New Beginnings

The first Mission in the game. This mission starts as soon as the initial cut scene ends, when you land on the pier. This mission introduces you to your first horse and Emerald Estate.

## Rewards

This mission awards you with:

* Blueprints for Crops Field (Linseed), Bush (Azalea), Camping Home (Classic and Survival), Bench (Restful), Feeder (Homemade), and the Wacky Bridge (Best Bridge Ever)
* Access to Emerald Estate

## Objectives

### Hearty Welcome

#### **Talk to the Boy at the Pier**

Walk forward until you can have a conversation with Gabriel Lemaire

#### Follow Gabriel

He'll ride his horse over to a paddock with three horses, which is your destination

#### Choose a horse

There are three horses in the paddock - Molly, Quagga, and Dancer. Once you've picked your desired horse, mount it, and ride it back to Gabriel to continue.

#### Follow Gabriel

Gabriel will lead you, on horseback, towards the estate. First, he'll lead you to a missing bridge, and then have you follow him through the forest, which ends in a long jump over a river. (This jump may be difficult - you'll have to sprint, aim your horse carefully, and time the jump correctly to cross the river.)

#### Talk to Gabriel

When you reach the overlook, there will be a cutscene. Once the cutscene completes, talk to Gabriel to learn more about your estate and your aunt. You'll be given the blueprints for a Crops Field and Bush, and discover new two map locations.

### Visit Your Estate

#### Clear the thicket

Follow the path down the side of the hill, and ride towards your estate. You will run into bushes and brush blocking the path - interact with them to remove them. There are four thickets to remove.

#### Investigate the large thicket

You will come across what looks like a broken, fallen tree.

* **A Talking Tree!?** - Interact with the large thicket to speak to Mattéo Travere, who will ask you to run to the harbor to get the gasoline he needs for his chainsaw so he can unblock your path.

#### Pick up gas at the harbor

Ride towards the Harbor in order to pick up the gasoline for Mattéo.

* **Rebuild the bridge** - On the way back, you'll encounter Gabriel standing in front of the river that was missing a bridge on your way towards the estate the first time. He'll give you the blueprint for the Wacky Bridge and ask you to build it. Go to the pole with the flag on it beside the river, and pay 25 Oak Wood to build the bridge (and unlock the Builder Achievement). If you need Oak Wood, there is some along the trails between the Large Thicket blocking your estate and the Harbor.

Continue towards the harbor. The gas is located beside the pier where you first started. Interact with it to pick it up.

#### Bring the gas to Mattéo

Return to the Large Thicket blocking your way to the estate, and hand over the gasoline.

* **Step back from the thicket** - Back your horse up or move away from the thicket to allow Mattéo to cut it down. You'll know you've backed up far enough when the screen briefly goes black.

#### Your new home

Continue down the path towards the estate.

* **Talk to Mattéo** - he'll be standing outside a ruined house. If you speak to him, you can ask about your aunt.
	+ **A Place to Sleep** - If you ask about where you can sleep, Mattéo will offer you a spare tent, and give you the blueprints for Camping Home (Classic and Survival variations), Bench (Restful), and Feeder (Homemade)
* **Set up your first home**
	+ **Build the campsite (0/1)** - at the pole with the flag on it near Mattéo, build the Camping Home for 30 Oak Wood

* **Rest in your tent** - to complete the New Beginnings mission, go to the tent and Rest

Once you wake from rest, you will be given the Call your aunt mission.