Every unlock, and what gate sits in front of it
One table for every gate in the game: the furniture series, the new animals, the seeder, the extra farmland, the birthday event and the catalog.
Almost every unlock waits on a permit, a season or a story beat: Pheasant permit for camping furniture, Fox permit for bathroom furniture, Autumn of Year 1 for Silkie Chickens.
Every gate in the game in one table, with the patch that introduced it. If something is missing from a shop or a letter has not arrived, this is the page to check first.
The master table
| Unlock | Gate | Patch | Where it appears |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seeder | Crossroads hokora restored to stage 3, then a letter | 1.30 | General Store |
| Camping furniture (11) | Pheasant Hunting Permit, then a letter | 1.20 | General Store |
| Plumbing furniture (10) | Fox Hunting Permit, then a letter | 1.30 | General Store |
| Silkie Chicken, Mallard | Reach Autumn of Year 1 | 1.20 | Chinana's stall |
| Fluffy Cow, Spotted Goat | Buy at least one goat | 1.20 | Chinana's stall |
| Extra farmland plot | Shade: Tobari's hokora request + all farmland bought. Sunshine: Nago in residence + all farmland bought | 1.20 | Letter with a location |
| Furniture Catalog | Autumn of Year 1 + one furniture purchase, then a letter event | 1.20 | Item |
| Birthday event | Year 2 + one day after the main scenario (Shade) or after Nago arrives (Sunshine) | 1.30 | Letter in your mailbox |
| Machine upgrades | Anvil | Launch | Anvil |
| Tool range upgrades | Anvil, with materials | Launch | Anvil |
| Sickle harvest skill | Offer the appropriate magatama at the crossroads hokora | 1.08 | Skill tree |
| Prospecting Finesse / + | Magatama offering | 1.08 (fixed) | Skill tree |
| Paid DLC content | Purchase | Spring 2027 | Store |
The three patterns
Letters, not menus. Almost every unlock in this game begins with a letter in your mailbox. If you are waiting for something to appear in a shop, check the mailbox first — that is the delivery mechanism.
Permits gate more than hunting. Two of the three furniture sets in the game are locked behind hunting permits. The furniture sets page lists them.
Seasons gate animals. Autumn of Year 1 is the animal date; nothing you do in Spring can open it early.
When a letter does not arrive
Patch 1.30's notes give the two reasons events skip: certain main-story sections, and thunderstorm days. If you meet the requirement and nothing happens, advance the story or wait for clear weather.
The second failure mode is mode confusion. The birthday event and the extra farmland plot both have separate Shade and Sunshine conditions, and the Sunshine page lists them side by side.
What is not gated
Farming itself, fishing, mining, cooking, the workbench, and the shipping box are all available from the start. If you are stuck early, the gate is almost always money or a tool upgrade, not a story flag.
Next
- Furniture sets — the item lists behind two of these gates.
- Patch history — which patch added which unlock.
- Sunshine mode — the alternate prerequisite column.
