The holding's clock Day 1 Dawn

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Glimmerdeep

Farm a seam of rose quartz, four hundred fathoms down.

Watch the clock in the corner — a whole day below passes while you read this. Till blacksoil beds, work the galleries, and keep the ledger of a living deep holding.

From the blacksoil beds

The Harvest

Cultivars bred for the dark, drawn frame by frame for the graphite, mineral, and rose seam of Glimmerdeep.

Valleygold Wheat

Summer · staple

Hardy grain for flour, feed, and warm household meals.

Quickroot Radish

Quick · 4 days

A sharp little root ready after only a few days.

Ember Pepper

Summer · regrows

Scarlet pods that regrow through the warmest weeks.

Moonwool Cotton

Autumn · fibre

Soft pale fibre gathered from hardy field plants.

Hearthglow Tomato

Summer · regrows

Heavy vines that keep fruiting after the first harvest.

Tallshade Corn

Summer · tall

Tall stalks grown for the kitchen and animal stores.

Duskskin Onion

Autumn · hearty

Layered bulbs with a deep violet skin and hearty bite.

Nightbloom Coffee

Summer · prized

Dark beans prized for a strong, fragrant drink.

Fieldwork

Tools of the Holding

Six dependable tools for soil, water, timber, stone, fishing, and construction.

Hoe

Till an empty patch of soil.

Watering Can

Water planted garden beds.

Axe

Chop trees and collect timber.

Pickaxe

Break stone and uncover ore.

Fishing Rod

Cast from the shore of a lake.

Builder’s Hammer

Move or remove placed decor.

Six who stayed

The Folk of the Deep Holding

Traders, anglers, wardens, and seers each carry their own work, quests, and stories.

Edmund Vane

Valley Steward

Keeps rare goods moving and always knows the value of a careful trade.

Marlow Fen

Deepwater Angler

Knows the still water, the changing weather, and every worthwhile catch.

Gideon Rusk

Deepstone Warden

Knows the bright seams and trades fairly for useful ore and stone.

Rowan Ashcombe

Gloamwood Warden

Watches the coppice and teaches the patient work of restoring woodland.

Agnes Bellweather

Keeper of the Old Hearth

Keeps the old hearth, the first lessons, and the valley’s warmest advice.

Lenora Veil

Veilseer

Reads the mineral glow and offers strange gifts to attentive neighbours.

Day by day

Life Below the Glow

Turning seasons, busy markets, and a world that continues to breathe while the holding grows.

Four Seasons

Crops, weather, and light change through spring, summer, autumn, and winter.

Mill & Kitchen

Refine harvests into flour, bread, cheese, and valuable meals.

The Market

Fill orders, trade goods, and invest the proceeds back into the holding.

Cloud Save

Use an account to sync the farm and continue on another device.

Quests & Goals

Follow personal quests, daily orders, and long-term achievements.

Many Plots

Expand beyond the first field into quarries, lakes, forests, and meadows.

Six galleries · one seam

The holding is bigger than the farm.

Every gallery keeps its own stock, its own keeper — and its own way of paying you back.

Blacksoil Farm

Open fields ready for cultivation.

Watered beds grow ×1.5 faster

Gloamwood

Dense woodland with plentiful timber.

Rowan Ashcombe watches the coppice

Deepstone Quarry

Rocky ground crossed by mineral seams.

Stone returns after a new day begins

Moonwater Lake

Quiet deep water edged by reeds.

Marlow Fen pays a better rate for the catch

Roseveil Meadow

A bright clearing filled with wild flowers.

Wild plants are gathered by hand

Valley Market

Edmund Vane’s travelling market.

Rare goods travel between the holdings

29 quests · 30 standing orders

The board never empties.

The folk pin what they need. You decide what it costs them. Real slips from the game's board:

Quest · the quarry

Heart of the Stone

Unearth 1 Emberheart Ruby.

Gideon Rusk450 g

Quest · the beds

First Blacksoil Harvest

Bring 10 Moonroot Parsnips.

Edmund Vane120 g

Quest · the lake

Lakekeeper’s Set

Bring one of every lake fish.

Marlow Fen380 g

Order · the hearth

Lantern Feast

Deliver 3 × Hollowlight Pumpkin.

Agnes Bellweather960 g

Quest · the gloamwood

Old Oak Request

Deliver 5 pieces of hardwood.

Rowan Ashcombe210 g

Quest · the veil

The Coldlight Seam

Unearth 1 Coldlight Sapphire.

Lenora Veil600 g

Quest · the hearth

Summer Moonwell

Grow 1 Moonwell Melon.

Agnes Bellweather260 g

Order · the market

Evening Basket

Deliver 2 × Valley Loaf.

Edmund Vane180 g

…and 51 more where these came from. Rewards in gold; trust paid separately.

Four hundred fathoms down, something is ripening

Descend into Glimmerdeep

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  2. 2Till the soilsow your first crop
  3. 3Grow the holdingseason by season
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