Coral Island can seem like a daunting game at first, with many details, side quests, and items.
It’s easy for players to feel lost and unsure of what to prioritize. However, some beginner tips and tricks can make the difference between night and day.
They help players set priorities in the game and avoid mistakes that would otherwise cost them a lot of time and effort to fix.
In this guide, I will go through some of the best tips and tricks for beginners in Coral Island to help players enjoy this game without missing anything.
Go Foraging Often
Many items in Coral Island can be gained only via foraging. These spawn on the ground and respawn every few days. These items are great both for collecting and gift characters, as well as for selling.
Thus, every few days, try and explore the island to find any forageables that have respawned.
Donate to the Museum
The museum works similarly to Stardew Valley. Collect fossils, rare items, and even bugs to showcase them and earn rewards.
One of the easiest ways to fill the museum is by unlocking the bug net and catching bugs.
Whenever you’re back from an expedition, stop by the museum and see if you got anything that can be donated.
Spend Your Energy
Energy is the main meter that limits players’ actions every day. I highly recommend always spending your energy before going to sleep.
Most days, you’ll spend it naturally due to mining, diving, or even farming. However, there will be days when you’ll end up exploring a lot, which doesn’t use much energy.
Before going to bed, clear out a bit of your farm and cut some trees to make sure no energy is wasted. After all, you can never have too much wood.
Check Birthdays & Give Gifts
Romance is an added part of Coral Island that allows players to date and marry villagers and also have children.
To romance characters, it’s important to give them their favorite gifts. And there’s a bonus when gifting a character on their birthday.
Check the calendar in the town square and try to gift villagers on their birthdays to progress with romance quickly.
Utilize the Game’s Save System
Coral Island only saves automatically at the start of each day and has no manual save feature.
Players can utilize this feature in case a day goes poorly. For instance, you might die in the mines, or sell some items you didn’t want to.
In such cases, you can simply go back to the main menu and the game will reset to the start of the day. A bit cheesy, but sometimes you’ve got to use everything at your disposal.
Don’t Sell Everything
While it can be tempting to sell every item you forage, farm, or loot, it’s important to save some aside.
This is because many of these items will be needed for side quests, story progression, or villager gifts. This is especially true for seasonal items. Try and save a few of each item in case of need.
For instance, the lake temple will require a variety of spring items. If you’ve reached the summer season and haven’t hoarded anything, you’ll have to wait until the next spring.
Make Storage Chests
Storage chests are easy to make once you find out how to collect trash in Coral Island. Since it’s important to save most items in the game, chests help you do exactly that.
One useful tip is to try and categorize your chests to make item management more efficient.
Upgrade Tools Early
One of the earliest and most important upgrades in Coral Island is the player’s tools. You can upgrade each tool multiple times which significantly increases its efficiency.
Keep in mind that to upgrade tools, you’ll first need to unlock the mines and find bronze ore.
Depending on the activity you’re prioritizing, it’s important to upgrade the relevant tool. For instance, if you focus on mining, upgrade the pickaxe. If, instead, you prefer diving, upgrade the sickle.
Loot Trash Bins
Trash bins can be found all around the island and players can interact with them for a chance to get a random item.
Various items can drop from trash bins, starting from low-quality stuff like trash and even reaching some rarer drops like food and rare fish.
Whenever you’re passing by a trash can, loot it and maybe you’ll get something nice. Just make sure other villagers don’t see you digging through their trash.
Use the Sickle to Gather Green Flowers
These green flowers spawn all over the island and gathering them awards players with random items. These items range from wild seeds and trash to morels and other gatherables.
You never know what you’ll get so make sure to gather these whenever you find them.
Have Fun
While it sounds obvious, players can often get lost while trying to complete all the different activities Coral Island has to offer.
It’s important to take it slow and make sure that above all you’re having fun.
Conclusion
To sum up, these are some of the best tips and tricks for beginners in Coral Island to help them in their first playthrough.
The game has a lot of activities to offer and any tip that helps you balance everything helps.
What do you think about Coral Island so far? Do you have any other tips to add to this list? Let us know in the comments below.
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