How to play Solwisp
Your long-term goal is to reach stage 110 and purchase one Sun Archive. The garden can progress while idle, while tapping and abilities make the journey faster.
1. Gather and restore
Tap the sun to gather spendable light and add the same amount to the current stage's restoration meter. Helpers produce light and restoration every second, so active play is helpful but never required for ordinary stages.
Every restored stage grants a light reward. The scenery changes every 25 stages as the Sunpath crosses Dew Meadow, Moon Garden, Prism Grove, and Dawn Ridge.
2. Grow helpers
Spend light on Firefly Friends, Lantern Blooms, Prism Trees, and five later helper types. Every helper increases passive output and visibly appears in the garden. Purchase modes let you buy 1, 10, 25, 100, or the maximum affordable amount at once.
Owning 10, 25, 50, or 100 of one helper unlocks a large output milestone. Ordinary upgrades and research can multiply these helpers further.
3. Clear Shade Knots
Every tenth stage is a timed Shade Knot. Restore its larger meter before the attempt expires. A failed attempt returns the garden to the preceding farming stage, where helpers continue gathering light. You may retry immediately or wait for the automatic retry.
4. Use abilities and discoveries
Sunbeam unlocks first and grants an instant burst. Firefly Chorus temporarily strengthens helpers, while Time of Bloom strengthens all online output and stage rewards. Wandering Wisps occasionally appear with optional short bonuses.
5. Welcome Dawn
After stage 25, welcome Dawn to reset the current run and earn Dawn Seeds. Light, helpers, ordinary upgrades, and stage progress reset; lifetime statistics, best stage, research, achievements, and permanent systems remain. Dawn Seeds permanently strengthen all output and can also unlock constellation guidance.