Profession Guide

Professions overview

Starsand Island has five professions that form the backbone of gameplay progression. Each has a dedicated mentor NPC and five certification tiers: Apprentice, Junior, Intermediate, Senior, and Expert. Completing trial quests at each tier earns certification, which you validate with Solara at the Community Center for a recruitment bonus.

Recommended order

Crafter first. Crafting is the bottleneck for everything else. You need crafting stations to process materials for all other professions. Then Farmer for income, Angler for supplemental cash, Rancher for animal products, and finally Explorer for combat and high-tier resources.

Workpedia skills

After becoming Apprentice in any profession, the Workpedia app unlocks on your phone. You spend Starsand Points (earned from Star Note achievements and Island Life titles) to unlock special passive skills. Key early purchases:

• Recuperate: Stamina recovery. Buy this first

• Effortless Tilling: Reduces stamina cost during farming

• Eternal Blessings (Senior Farmer): Increases chance of getting Everlasting crops from regular plants

Crafter

Mentor: Zerine.General Store

• Apprentice: Basic tools, worktable, free skateboard reward

• Junior: Storage Box II/III, Furnace II, Worktable II, Quick Shipping Box, Request Bulletin

• Intermediate: Advanced processing stations

• Senior: Electric Drill, Chainsaw. Massive time savers for resource gathering

• Expert: Mining Robot, Logging Robot, Teleporter. Automates resource collection and enables instant travel between placed teleporters

Farmer

Mentor: Graminova.Happiness Seed Shop

• Apprentice: Basic seeds, Fertilizer Box I

• Junior: More seeds, Jam Maker, Brewing Barrel, Sprinkler I. Top priority early purchase

• Intermediate: Pickling Jar, Mechanical Tiller, Sprinkler II, tree saplings

• Senior: Grinder (make seeds from crops), Powered/Hydraulic Hoe, Pressurized Sprinkler, flower seeds

• Expert: Fertilizer Box V, Greenhouse (grow any crop in any season), exotic crops (Stardew Fern, Star Mango)

Angler

Mentor: Delphin.AquaBlue Outpost

• Apprentice: Free Novice Rod, Chrono Rod blueprint (needs Copper)

• Junior: Silent Rod, Cloud Rod, Chopper II

• Intermediate: Small Fish Pond. Raise fish at home

• Senior: Noble Rod, Titanium Rod

• Expert: Astra Rod, Solar Rod. Endgame fishing equipment

Rancher

Mentor: Pastelle.Green Pasture Ranch

• Apprentice: Brush, Feeder. Basic animal care tools

• Junior: Chicken Coop, Duck Coop

• Intermediate: Pigsty, Cattle Barn, Sheep Barn

• Senior: Mounts become available. Horses, alpacas, deer, ostriches (15-30 coins/hour rental)

• Expert: Auto Milker, Auto Shearer, Ostrich Barn, Alpaca Barn. Automation for animal products

Explorer

Mentor: Zephyria. Exploration Club (Green Meadow)

• Apprentice: Wooden Slingshot (2 Softwood + 2 Fiber), Stone Ammo, Ammo Maker blueprint

• Junior: Golden Slingshot, Plume Bow (first bow. Big damage increase), Blast Pellet, Stink Bomb, Fire Arrows, Water Arrows

• Intermediate: Bomb Arrows. Essential for later bosses

• Senior: Gale Arrow, Wood Arrow. High-damage late-game ammo

• Expert: Time Arrow. Endgame ammunition

Tips

• Start all five professions early. Each provides unique benefits that complement the others

• Visit Solara after each certification for your recruitment bonus coins

• The Quick Shipping Box (Junior Crafter) lets you sell anywhere without walking to a shop

• The Grinder (Senior Farmer) eliminates seed buying costs permanently

• The Teleporter (Expert Crafter) is the ultimate quality-of-life upgrade

• Bomb Arrows (Intermediate Explorer) are mandatory for the Glintortle boss fight. Slingshots are ineffective against it