Fields of Mistria

2026-09-06

I've been meaning to grab this for a while and 1.0 came out somewhat recently, so I took the plunge. So far, I really like the pixel art and have enjoyed my time with it. The characters are fun and I like hunting bugs, that's probably my favorite part right now.

2026-09-09

Scampering around in Mistria for a bit. The days feel a bit short, even though in reality they are probably only a few minutes shorter than the average farming sim. I think it's a combination of the slightly shorter day length, and the fact that my energy bar seems to go down kinda fast. I feel like I can barely clear stones or wood before I'm out.

In any case, I'm most interested in decorating my farm but I'm having trouble securing materials for the aforementioned reasons, so I decided to focus on upgrading tools for now.

Witchspeak

Mistria has become a cozy-ish thing to play while the family is watching TV. I've mostly ignored farming and focused on the mines, and last night I hit level 25 which has a big gateway that requires 4 items to pass. I already had 2, but I'll have to fish in the mines for a stonefish and grab a lantern moth from somewhere.

I've been bugging the shit out of Marsh and his brother, which is kind of fun, but generally speaking I just socialize with whomever happens to stray across my path. I'm starting to slowly build heart levels as a result, but I can see it would take quite some time to build up friendships with all the townsfolk.

The stamina situation appears to be improving. I don't feel like I'm immediately exhausted when I start mining. I may have picked up some stamina perks I'm not really sure, but being able to cook up trail mix with a potential bonus has been really swell. Every few days I make the rounds to gather up water chestnuts specifically for that. One thing I didn't realize until like yesterday is the dragon statue in the mines offers DIFFERENT perks than the one at the farm. Before, I ignored it because, you know, we have perks at home. Well, this is where the mining and combat ones are.