Sources & method

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This is the full source ledger. Official facts, store listings and community data are separated on purpose, because a screenshot, a press release and a wiki page are not the same kind of evidence.

Last reviewed November 9, 2026

The four rules

1. Official first. If Spry Fox or a platform holder publishes a fact, that fact wins. This is particularly important for release dates, the 5am reset, DLC requirements and platform features.

2. Label community data. Spirit-log costs, festival windows and fish prices are community-documented. We use them because they are useful and no official dataset exists, but we mark them instead of laundering them into authority.

3. Date the volatile stuff. Store prices, file sizes and availability are checked on the review date. They can change without notice, especially during sales or regional rollouts.

4. Leave unknowns alone. We do not fill a gap with a plausible guess. A missing number is better than a confident mistake.

Official

14 entries

Developer pages and support documentation. These are treated as the highest-confidence source for game rules, timing and features.

Spry Fox Support · accessed 2026-11-09

Tips for getting started in Cozy Grove

Used for: New-day timing, saving, island structure, color, tools, pets, economy, shell limits, cross-device caveats.

Official

Spry Fox Support · accessed 2026-11-09

Notes on Seasons

Used for: Month-to-season mapping, fish rotation dates, four-month fish cohorts, seasonal plants.

Official

Spry Fox Support · accessed 2026-11-09

Cozy Grove Version 5.1.0

Used for: Dye UI fixes, quest-item safeguards, and community-requested quality-of-life fixes.

Official

Spry Fox Support · accessed 2026-11-09

Cozy Grove Version 5.2.0 / 5.2.1

Used for: Latest documented patch notes, dye rules, festival calendar display, winter festival length.

Official

Spry Fox · accessed 2026-11-09

Cozy Grove

Used for: Official game description and feature list.

Official

The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild · accessed 2026-11-09

Cozy Grove publisher page

Used for: Original game description and feature list.

Official

Store listing

7 entries

Current product listings from Steam, Nintendo, Xbox or Apple. Used for platform facts, prices, file sizes and feature claims, always with the date checked.

Valve / Spry Fox · accessed 2026-11-09

Cozy Grove on Steam

Used for: Platform, release date, price, features, system requirements, screenshots.

Store listing

Microsoft / The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild · accessed 2026-11-09

Cozy Grove on Xbox

Used for: Xbox One / Series X|S availability, release date, capabilities, DLC.

Store listing

Apple iTunes Lookup API · accessed 2026-11-09

App Store lookup for Cozy Grove (ID 1466130749)

Used for: Current US App Store availability check for the original Apple Arcade version.

Note: Returned resultCount 0 on 2026-11-09. Availability can differ by region.

Store listing

Community

7 entries

Fan-maintained wikis and player documentation. Useful for granular game data, but labeled because it is editable and not endorsed by Spry Fox.

Fandom contributors · accessed 2026-11-09

Cozy Grove Wiki

Used for: Community-documented bear roles, quest mechanics, item prices, festival dates, spirit-log requirements.

Note: Fan-maintained and not endorsed by Spry Fox. Values reproduced on this site are labeled where they are community data.

Community

Cozy Grove Wiki contributors · accessed 2026-11-09

Fish (Cozy Grove)

Used for: The 180-fish dataset: season cohort, size, behavior, rarity, sale price and burn yield.

Note: Each fish row was collected from its individual community wiki page on 2026-11-09.

Community

Cozy Grove Wiki contributors · accessed 2026-11-09

Bear (Cozy Grove)

Used for: Bear unlock order, location descriptions, services, story context and replacement mappings.

Community

Cozy Grove Wiki contributors · accessed 2026-11-09

Spirit Wood (Cozy Grove)

Used for: Spirit-log requirements by rank and the 17-bear unlock table.

Note: Requirements can change with patches; check the in-game Flamey prompt.

Community

Cozy Grove Wiki contributors · accessed 2026-11-09

Season (Cozy Grove)

Used for: Community-documented seasonal festival date ranges.

Note: Festival end times are 5am local time; the in-game calendar is the final authority.

Community

Cozy Grove Wiki contributors · accessed 2026-11-09

Darla O'Hare

Used for: Community-documented Saturday visiting schedule and fashion challenge details.

Community

Cozy Grove Wiki contributors · accessed 2026-11-09

New Neighbears

Used for: DLC replacement mappings, butterfly and clothing details.

Community

Reference

2 entries

Secondary reporting or encyclopaedic cross-checks. Used only when a primary listing does not provide the needed context.

Wikipedia · accessed 2026-11-09

Cozy Grove

Used for: Release chronology cross-check, platform history, reception context.

Note: Used only as a cross-check where primary store listings or official sources are unavailable.

Reference

Media

2 entries

Official store screenshots and community-collected character or fish art. Used for identification and commentary, not as a claim of ownership.

Valve / Spry Fox · accessed 2026-11-09

Cozy Grove store media

Used for: Official game screenshots used editorially throughout this guide.

Media

Cozy Grove Wiki contributors · accessed 2026-11-09

Community-collected character and fish art

Used for: Portrait and fish illustrations used for identification in the archive and database.

Note: Original art © Spry Fox. Hosted locally for editorial reference.

Media

What we do not treat as evidence

  • Anonymous anecdotes. A lone forum post can point to a question, but not settle a mechanic.
  • SEO content farms. Reposted lists and recycled patch summaries are not primary evidence.
  • “Top 10” articles. They can be useful for discovery, but their rankings and claims are not data.
  • Our own guesses. If we cannot verify a price or event date, the page says so or omits it.

Corrections

Found a mistake? Send the page URL, the correct information and a verifiable source to [email protected]. We do not promise a fixed response time, but we do investigate every correction with evidence.