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Tales of The Shiredefinitely gets the cozy vibes right, as you’re able to settle in and build a relaxing home for yourself. You aren’t given much space in your house at the start, and things feel rather shabby with minimal furniture. If you want to build the home of your dreams, there is a lot to work to do.
When you start, you can’t even enter your own house through the front door. Taking the back door is serviceable, but going all the way around can get quite tedious. By befriending a certain Carpenter in the Shire, you can get some basic house upgrades and make it a place worth calling home.
How To Upgrade Your House
You can get house upgrades done afterbefriending a carpenter named Willow Took. She livessouth of your home, in the forest area. However, you need toincrease your relationshipwith herbefore she decides to do some favors for you.
She willrenovate your house for freewhenyoureach levels three, six, and tenin your relationship with her. Each house expansion willunlock the blocked doors and add new rooms. The rooms lack furniture, but it’s up to you to design your cozy home.
Willow Took also sells furnishings while she is tinkering in the woods.
How To Fix The Front Door
You first need toget closer to Willow,and to do that, you shouldinvite her to mealsvery often. As soon as youreach level three, you shouldgo to bedand get aletter in your postboxthe next day.
Willow often craves Saddle of Mutton Stuffed With Cheese, an early-game dish you can easily make for her.
The letter asks you to speak with Willow, and when you do,she will upgrade your home for free. You will find thefront door fixed and your house expanded.So now you canenter your house quickly through the front door, instead of taking the longer way.
