Get your first bed through Hazel's farming lesson
Your first garden bed and your next garden bed involve different steps. In Loftia's demo, Hazel's introductory farming lesson gives you the place-and-plant objective, while expanding afterward requires a garden-bed permit upgrade from Amani and another crafted bed. Knowing which stage you are at helps you avoid searching a shop for something the opening quest already wants you to place.
This guide follows player experience in Z1 Gaming's narrated free-demo session. It covers that early progression rather than a complete catalog of bed sizes or the upcoming Early Access version.
Continue the opening story through Milo's project-station tasks and your neighborhood setup until Pebble sends you to Hazel. Her farming introduction asks you to place the garden bed on your island and plant lettuce seeds.
Return to your island and use decorating mode to place the bed. Select the lettuce seeds through your tools, plant them, and craft a watering can at the project station. Water the plants and harvest when they finish growing to continue Hazel's lessons.
You do not need to begin with an advanced farming station. The first demonstrated lesson uses a garden bed, seeds, and a watering can.
Unlock another bed's placement capacity with Amani
Keep following Hazel's early tasks. In the narrated route, the player ships crops, grows carrots, makes carrot soup, and sends the required soup through the shipping bin. Hazel then directs the player to Amani, who handles building permits.
Visit Amani in Loftia City, open the permit options, and improve the garden-bed permit. This raises the relevant placement capacity so you can put another bed on the island.
The distinction is practical:
| What you do | What it provides |
|---|---|
| Follow Hazel's introductory lesson | The first place-and-plant step |
| Improve the garden-bed permit with Amani | Permission to place more garden beds |
| Craft the next garden bed at home | The physical item to place |
| Place the crafted bed | Additional usable planting space |
If you already have crafting resources but cannot expand, check the permit stage. If you bought the permit but still have nothing to put down, the crafting step remains.
Craft and place the second bed in the demo
After the permit upgrade, the narrated objective asks the player to craft and place a second garden bed. The demonstrated 2-by-2 garden bed needs five clay and ten scrap wood.
Collect those materials, return to your home project station, and craft the bed. Then open decorating mode and place it on your island. Check the recipe shown in your own build before gathering, because this is one demo example rather than a universal recipe for all bed types.
Leave room to approach both beds with your watering can. Grouping your early crops within easy reach is a simple layout choice that makes it easier to check their water indicators before another trip to the city.
Hazel's next demonstrated planting objective asks for eight seeds across the available space. The player also learns that the opening seeds were a special introductory breed; regular crops take longer to grow. Expanding your planting space therefore adds another set of crops to maintain, not an automatic supply of instant harvests.
Refill your watering can at a rain collector when necessary. Keep a charge available for crafting too: the project station consumes battery energy as well as materials.
The official Loftia Steam page is the authoritative starting point for the game and release information. This walkthrough concerns the opening demo beds and does not provide an unverified Early Access permit-price ladder.
FAQ
Where do I get the first garden bed?
Follow the opening story to Hazel's farming lesson. The demonstrated task then tells you to place the garden bed on your island and plant lettuce.
Why can't I place more beds even though I have materials?
Additional placement capacity comes from Amani's garden-bed permit. Complete the relevant early farming handoff, improve that permit, and then craft and place the next bed.
What does the second demo garden bed cost to craft?
The narrated 2-by-2 bed example uses five clay and ten scrap wood. Check your recipe display rather than applying that requirement to every size or a later build.
Does buying the permit automatically give me another planted bed?
The demonstrated route separates the permit upgrade, crafting, placement, and planting. After buying the capacity upgrade, craft the item and place it before adding your seeds.