Tilling spell worked, but no ground was tilled?

The hoe keeps working after you leave

On October 1, Eastshade says enchanted tools continue completing queued work while you go about other business. Once you have visible targets and have confirmed the queue, you do not have to stand watching the hoe. Return after it has had time to work and check the plots. This release-week clarification does not repair a missing target or an empty queue; the controller bindings below remain labelled as older demo replies. Confirming the wrong plot size is also a separate issue covered by the current small-plot advice.

Place a plot after casting

1. Cast the tilling song and look for the placement cursor and confirm/cancel indicators at the bottom right.
2. Move the cursor onto the garden grass. On controller, try the right stick named in Eastshade’s September reply; if it does not move the cursor, try the left stick named in its July reply. Follow the visible prompt for your build.
3. When a plot marker appears, press A to queue it. Add other plots if needed.
4. Press X to confirm queued work; the July developer reply says B cancels the queue. Wait for the enchanted hoe to act.

Both stick directions come from Eastshade, but the posts do not establish whether a patch, controller layout or a mistaken reply caused the difference. Do not press X until you can see a queued plot.

If the marker never appears

A keyboard-and-mouse player reported that their cursor was initially away from the grass, so no placement indicator appeared. Moving it over grass revealed the marker and let them finish the task. In that player’s first tutorial attempt, they had also missed clicking the song scroll to practice the full song. If you are still at that step, check the scroll and the on-screen song prompt before retrying placement; this is one player’s successful route, not proof that every cast requires a mastery score.

If the plot was queued, wait for the hoe to finish, then sow seeds by hand as described in the planting guide.

If a queued plot still does nothing

The July discussion did not establish whether every failed attempt was unclear instruction or a bug. If the cursor, queued target and confirm step are all visible but no work follows, record the demo version, input device and which stick moved the cursor. Mouse and keyboard worked for one reporting player, so it is a possible comparison if available, not a guaranteed repair. If the hoe worked but the seed reports an unsuitable plot, compare the small-plot branch demonstrated in an earlier development build; it does not resolve every current-build failure.

Controller placement circle never appears?

In an October 5 released-game Reddit report, switching to keyboard controls and back to controller restored the placement circle and let that player confirm tilled spots. Try that device comparison if the marker is missing. The same player then had planting and plot-shape problems, so this is a partial workaround for the cursor, not a proven fix for disappearing plots or seeds that never plant.

Return after the hoe has had time to work and check the plots. Tilling prepares the ground; sow the seeds yourself.