Independent field guide · Original game
Cozy Grove, one day at a time.
A source-led wiki for the original 2021 life sim: every resident bear, all 180 fish, the Spirit Log ladder, festival dates and the daily rhythm that holds it all together.
Reviewed November 9, 2026 Sources linked Independent
- First released
- 2021 · Spry Fox
- Daily reset
- 5:00am local time
- Campaign
- 40+ hours, months of play
- This month
- Two fish cohorts overlap
Welcome to the grove
A slow game needs a patient notebook.
No time-travel. No urgency bait. Just the map, the residents and the small decisions that make a camp feel like home.
The Grove Lantern is built for the original Cozy Grove. We separate official facts from community data, date the things that change, and leave gaps where the evidence stops. The Switch 2 Edition and Camp Spirit are covered too — as the platform edition and the sequel, not as the same game.
Start here
The first morning, sorted.
The resident ledger
A camp full of unfinished stories.
Charlotte Pine
Ranger Bear
Jeremy Gruffle
Maker Bear
Captain Billweather Snout
Seagull Bear
Patrice Furbac
Postal Bear
Francesca DuClaw
Wood Bear
Allison Fisher
Baker Bear
Valentina Oso-Fisher
Mayor Bear
Lee Berry Dennings
Veggie Bear
Arjun Bhalla
Retiree Bear
Octavia Cubbins
Surfer Bear
+11 more residentsand DLC visitors
Swipe or scroll to meet the first ten · portraits from the community archive
Collecting · field guide
Fishing is a decision, not just a cast.
Read the bite, the shadow and the season, then choose between donation, sale and the burn pile.
The field notes
More from the desk
The data desk
Numbers that stay useful.
Browse 180 individual fish records or the full 21-bear register. No fake live counters, no invented drop rates, no “best build” claims that the game does not support.
On the timeline
The game has a short history and a long tail.
March 12, 2026
Switch 2 Edition
4K TV mode, 1080p handheld and an increased frame rate — not new story content. Read what changed.
2021
A game built around real days
Apple Arcade launch in March, PC and consoles in April, then four seasonal updates across the year.
How this guide is made
The evidence is part of the product.
Official first. Store pages and Spry Fox support notes settle platform and timing questions.
Community data, labeled. Prices and rank costs are marked when they come from player documentation.
No invented authority. If the source is a guess, it does not become a paragraph.
No rush
The island will still be here tomorrow.
Start with one small ritual: read the quests, say hello, feed the fire. The rest of the grove can wait its turn.