Editorial Policy — QuestFern

This page sets out the rules QuestFern follows when writing guides. Pages on the site are written to these rules and revised under them.

What we write and what we leave out

We write what players can use: how to solve something, where it is, what you need and what to do first. One topic gets one page; we do not split the same thing across several pages.
News and release information covers only what has been officially announced. We do not chase rumours or present speculation as fact.
A claim that rests on a single report and cannot be confirmed in the game is marked as reported, or left out.

Names follow the in-game text: each language uses the names from that language version of the game rather than our own translations. Where players commonly use another name, it is given in brackets the first time it appears.
Locations, drops, prices and recipe effects come from game data wherever possible and are turned into tables by scripts, so they are not copied by hand. When sources disagree, we keep the value that matches the game data.
Steps and solutions are checked against gameplay footage. A picture has to match the location, name or number in the section it illustrates; pictures that do not match are not used.

AI assists with drafting, organizing and translating parts of the site. Most Japanese pages are translated from the English pages by AI, then edited to use the terms Japanese players use and the game's own Japanese text.
AI-written text is not published as it comes. Before publishing, it is checked point by point against game data, game text or gameplay footage, and the errors found are fixed. Every release to the live site is approved by the site owner.
Mistakes can still get through, which is why a way to report them is linked from the footer of every page.

When a game gets a new version or a remake, we list the affected pages and revise them one by one against the new release. Until a page has been checked, it states at the top which version it describes (for example, the original N64 Ocarina of Time).
When a picture shows an older release, the caption says which one.
The updated date on a page means the page changed. It does not mean every statement was re-checked that day.

When a mistake is reported, we check it against game data or gameplay footage first. If it is wrong, all four language versions are corrected together, along with other pages that state the same thing.
Please include the page address, game version and the step or number involved; see the contact page.

Some pages show advertising served by ad networks. Advertisers cannot determine guide content or recommendations.
The site publishes no paid promotional articles and uses no affiliate links. If that changes, it will be clearly labelled on the page.
QuestFern is not affiliated with Nintendo. Game names, images and characters belong to Nintendo and its licensors; see the copyright page.