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Hearth and Hamlet Fisherman Hut Quest Not Completing

The Fisherman's and Woodcutter's Hut quest in Hearth and Hamlet is usually not a bug. Check the lumber icon at the top right. The original poster had missed it.

8/20/2026 Last updated: 8/20/2026

Last verified: August 20, 2026 — Hearth and Hamlet full release on Steam (app 4315040, launched August 19, 2026). Demo numbers are not treated as live data.

If the quest Build a Fisherman’s and Woodcutter’s Hut will not complete, it is probably not a bug. The Steam thread with that title ended with the original poster saying they had missed the lumber icon in the top right the whole time. Check the top bar before you file a report.

What the thread actually resolved

PostContent
OPI think I did that already? I’m confused…
ReplyReport it in the pinned Bug Reports thread.
OPI don’t wanna report it as a bug if it’s not a bug.
OP laterIt in fact was not a bug. I did not see the lumber thing in the top right the whole time.

That is the whole confirmed fix. The quest wants both huts. The wood side is easy to miss because the UI is a book-and-banner layout, not a floating 3D ghost building.

Official known-issues (pinned, developer) do not list this quest. They list UI scaling, Linux glitches, windowed-mode off-screen UI, and the incoming-enemy tracker jumping after a resolution change. If your quest problem is “I already built them,” look at the top-right lumber prompt first.

UI gotchas that look like quest bugs

The full release uses a research/upgrade book. Players already complained that chapter tabs move and the book closes if you click a few pixels off. Phorust said the moving tabs were meant to feel like turning chapters, and that the full version has proper UI scaling plus a glow on unresearched tech.

For this hut quest specifically:

  • Zoom the top resource/quest strip. Lumber prompts live there.
  • Turn UI scaling down if buttons sit off-screen (official known issue). Enable Auto UI Scaling if you have it.
  • Do not assume the Harbor District fishing boat on official screenshots completes the Fisherman hut quest. Harbor is a later district label.

If you still cannot complete it after seeing the lumber icon, then use the pinned Bug Reports thread and include platform (Windows / Linux / Steam Deck). The developer triages there.

Cathedral hunters had the same feeling — they had “built everything” and still lacked the quest building. That one really is a Church upgrade, not a missing map pin. See How to Unlock the Cathedral. Research pages hide behind a bent page corner; see Research Pages.

From Community Gameplay

  • The early quest really is build both huts. Fisherman’s Hut showed 160 food + 160 wood, +1 base fishing, +2 max fishermen, +1,000 food storage. Lumber camp 240/240. (Campfire Kingdom, 03:34; K full start, 05:08)
  • Blue arrows on the HUD point at new plots. The lumber camp arrow sits top-right. Several Steam posts were people who had not clicked it.
  • After both huts, research appears on the fishing building itself. That is the +10% fishing node, not a second quest.

Sources

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