Welcome to Glimmerwick — a land famous for its university of magic, where you happen to be enrolled! In this woodland fantasy world, music is the secret to casting spells. Ancient songs make garden work a breeze and are the key to exploring every corner of the island. Armed with your trusty flute and songbook, you’ll attend classes, join after-school clubs, befriend classmates and townsfolk, and uncover Glimmerwick’s many oddities and mysteries — all while enjoying a year of seasons, festivals, curses, and witchy hijinks in this peaceful, story-driven RPG.
In Songs of Glimmerwick, you cast spells with the music from your flute. You till soil, clear dead trees, call rain, and raise sunken temples by playing tunes — and you learn new ones from professors, villagers, and quest rewards throughout the year. This guide lists all 20 spell songs you can learn, the exact keys and buttons for each one, how much mana it costs, and where to find it.
How To Cast Spells
To cast a spell, you need to play your flute and play a spell’s notes in order. The flute has eight notes, and every spell is built from them.
| Note | Keyboard | Xbox | PlayStation |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | A | D-pad Down (↓) | D-pad Down (↓) |
| A | S | D-pad Left (←) | D-pad Left (←) |
| B♭ | D | D-pad Up (↑) | D-pad Up (↑) |
| C | F | D-pad Right (→) | D-pad Right (→) |
| D | J | A | Cross |
| E | K | X | Square |
| F | L | Y | Triangle |
| High G | ; | B | Circle |
Learning and Perfecting Songs
Every song has three ranks: you learn it when someone teaches it to you, then practice it up to Learned (one star) and Perfected (two stars).
- Learned adds the spell to your quick flute button, letting you cast it from the menu instead of playing the notes by hand. The button only shows spells that work where you’re standing — garden spells like Song of Tilling and Rain Dance appear inside your garden, while spells like Sandcastle Jingle and Restoration Round appear everywhere else.
- Perfected cuts that spell’s mana cost by 20% (and the quick-cast button keeps the cheaper cost). This matters most for spells you cast constantly: perfecting Song of Tilling saves 7 mana on every plot, and Restoration Round drops from 140 to 112.
- Each new star also gives 1 XP when you close the lesson, making practice a steady source of experience.
The Practice Chambers
Practice takes place in the chambers at the back of the Etchery music classroom, where time slows so you can practice as long as you like without losing any of your day. Step inside, take out your flute, and pick any practicable song you know to start a lesson.
During a lesson, the full piece scrolls along the staff and you score 6 points for sloppy timing, 8 for okay, and 10 for perfect per note:
- Learned requires 6 points per note — getting through the whole piece with every note at least sloppy is enough.
- Perfected requires 90% of the maximum score, so a run of nothing but “okay” notes falls short — you need most notes perfectly timed.
The lesson screen shows both target scores, and your best score is saved. If you’re struggling, Song Mastery Help in the options lowers both targets by 25% per step.
Note that only some songs can be practised. Song of Silence, Alchemical Resonance, Lakedew Lily Song, and Tangleknot Remover must always be played by hand at full cost — they never appear on the quick flute button.
All The Spells In Songs of Glimmerwick
Gardening Songs
Use these songs to prepare soil, water crops, collect materials and harvest.
| Song | Use | Mana | Obtain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chant of the Woodcutters | Enchant an axe to turn dead trees into logs. | 45 | Dean Clary teaches it later in the same lesson, after you till your first plot. |
| Melody of Stones | Enchant a pickaxe to break rocks. | 45 | Professor Linnea teaches it in your first music class, Introductory Musical Craft (3rd of Spring). Either answer about your job leads to the song. |
| Rain Dance | Summon a cloud to water several plants. | 40 | In The Tool Thief, bring Linden 1 Munchitis Treatment, choose “Yes!” and accept his song. |
| Song of Tilling | Enchant your hoe to prepare soil for seeds. | 35 | Dean Clary teaches it at the start of her botanical-garden lesson in Campus Career. |
| Whirlwind Aria | Harvest ripe plants along the whirlwind’s path. | 40 | The Anthropologist gives it once you have restored at least 3 of the 5 shrines in Ancient Shrines. |
Exploration & Performance Songs
Some songs solve a particular obstacle or prepare you for a performance.
| Song | Use | Mana | Obtain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballad of Growth | Grows the ancient kelp. | 180 | |
| Band Practice | Prepare for the first performance with your band. | 0 | Antoine gives it at the band practice (11th of Summer) in Antoine and the Band. |
| Desolation Dirge | Destroy shrines in the name of Silence. | 140 | In Ancient Shrines, Gary gives it at the first shrine if you offer to cast the spell for him. |
| Festival Song | Practice for the Summer Music Festival. | 0 | Professor Linnea teaches it at the end of Secondary Musical Craft (9th of Summer), the second music class. |
| Alchemical Resonance | Attempts to turn objects into gold. | 55 | Buy it from the Alchemist for 300 gold petals. Buying it also adds an entry to Ghost Treasure. |
| Lakedew Lily Song | Encourage the Lakedew Lily to grow. | 0 | In Briny Bathhouse, Gwen sends you to an island to the south. Interact with one of the birds there to learn their song. |
| Song of Earth | Raise the ground beneath you. | 75 | Codrin teaches it right after you free him from the fairy ring in Fairy Ring. |
| Sandcastle Jingle | Turn a sand pile into a sandcastle. | 15 | Fern teaches it at the Seaflower Festival (14th of Spring). |
| Restoration Round | Restore damaged shrines. | 140 | The Anthropologist at the damaged shrine gives it when Ancient Shrines starts, whichever answer you choose. |
| Snowpile Jingle | Turn a snow pile into a sculpture. | 20 | |
| Song of Silence | Silence cursed objects. | 35 | In The Cursed Mill, after the goblin sends you to the temple, tell the leader inside the Temple of Silence that you need to break a curse. |
| Song of Awakening | Wake Leafkin so you can speak with them. | 5 | Close the Leafkin Book that Chrys gives you at the Winter Study Session (2nd of Winter). You learn Leafkin Tincture at the same time. |
| Tangleknot Remover | Remove Nettleine’s tangleknot wall. | 70 | In The Secret Key, repair the music box in the hidden room the key opens. |
| Hymn of Sea’s Abyss | Raise objects from beneath the ocean. | 100 | Azara, the lighthouse keeper, teaches it in Lighthouse Keeper. |
| Fish Trap Refrain | Place a trap near a school of fish; check it the following day. | 80 | Mel gives it when you bring her the Potion of Healing in Mel’s Journey. |
