SCROOMS NPCs in Songkeeper’s Grove and What Each One Does

SCROOMS starts you in Songkeeper’s Grove, the forested tutorial zone where you tame mushroom creatures by matching their frequency with an instrument. A small cast of characters lives here, and each one either hands you something, buys from you, sends you on a quest, or simply ignores you until you level up. Knowing who does what saves you a lot of wandering before the path opens toward Bluestone Approach.

Quick answer: The NPCs you meet first in Songkeeper’s Grove are Leo, Julian, Halden, Jones, Elanor, Songwalker Shax and Oswald, plus five Weathered Statues you visit for Halden’s Ocarina quest.

Every Songkeeper’s Grove NPC and their role

The Roblox game avatar moves through the nighttime area with Tamer’s Guitar equipped, while the “Tap to open backpack!” prompt appears above the hotbar

NPC	Where	What they do
Leo	Near spawn	Gives the Wooden Lute and the “Getting Started!” quest
Julian	Wooden stall	Buys scrooms, sells instruments
Halden	Log by the campfire and red tents	Gives “The Next Step”; rewards the Ocarina
Jones	By the beehives and honey tables	—
Elanor	Cottage garden	Did not engage at this level
Songwalker Shax	Cliff edge	Declines a battle to low-level players
Oswald	Resting by a tree stump	Lumberjack

Leo

Leo stands near spawn and is the first person you talk to. He greets new players with “You must be new around here! Welcome to the Songkeeper’s Grove.” and hands you the Wooden Lute, your starter instrument, alongside the “Getting Started!” quest.

The “Catch your first scroom” objective active, with a scroom loaded in the lower panel.

After you catch a Scroom, Leo says, “You caught one already?! A natural!”

Inventory sorted by Rarity open while the Talk prompt appears next to Leo — Returning to Leo with the inventory open, sorted by Rarity, to close out the tutorial.

Talk prompt beside Leo with The Next Step quest marked active — The Talk prompt on Halden as “The Next Step” becomes the active quest.

Leo is near spawn.

Julian

Julian works from a wooden stall and greets you with “Hey, friend! How may I help you?” He serves as both your buyer and shopkeeper. Choose from “Sell Held” or “Sell Inventory”.

Sell your catches to receive Chimes, the game’s currency, shown as a note symbol in the lower-right corner of the screen. Julian quotes a total before you agree; a single early Bluebell brought the offer “Hmm… I’ll give you a total of 62 Chimes for all your scrooms.” Choose “1. Deal!” to sell or “2. Never mind…” to keep them.

Selecting the Talk button on Julian during the Buy the Tamer's Guitar objective — Talking to Julian to buy the Tamer’s Guitar from the stall display for 100 Chimes.

Julian sells the Tamer’s Guitar for 100 Chimes.

The Tamer’s Guitar equipped and glowing on the avatar’s back after purchase.

Halden and the Ocarina

Halden is Leo’s uncle, resting on a log by the campfire and red tents in Songkeeper’s Grove.

Halden rests on a log by the campfire and red tents.

Halden gives you “The Next Step.” The objective asks you to “Find five weathered statues in the grove. Pay your respects and they shall answer.” Halden tells you, “Listen to their notes and return. Then I’ll know you’re ready to carry an ocarina!”

Campfire dialogue explaining that an ocarina channels songs — Halden explaining that the ocarina channels songs before handing out the quest.

The five Weathered Statues

Each Weathered Statue has a “Pay Respects” prompt; walk up and interact. The objective “Pay respects at the grove statues. (x/5)” counts each one you visit.

Find five weathered statues in the grove for Halden’s quest.

Tap to open backpack prompt above the hotbar while traversing the grove — Crossing the grove between statue locations.

Tap to open backpack prompt above the Equipment Bag button in the grove — Halden’s quest is to find five weathered statues and listen to their notes.

Halden’s quest is to find five weathered statues in the grove.

Finishing the statue circuit before heading back to Halden.

The counter reads 5/5 once all statues are done, so you do not have to track them by memory.

Returning for the Ocarina

Return to Halden at the campfire once the statue count is at 5/5.

Pick the “[Accept the gift]” option. Halden says, “All five? Hah! As promised… here, take my ocarina. It’s of little use to an old man like me anymore!”

You get the Ocarina along with the “Magic Melody” badge. It appears in hotbar slot 5, with the use described as “Used to: Channel the song to interact with the world!”

Equipment Bag open on the Instruments tab with the Wooden Lute Equip button beside the equipped Tamer's Guitar — The Equipment Bag’s Instruments tab, where the unlocked Ocarina appears alongside your other instruments.

Jones

Jones stands by the beehives and honey tables in Songkeeper’s Grove.

Spotting Jones by the question-mark marker near the beehives and tables.

Jones stands by beehives and honey tables.

Elanor

Elanor is by a cottage garden and did not engage at this level.

Songwalker Shax

Songwalker Shax stands on a cliff edge. He declines a battle to low-level players with “I could beat you right now! Come back when you’re more experienced!”

Songwalker Shax is on a cliff edge.

Oswald

Oswald is a lumberjack resting by a tree stump.

Catching scrooms for Leo and Julian

Julian buys Scrooms. Catching is a frequency mini-game, and it is worth knowing before you talk to either of them.

Equip your instrument and approach a wild scroom to start the catch. The tuning gauge comes first and rates your hit “Good!” or “Perfect!”.

Hold the tuning control and move the frequency slider to match the scroom’s waveform. Each scroom sits at its own frequency, so you are hunting for the right pitch each time.

Frequency-finding screen with a pink waveform and slider and a Cancel button below — The frequency-finding screen, where you slide to match the scroom’s waveform.

Frequency-finding interface with a tuning control to hold and a Cancel option — Players tame Scrooms by playing instruments to them.

Drag the scroom to keep it inside the moving catch zone as the progress meter fills.

Mushroom creature selected in the bottom panel while the progress bar fills — Keeping the scroom in the catch zone as the progress bar fills.

Active timing meter beside a mushroom icon while collecting a glowing mushroom — The timing meter active during a Burlcap catch attempt.

Confirmation that a Redcap was caught at 28.8 Hz and added to the hotbar — A Redcap is a common Scroom.

Players tame mushroom creatures called Scrooms by playing instruments to them.

Julian buys Scrooms and sells the Tamer’s Guitar for 100 Chimes. From there, Halden’s five statues stand between you and the Ocarina.