Sunflower Land is designed as a journey. From a humble farmer planting seeds to a master explorer unlocking rare resources, crafting advanced items, and shaping the economy. This guide serves as your compass in exploring the vast world of Sunflower Land.
For returning players please read the recap section first.
¶ I. EARLY GAME
Your journey begins after creating a Farm. Learn and explore the basics on the Basic/Tutorial Island.
¶ 1. Tools & Gathering Wood & Minerals
Gathering resources is your first task. Start chopping down Trees for Wood using the Axe tool provided to you. As you advance, you'll be able to mine Minerals (Gold, Iron, and Stone). The right tool is needed to harvest each kind of resource node. Tools are consumables (ex. you lose 1 Axe each time you chop down 1 Tree) thus you're going to craft more Tools at Blacksmith's Workbench for future gathering.
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¶ 2. Land Expansion
You can expand your land to increase space and discover more Resource nodes once you've acquired the expansion materials required. Completing an expansion will instantly regenerate most Resource Nodes (Trees, Stone, Iron, Gold, Crimstone and Oil Wells only). You can use Gems to instantly complete the Expansion time (Basic/Tutorial and Petal Island only).
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Resources needed for future expansions.
¶ 3. Seeds & Growing Crops
After finishing your initial Land Expansion you'll be able to plant and harvest crops by unlocking the Crop Plots. You can buy more seeds and sell your harvested crops for Coins at Betty's Market. It will always be Spring Season on the Basic/Tutorial Island which only allows you plant crops/produce limited for Spring Season. You'll unlock the full four-seasons once you upgrade to Petal Island.
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¶ 4. Cooking & Leveling
After finishing your second Land Expansion, you discover the Fire Pit (a type of Cooking Building). You can now cook and prepare food to feed and level up your Bumpkin. For additional food options, construct the other Cooking Buildings from the Blacksmith's Workbench Build Tab.
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¶ 5. Deliveries
Delivery is a system where NPCs request specific items (Crops, Resources, Food, Flowers and Crafted items) in exchange for rewards like Coins, $FLOWER, and Chapter Tickets. You can ignore Chapter Ticket deliveries at this stage.
To complete a delivery, travel through the World Map to various locations (Plaza, Beach, and Kingdom) and interact with the corresponding NPC. The first 15 deliveries refresh automatically while deliveries from the 16th onward reset once daily at 00:00 UTC. Each day, a new NPC delivery is assigned (same for all players).
However keep in mind that not all deliveries are profitable nor worth completing. You can only skip a delivery on the following day it is assigned.
More info regarding NPC Delivery.
¶ 6. Water Well & Plot Fertility
Some Crop Plots appear dried up when you discover them which makes them unusable for planting. Building a Water Well gives them their plot fertility that enables you to plant crops on them. You need to upgrade your Water Well as you unlock more Crop Plots.
¶ 7. Currency / Coupons
There are plenty of in-game currency which might confuse you at first. Below is a list that coves most of the currencies you would encounter.
The primary currencies:
- $FLOWER - main Token of Sunflower Land; Used for purchasing at the Market Place; $FLOWER Auctions.
- Gems - used for Gem Restocks, VIP purchase, Land Expansions Cost, Gem Auctions.
- Coins - used to buy Seeds & Tools; Land Expansion and Building Cost, Potion Room.
Some supplementary currencies:
- Love Charms - can be exchanged to $FLOWER (50 LC=1 $FLOWER); Used to buy at the Love Shop.
- Marks - used for purchasing at Eldric (Faction Shop).
- Emblems - used to boost the Marks earned in Faction Tasks.
- Chapter Tickets - currently Bracelets (Chapter 11); Used for Ticket Auctions and purchasing at Stella's Shop.
- Potion Tickets - used for purchasing at Eins' Potion Shop.
More info regarding in-game currency.
¶ 8. Restocking
The Daily Shipment provides only a small number of basic/medium seeds and tools. Skills do not affect the Daily Shipment. Restocking the Market, Workbench or Treasure Shop requires Gems as payment. Using Gems for restocks is an intended part of the game’s progression.
More info regarding stocks & limits.
¶ 9. Skills & Specialization
Skills gives you the ability to enhance your farming experience by providing a multitude of boosts and quality of life functions. You gain one Skill point per Bumpkin level increase. Allocate your skill points carefully and strategically especially at this stage.
You can redistribute your skill points via the skill reset. Each player receives a free skill reset then the next one becomes available after 180-days. If you want to reset your skills before the 180-day cooldown period, you'll have to spend some Gems. Gem cost increases incrementally after each Gem reset.
More info regarding Skills and Specialization.
¶ 10. Limited Market Place Access
You can purchase crops, resources, power-ups, and cosmetic items at the Marketplace. However, selling items (for $FLOWER) is still locked at this stage.
More info regarding Market Place (link to mp interface).
¶ 11. Reputation
Increase your Reputation to unlock more game features (Market-Place Listings and Offers, $FLOWERS Deliveries and more).
More info regarding Reputation.
¶ 12. Proof of Humanity / Verification
This protocol is in place to prevent abuse of system via multi-accounting and botting. The face scans do not store your face an image/selfie but only as a graphical representation.
¶ 13. Minting of Farm / Store on Chain
Minting your Farm turns your land into an NFT and registers your it on the blockchain, granting it the access to blockchain transactions.
To mint your farm, you must have POL for gas fee and reach Seedling Reputation (250 reputation points). Go to the Retreat and head north-east and look for the the Goblin with Wallet Icon.
After your farm is minted, you can now withdraw and deposit wearables, collectibles, and in-game items. A minted farm is required for $FLOWER withdrawal but is not required for $FLOWER deposit. The "Mint Your Farm" button will be replaced to the "Store On-Chain" option once minting is complete.
Store on chain saves your game progress to the the blockchain and resets the Hoarding Limit. You'll be prompted to store on chain (requires POL for gas fee) when you reach a hoarding limit.
¶ 14. Daily Chest
The Daily Chest provides free items and can be found on your tent or house. It becomes available once you reach Level 6 and requires a blockchain transaction (gas fee: POL, RON, or BaseETH) to open. You also earn a streak bonus for opening the chest every day.
More info regarding the Daily Chest.
¶ 15. VIP Access
Getting the VIP Access has its perks which include:
- Monthly airdrop
- +10% EXP Boost
- Cooking Building queue
- Additional $FLOWER Deliveries
- 600 Reputation points
- VIP-only Market Place Purchases
- Chapter-exclusive bonus
¶ 16. Farm Collectibles
Collectibles are supply limited cosmetics and items to boost your farm. These can be found in your inventory and be placed in your land. Duplicates of collectibles with boost don't stack. Some Boosts don't stack
More info regarding Collectibles.
¶ 17. Bumpkin Wearables
Wearables are fashionable cosmetic & powerful outfits for your Bumpkin. These can be equipped on the Equip tab when you click your Bumpkin Profile or your Farmhands. Duplicates of wearables with boost don't stack.
More info regarding Wearables.
¶ 18. Bud NFTs
Buds have sprouted from the ground and these unique collectibles can give buffs for your farm.
More info regarding Buds (link to Buds).
¶ 19. Pet NFTs
Coming Soon
More info regarding Pets (link to Pets)
¶ 20. Kingdom Mini Games
You can access the Kingdom at Level 7. It may be too early to join a Faction at this stage but you can start playing from Billy's Mini Games to earn Marks for free.
¶ 21. Landscaping Mode and Biomes
You can rearrange and decorate your farm using the Landscaping Mode. Biomes are “skin” to change your farm’s appearance but only the Prestige you reached can be purchased.
More info regarding Landscaping Mode.
¶ 22. Love Island/Mystery Island
Fly to the Love Island via the heart Balloon (located at the Plaza) and complete the Puzzle to earn a Bronze Love Box.
More info regarding Mystery Island.
¶ 23. Gift Giver & Town Hall
Gift Givers are the players (Devs/Admins) with the Gift/Love Charm icon above their avatars. They can show up anywhere and any at time where the players who spot and interact with them are rewarded a Gift.
(img of a GG)
Town hall is the location where players can access and claim Love Charm and Gift Rewards from the Gift Giver. It is only available during a weekly Dev Live-stream on Discord or Twitch.
Town Hall Link: https://sunflower-land.com/play/#/world/stream
¶ 24. Social Farming
You can now follow your fellow Farmers, send messages and visit their farms. Earn Love Charms as you Cheer your Friend's Farm and Help complete their Cooking Pots, Bigt Fruits and Monuments.
More info regarding Social Farming.
¶ 25. Community-made Resources
Familiarize yourself with community-made resources such as sfl.world, Combo Maker and YouTube Content Creators to gain a better understanding of the game and improve your overall gaming experience.
More info regarding Community Links (link to Community Links)
¶ 26. Unlocked-Way-Too-Early Traps
Your main focus in the early game should be on leveling up and expanding your land. Some features available early on are best ignored, as they can quickly deplete your resources and slow your overall progress. These include:
¶ 27. Island Upgrade / Prestige
You can Prestige or upgrade to a new island once you’ve reached the maximum number of Land Expansions available and gathered the required upgrade resources. Upgrading will unlock more game mechanics and discover new resources.
The Prestige progression: Basic/tutorial > Petal > Desert > Volcano > Swamp (coming soon)
More info regarding Prestige/Expansions (link Prestige/Expansions)
¶ II. MID GAME
You only got a taste of what to expect from the Early game. Keep building your farm and acquire more experience as you progress to the Petal and Desert Island.
¶ 28. Petal Island
You unlock additional resources (Fruits, Flowers+Beehive, Crimstone and Sunstone) and more game mechanics by upgrading to Petal Island. You also get the Blossombeard (+10% EXP) as a bonus.
¶ 29. Four-Seasons & Unknown Events
Every 7-days a new season will appear (Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter).
It will take 14-days after you the upgrade before your in-game calendar synchronizes with the Global Events.
Unknown Events could bring a Positive Event (buff) or Negative Event (debuff) to your Farm. To protect your Island from Negative Weather Events, go to Bailey at the Plaza and buy the weather protection items that should be on your Land before any Unknown Events.
More info regarding Unknown Events.
¶ 30. Seasonal Crops, Fruits and Flowers & Beehive
Pay attention to the current season. Each type of produce can only be planted during its designated season. For more information, check Betty’s Market Guide. Seeds that are out of season cannot be bought.
You can now grow Fruits on the Fruit Patch. To plant a new Fruit, harvest the newly discovered Apple Tree several times until it withers. You then can chop it down to clear the Fruit Patch for replanting.
You can also start planting Flowers and harvesting Honey. You can experiment with different flower combinations to produce specific Flowers. The Beehive fills only when a Flower is planted. A Bee Swarm gives your current crops a +0.2 yield. This can occur (10% chance) when a full Beehive(at 100%) is harvested.
More info regarding Flowers.
¶ 31. Discover the Magical Gems
Along with wood and minerals, you can now mine Magical gems (Crimstone and Sunstone). Mining Crimstones for five consecutive days gives a bonus yield on the fifth day. A Sunstone rock can only be mined up to ten times before it disappears forever but it has a special use case.
¶ 32. Infernos & Sunstone
Infernos is a location in the World Map (Lv30 Required) not to be confused with Volcano Island/Prestige. Here you can exchange your mined Sunstones for additional Resource nodes from Gunther.
More info regarding Infernos/Sunstone.
¶ 33. Composters
Composters are buildings (from the Workbench) that produce Fertilizers and Bait/Worm and it will require resources in order for it to run.
Only one type of crop fertilizer (Sprout Mix or Rapid Root) can be used at a time.
¶ 34. Fishing
Fishing will require you to have Fishing Rods (from Workbench), a Bait (produced by a Composter) and Chum (optional). Fishing gives either a Fish or Treasure/Item. Fish can be used in Deliveries/Mega Bounty Board or be eaten for XP (as is or as ingredient for cooking). Some Fish deliveries are also not worth the effort and cost to complete.
You can maximize your fishing gains by fishing during Fishing Frenzy Days. You can also slowly complete the Fishing Codex Achievements for the Wearables and Collectibles with Boost.
More info regarding Fishing.
¶ 35. Animals & Petting Tools
You can build the Hen House and/or the Barn to start taking care of Animals. Animals are Skill and Boost dependent especially Cows and Sheep since they can eat up plenty of your crops.
How-to-animals:
- You buy an animal and they are hungry by default.
- Make their food using the Feeder Machine (Corn, Wheat and Barley required).
- Feed them preferably with their favorite food for more animal XP.
- They will level up and go to sleep once their XP bar is full.
- They will ask the use of petting tools while they sleep (this is optional and only gives bonus animal XP).
- Once they are awake then you can collect their produce and they become hungry once again.
- Beware of animal sickness as it can spread to the healthy animals. Use Barn Delight Medicine to cure them.
- Complete weekly animal bounties by trading your animals for rewards (sick animals only earn 75% of the reward)
More info regarding Animals.
¶ 36. Digging
Digging is one reliable source of coins once mastered. You also need to sustain crafting Shovels and Gem Restock in order to maintain the Digging Streak.
More info regarding Digging.
¶ 37. Goblin Raffle Tickets
You can collect Prize Tickets (via Digging Streak, Treasure Chest and Bud Box) and put your entries at the Retreat. Each month you'll have a chance to win rewards. Winners will be drawn 1-2 Weeks after the specific month's entry and to be announced on Twitch/Discord.
¶ 38. Crafting
You can now build the Crafting Box to craft some Beds or items that can be used for Deliveries.
More info regarding Crafting.
¶ 39. Beds & Farmhands
Beds employ farm hands. It will be +1 farm hand for every unique bed on your farm. Your Main Bumpkin and Farm hands can be equipped with wearables. If you have more than 1 wearable with boosts, you can equip other farm hands with your additional wearables so that those boosts apply to your farm.
¶ 40. Market Place Access
Upgrading to Petal Island and onward grants you the access to Sell on the Market-Place. Just be aware of the tax when selling.
¶ 41. Intro to Factions
You can pledge your allegiance to one of the four Factions: Bumpkins, Goblins, Nightshades, or Sunflorians. All Factions share the same mechanics:
- Eldric’s Faction Shop access
- Faction Pet and XP Boost perks
- Faction Kitchen
- Weekly Faction War and it's rewards
The main differences between them are their names, Faction Gear designs, and overall vibe.
Joining a Faction requires paying a Membership Fee. You may leave your current Faction to join another, but doing so will require paying the another Membership Fee and incur a 6-week penalty of no Faction Pet XP boost.
Marks serve as the primary Faction currency that is earned and spent within Faction-related activities. You can use Marks at Eldric’s Faction Shop to purchase Wearables, Collectibles, Temporary Boosts, Food, and Keys.
Emblems provide a multiplier boost for Marks earned on Faction Pet Feeding and the Faction Kitchen. It can be bought at the Market Place.
Players typically join a Faction early to gain the Faction Pet’s EXP Bonus. To become a contributing member, you’ll need to have all Cooking Buildings and Crafting Box.
More info regarding Factions.
¶ 42. Intro to Chapter Race: Chapter Tickets and Tasks
Chapters are recurring three-month-long events in Sunflower Land. You can complete various tasks to earn Chapter Tickets which can be used to bid at the Auction House or purchase Chapter-exclusive Collectibles and Wearables from Stella’s Store.
Tasks that reward Chapter Tickets include:
- Daily Login Reward Ticket
- Ticket Deliveries
- Weekly Chores
- Animal Ticket Bounties
- Poppy’s Mega Bounty Board
Each Chapter features its own exclusive Stella's Store Items, Chapter Ticket, Digging Treasure and Mutants. They are only obtainable during their own specific Chapter. Once a new Chapter begins, the remaining previous Chapter Tickets and Digging Treasures cannot be used to buy at Stella's Store anymore but they still can be sold for Coins.
You do not need to complete every task at this stage. Many tasks can be costly so prioritize the ones you can manage while continuing to build your farm. You can instead use this time to experience the flow of how things work to better prepare for upcoming Chapters.
More info regarding Chapters.
¶ 43. Mutants
Mutants are Chapter-exclusive collectibles that randomly spawn when you do certain tasks. Mutants can either be a boost or a cosmetic.
List of mutants and how to get them:
- Mutant Chicken - Harvesting Chicken
- Mutant Cow - Harvesting Cow
- Mutant Sheep - Harvesting Sheep
- Mutant Flower - Harvesting Flower
- Chapter Fish - Fishing during Full-Moon
Mutant Crops are not Chapter-bound collectibles that are harvested from Magic Beans (Potion House). There are only three Mutant Crops (Potent Potato, Radical Radish and Stellar Sunflower).
¶ 44. Eins & Potion Room
Eins' Potion Room requires Coins to play and is where you earn Potion Tickets. You can exchange the Potion Tickets for Magic Beans, Lab-Grown Collectibles and Exotic Crops.
More info regarding Potion Room.
¶ 45. Desert Prestige
You unlock Oil and Oil-dependent Buildings (Green House and Crop Machine) by upgrading to Desert Island. You also get the Desert Gnome (+10% Cooking Speed) as a bonus. You can no longer use Gems to instantly complete the Expansion time.
¶ 46. Oil, Greenhouse and Crop Machine
You can now harvest Oil. It is not a tradeable resource. Each harvest yields 10 Oil, with a bonus of +20 Oil on every third drill (10, 10, 30 pattern). You can also build the Greenhouse and Crop Machine. These buildings require Oil to operate so it can be costly to operate without the proper Skills and Boosts.
The Greenhouse allows you to grow 2 different types of crops (Rice, Olive) and 1 fruit (Grape). I will require Oil to grow them:
- Grape - 3 Oil per seed
- Rice - 4 Oil per seed
- Olive - 6 Oil per seed
Crop Machine automates your crop production for certain Basic and Medium Crops. You now have the option of not manually planting thousands of Sunflower. You can unlock additional crop options for the Crop Machine through Machinery Skills.
More info regarding Greenhouse and Crop Machine.
¶ 57. Faction War participation
Faction is a burn-to-earn Marks system. So Before you participate, it’s recommended to have Emblems (at least a +300% Multiplier Rank) to markximize your rewards. The long-term goal is to acquire exclusive Faction Gear such as the Faction Shield, Faction Quiver or Medallion.
Join the Faction War to complete faction tasks (Pet Feeding and Faction Kitchen), climb the leaderboard, and earn Marks. The Faction War ranks each Faction based on the total Marks accumulated by their Top 100 members. Weekly leaderboard rewards are given to the Top 100 members of each Faction. The winning Faction will also receive a bonus +10% Marks based from their contribution.
More info regarding Factions.
¶ III. Late Game
You’ve come a long way to reach this stage of the game. Welcome to the late game. Enjoy the fruits of your journey and keep growing your legacy in Sunflower Land.
¶ 48. Volcano Prestige
You unlock the Lava pit and Obsidian by upgrading to Volcano Island. You also get the Volcano Gnome (+0.1 Mineral Yield) as a bonus.
¶ 49. Lava pit & Obsidian
You can now produce Obsidian by throwing resources at the Lava pit.
More info regarding Lava pit requirements
¶ 50. Chapter Race participation
You’ve advanced far enough to build a farm capable of handling the demands of collecting numerous Chapter Tickets. You can now participate in top-tier auctions or purchase Stella’s mega items.
More info regarding Chapters.
¶ LXIX. Returning Players
Sunflower Land has evolved far beyond a simple farming simulator. With this evolution come new mechanics, gameplay updates, and the retirement of some older features. This section gives a quick recap for returning players before diving back into the full guide.
Changes relating to Tokens and currency:
- Token Changes: SFF > SFL token (in Polygon Network) > $FLOWER token (in Base Network and Ronin Network).
- SFL that are in-game were automatically converted to $FLOWER.
- Remaining Block Bucks in your inventory can be sold for Gems at Garbo (Retreat).
- Buying Seeds and Tools: Pol (ex-Matic) > Block Bucks > Coins
- Restocking Seeds and Tools: Pol (ex-Matic) > Block Bucks > Gems
- Buying Farm Hands using Block Bucks (Farmhand coupon) > now Crafting Beds to add Farmhand.
Integration of new game mechanics:
- Bumpkins & Bumpkin Levels. If you can’t find your House/Tent or Bumpkin look for it in your Basket/Inventory.
- Chapters
- Four-Seasons, Seasonal Crops, Fruits and Flowers
- Land Expansion & Prestige
- Grub Shop is replaced by NPC Delivery
Some game mechanic changes and discontinuation:
- Only 1 Hen House is required. You can sell the extra Hen House and Legacy Chickens at Garbo.
- Only 1 Water Well structure is required. You can sell the extra Water Well at Garbo.
- The Tent was discontinued and can be sold at Garbo.
- The Wishing Well is discontinued.
- Bert's Obsession and Poppy's Request were merged to form Poppy's Mega Board.
- Goblin Exchange was discontinued to prioritize the use of the Market Place.
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