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Last updated: 05/02/2026
I’m not used to write long texts in English, as Portuguese is my home language. This page will serve both as a form to share my knowledge about the game and as an exercise to practice my English.
I’m relatively known as a ”talkative player”, nicknamed ”The Wise Owl”. The Owl is my personal symbol since prior 2010’s (I majored in Philosophy). I give daily tips for new players through the very very limited in-game message system. Every player can write a 70 character max message to all players in their personal list. The small size of the message, and the limited broadcast hinders what I can tell others. Also, I was banned from the news page because I write too much. (I’m a writer, by the way). My ban was supposedly to be ended by july 2023, but it seems the developers are scared of my keyboard.
Klondike is a non competitive game published by Vizor Games, Limassol (Cyprus) based company. It’s available in many languages, including Brazilian Portuguese, even though there are lots of typos and mistranslations. I play this game for some years now and I still miss a good gaming guide aimed for beginners. The information around the web is too sparse, the wiki is ill maintained and the official game guide is bad to say the best. There are good sources of information and step-by-step guides which you can find at Klondike 101 and Kondike Fans. Klondike itself is a very simple game mixing farm, production and energy managements, however it’s the very opposite of “intuitive”. And has no concept of ”balanced gameplay”.
The vast majority of players give up after a couple weeks. I believe they do so because they couldn’t find a way to past the many “plateaus” at starting phases. Klondike is a game that rewards patience and commitment. Only after you finally set up your chains of production, the game flows easily (maybe too easy). This initial curve of learning and setting up is too steep.
This page in my personal weblog will allow me to better explain the tips I give daily. It is currently a work in progress. If you play actively, check once in a while to see if I updated it.
Oh, If you want to add me, my ID is 1137882153969641, playing at klondike-online.com (not Facebook).
Good Gaming.
Table of contents:
PAGE 1 – Welcome to Klondike (WIP).
PAGE 2 – User interface and main gameplay (COMPLETED).
PAGE 3 – Energy guide (COMPLETED).
PAGE 4 – FARMING GUIDE (TODO)
PAGE 5 – TRAVELLING GUIDE (TODO)
PAGE 6 – COLLECTIONS VISUAL GUIDE AND TABLE OF SOURCES (COMPLETED)
PAGE 7 – EXTRAS (WIP)
I apologize in advance for the terrible formatting of the indexes.
. Getting started: is Klondike a good game for me?
Klondike is an old web browser game, now over 18 years old. Being that old results in both good and bad outcomes. The good part is that the game is still running, which means the developers are still working on it. Accordingly to the official Vizor Games’ (the publisher) page, there are 70 people working for this game, giving to it weekly updates. The artwork is gorgeous, the soundtrack is relaxing and the support is really good. I used it twice and their staff is polite and proactive. Just for the staff behaviour that talked to me, I recommend their services to every gamer I know.
The bad part is that the game mechanics is old. Two decades old. It’s from the time Flash games required energy to do play. Your actions are limited by the energy points you hold. Also, you’ll click and click and click. The game has no auto management, and you will need to set many things manually. I minimize the clicking a lot using macros and auto clickers, but some things just have to be done manually. Example: every 50 days I need do replant my orchards. Over 1.200 trees have to be placed manually. And if I missclick the placement, I need to readjust the positioning. It takes some time.
And time is all about what Klondike is. It’s definitely not a rushed game. A good comparison is that being at Klondike is like travelling during vacations with no guide. You learn things as you go along, discover new places, mistakes and missteps happen, and finally you achieve success. There is no right or wrong way to play this game. Some play for the riches and become industrialists. Others really like trading goods and become merchants, dealing daily with dozens of other players. Completionists want to win all weekly challenges. And in my case, I play for the decorations. I want to make beautiful gardens and landscapes in my lands. They are full of plants, animals, and benches to sit and enjoy the day. (better than my house’s neighbourhood)
But it all requires time and patience, things the current generation seems to not have at all. When you start to know other players, you see the vast majority of them are older people. 40+ years old people including many retired 65+ years old. It’s funny to see all we complaining about inevitable health problems, some enjoying their grandkids, and some just writing a daily ”good morning”.
Patient people not only will enjoy Klondike, but also thrive in it. The game is ABSOLUTELY FREE. There is not a single item that cannot be earned freely if you have patience. You only pay real life money if you want to speed up things. Even after all this time playing, I still get all premium items from trading them with other players.
For me, Klondike is a hobby of keeping a virtual garden. My mother loves to see the settled lands and new decorations I earn. As the time passes by, it becomes easier and easier. To the point I have to hold up myself so to not finish things too quickly. If you are a new player, take some advice:
Every week, the game has a new temporary (time limited) land to explore. It closes after a week or two. These lands are aimed to endgame players. You cannot and will not clear 100% of them. Period. Don’t worry about it.
We call these lands and events ”updates”. Don’t feel overwhelmed with many concurrent updates. Sometimes the game can have up to 5 temporary challenges at once. Do them at your own pace. They are totally optional. (everything in the game is)
The most important advice: the game has informal checkpoints. Don’t feel stuck! At the very start, you have no energy. You’ll build it up. Then you’ll need cotton (lots of it), then you’ll need lots of earthworms to feed chicken, then your manufactures are too slow, so you build industries, and so on. Only after about 4~5 months into the game you’ll be settled to start the adventure. This curve is too steep and unbalanced, being the main cause for many players to give up.
If you don’t give up, just 2 more things:
New players should save Cheesecakes to build more Barns.
New players should spend their Emeralds into Bakeries (the main source of energy).
Bragging time
Just to register, I was classified as the top 10 decorators in this last Spring 2025 . Here are the pictures for my entry:
Just for completion, at this time I was trying to keep all my gardening in my Home Station. However, as the amount of decorations kept increasing, soon I found there was no more place to put anything. Too cramped for my personal taste. Since then, my Home Station serves as a place to my forest, where I collect trees. My gardens have been split to Wallmond and Heartwood. Glade serves as a Inuk’s sacred land. Jim’s Farm stores all my animals. Weather Station stores my winter decorations. Tasteland stores festive decorations.
Website de Pedro Figueira 