Tales of the Shire: How To Fix Your Front Door

The following guide explores how you can fix your front door in Tales of the Shire, which will let you enter your home easily.

You can initiate repairs and customizations in your homestead (Source: Private Division)
You can initiate repairs and customizations in your homestead (Source: Private Division)

When you first land in Bywater in Tales of the Shire, you’re accompanied by Gandalf the Grey. He’ll escort you to your very own homestead. But, when you reach the place, you’ll discover that it’s barely holding together. Besides the scattered furniture, there’s not much within the home.

Perhaps an even bigger problem is that you can’t even enter your home through the front doors, because they’re blocked by vegetation and other obstacles. For the time being, you won’t be able to get rid of these blockages. However, later on in the game, you’ll find a way to finally clear off or fix your front door in Tales of the Shire. In this guide, we’ll explore how you can go about doing it.

How To Fix Front Door in Tales of the Shire

Willow Took is the NPC you want to impress to clear your front door
Willow Took is the NPC you want to impress to clear your front door (Source: Private Division)

The process to unblock your home’s front door is pretty lengthy and involves deepening your fellowship levels with one particular Bywater resident. You will have to locate and build a friendship with Willow Took.

Raising Friendship Levels

Like all other NPCs, the quickest way to increase friendship with residents is to invite them over for a meal and cook them their favorite items. During the initial couple of friendship levels, Willow Took will reward you with furniture pieces. However, when you unlock fellowship level 3 with her, she’ll offer to clear the debris in front of your home’s door. Keep in mind that it will take between two and four such shared meals with her to reach the necessary level.

After unlocking level 3 with her, you will need to check your mailbox the day after. You’ll find a letter from her where Willow Took invites you for a chat in her workshop. When you reach her and speak with her, she’ll express her desire to make you feel more welcome in Bywater. So, she’ll offer to clear the debris that lies near the front door.

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Expanding Your Home

Accept Willow’s proposal and let her open up your home’s front door in Tales of the Shire. Doing so doesn’t cost you in any way, if you don’t consider the cost of preparing the several meals for the NPC before. As soon as your front door is cleared, you will also gain access to another wing of the homestead. This additional space will enable you to add more equipment or furniture in your homestead without it looking too crowded.

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