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Overview

Gacha machines (also called gachapons) are capsule-toy dispensers located inside the Chrono Arcade in Starsand Town. The arcade is run by Loren and sits northeast of the town center, near the Community Center. Two identical gacha machines sit on the counter next to the cash register. Each pull costs 20 Tokens (equivalent to 200 Gold), and the machine dispenses a colored capsule containing a random prize. Rewards range from basic crafting materials to rare, gacha-exclusive items that cannot be obtained anywhere else on the island.

The arcade is open daily from 08:00 to 22:00. Outside those hours the machines cannot be used.

How Gacha Machines Work

Using the gacha machines is straightforward. Walk up to either machine on the counter inside the Chrono Arcade, interact with it, and spend 20 Tokens per pull. You receive a gachapon capsule that goes into your inventory. Capsules must be opened manually before you can see or use the prize inside.

Opening Capsules

1. Open your inventory.

2. Select the gachapon capsule.

3. Open the submenu and choose "Open" (not "Use" or "Examine").

4. The prize is added to your inventory. Make sure you have a free slot before opening.

You can purchase and open capsules one at a time, or buy several at once and open them in a batch. Some players have reported that the Home Builder quest (which requires opening 10 gachapons) tracks progress more reliably when you buy 10 at once and open them together rather than opening them individually over multiple days.

Machine Variants

The gacha machines dispense capsules in five different colors:

Despite their visual differences, community testing has confirmed that all five capsule colors draw from the same loot pool. The color you choose has no effect on what you receive. Do not waste time trying to pick a specific color.

Reward Tiers

Gacha rewards are divided into three community-identified tiers based on drop frequency. The game does not display explicit rarity labels, but players have documented the following categories through extensive testing. Note that this list reflects community-verified drops and may not be fully exhaustive.

Common Drops

Common drops make up the majority of gacha pulls. These are basic gathering materials that can also be obtained through regular gameplay.

Uncommon Drops

Uncommon drops include mid-tier materials and processed goods that normally require extra steps to obtain.

Rare Drops

Rare drops are the main reason to invest in gacha pulls. Several items in this tier are gacha-exclusive, meaning they cannot be purchased from shops, unlocked through professions, or found in treasure chests.

Gacha-Exclusive Items

Certain items can only be obtained from the gacha machines. They are not sold by Zerine at the General Store, not unlocked through profession progression, and not found in treasure chests or world spawns. These exclusives are the primary reason to invest tokens into gacha pulls.

Ancient Precision Parts

Ancient Precision Parts are the most sought-after gacha reward. They are non-renewable, meaning the game has a finite supply of them. These parts are required for crafting high-end technological items and advanced tools. Because they drop at a very low rate, every pull that yields Ancient Precision Parts is significant. Players should stockpile them and use them carefully on the most valuable recipes.

Ancient Precision Parts can also be obtained from the Ore Analyzer by processing Common Ore Chunks, but the gacha remains one of the more consistent sources for farming them.

Wok Spatula Recipe

The Wok Spatula is a cooking tool that unlocks additional wok-based dishes. The recipe blueprint drops exclusively from the gacha and is not available from any shop or profession quest. Once you learn the recipe, you can craft the Wok Spatula at a crafting station.

Exclusive Furniture

A selection of decorative furniture items are gacha-exclusive and cannot be purchased from any vendor on the island. These pieces rotate within the general rare loot pool. There is currently no published full list of gacha-exclusive furniture, as the game does not label items by source. Players discover exclusivity by checking whether a given furniture blueprint appears in any shop inventory.

Token Economy

Gacha machines run on Tokens, the Chrono Arcade's internal currency. You cannot use Gold directly at the machines.

The daily maximum is 100 Tokens (20 free + 80 purchased), which costs at most 800 Gold for the purchased portion. At 20 Tokens per pull, this allows up to 5 gacha pulls per day if you spend every token on capsules.

Gold-to-Gacha Conversion

Each gacha pull costs 20 Tokens, and each Token costs 10 Gold (for the purchased portion). That means one pull costs 200 Gold before factoring in the 20 free daily tokens. If you collect the free tokens first, your first pull each day is free and subsequent pulls cost 200 Gold each.

Wishful Heart Cookie Buff

The Wishful Heart Cookie is a consumable food item that grants the Lucky Spin buff when eaten. This buff lasts 4 minutes and slightly increases the odds of pulling premium furniture from the gacha machines. The buff does not stack; eating multiple cookies in quick succession will not improve the bonus beyond a single application.

For the best results, eat a Wishful Heart Cookie right before opening a batch of gachapon capsules. The 4-minute window is long enough for several pulls if you work quickly.

Duplicate Handling

Gacha machines can and will give you items you already own. The game handles duplicates differently depending on the item type:

• Crafting materials and ores: Stack in your inventory like normal. Duplicates are simply extra resources.

• Recipes and blueprints: If you already know a recipe, you receive the recipe item again but cannot learn it a second time. Duplicate recipe items can be sold to vendors for Gold or traded to other players in multiplayer.

• Furniture blueprints: Same behavior as recipes. Once learned, duplicates become sellable items.

There is no pity system, bad-luck protection, or guaranteed rare drop after a set number of pulls. Every pull is an independent random event drawn from the same pool.

Strategy and Tips

• Always collect free tokens: Visit the cash register inside the Chrono Arcade every day to claim your 20 free Tokens, even if you do not plan to pull. Tokens carry over between days.

• Prioritize gacha spending by game stage: In the early game (first 10 hours or so), save your Gold for seeds, tools, and land expansion. Only use free tokens for pulls. In the mid game, start buying tokens when you have surplus Gold. In the late game, 800 Gold per day is negligible and you should max out daily purchases.

• Open capsules in batches: Buying and opening 10 capsules at once is faster and has been reported to register more reliably for quest tracking (such as the Home Builder quest).

• Use Wishful Heart Cookies before pulling: The 4-minute Lucky Spin buff slightly increases your odds of premium furniture. Eat one cookie, then open your capsules quickly.

• Sell unwanted common drops at a profit: The Merchant Ship at Starsand Port buys items at 200% value. Selling common gacha materials there helps offset the cost of your pulls.

• Save Ancient Precision Parts: These are non-renewable and extremely valuable. Do not use them on low-tier recipes. Reserve them for high-end technological crafting projects.

• Do not chase specific drops: There is no pity system and no way to influence the loot table (outside the Wishful Heart Cookie buff for furniture). Accept what comes and treat gacha as a long-term investment.

• Capsule color does not matter: Golden, Purple, Blue, Green, and White capsules all draw from the same reward pool. Pick whichever you like.

Related Quests

The StarNote app includes quests that require opening gachapons (5, 10, or 20 capsules). These quests are retroactive, meaning capsules opened before accepting the quest still count toward completion. The Home Builder quest also requires using gacha machines 10 times as one of its objectives.