Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time begins, as many RPGs do, by prompting you to customise your character, including choosing their appearance and giving them a name. You don’t need to stress too hard over these decisions, however, as it’s explicitly stated that you can make changes later if you decide something wasn’t to your liking – same goes for the name you choose for your island in the opening scene, too.
It isn’t quickly evident how exactly the game is going to follow through on those promises, however, and in fact you do need to hit some specific pre-requisites before you’re allowed to make changes to your original decisions. Read on for how to change your appearance, edit your character name and island name in Fantasy Life i.
How to change your appearance in Fantasy Life i
When creating your character at the very beginning of Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time, the game assures you that you’ll be able to edit your appearance later. A few minutes later, when prompted to rename your island if its canon name of “Mysteria” isn’t really doing it for you, you’ll receive similar assurances about changing your island name. However, it’s not immediately obvious when or how to do either of those things.
If for whatever reason you’ve decided that you’re not happy with your initial choices, there’s good news and bad news. The good news is that the game wasn’t lying and you can absolutely change every aspect of your character’s appearance, and rename both them and your island, as many times as you like. The bad news is that you’ll have to clear quite a bit of the story before unlocking these abilities.
Specifically, you need to have completed the quest Place the Sign and Furniture, which is the 12th quest in Chapter 3. In other words, it’s going to take a few hours before you can freely edit your character’s appearance and your initial choice of names.
Once this quest is completed, you can speak to Boyle at the Guild building at your Base Camp, who now has four options he can help you with:
- Party Formation
- Islander Management
- Change Appearance
- Change Island Name
You can now access these options at will, and re-enter editing as many times as you like!