I hang out in the help channel a lot but am often disheartened by new players asking the same questions over and over. So I started an account on Sandycove and took pictures of literally everything and I'm now going to attempt to walk you through those tricky early quests. This is my first ever guide, so please be gentle with me.
So first of all, let's familiarise ourselves with the game screen.
QUEST CHAIN 1 - PINEWOOD PLANK PRODUCTION
You already have your first quest, so go ahead and click on the quest book to view it.
All you need to do here is click on the building menu and select the pinewood cutter, then place one on your island.
IMPORTANT: I am not going to show you optimum building placements but I have placed the pinewood cutter with a later quest in mind.
And lo, your first quest is complete and you will level up. Easy, huh?
Our next quest is to build a pinewood sawmill. This turns the trees that you cut into planks that you will use for building buildings. Again, I have placed this building with a later quest in mind.
Quest complete. Collect your reward. A new quest will pop up, The Mayor's House.
For this all you need to do is click on the Mayor's House and cycle through the 5 tabs at the bottom.
Another quest complete, another level gained. You're on fire!
The next quest is Replanting Trees. You must build foresters to replant the trees your cutters cut down.
I forgot to screenshot my placement so this is a clip from later on, basically showing you how to successfully complete an upcoming quest.
Once you've completed this quest you might find that some of the quests under 'Side quests' will start completing. Go ahead and collect the rewards for those.
Continued in next post...