My Time at Portia Beginner Guide: Tools, Assembly and Delivery

Edition: Normal play in the original My Time at Portia PC Steam base game, app 666140. Covers the introduction, early town-building requests and basic early-to-mid-game workshop equipment. Consoles, mobile, sequels, mods and the late-game Factory are outside scope.

Verification scope: Official product pages, announcements and public guides compared on 2026-10-04. No game launch, current build-number check or full Japanese UI comparison was performed. Numerical tables use unmodified base requirements.

Sources checked: 2026-10-04

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Read the on-screen action before pressing

Keys are published default PC examples. Use your in-game remappings instead if changed. The same key can have different functions in ruins and at the workshop.

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Read the on-screen action before pressing: 6 entries
Intended action	Default PC example	Check first
Talk / open equipment / gather	E	Approach the target and check for the desired action prompt
Use a tool / attack	Left-click	Does the selected hotbar tool match the tree or rock you are targeting?
Dodge	Right-click	Separate from gathering or talking; check nearby enemies and footing
Check inventory / map / missions	I / M / L	When following a mission, read its current stage as well as material names
Read the Assembly Handbook	G	Distinguish viewing a diagram from placing its model on the Assembly Station
Find relics in ruins	F	Aim at a light point and check the distance before digging

For hold actions such as picking up or placing equipment, read the target's prompt. This guide does not mix PC and controller buttons in a way that confuses the two.

Three equipment types use different crafting methods

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Three equipment types use different crafting methods: 4 entries
Equipment	Where materials must be	Action	How to confirm completion
Worktable	Uses items in your inventory and workshop storage boxes	Choose category → item → quantity	Crafts immediately when requirements are met
Assembly Station / manual assembly	Move required materials to the hotbar and select them	Begin the build through the handbook, then attach materials to the corresponding translucent components	Collect the finished item after completing every component
Furnace	Separate recipe materials from Wood used as fuel	Choose an item and quantity, add fuel and wait	The timer advances and finished items can be collected
Grinder / Cutter	Processed materials such as bars, plus Power Stone fuel	Select the process and check raw materials and fuel	Check whether the finished item, rather than its raw material, has increased

Level 3 automatic assembly is a separate feature. Machines using storage does not mean manual assembly requires no material selection.

Check these before adding equipment

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Check these before adding equipment: 6 entries
Symptom	Required tool / equipment	Action sequence	Confirmation
Raw materials are available, but an assembly component will not attach	Manual Assembly Station	Read whether logs or boards are required → put the item in the hotbar → select it → interact with the matching component	The component becomes solid
The item is missing from the recipe list	Relevant processing machine / Worktable	Check machine name → workstation level → learned diagram or recipe	The target item can be selected
Processing has been stopped since yesterday	Furnace or Power Stone-powered machine	Check fuel → add the correct fuel → watch remaining time	The timer and output count advance
You finished an assembly but cannot begin another	Assembly Station	Collect the finished item to clear the station, then choose the next diagram	The next translucent model appears
Striking a tree or rock does not work	Axe or Pickaxe	Check the tool's supported target size → try a smaller target or a better tool	Gathered resources enter your inventory
You thought production was finished, but the quantity is insufficient	Processing machine and inventory	Collect machine outputs → compare the request's item names and quantities	All delivery items are in your bag

Distinguish surface gathering from ruin mining

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Distinguish surface gathering from ruin mining: 5 entries
Wanted item / situation	First location / tool	Action to try	Caution
Initial wood and stone	Gatherable materials around the workshop	Collect loose items with a prompt → use them to make tools	Do not try to break large trees or rocks with starter tools
Copper and tin ore	Abandoned Ruins #1 and Pickaxe	Dig according to deposit colors and check the names of collected items	Separate this from repeatedly mining surface rocks
Relics such as Old Parts	The Relic Scanner in the same ruins	F → aim at a light point → remember its location and close the scanner → dig toward it	You cannot select a fixed item inside a light point
You dug deep and the exit is far away	Ruin jumping / movement functions	Hold jump to use the jetpack and check the map and exit prompt	It is not equipment you can take out of the ruins
You cannot re-enter the same ruins	Pass information at the entrance	Check your weekly pass expiry and Gols	Do not treat the first-visit discount as the permanent entrance fee

There is no guarantee of which attempt will yield a particular part or how many you can mine in one day.

Use boxes for storage, and inventory for delivery and assembly

Separate workshop boxes by material type and name them. This is an organizational example to reduce searching time.
Open a box and use the switching list. Sort All moves matching items into boxes that already contain them, so choose a location for the first copy.
Move processed materials for manual assembly to the hotbar and select them. Also collect completed commission items into your bag before leaving.
Finally, check stocks in boxes and machines separately from delivery quantities in your bag

This guide does not claim that a town resident receives finished items directly from your storage box.

Follow acceptance and delivery through the mission screen

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Follow acceptance and delivery through the mission screen: 5 entries
Equipment / request	Prerequisite	Material / time check	Recovery if it fails
Regular board commission	Complete the workshop introduction and have no active regular commission	Check item, quantity, deadline and processing equipment before accepting	You cannot take another if you already accepted one that day; wait for the next weekday's postings
Story-related board commission	The relevant mission has begun	Distinguish it from the regular daily allowance	Do not assume you can hold several of the same type simultaneously
Delivery to a person	Have the specified finished item in your bag	Talk to the requester and choose the mission-delivery option	Do not give it as a gift; recheck recipient, quantity and mission stage
Installation at a location	Carry the finished assembled item	Check the placement action at the location shown on the map or mission	Check whether a report is still required after installation
You cannot talk to the person you must report to	They must not be occupied by sleep, an event or similar activity	Check their schedule and map, then return when they can talk	Do not leave delivery until the final night before the deadline

Check time, health and stamina separately

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Check time, health and stamina separately: 5 entries
Situation	First action	Display to check
Insufficient morning stamina recovery	Repair every damaged floor section in the house; total Wood required: 36	Recovery the next morning; reserve this Wood separately from furnace fuel
The day feels too rushed	You can lower game speed in settings	In-game time also passes more slowly; this does not speed up processing in real time
You want to read material requirements while outside	Open the inventory or menus to plan	Use the pause in time while menus are open
Health and stamina differ after mining	Read item descriptions for the recovery effect you need	Do not use an HP-only recovery effect as stamina recovery
You want to stop playing	Check the day-based save created by sleeping and the date/time of the day you will load	Do not assume every action taken that day before stopping has been saved

The basic active day runs from 7:00 to 3:00 the next morning. Deleting saves or overwriting external files is not part of the recovery procedure.

Frequently asked questions

Materials in a box cannot be used for assembly

For manual assembly, move the specified material to the hotbar, select it and attach it to the matching component. Distinguish this from machine storage access or higher-level automatic assembly.

I gave discs for research, but I still cannot build immediately

Acceptance, research time, receiving a diagram by mail and preparing the required equipment are separate stages. Also distinguish regular research from mission-specific research.

Does giving the finished item as a gift count as delivery?

Use the mission-delivery option. Put the item in your bag, talk to the specified recipient and confirm mission completion. Gifting is processed separately.

I finished the previous commission but cannot take another

Regular board commissions have both a one-active-commission limit and a one-per-day acceptance limit. Story commissions are separate, so check which kind you are trying to accept.

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