Alexandre Jollier
Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar Windmills - How to Unlock Them All
In brief
Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar relies on a crafting system based on windmills, key structures for developing your bazaar. Find out how to unlock the three windmills (Red, Blue and Yellow) by completing specific quests for Isaac, the windmill manager of Zephyr Town.
In Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar, crafting is a core pillar, and while in other productions item creation happens via a workbench, here the system is based on windmills that form the heart of the recipe for growing your investment in the grand bazaar.
How the windmills work
The windmills in Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar aren't available from the very start of the adventure; at first, all the windmills are closed and must be restored through specific quests.
The usage method is very simple once a windmill has been unlocked: you first need to interact with the structure, then choose the item you wish to craft, and finally the desired quantity, which then sets the windmill in motion. Crafting requires a certain amount of time, though this can be reduced on windy days, as the blades spin faster and make the activity go quicker.
Note
An interesting point about the system is that each windmill allows you to make several types of items, encouraging you to unlock all the windmills to access the game's full set of recipes.
How to unlock each windmill
The first one to unlock is the Red Mill, accessible fairly early in your playthrough, during your first meeting with Isaac, the person in charge of Zephyr Town's windmills, who tells you that the buildings no longer work, and asks you to gather 10 units of wood and 10 stones to repair the Red Mill. These resources are relatively simple to find in the environment. Once you've gathered everything, go back to see Isaac, who will take care of restoring the mill and introduce you to the first crafting practices. After completing this first request, the Red Mill will be permanently accessible, letting you use it freely as you wish.
The Blue Mill is the second one to be unlocked. After some progress in the game, Isaac comes back to you with a new request: during the quest "Have You Seen Something Lying Around?", he explains that he's lost a mill repair tool somewhere near a bench in the bazaar area. Your mission is to find this tool and bring it back to Isaac, who will then be able to restore the Blue Mill, opening up a wide range of new crafting recipes.
Finally, the Yellow Mill is your last challenge. At the start of autumn, Isaac offers you one last task. Before he agrees to restore this final structure, he wants you to prove your ability to use the crafting mills by making 100 items with the mills you've already unlocked. The best way to reach this threshold is to mass-produce fertilizer. Once you've reached the 100-item threshold, Isaac will restore the Yellow Mill to your collection of windmills.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you use a windmill once it's unlocked?
Simply interact with the structure, choose the item you want to craft, then the desired quantity. The windmill will then automatically start working again.
What are the requirements to unlock the Red Windmill?
You must gather 10 units of wood and 10 rocks for Isaac during your first meeting with him in Zephyr Town. These resources are easy to find in the environment.
How do you unlock the Yellow Windmill quickly?
You must first craft 100 items with the Red and Blue windmills. The most efficient method is to mass-produce fertilizer, which requires few resources.
How do you speed up crafting items at the windmills?
Naturally windy days speed up production since the blades spin faster, reducing crafting time.
Key takeaways
- The windmills form the heart of the crafting system and are not available from the very start of the game.
- The Red Windmill unlocks first by gathering 10 units of wood and 10 rocks for Isaac.
- The Blue Windmill requires finding a repair tool lost by the edge of a bench in the bazaar.
- The Yellow Windmill requires crafting 100 items with the already unlocked windmills before it can be restored.
- Windy days speed up production by making the blades spin faster.
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