17 Essential Tips for Beginners to Start Your Cozy Life Adventure
Heartopia: 17 Essential Tips for Beginners
The cozy world of Heartopia is officially open for players! This life-sim adventure game lets you live your own pace while exploring, building, farming, and socializing with friends and NPCs. With so many features, starting off right can make all the difference. Here are 17 essential tips for beginners to help you navigate the game smoothly and enjoy your journey from day one.
1. Claim Your Pre-registration Rewards
Immediately collect rewards from pre-registration if you haven’t already. These early bonuses include:
- 60 Exhibition Passes
- 400 Moonlight Crystals
- 20 Wishing Stars
- 4,000 Gold
These currencies help with character customization, home decoration, and banner draws.
2. Understand the Season System
Seasons are a core feature, each introducing exclusive fashion, activities, and festivals. Winter Frost Season starts January 24, bringing Frostborn-infected creatures and seasonal resources.
3. Participate in Winter Events & Special Items
Seasonal events include:
- Ice Skating Park activities
- Duet Figure Skating with special animations
- Seasonal decorations, Gift Eggs, and trophies
Players can also build an ice-skating rink at home.
4. Prioritize Resident Requests
Resident Requests unlock new features and boost your Development Guild Level (DG Level). Completing them grants hobbies, abilities, furniture, and special story content.
5. Use Free Transportation
Early on, a free scooter helps reduce travel time across the city.
6. Check Shops Daily
In-game shops rotate daily. Check frequently for limited furniture and fashion items.
7. Co-Build Homes with Friends
Heartopia supports Co-Build, letting players build together without removing their main house. Save multiple blueprints for different styles, including sweet, Zen, or Gothic.
8. Fashion Freedom
Over 1,000 outfits are available, many unlocked without real money.
9. Farming is Your Best Income Source
Plant crops without fertilizer, water them on schedule, and harvest 4 units per seed. Repeated planting increases crop quality for better income or cooking.
10. Pets Have Traits and Can Crossbreed
Adopt multiple pets of the same species, each with unique traits. Crossbreed them to unlock new colors and patterns.
11. Rare Wildlife Across Maps
Some creatures, like pandas, appear only in certain areas. Feed them preferred food to increase friendship levels.
12. Explore Diverse Areas
Heartopia features forests, deserts, flower fields, and windmill zones, each with unique wildlife, insects, and seasonal changes.
13. Bug Catching & Fishing Are Challenging Initially
These hobbies require timing and skill. With practice, they become lucrative activities for quests and income.
14. Don’t Sell All Resources
Keep some items in inventory, as Resident Requests may require specific crops or fish.
15. Display Animals in Your Home
Fish or bugs can decorate your home in tanks or terrariums, adding charm and life.
16. Hobbies Level Up
Activities like cooking, fishing, and farming gain levels with practice, unlocking better results, rare recipes, and durable tools.
17. Social Interaction & Item Sharing
Heartopia offers selfies, emotes, and shared items like picnic sets or coffee umbrellas to enjoy activities naturally with friends.
Heartopia is more than a game it’s a space to explore love, warmth, and creativity. Build your dream home, nurture pets, and craft a life story that’s uniquely yours.
