Master Schedule I with our comprehensive Bard Builds guide. Learn about starting the game, renting a motel, buying equipment, planting seeds, and packaging your first harvest.
Walkthrough
- 1Character Creation: Customize your character after a short intro cutscene. Your appearance is locked in-game but can be changed via game files. Future updates will include barbershops, clothing shops, and tattoo parlors.
- 2Starting Quests: After character creation, you spawn near the bus station. Receive the quest "Getting Started" by opening your phone ('Tab'). Follow the message from "Unknown" to a payphone to meet "Uncle Nelson" (U.N.). He instructs you to retrieve his stash near the skatepark, containing $375.
- 3Renting a Motel Room: Speak to the motel manager, Donna. The quest updates to "Rent a motel room". After dialogue, you can pickpocket Donna to steal back the $75 needed for the room. Check into Room 1 to complete the quest. Uncle Nelson will contact you again at the payphone.
- 4Buying Equipment: A new questline, "Gearing Up," begins. Go to the hardware store (marked by a yellow star on the map, or by walking forward from your room until the road ends, then turning left). Deposit your cash at the ATM. Purchase a grow tent, soil bag, and watering can from Dan. It's recommended to also buy "Plant Trimmers," "Packaging Station," and 10 "Baggies." Optionally, buy a trash grabber for recycling and a "Trash bag" to manage the motel trash can. If you tell Dan you're a drug dealer, he may gift you "Speed Grow." Return to your motel room, place the grow tent, and fill the pot with soil. Speak to Uncle Nelson again.
- 5Planting Your First Seeds: Uncle Nelson introduces Albert Hoover. Check your phone for a message from Albert. To order seeds (a "Dead Drop"), select the "I need to order a dead drop" option. Currently, only "OG Kush" seeds are available. Place your order; Albert will deliver them to a "dead drop" location. Initial deliveries take 30 in-game minutes, later deliveries take about 4 in-game hours. Debts are paid via "dead drops." Highlighted "dead drops" indicate items inside. Sow the weed seed in the grow tent by pressing 'E' when prompted. Water the plant using the watering can, filling it at the sink. Plants grow approximately 15% per in-game hour. Sleeping after watering speeds up growth and conserves water.
- 6Harvesting and Packaging: Once the plant is fully grown, use the "Plant Trimmers" on the grow tent to harvest the buds. Place the "Packaging Station" and interact with it. Drag baggies into the "Packaging" slot and buds into the "Input" slot. Press "Pack" and then drag each bud into a baggie, and the baggie into the hopper. Packaged weed will appear in the output. You can also unpack weed. Jars can also be purchased at the hardware store for storage.
Tips
- Speed-runners can open the motel room door and step inside immediately to progress the quest faster.
- Depositing all cash at the ATM is safer, as you won't lose it if caught by police or if you die.
- Holding Shift while grabbing items from storage allows you to take the entire stack at once.
- Right-clicking an item and scrolling allows you to select a custom amount to grab.
- Buying OG Kush seeds is recommended for easier and cheaper product mixing later on.
- Sleeping right after watering your plants conserves water and time, and significantly boosts plant growth.
- The "Trash bag" is recommended for managing space, especially the large trash can in the motel.
- $375 from Uncle Nelson's stash.
- $75 cash boost if pickpocketing Donna.
- "Speed Grow" from Dan (optional, if you tell him you're a drug dealer).
- Harvested and packaged weed product.
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