OK, never done one of these before but I think funding original stuff that has not been copied and pasted from one site to another.

Tips Pets- --squirrels - just walk up and interact (they love apples) when they are full they don't let you interact --Rabbits - just like to be chased 3 times qnd they let you catch them (carrots are their favs) when they are full they walk on all 4's much more and if you chase them it just feels off and they never let you interact --Turtles - like squirrels just walk up to them, they will put their head in the shell. If you move i think this may reset its shell timer. Once head is out all good. (Seaweed is this buds fav) when full they will ignore or shoot half way across the map like a bullet..... --Racoons - they like playing red light green light, once within their range they stand on hind legs,, ok to move when they sit fully. semi forgiving on lead footing it (Blueberries for these cuties) if they are full they don't really respond much once in range may just run or ignore. --Crocodiles - red light green light again but so much more strict, like I always hear the squid games lyric when trying to get success. (Lobster for these queens and kings) if full just run around like idiots. --Foxes - rabbits on easy mode. (These beauties want white sturgeon.... might as well asked for fugu....) when full just runs randomly away not enjoying the chase --Sunbirds - run after them spamming to talk (orange houseleek is their fav! So plentiful too!) when full act just like the normal version, you just look stupid running into trees and bones trying to follow them --Ravens not yet released. I just keep my top row of inventory Apple, carrot, seaweed, blue berries, lobster white sturgeon and lastly orange houseleek. Just easiest.

Farming- Just grow pumpkins like everyone else.

I'm sure you could really crunch the numbers but I don't wanna record crop per minute per gold per purchase price and all that tedious math. Easiest bang for the buck. And you over achievers who end up making pumpkin puffs..... until we have a cook quantity option.... no. Stick with pumpkins. Bonus they have 20% time reduction in the forgotten lands. But seeing how that is pitted with green flames I can not move.... ehhhhh I did but its not huge.

Cooking- just look up online recipe lists and just make them all and you will discover the dish. That way you can just look it up dump the ingredients and cook.

Characters, Your MVP's are going to be -WALL-E - after pumping serious cash into the community farm he makes, its pretty handy (side note farming buddies do NOT increase the harvests here) -Goofy - the man with bottomless pockets, ty for all the gold. I won't ask what you can be doing with this many pumpkins. -Prince Eric - thank you for your blueprints, 2 per day sucks (2 if you have finished his 10 friendship, otherwise just 1 a day) -Kristoff - race through this guys friendship, sells glass, sand, soft wood, coal, fiber, fabric, snowballs, stone and bricks BUT NO IRON. -Moana - her fish hut gets all the way up to white stergon on occasion. Never seen Fugu in it. In the end its like 1 fish every 5 min till 20 cap reached. Like around 1.5 hrs to fill (also she gives you Puo! I didn't realize he was mine till yesterday! As he does not show on critters. (Face palm on my part)

Not even close MVP's Ariel And Ursula- you both suck because I had to wait so long to finish your rep as you can only be conversed with once per day and 3 gifts. Also Ariel why do you ask for such expensive things?!

Experience tip I used when leveling friendship. (Using farming for true ease of it) - for the first buddy getting to lvl10, do your normal plant and harvest till 10 no shortcut here. -after the first lol 10, use them only for harvesting crops so you get your bonuses. Then switch to ANY other buddy (knowing other farming ones get a bigger bonus for farming) but any character will gain from planting and watering. Eric was a fishing friend at lvl 9 he gained about a half level from 250 plots. --if you are mining a lot you can do the same. But being able to hold X through all my energy is too dang easy.

** tip, because I'm slow to catch on, raw foods only increas your stamina for the blue bar, cooked food adds another yellow bar on top, and I believe their "holding capacity" are not the same. I feel like the yellow lasts 1.5x longer.

Glitches, I play on ps4. But when an item for some reason does not count for a quest and even a way to cheat the "go gather me stuff now" quests I have noticed if I drop it and pick it up again it re-registers the count. (This worked really well with gather 100 softwood and I already had it in a chest)

Also I almost had to restart because the game lost my save.... remember some premium services (like ps ) back these up normally, in less than 5 min I pulled my good file off the cloud replaced the current one and didn't skip a beat.

Fugu is a mythical unicorn. You can only fish for it in red spots on Dazzle Beach when the weather bad. Like near hurricane I guess. I have caught only a handful and I made sure to have a fishing buddy. Tbh one of the rarest crafting materials.

Items Use all of scrooges services. Buy all he has that you want and be sure to go in everyday and order your 25 duplicate items. That way when creative muses inspire you can decorate. Order in bluk items you know you will need..... 3 doors for a main room, rugs, lamp posts, stoves, crafting tables. If you have it actively in your inventory you can add copies. Oddly you can't buy flooring, wallpaper or fences.

Worst "end game" aspects.

IRON Fugu Not being able to cook X items at once.

Honorable mention of worst aspects of game.

Donald- jfc can I help you with the damn tantrums? Maui- I will not tell Moana you're welcome. And just his size locks me in places.

Like seriously why is Iron putting such a restriction on my game play.

Did the best of my ability to give a really general tips and stuff that helped me most.