My Time at Sandrock – Tips and Tricks for New Players

A quick reference of hints & tips for new players to the My Time series.

Beginners Tips

Intro

For those of you who are new to the My world series welcome!

Sandrock is a wonderful game, so much to do and explore…

I’ve played and researched Sandrock for many hours and keep finding things I’d previously overlooked.

Here are some starting recommendations and info I would like to share.

Notepad & Pen

• To note things “to check out later”.
• Sometimes there’s a lot going on and easy to forget details.

Game Speed

• Go into Menu/Options and change game speed from default 2 to 0.5.
• This slows the speed of the clock so you get more time to do things before 3am when you are forced to sleep.

Pause Game

• Need to think about a potential action and want to stop the clock?
• Press [ESC] to get to the main menu to gain some thinking time.

Hit Tab button to quicksave, use planting kit, etc.

• It brings up a new directional menu. Has quicksave, camera, planting kit, etc.

Treasure Chests

• These are scattered around the map. They contain interesting and useful items to help you on your way.
• There are also white chests in the various caves.

Don’t Rush

• It’s not a competition. Take time to enjoy the atmosphere and explore. There is so much that can be missed by rushing through the day.
• The daily commissions have a limited time to be completed. They are easily do-able with some care in choosing and planning.

Inventory

• Very quickly you will run out of inventory/backpack space.

Options

• Pay to open more backpack slots.
• Buy a Storage Chest from Arvio at the General Store in the first week.
  He gives a discount
• Make Storage Chests on your Worktable.

You do you

• We all have different game style preferences.
• In Sandrock there is a lot to do and explore, find your own path and allow yourself to be immersed. The important thing is to have fun!

Saves

• Each time you sleep an auto save is done.
• Manual saves can be done at anytime with the option to rename/delete them for ease of reference.
• Consider doing a save as a restore/load point after arriving at Sandrock. Then you can have look around, get used to the controls etc before doing a reload of that save to really get into the game.

Watch & Listen

• Watch the cut scenes closely and listen to the other characters dialogue.
• There are lots of clues and brilliant humour to enjoy.

Need help?

There are various ways to seek guidance and information.

• Look at the in-game tutorials via the main menu.
• Our guides.

Want more commissions?

• Put a weekly ad in the local rag – Tumbleweed Standard.