This game has everything to
offer and much to explore. After reading the topics below you should be
able to guide your tribe like a pro.
HELPFUL PICKUPS
Stardust
Every once in a while
Stardust will fall from the sky and hit your Island. To collect this all
you need to do is drop someone onto it, and it will be added to your
inventory. This is an essential resource for your tribe because it has
an array of effects when used on objects, and people. Note, stardust can
be seen from aerial view. It can even be seen before it touches down on
the Island. Be sure to get to it quick, it will disappear within 45 to
60 seconds.
They only fall on grass.
Using it on people will
increase a random skill, such as fishing, or constructing, and can even
improve metal and physical strength.
For constructions in
progress, it increases the amount built instantly.
For the Science station it
increases your science points depending on your technology level. The
higher the technology level the more science points are awarded.
Using it on a Craftworks
building increase the amount of percentage done on a custom clothing
project.
On a demolished construct,
it cleans up what is left behind.
Using it on resource piles
(rocks, food, wood) will add a big boost of that particular resource to
the pile you clicked.
Using it on your farm will
cause the crops' percentage of growth to rise instantly.
Moondust
Moondust appears on screen
in the same fashion that stardust does, and can be picked up in the same
way as well. But its effects are different from that of a stardust's.
Also note that moondust can also be seen from aerial view.
For People it changes their
hair color (weird right?).
Constructions, it increase
the amount built, but the amount increased is higher than the stardust's
effect.
Used on the Science station
it generates science points (amount depends on your technology level).
For the Craftworks
building, it completes all your clothing assignments. Be sure to use
this to your advantage.
On a demolished construct
it also cleans up what is left behind.
Using it on resource piles
will add an even bigger boost than the stardust's.
And you guessed it, using
it on your farm will immediately complete the crops' growth.
Crates and Barrels
These can only be found
floating in the ocean near the shoreline. They tend to drift up from the
bottom of the screen towards your Island. You should have no problem
spotting them because they come in relatively close to the Island, but
if your view is too far from the shoreline you won't be able to see.
This is why you should consider using the aerial view feature often. To
open a crate just place a person on top it, and the contents inside will
be added to your inventory. Contents usually include:
Tools for building (you
will get these near the start of the tutorial.)
Resources such as wood,
rocks, and even food.
Skill points for the person
who opens the crate
Mysterious dust that raises
one skill to mastery skill.
Dreadful tree eating
beetles(they fly out and kill several of your trees).
You also receive potion
recipes, which is a big help
Contaminated water (makes
person feel lightheaded)
No matter what shape the
crate or barrel is in you should still open it, we have found some
pretty nice items in banged up barrels.
Mushrooms and Guano
While they are sometimes
hard to spot, their usefulness will become apparent later in the game.
Mushrooms grow randomly on sand and on grass. Guano gets dropped on the
Island by seagulls.These are 2 of the many ingredients used to create
potions. We'll go through potions a bit later, but for now this is it
mushrooms and guano. You have to place people on these to pick them up,
but sometimes the people will gather them themselves.
Relics
Gold relics can only found
on the beach while or after it is rains. They look like little gold
seashells the size of a mushroom. This is also a valuable ingredient for
making potions.
GATHERING RESOURCES
Rocks, Wood and Fish
When it comes to gathering
resources it's very simple, just drag any adult to a resourceful object
and he/she will begin to gather that resource. Rocks, fish, and wood are
the most used resources here.
If you pick up someone
while they are carrying something they will lose what they had gathered.
Rocks and wood are used to
build constructs for the Island. Wood is used to keep the fire going.
And fish are used to feed your tribe.
Wood is collected from the
trees, rocks from the boulders, and fish from the sea.
Gathering fish is a tad
more complex than gathering anything else. You cannot find fish unless
you are in deep water. And f you happen to fish in a spot where you can
visibly see a fish jumping out of the water then your fish gathering
rate increases.
Whenever you click a
boulder or tree it gives you the option to harvest or not to harvest.
Checking the harvest box means that it is okay for your tribe to use it.
Make sure to check at least
10 of each resource, excluding fish, and farms. As you probably know
your tribe continues to work whether you play the game or not. This
means that if a resource is left unchecked they could starve because
they were unable to continue harvesting. Running out of any resource is
trouble, remember it.
Mystery Resources
When you read about the
mystery objects below, you will find out how to gain mystery resources
such as ironwood, berries, and fountain water. These resources must be
unlocked before they can be gathered, but they are limitless.
SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES
There are a total of 7
skills for each person to master.
People will grow in a skill
as that skill is used. Once you fill a skill bar all the way, that skill
is considered "mastered", which means you cannot improve that
skill anymore.
Fishing: gained by fishing
Wood gathering: gained by
gathering wood
Rock gathering: gained by
gathering rock
Construction: gained while
building a construct
Agriculture: gained by
growing flowers, trees, and farming
Science: gained by
exploring science at the science station construct (place a person on a
science station construct)
Art: gained by learning at
the Craftworks construct (place a person on a Craftworks construct)
When you start the game you
will have 5 adults, each will have a different amount of mental and
physical strength.
The 2 or 3 people with the
highest physical strength should have 2 priorities checked from the
physical skills. The physical skills include: rock gathering, wood
gathering, construction, and fishing. These skills benefit strongly from
people who move quickly. High strength allows a person to move faster.
The others with high mental
strength should go with science, art, and agriculture, since their
physical speed is not that relative to their jobs.
Physical, and mental tribal
members alike should have 2 special skills that match up with their
traits to be more productive. Sometimes you need 2 people to do 1 job in
order to speed things up.
BUILDING CONSTRUCTS
To build any construct just
click on the build button, then select what you want to build. If you
notice darkened icons in the build menu it is because you don't know how
to make it yet (which is very okay).
Each type of structure
requires a certain amount of rock, wood, and labor. Labor is a hard
thing to measure, but it simply means that the bigger the number, the
longer it will take to build.
Using star or moondust on a
construct is a time saver in terms of building. However, don't be too
dependent on taking tshort cuts if you want your people to be faster
builders. A person is good at a skill because they do it continuously,
but take away the work and that person will not grow at all. Give your
tribe tough love, and don't worry they will thank you later.
Be sure to keep your
structures close to your resource piles. There is worse than having your
tribe travel all the way across the Island just to place some material
in an incomplete structure.
You could use stardust on
the people who need a boost in a certain area, but the boosted skill
will be selected at random. Either way is fine.
IMPORTANT CONSTRUCTS
Huts: huts
allow your tribes people to sleep and produce children (there are 2
huts, one faces right, and the other left).
Fire pit: This
is simply used for cooking food.
Science station:
This allows research to occur.
Trees:
they provide additional wood.
Food store house:
increases your food storage capabilities.
Rock store house: increases
your rock storage capabilities.
Wood store house:
increases your wood storage capabilities.
Farms: an
alternative source of food.
Craftworks:
allows creation of new clothing.
Celestial
observatory: makes a big sound whenever a star or moondust
makes contact with the Island.
Shipyard:
used to hold a ship (hint hint)
Ark: ship
used to carry your tribe to another Island
SCIENCE STATION
UPGRADES
There are a total of 4
different categories to upgrade, and each of them can only be upgrade 3
times. To upgrade these you must use your science points. Also as you
upgrade a category the required number of science points will increase.
Agriculture is the first of
the 4, it helps you find renewable resources, and new sources of food
with each upgrade. This is good it means you won't have to rely on fish
alone to survive.
Construction is second on
the list. This upgrade allows you to build more complex constructs that
will definitely be needed and wanted in the future.
"The Arts" is the
third. This will allow you to create stylish clothing for you tribe. It
is purely decorative, but it is also fascinating.
Technology is last here. It
allows you to earn science20points more rapidly, discover new potion
recipes, and even create a Celestial observatory.
The Celestial observatory
alerts you whenever star, or moondust falls. That could really come in
handy.
POTIONS
A potion needs 3 kinds of
ingredients, an element, a liquid, and a catalyst. Knowing your potions
alone will guarantee your tribe a smooth journey. You should also know
your catalyst will not be used up if your potion is successful.
Here is a complete list of
all the potion recipes and effects.
Helpful Potions
1) ironwood+ seawater+
stardust: upgrades construction skill.
2) rocks+ seawater+
goldrelic: upgrades rock gathering skill.
3) guano+ rainwater+
stardust: creates flowers.
4) guano+ seawater+
stardust: adds fertility to soil.
10) mushroom+ seawater+
goldrelic: new hair style.
11) mushroom+ fountain
water+ stardust: new hair style.
12) mushroom+ rainwater+
goldrelic: new hair style.
13) mushroom+ fountain
water+ moondust: new hair style.
14) vegetable+ fountain
water+ stardust: new hair style.
15) vegetable+ fountain
water+ goldrelic: new hair style.
16) vegetable+ seawater+
goldrelic: new hair style.
TROPHIES
Whenever you go to the
trophy screen and move the mouse over an empty trophy stand you are
given a clear objective on how to acquire that particular trophy.
MYSTERY OBJECTS
There are 8 mystery objects
to solve, but only 3 per Island. This is part of the thrill of moving to
another Island someday. Here is the list of the 8 mysteries and how to
unravel them:
1) Blue moon mystery - Have
someone who you have used a moondust on touch it. After that just use 3
moondusts in rapid succession (there will be a time limit). You will now
receive moondust more frequently than ever.
2) Fossil stone mystery -
Have a person with a rock gathering skill mastered examine it (this
person make some sort of crack in it). Then have a master scientist come
and check it out. You will now gain 100,000 science points because of
what the scientist discovers in the fossil.
3) Glowing stump mystery -
Have someone who has their strength maxed touch it, the stump will be
lifted and a little tree will be there. All you need to do now make it
rain with a potion and have the person with max strength touch it again.
You know have a tree that gives off infinite ironwood.
4) Yellow star mystery -
Copy the same procedure as you did with the blue moon mystery, just
replace moondust with stardust.
5) Unknown plant mystery -
Use a fertilizer potion on the bush, then have a legendary farmer touch
it. It becomes a Cornucopia bush and allows berries to be gathered from
it indefinitely.
6) Molten rock mystery -
Use a person with both their construction and science skill mastered to
touch it. And voila, all tools will now be made of iron. This increases
everyone's construction, gathering, and farming rate.
7) Fountain mystery - The
easiest one yet. Use a legendary scientist to touch the fountain, this
will unlock the fountain water ingredient immediately.
8) Flowering bush mystery -
Simply take a look at the flower pattern surrounding the tree, then
complete it by planting your own flowers using the build menu.
GENERAL TIPS
Whenever you want to expand
you tribe by having kids you will need a man, woman, and a hut. Just
place a man on a woman or vice versa and the 2 will walk by themselves
to the nearest vacant hut. And with any luck the 2 will walk out with a
baby in less than 10 seconds.
If you can you should make
the "twins potion" as soon as possible so that you can have
double the kids. The higher the population, the faster the scientific
growth.
Babies are special because
they are born with the traits of their parents such as hair. They are
not bothersome at all, there is really no harm in having them around.
Children are similar to
babies, only they have more hair and do more things. However they cannot
work until they are of 14 years of age. So if you want a teenager to
work as soon as possible then their priority list should have at least 1
check.
Males or Females cannot
have a baby until they are 18 years of age. In the same breath, older
women do not want to have babies when they are 50 years old, unlike men.
Your tribe should have a
balanced set of skills. Otherwise the village will not run so smoothly.
For example, if everyone is great at one skill but are lacking in a ll
the others, that means there will be slow progressions when it comes to
doing certain things. Whenever a person has more than one priority
he/she will act on the skills marked equally.
Massively important,
lodestones can be used to make moondust if you follow the recipe. Using
them to the full advantage is crucial, you must not waste them.
Building a Celestial
observatory allows you to be alerted by a horn whenever star or moondust
hits the Island.
Choose your Island wisely
based on the mystery items located on them.
Lodestones can only be
found in crates and barrels. If you need them really bad use the
crate/barrel creation potion.
Once your population
reaches 50 there is no going over that limit.
If someone you like is
really old you can always use a youth potion save them from old age. And
don't wait too long, once they reach their early 70's it means they are
about to pass on.
Get your hands on a
Celestial observatory as soon as possible, it's a life saver.
Using a majority of your
moondust to upgrade your Science station is a smart move. Each time you
level up technology you will be able to double the amount of science
points gained.
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