Tips and tricks

General

• The game autosaves at the start of each day. There is no manual save.

• If your character gets stuck on terrain, use the unstuck button in the main menu. It advances the day, so only use it when genuinely stuck.

• Check your mailbox regularly for event reminders, random gifts, and rewards from islanders.

• Chat with islanders every day for free Affection Points. It adds up.

• The Islandpedia has over 1,320 collectibles. Each milestone rewards Coins and items.

Farming

• You do not need to water every plot every day. Skipping some saves stamina until you have sprinklers.

• Rush towards unlocking sprinklers. It is the best quality-of-life upgrade for farming. Sprinklers unlock at Intermediate Farmer tier.

• Pay attention to seed types. Some only grow in planter boxes, farmland, paddy fields, or on trellises.

• Crops planted out of season wither immediately when the season changes.

• Strike crops with an axe instead of using the interact key to harvest. It is faster, costs no energy, and clears weeds at the same time.

• Place farm plots near Rabbit Hutches so rabbits clear weeds automatically.

• Rainy days water plants for free, but animals take a break from clearing weeds.

• Gmax crops: Plant 9 of the same crop in a 3×3 grid for a chance at a giant mutation. Use an Axe to harvest. To prevent Gmax, keep plots 2 tiles wide or narrower.

Ranching

• Buy the Brush Blueprint from Pastelle's shop early (150 Coins). Cleaning animals is essential for breeding and production. See animal cleaning.

• Chickens provide pest control, ducks control snails, and rabbits clear weeds.

• Raise Bumblebees at Intermediate Rancher tier. They produce Honey and help pollinate flowers for cross-breeding.

Exploration and combat

• Falling out of bounds in the Moonlit Forest does not advance the day. You respawn near where you fell.

• You can ignore the rabbits in the early Moonlit Forest sections. They are not worth fighting.

• Resources in the Moonlit Forest respawn every day at 8 PM.

• Use Fluorite to repair camps (5 per camp). It is abundant in there.

• The Slingshot can use minerals and ores as emergency ammo, but do not waste good materials unless desperate.

• Primorite requires a pickaxe better than the Impulsive Pickaxe to mine.

Crafting and building

• Build multiple Furnaces early. You will need several running at once. See the mining guide.

• Keep crafting and equipment benches close together for easier access. Decorate later.

• There is a blueprint system that lets you copy and paste building layouts.

Money and progression

• Always finish your daily tasks for Starsand Points.

• Do not spend all your Starsand Points on one profession. Spread the investment. See getting started.

• Even bug catching is needed to progress through certain quest lines.

• Random animals roaming the island sometimes lead you to hidden treasure.

• The Merchant Ship buys items at 200% value. See money-making guide.

Cooking

• Cooked food sells for much more than raw ingredients. Golden Fried Rice (1× Egg + 1× Rice) sells for 246 Coins: the best return for two common ingredients.

• Cooking also provides stamina recovery and combat buffs. See the cooking guide.

Stamina

• The Hot Springs in Maple Reed recover about 1 stamina per second. Buy Hot Spring Tickets for 100 Coins.

• Later in the game, eating cooked food is faster than the hot springs.

• Sit on Stump Stools throughout the island for passive recovery.

• Unlock the Recuperate perk in the Workpedia for faster sitting recovery.