Following a daily routine in Rune Factory 5 (RF5) can help your character level up quicker, improve stats and skills more efficiently, and help you keep track of friendship levels and perks. Read on for our recommended list of things to do every day and how to prioritize accomplishing them!

List of Daily Routine

Progress Through the Main Story

Progressing through the main story unlocks new maps and shows new residents occupying Rigbarth. Likewise, making game progress unlocks other game features such as mini-games and events, among others.

Complete Walkthrough and Story Guide

Level Up when you can

Enemies and dungeons become increasingly tougher to deal with, so we highly recommend leveling up after checking off your prioritized daily routine. Be sure to level up your character, the members involved in your party, and your companion monster.

How to Level Up Fast: EXP Grinding Guide

Raise your skill levels

We also recommend raising the level of your preferred skills as raising skill level also raises various corresponding stats.

Grow Crops

Not only harvested crops can be used for cooking, they can help you win the big one at the seasonal vegetable competition. Crop cultivation takes time and effort, requiring you to water and fertilize crops daily, so make sure you take care of this task on a daily basis.

Farming Guide and How to Grow Crops Well

Raise Friendship Level with monsters

One of the benefits of raising friendship levels with monsters is that you are more likely able to receive help with growing crops from monsters.

For more methods for raising friendship level with monsters, refer to the article in the button link!

How to Raise Friendship Level with Monsters

Collect Wood and Stone

Wood and stone are used to set up monster huts and to expand facilities in Palmo Studio. You may run out of these materials if you don't collect them everyday. We recommend collecting wood and stone daily to prevent that situation. After gathering wood and stone, you may store them in the wood or stone case that you can get by clearing the 3rd request in the early stages of the game.

Take Care of Monsters and Collect Their By-Products

Brush them

Give presents

Set grass feeds in a grass bowl

It is also important to take care of companion monsters every day as the better they are taken care of, the higher the level of by-products they produce.

Recommended monster by-products in early-game

Monster	By-Product
Hornet	Honey
Buffamoo	Milk
Cluckadoodle	Egg

Defeat Enemy Bosses

Defeat the bosses in each area every day. The material dropped by these bosses can be used as crafting material or it can be sold at a high price at shops. The boss are encountered in a sequence that corresponds to the story and dungeon-clearing.

Buy or Learn Bread Recipes

You can buy bread recipes when you purchase bread at bakeries and restaurants. Likewise you can learn certain bread recipes by simply eating them, and if you have the right ingredients, you will be able to make your own.

There is a limit to the number of bread recipes you can buy within a day, so buy as much of these as you can every day to expand your library of recipes.

List of All Food & Cooking Recipes

Raise Friendship Levels with villagers for more perks

To raise your friendship level with villagers, consistently talk to them and give them their favorite food daily. You can also clear requests to help raise friendship level with residents. Attaining a high enough friendship level with villagers unlocks added perks that can make your gaming experiencing all the more fun and easier.

For more methods for raising friendship level with villagers, refer to the article in the button link!

How to Raise Friendship Level with Villagers

Take Baths to Increase Bathing Skill

Taking a bath daily improves your bathing skills, and likewise increases your character's maximum HP, RP, and physical strength. We recommend you take a bath every day in real life and in the game.

Eat Food to Increase Eating Skill

Eating food at least once a day, whether it is your own cooking or from a restaurant, increases your Eating Skill and in turn increases your maximum RP and other related stats.

Sleep to Increase Sleeping Skill

Sleeping recovers your HP and RP, and likewise increases your maximum RP and other related stats.

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