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Your first day
You arrive on Starsand Island and meet Solara, the mayor's granddaughter and your childhood friend. She walks you through the basics: how to clear your land, plant your first crops, use tools, and navigate the island. You inherit a small house and a patch of overgrown farmland.
The tutorial is not long. Solara teaches you to clear weeds and rocks, till soil, plant seeds, and water crops. After that, the game opens up and you are free to explore at your own pace.
Saving
The game autosaves at the start of each day. There is no manual save, so if something goes wrong, you will load back to the morning.
Stamina
Almost everything costs stamina: farming, mining, fishing, fighting. When it runs out, you cannot work. The short version:
Eat food for quick recovery (cook raw ingredients for better results).
Visit the Hot Springs in Maple Reed. Buy a Hot Spring Ticket from the General Store or a vending machine (100 Coins). You recover roughly 2–3 stamina per in-game minute.
Sit on Stump Stools found throughout the island and Moonlit Forest for passive stamina recovery.
Unlock the Recuperate perk in the Workpedia to increase stamina recovery while sitting.
If you are not in bed by 2:00 AM, you pass out and wake up with only 50% energy. Three consecutive pass-outs trigger an exhaustion penalty. You sleep through an entire day. See the full Stamina guide for details.
The phone
Your in-game phone manages most systems. Key apps include:
Island Life Tasks and milestones. Complete these for Starsand Points and app unlocks (like the Buy Land app).
World Map Map of the island with discovered locations. Shows mentor locations via the graduation-cap icon.
Workpedia Spend Starsand Points to unlock skills across all professions.
Social Track NPC locations and Affection levels.
Islandpedia Encyclopedia of everything you have found. Over 1,320 collectibles, with Stamp Collection rewards for hitting milestones.
StarNote Achievement-style reward tracks that grant 50–1,500 Starsand Points.
Mailbox
Check your mailbox regularly. You get event reminders, random gifts from islanders, and important quest notifications there.
The five professions
You are never locked into one career. All five professions are available from the start and progress independently through certification tiers (Apprentice → Junior → Intermediate → Senior → Expert):
Item | Description |
|---|---|
Farmer Grow crops. Mentor | Graminova at the Happiness Seed Shop in Starsand Town. |
Angler Fish the coast and seas. Mentor | Delphin at the AquaBlue Outpost (Half-Moon Bay docks). |
Crafter Build items, furniture, vehicles. Mentor | Zerine's General Store (northeast of home). |
Rancher Raise and breed livestock. Mentor | Pastelle at Green Pasture Ranch (northwest of home). |
Explorer Explore the Moonlit Forest. Mentor | Zephyria at the Exploration Club (between Green Meadow and Flower Corridor). |
Recommended order: Start with Crafter (all other professions depend on crafting tools and stations), then Explorer (unlocks Moonlit Forest and new materials), then Farmer and Angler (income generation), and finally Rancher.
Do not spend all your Starsand Points on one profession. Other mentors gate progress behind their own unlockables, so spread your investment across the Workpedia.
Seasons
Four seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter. Different crops grow in different seasons. Crops planted out of season wither immediately when the season ends. Rain waters your crops for free.
Early priorities
Clear your farmland and plant crops. You need food for stamina recovery, and farming is the steadiest income.
Talk to NPCs in town. Several give introductory quests that teach new systems and reward useful items.
Visit the Moonlit Forest entrance. Zephyria explains exploration and combat, and gives you a Slingshot and ammo.
Rush towards sprinklers for quality-of-life farming. Sprinklers automate watering and unlock at Intermediate Farmer tier.
Check the Workpedia regularly. Early skill unlocks (faster watering, better accuracy) make a real difference.
Build multiple Furnaces early. You will need several once the ores start coming in. See the mining guide for details.
Complete Bulletin Board requests. The Community Center bulletin board offers daily requests that pay more than standard shop prices.
Money-making
Coins are the primary currency. See the full money-making guide. The short version:
Farming is the most reliable income source. Cook raw crops into dishes for higher sell prices.
Fishing provides strong early payouts, especially ocean fishing in Summer.
Bulletin Board requests pay premium prices for common items.
Stamp Collection milestones in the Islandpedia can reward 5,000+ Coins with no extra grinding.
The Merchant Ship (unlocked via Starsand Port) buys items at 200% value.
Stuck?
If your character gets stuck on terrain, there is an unstuck button in the main menu. It will advance the day when used, so only use it as a last resort.