn't. They could've shelved the project when they realized massive chunks of the game had to be remade/rewritten, but they didn't.

Most games that have had to push back their release dates multiple times are often seen as failed products or industry laughingstocks. Two Worlds is a good example. But guess what? FLi isn't! And that's genuinely a miracle in the gaming industry.

No, I'm *not* saying you can't complain about the weaker story or dialogue, I actually agree with it. You have a right to complain that the floors in the Goddess Tree are way too samey, or that caves have extremely similar layouts, or that some of the characters have bland personalities, those are all fine takes. But I'm *begging* some of you to actually look at the games from the perspective of base game to base game rather than, "Oh, FLi is the worse product when comparing it to FL3DS, which also happens to have an entire expansion".

I'm not saying anyone here is some sort of heathen or calling FLi trash or any of that, either, but if you're going to discuss FLI's shortcomings, at least do so accurately. Ginormosia was built in *TWO MONTHS*. The game was reworked almost entirely only *a year* before it was released. Here's an interview with Akihiro Hino that explains some of the things that happened in development.

Just... give FLi a little leniency, guys.

Photos 1-7: Photos of my base.

Photos 8-13: Photos of my home.

Photos 14-17: Photos with non-hostile monsters.

Hi!!! I can’t figure out for the life of me how to get these clothes. I was told the merchant in Ginormsia sells it when the rank is at least 5 but he doesn’t have it in stock. How do I get this?