Quest progression: Gardens, research and Gridfall

Progress through Certified Flying Loftian to reach the Hanging Gardens, then complete Fish Are Friends and Field Research. Everything Is Connected sends you to Gridfall; Keeping the Lights On takes you through repairs and the Project Station level-three upgrade.

Opening quests

Quest	What to finish	What it prepares
A Fresh Start	Place the Project Station, craft the Hammer and clear ten island objects	Basic crafting and gathering
The First Sprout	Harvest Lettuce, ship crops, make Carrot Soup and buy the Garden Bed permit	Farming, cooking and island expansion
Permission to Glide	Build the Refining Station and process Metal Plate, Plank, Straw and Rubber	Refined ingredients for travel equipment
Certified Flying Loftian	Craft the Glider and show Cliff	Travel progression to the Gardens

Returning to the named NPC matters. Several stages finish only after reporting back, even if you already gathered or crafted the item.

Hanging Gardens and Field Research

During A Call From the Gardens, take the airtram, meet Cliff and Herb, visit Arlo at the Community Farms, report back to Herb, then meet Kassim. This opens the next fishing and research tasks as well as side quests such as The Real Treasure.

Fish Are Friends requires the Collector Rod, showing it to Kassim, catching three fish and reporting back. Field Research then asks you to complete one Research Station bundle, report to Kassim, obtain Joanna’s, Hazel’s and Kun’s field notes, and report again.

The field-note quests are branches of the same progression. Notes From the Air asks for Clovers and planted flowers; Notes From the Fauna introduces the dog rescue. An empty main-quest list is a reason to check these active field-note tasks before looking for an unannounced later chapter.

Enter Gridfall

Everything Is Connected includes crafting Bounce Shoes, collecting Herb’s food crate, obtaining Cliff’s travel authorization and delivering the crate to Mita in Gridfall.

Keeping the Lights On continues with Milo. Find his spare wrench while clearing trash, repair three lampposts and return to his workshop. Upgrade the Project Station to level 3, craft two Repair Kits, then repair two broken Hydroponic Machines and speak with Milo again.

The battery guide explains how to meet the energy cost of the station upgrade. Research and permits distinguishes recipe unlocks from island placement limits.

Current quest fixes

Patch #2 fixes Milo dialogue becoming stuck during Permission to Glide and adds a clearer destination marker for Beneath the Surface in Gridfall. It also corrects Atlas appearing at the wrong quest stage. Follow the current objective marker after updating instead of repeating the old dialogue or looking for a beta-only route.

After the repairs, follow the Museum interviews, research bundles and Urbex key in order; finding Atlas early does not complete each preceding quest check.