Getting started
First day walkthrough: find every school supply and reach your dorm
Meet Abigailia, take her letter to Bristlecone, collect the cauldron, potion starter set, robe and skill trinket in Wisk, then return for your flute. Follow the student to Etchery, speak to Heather in the dormitory and sleep in your room. This route is described in a release-day walkthrough; we have not independently completed it in the full game.
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Get the flutemaker’s letter
- After arriving by boat, go left past the talking dragon statue. Take the upward path and speak to Headmistress Abigailia.
- Take her letter and follow the newly cleared southern route to Bristlecone’s shop inside a cut-down tree.
- Talk to Bristlecone. He sends you to Wisk for the other supplies before handing over the flute.
If the shop is blocked by trees, finish the conversation with Abigailia first. The cited walkthrough says she opens that route.
Collect the Wisk supply checklist
- Continue right into Wisk and speak to the woman at the gate for a map.
- Visit Newt’s Eye Potion Supply for the cauldron and potion starter set.
- Visit Swish & Stitch Clothier for the school robe and Practical Practice for the skill trinket.
- Check your list, then return to Bristlecone for the flute.
The walkthrough identifies all five required items: flute, robe, cauldron, potion starter set and skill trinket. If the flute is still missing, return to Bristlecone after collecting the other four. An earlier development-build video shows the school supply entries as free, but confirm the current shop prompts instead of relying on that older capture.
Reach the dorm and end the first day
- Follow the student who tells you the ceremony is starting and meet Abigailia at the university.
- Follow the other students into the dormitory and speak with Heather.
- Go to your assigned room at the bottom right, check the journal if you need to review the objective, and sleep in the bed.
If the story does not advance after the ceremony, check Heather and the assigned room rather than searching for another shop item. The next morning starts the Dean Clary garden route.
Watch the game
Songs of Glimmerwick — official gameplay trailer
See the flute, garden and academy in motion. This official overview introduces the game; the written guides explain the demo inputs.
Explore flute and spell guides →Sources & version
September 30 release-day prologue walkthrough. Source dates are noted below; new evidence checked September 30, 2026.
- Into Indie Games: Songs of Glimmerwick prologue walkthrough ↗ — September 30, 2026 release-day written walkthrough: arrival, school supply checklist, Wisk shop names, Bristlecone return, Heather and dorm sleep.
- The Cozy Gaming Club: development-build playthrough ↗ — April 2026 development-build capture corroborates the supply sequence; free shop entries are scoped to this earlier build.