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11 Overview
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33 Starsand Island has a deep building and decoration system with nearly 1,000 placeable items. Players can construct and customize homes from the ground up using structural building pieces, then furnish and decorate interiors and exteriors with furniture, crafting stations, farm structures, and decorative objects. The system supports everything from cottagecore dwellings and Nordic villages to grand manors and modern houses. There are no loading screens between indoors and outdoors; interiors and exteriors are fully seamless.
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55 How Building Works
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77 Press C to open the Build Menu while standing on your owned property. The system offers three construction modes.
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1010 ModeViewBest ForFree-viewTop-down / isometricPlacing walls, foundations, roofs, stairs, and structural pieces on a gridCharacter PerspectiveFirst / third personFurnishing and decorating interiors and exteriors from your character's viewpointLocal ViewZoomed close-upDetailed decoration of small spaces like aquariums or tabletop arrangements
1111 Items can be overlapped and rotated freely. Many structural pieces (blocks, foundations) can be resized after placement using large yellow arrows. Building pieces snap together (foundations, roofs, walls, doorframes, stairs), and snapping can be toggled off for custom overlapping structures. The build menu also lets you adjust time of day, weather, and lighting to preview your creation at any hour.
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1313 Structural building pieces (walls, floors, roofs) consume raw materials directly from your inventory upon placement and do not need to be pre-crafted. Furniture and decorations, by contrast, must be crafted at a Worktable before they can be placed. To pick up or remove a placed item, open Build Mode, click the object, and select remove. The item returns to your inventory.
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1515 Building Categories
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1717 CategoryExamplesStructuralFoundations, walls, half-walls, doorframes, doors, windows, roofs, stairs, pillars, railingsOutdoorDecking, fencing, banners, paths, trellises, gardensFurnitureTables, chairs, sofas, beds, shelves, kitchen counters, rugs, wall fixtures, lampsFarm structuresChicken Coop, Duck Coop, Pigsty, Cattle Barn, Sheep Barn, Stable, Breeding House, Beehive, GreenhouseCrafting stationsWorktable I/II/III, Furnace I/II, Charcoal Kiln, Cutter, Separator, Loom, Spinning Wheel, Campfire, Gas StoveStorageStorage Box (18 slots), Storage Box II (36 slots), Storage Box III, Quick Shipping Box, Realm BoxFishingFish Ponds (Small, Stone, Medium), Fish Traps, Aquariums (Cube sizes from basic through XL)DecorativePotted plants, flower bundles, umbrellas, plaques, weathervanes, commemorative coins, themed sets
1818 Nearly any item in the game, including tools, food, snacks, and seashells, can be placed as decoration. Flower bundles are crafted from flowers gathered in the world and provide an easy way to add color to any space.
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2020 Getting Blueprints
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2222 Blueprints unlock new craftable items permanently. Once learned, they are added to your Islandpedia. There are multiple entries.
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2424 SourceDetailsShopsThe primary source. Each profession mentor's shop sells tier-locked blueprints. Zerine's General Store has the largest selection (tools, workbenches, storage, decorations). Lex Woodworks sells furniture. Other shops sell profession-specific items.Profession tiersAdvancing through Apprentice, Junior, Intermediate, Senior, and Expert unlocks new blueprints at each mentor's shop.Quests and storyThe tutorial grants basic blueprints (Axe, Bug Net, Campfire, Worktable I). Later quests grant specialized items.Exploration and lootFound in treasure chests, dropped by enemies, and discovered while harvesting resources in the Moonlit Forest.Daily mailYour mailbox delivers several free blueprints throughout the early game. Check it daily.Chrono ArcadeLoren's arcade machines cost 20 tokens (200 Gold) per pull and can yield exclusive recipes and furniture.
2525 Blueprint Library
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2727 The Blueprint Library lets you save, reuse, and share architectural designs. Saved blueprints include the building's structure, object placements, and decoration styles. They can be reused across save files, so rebuilding from scratch is never necessary. Players can share blueprints with friends and the community, or download others' designs. Eight preset house layouts are available as starting templates, each showing the required materials and matching decoration sets.
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3030 Key Shops for Building
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3232 ShopOwnerFocusZerine's General StoreZerineLargest blueprint selection: tools, workbenches, storage, crafting stations, decorative items (24/7)Lex WoodworksAlexFurniture blueprints, finished furniture, decorations, Glowing Shell exchange (08:00-22:00)Happiness Seed ShopGraminovaFarming blueprints: sprinklers, fertilizer boxes, grinders, greenhouse (08:00-22:00)Green Pasture RanchPastelleRanching blueprints: coops, barns, feeders, breeding equipment (06:00-22:00)G-Power BikesNeonaVehicle blueprints: from Bamboo Raft to Speedboat (08:00-22:00)Woof & Wow PetsStellaPet housing blueprints: pet houses, beds, water bowls (08:00-22:00)
3333 Building Materials
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3535 Raw materials are gathered from the island and processed at crafting stations. Most metals are found exclusively in the Moonlit Forest.
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3737 MaterialSourceProcessingSoftwood / HardwoodChop trees on the islandCutter: Softwood Plank, Hardwood PlankPremium WoodWhite Fig trees (requires Machete)Cutter: Premium Wood PlankBambooBamboo grovesCutter: Bamboo BoardStoneRocks across the island and forestFurnace: Stone BrickIron OreMoonlit Forest (brownish/orange rocks)Furnace: Iron Ingot; Cutter: Iron SheetCopper OreMoonlit ForestFurnace: Copper Ingot; Cutter: Copper SheetGold OreMoonlit Forest (mid-to-deep zones)Furnace: Gold IngotQuartzMoonlit ForestFurnace + Cutter: Glass PaneFiberPlants across the islandCharcoal Kiln: Charcoal (with Softwood)
3838 Access to the Moonlit Forest is essential for most building materials beyond wood and stone. Break the Damaged Door behind your home with the Slingshot (Apprentice Explorer quest) to unlock it.
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4040 Crafting Stations
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4242 The game has 21 crafting machines total. The central station is the Worktable, which comes in three tiers.
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4545 StationTierKey ProductsWorktable IStarterBasic tools, furniture, storage, simple machinesWorktable IIMid-gameAdvanced tools, weapons, vehicles, fish traps (requires Iron Sheet, Premium Wood, Alloy, Gold Ingot to upgrade)Worktable IIIEndgameChainsaw, Electric Drill, Mining/Logging Robots, Teleporter, Jet Ski, Speedboat, Gear SmithFurnace I / IIProcessingRefines metals and stone with heat (Iron Ingot, Copper Ingot, Alloy, Starflare Core)Cutter I+ProcessingCuts wood into planks and metal into sheetsCharcoal KilnProcessingConverts Fiber + Softwood into CharcoalSpinning WheelTextileFishing line, hemp rope, carbon lineLoomTextileLeather, linen, velvet, flannel
4646 Upgrade existing Worktables rather than building new ones. Upgrading uses fewer resources and higher-tier worktables include all recipes from lower tiers.
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4848 Paint and Customization
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5050 The paint system offers eight texture types that can be applied tile by tile to both exterior walls and indoor surfaces. Access it via the paint icon at the bottom of the build screen.
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5252 TextureStyleWood GrainNatural wood finishBrickClassic brick patternStoneRough stone surfaceGloss PaintSmooth, shiny finishMatte PaintFlat, non-reflective finishMetallic PaintReflective metal lookRough CementIndustrial / micro-cement textureCeramicsTile-like ceramic finish
5353 A helpful strategy is to paint floor areas in different colors for each planned room before constructing walls. This lets you visualize room flow and function before committing to the layout.
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5555 Land Purchase and Expansion
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5757 You start with a small cottage at Hopeland. Additional land is purchased through the Buy Land phone app, which unlocks after completing the "Junior Talent" Island Life milestone (reach Junior level in any profession + complete 5 Bulletin Board requests). Four buildable properties are available, each unlocking sequentially.
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5959 PropertyPlotsStarting PriceUnlock RequirementHopeland8 expansion plots2,000 coins + 50 StarsandJunior Talent Island Life milestoneCloudrest LakeMultiple plots6,000,000 coins + 750 StarsandHome Builder rank (expand Hopeland 6 times + quest 11)Blue BeachMultiple plotsEscalatingBright Star rank (all Cloudrest Lake plots + quest 16)Windflute IslandFull terrain editingEscalatingIsland Legend rank (10 stations + all Blue Beach plots + final quest)
6060 Hopeland plot prices escalate from 2,000 coins up to approximately 160,000 coins for the later expansions. Cloudrest Lake is a lakeside bamboo grove setting. Blue Beach offers ocean-view coastal plots. Windflute Island, the final property, is a private island with full terrain editing capabilities: you can shape hills, dig lakes, lay roads, and design gardens from scratch. All land purchases are permanent with no refunds.
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6262 Connection to the Crafter Profession
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6464 The Crafter profession, mentored by Zerine, is mandatory before all other professions and directly underpins the building system. Apprentice Crafter provides the starter Equipment Blueprint Pack (Furnace I, Cutter I, Charcoal Kiln, Separator). Junior Crafter unlocks Furnace II, Worktable II, and the Quick Shipping Box. Senior and Expert tiers unlock Worktable III, the Electric Drill, Chainsaw, and automation stations like Mining and Logging Robots. Advancing through Crafter tiers is the primary way to unlock more powerful building tools and processing stations.
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6666 Tips
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6868 Build Mode only works while standing on owned property. If the C key does nothing, check that you are on your own land.Structural pieces consume materials on placement. Furniture must be pre-crafted at a Worktable. Keep both raw materials and finished items stocked.Buy DLC furniture sets (Chinese New Year, Classic European, Forest Cabin) for additional themed decoration options.Use the Blueprint Library to save your designs before experimenting. Saved blueprints persist across save files.Even spacing of lights prevents dark corners and maintains visual harmony in large rooms.Upgrade Worktables rather than building new ones. Higher tiers include all lower-tier recipes and use fewer total resources.Check your mailbox daily for free blueprint deliveries, especially in the early game.