Continuing is Painful: Perishing results in you losing a percentage of your money.For example, you can't leave Spring Hamlet until you've found a way to grow more lily pads to reach Summer Bar with, and the elevator you take to Autumn Town breaks after you use it and you have to spend the next few days clearing an alternative path back (and the elevator will be working again after you've done that). Closed Circle: You're forced to spend some time completing requests and favors in each of the other villages after you first arrive in them.However, only Plum and Concord are left by the game's end, and most of them were gone at the beginning as well. The Chosen Many: The Guardians were chosen by the Grove even Plum choosing Concord to be a Guardian was because the Grove told them to.

Possibly justified in the latter's case since you aren't using it to catch any actual fish. You later get what's called a dowsing rod, but it looks and functions more like a fishing rood. Call a Rabbit a 'Smeerp': Your first tool is called a pick, but it looks more like a wooden sword.You don't even get to save until the end of the second day! But Thou Must!: Sometimes the game will prevent you from leaving the area until you've done a certain action, especially during the first few days when you're going through the tutorials.Most of these will either be repaired or cleared after certain events, or you'll have to use a Repair Box and some specific items to have them sorted out overnight. Broken Bridge: Found all over the game, including a few literal bridges.After defeating the final boss and talking to the Grove before it dies, they wake up in the very same place. Book Ends: The game opens with Concord waking up in their home in the Kindergarden.However, using it has a few seconds of delay which is difficult when most enemies can attack you during that time, and also can't be used on Shelled Rots, Hay Rots, or Cornerstone. Awesome, but Impractical: The Silversword, which is required for opening new parts of the dungeons, is said to be very powerful, and certainly looks the part.

This also happens to the Grove at the end, allowing the world to be changed. Mandy is the most notable, with their overgrown body being visible, and them saying they'll never return to it.

Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence: It's implied that this is what became of most of the other Guardians, as you see their spirits in the Mists Temple.

The puzzles in the lower level of the sewers may be bigger than the others, but they don't require a reset so you can just move the blocks around as much as you like until you solve them.

When you have to look for Plum in the Mists, there won't be any enemies and all the doors will already be open, so you don't have to waste time fighting like you will on your future visits, especially since you can't save during this segment.

There is no punishment for letting time pass to the end of the night without going to sleep it will just stay as night until you do so, and Concord's health and stamina won't be affected by it.

Garden story items