Dinkum First Week Route — Saveable Beginner Progress Tracker

BEFORE YOU COMMIT

Pick a town location you can live with

A central area, the dock, or a tele tower can all work. Buildings can be moved later, but relocating one adds town debt, and your personal tent cannot move until it becomes a house.

LANDING & DAY 1

Create the town loop

Survey before placing the Base TentOpen the map, locate water, open land, useful biomes and at least one tele tower. Do not rush the permanent town centre. Place the Base Tent and your own TentThe Base Tent starts the town. Your Tent becomes your home and gives you a reliable place to sleep and save. Place the Visitors SiteThis is the gateway for John and later town specialists. It requires no construction materials. Use the Adventurer's JournalClaim milestones instead of hoarding completed objectives. Permit Points are the bottleneck for early licences.

DAYS 2–3

Turn gathering into progress

Buy only practical starter licencesPrioritise licences that let you gather, process and sell. Do not unlock every branch just because it is available. Talk to John, help him and spend usefullyJohn is the first visitor. His move-in target is more than 15,000 Dinks spent and more than a quarter heart. Build a compact processing cornerKeep crates, crafting and your first processing stations near the town loop. Save expansion and decoration for later. Separate sell-now items from town materialsKeep planks, tin, nails and later cement ingredients. Also keep Old Keys and Shiny Discs rather than treating them as normal vendor trash.

CHOOSE AN INCOME ROUTE

What do you actually enjoy doing?

Pick one main route and one backup. Your selection is saved.

No route selected

Choose the activity you will repeat without making the week feel like work.

DAYS 4–7

Push for the first permanent shop

Reach John's move-in requirementsTarget: over 15,000 Dinks spent and over 0.25 heart. Talk to Fletch after John signals he is ready. Prepare the Shop Deed materials15 Gum Wood Planks · 10 Palm Wood Planks · 2 Tin Sheets · 16 Nails. The shop creates 75,000 Dinks of town debt. Keep one of each new catchThe Museum becomes available after John moves in and you first speak with Theodore. A small donation crate prevents accidental sales. Choose one week-two targetGood choices: Museum, Farming Level 1 for Rayne, Handling Level 1 for Irwin, or a House to allow Melvin to visit.

FIRST MAJOR BUILD

John's Goods readiness check

This does not replace the in-game construction box. It stops you from accepting the deed with no plan.

Gum Wood Planks/ 15 Palm Wood Planks/ 10 Tin Sheets/ 2 Nails/ 16

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