Flute & spells
How to unlock the pickaxe spell for garden boulders
Complete Professor Linnea’s first music lesson, then speak to her for the pickaxe spell. The September 30 prologue walkthrough places this class on Tuesday, after Clary’s first garden assignment. Its reward is the tool enchantment for garden boulders.
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Follow the first-class sequence
- Complete enrollment and the opening dormitory sequence.
- Read the lesson letter and follow your current calendar to Linnea’s music class.
- Finish the lesson and speak to Linnea afterward. Check the songbook for the newly taught pickaxe spell.
- Return to the Botanical Garden’s boulders with that spell available.
Rocks need a different tool from soil or trees
Song of Tilling prepares soil; the axe enchantment handles dead wood. Neither unlocks the pickaxe reward by itself. Use the pickaxe song’s current casting prompt for rocks. The walkthrough establishes the reward and purpose, not every keyboard/controller targeting binding or a fixed calendar for all later patches.
Removing paths is a later, separate use
Version 1.01 also makes cobblestone paths mineable with a pickaxe. That is intentional removal, not a guaranteed repair for invisible paths. You need not clear every boulder before planting Clary’s starter seeds.
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 distinguish release-week reports from older demo inputs.
Explore flute and spell guides →Sources & version
Release-day walkthrough; unlock sequence. Source dates are noted below; new evidence checked October 3, 2026.
- Into Indie Games: prologue walkthrough ↗ — September 30 first-music-class sequence and Linnea’s pickaxe reward; re-read October 3. No universal input sequence inferred.
- Eastshade: Version 1.01 ↗ — October 2 mineable cobblestone-path change; not a missing-graphics fix.