What's the most efficient control on mobile?

[Mabby]

Hello all, I'm still fairly new to the game, and I'm exploring everything I can.

I'm currently using the default Tap & Auto-attack control, and it's great for combat and moving around but not so great for harvesting a big plot of crops (I'm still in the early game so I haven't got a chance to use new scythe yet).

It takes me about 6-7 hrs. in-game time to harvest everything, tapping tiles individually, and by then I don't have much time for everything else.

So what's the best control for mobile? Or is there a technique there to be able to harvest faster like I've seen on PC playthrough?

 

[FilthyGorilla]

If you're new to the game I would use "tap to move + joystick" with the auto attack feature. It's probably the most beginner friendly control layout for someone new to the game.

The objective best is probably:
Joystick+buttons (optional joystick+buttons+tap to move but you can also just have the control toggle button setting on so you can switch back to the default to use it)
Horizontal toolbar (so you can tap it with both fingers on the screen)
No auto attack (it's more of an annoyance than not)
With everything appropriately scaled up to your screen size

Feel free to use the latter straight off the bat but it's definitely going to be a little harder to get used to (much better/more freedom for controlling the character though). Buttons definitely help harvest faster but generally crops are really slow on mobile as there's no way to overlap their harvesting animation (like you see people doing on pc), and machines that take edible products kind of suck as you always get the eating prompt.