Petit Planet beginner guide
You are a Planet Tender with a small planet of your own: plant, fish, cook, decorate, invite fuzzy Neighbors and sail the Starsea. Here is what to do first, who is who, and how every system fits together.
Your first hours
In the order the game opens things up
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Follow the main story
It brings your first Neighbors, teaches farming and unlocks the Starsea Voyage. You meet Esassani, Glenn and Mobai along the way.
Meet the Neighbors -
Water the Luca Arbor
The tree at the heart of your planet drives everything. Feed it Luca: each level opens new ground, new features and more room to grow.
All 40 Arbor levels -
Farm, fish and catch bugs
One tool per activity: the Fishing Rod, the Insect Net, and the Shellfish Tongs on the beach. Every creature page lists where, when and with which tool to catch it.
Creature tracker -
Cook to refill your Strength
Chopping, mining and digging spend Strength. A raw crop gives a little back (a raw tomato restores 15), and a cooked dish restores a lot more.
All 118 recipes -
Sail the Starsea
Talk to Esassani at the dock to set out on a Starsea Voyage. Four galaxies are announced, and voyages are how you reach new islets and their resources.
Galaxies & Islets -
Grow, then invite more
Keep levelling the Arbor to make room for more Neighbors, and grow each bond with gifts they love. Seventeen Neighbors are already revealed, one page each.
What each Neighbor loves
Petit Planet tips
Four calls worth making early, most useful first
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Put your Luca into the Arbor first
Levelling the tree at the heart of your planet is the surest way to grow: new ground, new features and more room all come from the Arbor, and little else you can buy early does as much.
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Check a Neighbor's list before you give
A loved gift raises the bond the most, and dislikes are often a whole colour or material. Check the Gift Guide for every Neighbor's loves, likes and dislikes before you give.
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Fish after dark too
20 fish only bite at night.
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Tick off Footprints as you play
The game's achievement tiers pay Loomi by the hundreds, and the Loomix Mart's furniture and clothing all price in Loomi. Free decor for playing naturally.
Every day on your planet
The little loop that keeps a planet growing
Tend your crops
Harvest and replant. Harvests come out Stunted, Strange, Plump or Dreamcrown, and better grades feed better recipes.
Check the clock and the sky
Every creature has its hours: 20 fish only bite at night, and 22 more wait for rain or snow.
Give a gift
Chat with your Neighbors and give them something they love: it raises the bond fastest.
Visit the Galactic Bazaar
Activities pay up to 80 Bazaar Jellies a day.
Tick off Footprints
The game's achievements: every tier pays Loomi for the Loomix Mart.
Currencies
What you earn, and what it buys
| Currency | Earned from | Spent on |
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 Dough | Selling catches and harvests | Shops such as Glenn's Goods, house upgrades |
| Footprints | Daily rings and the Footprints achievements (called Loomi in earlier tests) | The Loomix Mart, Star Anchors included |
 Luca | Gathered "from all things" on your planet, says the jar | Luca Arbor |
 Neighbor's Luca | Helping your Neighbors | Some Luca Arbor upgrades |
 Bazaar Jellies | Galactic Bazaar activities, 80 a day | The Prize Kiosk |
 Islet Lucadrops | Starsea Voyages | Star Gates and Starsea Voyager upgrades |
 Curio Sea Whistles | Not recorded on the wiki yet | Starsea Call pulls |