How To Make Money Early On In Littlewood (Nintendo Switch Guide)

Learn how to earn money early on in Littlewood with this step-by-step picture guide.

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October 18, 2023

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Blue Dewdrop icon in front of a green background

Today, I will be showing you how to make money early on in Littlewood.

To earn money (known as Dewdrops) early on in Littlewood, you must first build the Marketplace and Air Balloon Platform structures in your town. Once this is done, travel to the Endless Forest and collect weeds. Return to your town and sell the weeds at the Marketplace for Dewdrops galore.

Making money in Littlewood early on is quite simple and repeatable if done consistently.

If you prefer a step-by-step guide with pictures detailing the process, continue reading.

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Why earn money in Littlewood?

A boy and girl walking thorugh a market in a port city — How To Make Money In Littlewood

Littlewood is a social, life simulator similar to Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley.

All three of these games focus on crafting, decorating, and buying items to make the perfect digital landscape.

In Littlewood, money is used to buy

furniture at the General Shop to decorate your house as well as your neighbor’s houses (and there are tons of items to purchase)
decorative items from the Décor Shop that can be placed around town
special items at a nearby port city
and rare items at the Auction House among other things

It never hurts to have extra money which is why it is important to earn as much as you can early on in the game.

How To Earn Money Early On In Littlewood

Making money early on in Littlewood is not hard at all but does require quite a few steps to make happen.

Luckily, all of these steps can be accomplished within the first in-game week and requires very little time to achieve if done correctly.

In short, you will be selling one specific item you can gather a lot of in the beginning of the game at the town’s Marketplace.

The money-making item in question? Weeds!

Why sell weeds?

A green weed in front of a tan background — How To Make Money In Littlewood | Art: Littlewood Wiki

Weeds sell for 20 Dewdrops at the start of the game and are the most common item that can be sold for the most amount of profit.

They can be found around town every few days and in a nearby forest. Their ample supply equates to consistent revenue.

Additionally, weed sell prices can be increased by performing certain tasks throughout the game.

STEP A – Create Marketplace

A marketplace in the center of town with people near market stands — How To Make Money In Littlewood

You have to build a Marketplace in order to sell items in Littlewood.

DAY 1 OF SPRING

Build your house by using the My House Blueprint you receive from Willow on the very first day.

My House Blueprint requires 8 Wooden Planks and 8 Plain Bricks to build.

The day after building My House Blueprint, Willow will give you the Marketplace Blueprint.

DAY 2 OF SPRING

Build the Marketplace anywhere you like.

Marketplace Blueprint requires 8 Wooden Planks and 8 Plain Bricks to build.

STEP B – Make Air Balloon Platform

A hot air ballon booth set up in the Fall with a boy standing inside the hot air balloon, waiting for take off — How To Make Money In Littlewood

Next, you will need to travel to a specific location to gather the item we will be selling.

You will need the Air Balloon Platform to travel.

You must first build the My Office Blueprint in order to obtain the Air Balloon Platform Blueprint.

You should receive the My Office Blueprint from Willow a day after receiving the Marketplace Blueprint.

DAY 3 OF SPRING

Build My Office anywhere in your town.

My Office Blueprint requires 10 Wooden Planks and 10 Plain Bricks to build.

DAY 4 OF SPRING

A day after constructing My Office, Willow will give you the Air Balloon Platform Blueprint.

Build it anywhere in your town.

Air Balloon Platform requires 1 Wooden Plank and 1 Plain Brick to build.

Your prep work is now finished. You are ready to travel to the nearby forest and collect as many Weeds as you can.

STEP 1 – Go To The Endless Forest

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Speak to the person at the Air Balloon Platform by pressing the A button.

Select Endless Forest from the list of destinations available to you.

Press A to confirm.

NOTE: The first time you enter Endless Forest, a story scene will play.

STEP 2 – Select A Whirlybug

A boy in front of a Whirlybug dirt home — How To Make Money In Littlewood

Walk over to the Whirlybugs (the spider-like creatures resting in the dirt).

Stand in front of one and press A to be transported to the Endless Forest.

NOTE: You will only have access to the first Whirlybug. The second Whirlybug requires Woodcutting level 30 to use while the third Whirlybug requires Woodcutting level 60 to use.

Also keep in mind that you are only able to use each Whirlybug transport once every in-game day.

STEP 3 – Gather Weeds

A boy picking up weeds in a forest; white circles appear around the weeds — How To Make Money In Littlewood

Travel around the Endless Forest and gather weeds.

Walk up to a weed and press the A button to add it to your inventory.

Avoid performing other tasks that use up energy in order to maximize the amount of weeds you can pick up in the day.

STEP 4 – Return Home

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Leave the Endless Forest once you picked up every weed you could find or if you are running low on energy.

Press the B button to open your menu then select Return Home to be transported back to your house.

STEP 5 – Sell Weeds At Marketplace

A marketplace with stands and weeds on the stands with two people looking around — How To Make Money In Littlewood

Travel to your Marketplace and approach a stand. Press A.

An inventory menu will appear on screen. Navigate to the Misc. A tab (it has a green weed icon) and Press A.

Then select the Weeds item from your list. Press A to place the weed on the Marketplace stand.

Press A up to 8 times to place a weed on each of the stands (if you run out of weeds, you will not be able to fill up all the stands).

Any item placed on the stands will be sold at the end of the day.

NOTE: Approach a stand with an item on it and press the B button to remove the item if you change your mind.

STEP 6 – Go To Sleep

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Return to your house, go to your bed, and press the A button to prompt the day to end.

Select Yes when asked if you want to go to sleep.

Press A to confirm.

STEP 7 – Collect Dewdrops At Marketplace

Navigate to the Marketplace the next day. Dewdrop icons have since replaced the weeds.

Walk up to any stand and press A to collect all Dewdrops earned.

STEP 8 – Repeat This Process

Repeat all the steps you learned in this handy guide day-after-day until you have all the money you desire.

Keep Selling Items To Increase Your Merchanting Level

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The more you sell, the more your Merchanting skill will increase.

And the higher your Merchanting skill becomes, the more items you will be able to sell at the Marketplace each day.

You can sell 1 item per stand when your Merchanting level is low
You can sell 2 items per stand when you reach Merchanting level 30
And you can sell 3 items per stand when your Merchanting level is 60 or higher

Sell weeds (or any other item) at the Marketplace to increase your Merchanting skill which will result in being able to sell even more weeds per day which will also increase your Merchanting skill level.

It is a win-win situation that will help you earn money much faster by being able to double and triple your daily profits.

Whenever you see a weed in the wild, collect it. You will need them when you are able to sell multiple items per stand.

Buy Town Wishes To Increase Weed Selling Price

You can increase weed selling price by donating to your My Office Town Wishes donation fund.

Donate to your My Office by entering the building, stand in front of the blue Dewdrop orb inside, and Press A.

You will then see what the donation requires. Donate said items until your My Office is at least 3 Stars and higher.

Then, check your desk every Wednesday and Saturday for Town Wishes that increase weed selling price.

Buy it as soon as you see it to reap more income from selling your weeds.