Arcade Tokens and Games

The Chrono Arcade is an entertainment venue on the northeast side of Starsand Town, near the Community Center. Run by Loren, it features two playable minigames (Starblock and Foodybara), gacha machines with exclusive prizes, and lottery scratchcards. The arcade uses its own Token currency, which you earn through gameplay and purchase with Coins. Between exclusive furniture blueprints, clothing items, game skins, and gacha-only crafting recipes, the Chrono Arcade is a major source of collectible content.

Location and Hours

The Chrono Arcade is located on the northeast side of town, close to the Community Center. It is open daily from 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM. Loren can be found inside the arcade roughly 90% of the time, either on the main floor or in the lower-left section of the building.

Token System

Arcade Tokens are the currency used for all arcade activities. You cannot use regular Coins directly at the machines.

You also earn Tokens each time you play Starblock or Foodybara, supplementing your daily supply. To buy Tokens, speak to Loren or interact with the cash register inside the arcade.

Minigames

The Chrono Arcade has two permanent minigames. Each game tracks both cumulative scores (total points across all sessions) and personal best scores (highest single-session score), with separate reward tiers for each.

Starblock

Starblock is a Tetris-style puzzle game. Move and rotate falling shapes to complete horizontal lines. Completed lines disappear and award points. The game ends when blocks reach the top of the screen.

Starblock Cumulative Rewards:

Starblock Personal Best Rewards:

Foodybara

Foodybara is a Snake-style game starring a capybara. Control the capybara as it runs around the screen eating items. Each item consumed makes the capybara longer, increasing difficulty. The game ends when the capybara collides with a wall or its own body.

Foodybara Cumulative Rewards:

Foodybara Personal Best Rewards:

Note that some rewards require both a score threshold and Starsand Points to unlock. The Starsand cost ranges from 30 to 60 depending on the tier.

Gacha Machines

Two gacha machines sit on the counter next to the cash register. Each pull costs 20 Tokens (equivalent to 200 Coins). The machines come in five color variants (Golden, Purple, Blue, Green, and White), but the color is purely cosmetic and does not affect the prize pool. All drops are fully random regardless of which color machine you choose.

Possible gacha drops include:

Gacha-exclusive recipes are the primary reason to invest in the machines. Certain blueprints, like the Wok Spatula, can only be obtained through gacha pulls and are not sold at Zerine's General Store or unlocked through profession progression. If you are aiming for 100% blueprint completion, you will need to pull regularly.

Lottery Scratchcards

The arcade also offers two types of lottery scratchcards:

Both scratchcard types award Tokens as prizes, making them a gamble on whether you come out ahead on your Token investment.

About Loren

Loren is the owner and operator of the Chrono Arcade and one of the romanceable characters in Starsand Island. He moved to the island to provide clean air for his younger sister Momo, who has a congenital lung condition. Before opening the arcade, Loren was a famous competitive gamer who retired at age 20 to become Momo's guardian. He is cheerful and easy-going, and cares more about everyone having a good time than whether the arcade turns a profit.

On sunny afternoons, Loren follows a routine that includes shopping at Zerine's General Store, dining at Aureleaf Kitchen, and buying sugar paintings from Hattie for Momo. During winter, he spends additional time with Momo at the pet shop and around town.

Loren's Gift Preferences:

Activity Costs Summary

Gacha Strategy and Exclusive Items

The gacha machines are the only source for certain exclusive blueprints and recipes. The Wok Spatula recipe, for example, cannot be obtained from any shop, profession quest, or treasure chest; it is gacha-exclusive.

No confirmed complete list of gacha-exclusive items exists yet in the Early Access phase. The community is still cataloging which items are gacha-only versus available elsewhere.

The machines are located exclusively at the Chrono Arcade. There are no overworld gachapon machines elsewhere on the island.

Mathematically, with 20 free tokens per day and no coin spending, you get 1 free pull per day. With the full 100 daily tokens (20 free + 80 purchased for 800 coins), you get 5 pulls per day.

Common drops include basic crafting materials (Stone, Tin, Copper) which feel low-value for 200 coins. Exclusive blueprints and recipes are the rare, high-value prizes.

Patience is key: players report needing weeks of daily pulls to collect all exclusive items.

Tips

• Claim your 20 free Tokens daily. Even if you do not plan to play, the free Tokens from Loren accumulate over time and cost nothing.

• Save the arcade for mid-game. Multiple guides recommend not spending Coins on Tokens early when you need money for seeds, tools, and animal purchases. Wait until you have a steady income from farming and cooking.

• Gacha color does not matter. Golden, Purple, Blue, Green, and White machines all draw from the same prize pool. Pick whichever you like.

• Play both games for rewards. Starblock and Foodybara have separate cumulative and personal best reward tracks. Alternate between them to progress both tracks simultaneously.

• Aim for personal bests. Personal best rewards unlock game skins and visual effects. You must beat your own previous high score each time, so each unlock requires genuinely improved play.

• Budget your Starsand. Many arcade rewards require Starsand Points alongside score thresholds. Since Starsand is the tighter resource in the game, factor arcade costs into your overall spending plan.

• Pull gacha for exclusive blueprints. Some crafting recipes are only available from gacha machines. If you are pursuing full completion, consistent pulls over many days are more efficient than spending everything at once.