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1. Learn your surroundings
Explore towns, mountain villages, shrines, estates, and the roads connecting them. These are the location types explicitly named by the developer. Identify safe routes and useful work before chasing status.
2. Earn your first Ryō
Farming is the gentlest early route. Merchant play rewards careful stock choices, while Attendant, Isha, and Performer roles focus more heavily on service and social scenes.
3. Choose a profession
The game frames mastery of a profession as one way to find your place in society. Choose around the kind of roleplay you want, not an unverified online meta.
4. Build reputation and relationships
Advancement is social as well as economic. Serving those above you is a named path, while riskier routes toward power may carry different consequences.
5. Plan for authority
Warrior, noble, feudal lord, and Shogun are the named upper roles. Use the progression planner for your own milestones and the path map for the confirmed hierarchy.
Mistakes to avoid
Trusting made-up requirements
Exact costs, weapon stats, and promotion thresholds have not been publicly verified. Treat unsupported tables as speculation.
Optimizing before learning the server
Systems and local stories change. Learn the Province and its players before committing all your Ryō to one route.