As you explore the various locations in Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time, you will find strange objects. These objects appear to be NPCs that have been turned into random items, which stand out because they have eyes. These Strangelings can then be turned back into humans via the Goddess Statue at the base camp in the Present era, allowing you to unlock them as Buddies that can join your party as NPCs. This page will go over what Strangelings are, where to find them, and how to exactly turn them back to normal.

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Strangelings are special items you can find to turn into Buddies that can join your party.

What Are Strangelings?¶

As mentioned above, Strangelings are NPCs that have been turned into objects and are hidden throughout the game’s world. There are a total of 49 Strangelings to be found, some of which you will get as you progress the main story. So, what do you do once you find a Strangeling? If you remember right, there is the Goddess Statue at the base camp in the Present era. Head there and interact with it, then use the Celestia’s Gift item (blue flowers that spawn once per day at base camp) to revert the Strangelings into Buddies.

Similar to pretty much every NPC in the game, these Buddies have a Life attached to them. You can bring up to three Buddies at a time with you, and they will level up as you normally do. If your Buddy is a gathering one, then they will join you when you are doing that activity (if they are the same Life). Similarly, you can assign like-minded Buddies when crafting, which can greatly help with succeeding. In fact, it’s probably best to wait on crafting until you have two Buddies related to that Life.

Where to Find Strangelings¶

Other than the few you can find during the main story, most other Strangelings will require you to hunt them down. While a good number are in Ginormosia, you can also find some in the other time periods. For example, the boss-tier enemies (ones with crowns) have a chance to drop a blue chest, which will always contain a Strangeling. After exhausting those, the chests will contain Celestia’s Gifts instead. Another way to get Strangelings is to simply find the Shrines in Ginormosia and complete them.

The last way to get Strangelings is by simply finding them in the world. Some might be simply laying about in a specific location, while others are in the blue chests, also just in a certain spot. There are also a few related to the various small villages, which you can unlock as fast travel points, in Ginormosia. With these, you will have some side quests and completing all of them will reward you with a Strangeling.

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(1 of 4) Enemies with crowns over their heads can sometimes drop a Strangeling chest.

List of All Strangelings¶

The following table will list all of the Strangelings in the game, alongside their respective Life and Buddy name, as well as a general idea where to find them.

Strangeling	Buddy	Life	Location
Angler’s Hood	Isaac	Angler	Fan’ni Shrine
Bereted Target	Fern	Hunter	Gela’shi Shrine
Big Brother Bust	Pierre	Artist	Ree’lif Shrine
Big Ol’ Bomb	Flamel	Alchemist	Complete 3 requests at Panther Preserve (Moltana Wastes)
Black Knight’s Sword	Odin	Paladin	Sker’ri Shrine
Black Wolf Doll	Fang	Mercenary	Chest in Wyrmtail Cave
Blue Demon’s Tile	Bray	Blacksmith	Happi Shrine
Breezy Weathervane	Hawke	Hunter	Het’rud Shrine
Cash Cat	Cormell	Carpenter	Complete 3 requests at Haniwa Hamlet (West Dryridge Desert)
Cherry Wheat Juice	Grantz	Miner	Random drop from bosses
Cold Crystal	Sylvia	Miner	Lun’li Shrine
Cook O’Lantern	Chakpo	Cook	Found on farming plot in Viridia Plateau
Corny Bottle	Jerry	Hunter	Random drop from bosses
Country Wood Pot	Orlando	Woodcutter	By southern campfire in Drakesnout Range
Dandy Bat Hat	Klaus	Tailor	Bit’ah Shrine
Dragonslayer’s Sword	Glenn	Mercenary	Story (Chapter 6)
Easy-Going Shield	Hilda	Paladin	Random drop from bosses
Elegant Icewolf Statue	Cliff	Magician	Wav’yu Shrine
Fluffy Beaver Doll	Cherry	Carpenter	Dahl Shrine
Fortune Cat Doll	Colin	Magician	Angar Shrine
Free-Spirited Cap	Laura	Paladin	Sed’nas Shrine
Fresh-Faced Helm	Ian	Blacksmith	Random drop from bosses
Graceful Carp Banner	Teruha	Angler	North east island in Drakeseye Valley
Graceful Fan	Kikyo	Artist	Story (Chapter 5)
Hefty Bear Carving	Bearhart	Woodcutter	Faan Shrine
Homely Flower Basket	Leilah	Hunter	Island in center of pond west of tower in Shroomhaven
Knight Flan	Jake	Paladin	Complete 3 requests at Simian Village (Shroomhaven)
Leafy Watering Can	Pino	Farmer	Story (Chapter 4)
Little Brother Bust	Butch	Farmer	Glehd Shrine (Pettlewing Woods dungeon)
Lovey-Dovey Lamp	Demiel	Alchemist	Wur’ii Shrine
Maajik Daemon Statue	Daemon	Magician	Complete 3 requests at Beetle Borough (Crickneck Canyon)
Mustachioed Helmet	Mustang	Paladin	Besh’fal Shrine
Odd Dresser	Kunugi	Carpenter	Story (Chapter 2)
Old Man Anchor	Ahab	Angler	Complete 3 requests from Terrapapa
Pirate Princess Flag	Olivia	Paladin	Random drop from bosses
Plushling Lady Doll	Rouge	Mercenary	Random drop from bosses
Quirky Hammer	Magmia	Blacksmith	Inside Agekara Cave
Royal Yummy Stew	Allan	Cook	Thril’ah Shrine
Scarecorn	Roissin	Farmer	Island north of Simian Village (Shroomhaven)
Secretive Mask	Sophie	Alchemist	Random drop from bosses
Shaman’s Painting	Meime	Artist	Complete 3 requests from Buffalo Base (West Greatgut Plains)
Sleepy Pillow	Sloane	Magician	Random drop from bosses
Snacky Pie	Nommie	Cook	Random drop from bosses
Snowy Idol	Snow	Mercenary	Eeg’ah Shrine
Soothing Basket	Monika	Woodcutter	Ba’reng Shrine
Sturdy Wheelbarrow	Duglas	Miner	Story (Chapter 3)
Wholesome Yarn Basket	Taylor	Tailor	Random drop from bosses
Witch’s Broom	Hazel	Magician	In southern portion of West Dryridge Desert
Wooly Chair	Shea	Tailor	On island in East Greagut Plains, western half

Little Brother Bust Location¶

Most of the above are self-explanatory, although there is one Shrine that is not marked on your map. It is found in Pettlewing Forest, a dungeon in the Pettlewing Woods region. When you get to the second half of the dungeon, you’ll find yourself in another area where you need to go the right direction. There are statues in the middle of these rooms, which point in a direction. Take the exit in that direction to arrive at Glehd Shrine. Note that there is also a legendary recipe behind the Shrine, for the Axe of Time.