Island Sanctuary

[Kaliesto]

I admit I was really skeptical if Island Sanctuary was gonna be all that.

The Devs made me eat my words, I love this calming content and its not really boring either. ^^

[xbahax92]

Finished the island sanctuary yesterday, didnt really rush nor grind it to hell. I took my time. Overall experience: was nice and pretty chill content. Though, wish it would of been more lasting. Suppose, all thats left are the automatons?
I just hope the future updates to the island sanctuary are going to add more little features and enhance exploration.

Things I do like are:
The small details really, like when collecting wood or rocks - disappearing infront of you felt pretty new to me, kinda refreshing.
Mammets being a good "excuse" to introduce auto-gathering and workshops.
Allowing us to catch various animals/monsters.


Things I'd like to see in the future:
Let us design and arrange our OWN island, don't restrict creativity and individuality.
Add more buildings with proper functions. I dont quite understand why we had to build 3-2 workshops/granaries, if we could simply upgrade them further (IV,V,VI) and have the same effects. Why not build huts for storage, fishing, crafting, etc. Is my island bag that infinite that I can carry 1000 isle rocks with me?
Add more secret/hidden spots - advance exploration! A huge map means nothing if it can be smaller but more complex and well structured!
Add visitors such as selling merchants or special traders which allow us to trade various mats.
Add a skill tree to enhance foraging, harvesting, mining etc.
Add puzzles and riddles to further increase exploration experience.
Turn the sprint duty action into permanent sprint like in PVP.

[MagicPeanut]

I wrote my experience in another thread, but I want to post it here too!

Island Sanctuary is near perfect. I love the intentional slow pace in the mode, encouraging the player to just relax and take it easy. You can make a BUTT TON of cowries if you pay attention to the Workshop's Supply & Demand tab, so it's not hard to save up for the rewards I want. I enjoyed the slow and steady progress of the mammets on Landmarks in particular, like if you leave for a few hours but come back before it's done, you can see the foundations for your windmill being built. I can appreciate the fact the Wilds' music is intentionally slower to loop to allow the player to listen to 'nature' and get invested. I LOVE how I can name my animals practically whatever I want. (Seriously, I have a sheep I named "Bab, Destroyer Of Worlds".)

And I just adore the crops' graphical updates as they grow. Like, have you seen the tomatoes' close to done and blooming stages? It's too cute. (Setting the mammets to work on your crops and animals are cute too.) The writing for the sassy mammets and some of the tutorials got me laughing too! ("Don't be the Warrior of Light who made a mammet cry." really got me ) And lastly, I especially liked the silent tutorial for certain mechanics which helped the player to really plan for their next facility or to make tools for the mammets or whatnot.

The only, ONLY, real problem I have with the mode is the fact that crafting (As in DoH) IS still utilized to make a fountain and island glamour. This mode should exist on it's own, with it's own crafting. Why on earth they thought it would be a good idea to, not only include an outside part to be a requirement for something, but to make them hard to craft as well? (The fountain parts specifically.) And of course the prices are super high on the MB. It's supposed to be a relaxing mode where I can play on my own and finally not have to rely on crafting from myself or others. I dislike that they feel the need to include that aspect of the game in so MANY parts of the game.

Other than that, I noticed a LOT of graphical errors (Oops, my legs are halfway in a rock now) and I wish they gave me an option to turn the flying on and off, as well as an option to name my island. But Island Sanctuary had me in a chokehold for days either way, and I can't wait until they update it with more content in the future! (I agree that the island felt somewhat small. )

I forgot to mention that I love how the minions all say stuff! It was such a cool surprise! I think my favorite speech bubbles are the ones for Ardbert, Clockwork Solus, and the Bridesmoogle!

[cactusbees]

Someday, I would enjoy regular size chickens to put in the fields to go along with the chocobos.

[SugarPuff]

I've been having a lot of fun with it and I'm excited to see what additions are made, in time. I love hanging on my island with FC friends because it has such a different atmosphere than the housing wards.

In retrospect I'm not sure why, but I had imagined my minions would appear larger on the island than they do when normally summoned. It seems I'm not alone in that, and it would be nice to have the option even if it meant having fewer out at once. That's really the only specific thing I wish for, but I assume they'll be adding/tweaking the content with future updates.

[fay2]

was flying around the island with the hud off and this huge rock court my eye it looks separate to the rest

closer inspection the huge rock looks like its hiding a cave entrance



hopefully future island content we give the malets earth moving equipment and open that up

with earth moving equipment the hideaway could expand



the red spots being facility sites and the blue a 5th landmark site
I really what to move my bath up there lol



also hope they add facility options like
a Bazar to interact with retainers and a mender sort of thing
a Barracks to interact with squadrons
/ move members to to increase the roster space maybe even push us into 2nd commander

i have a my squad members maxed out i want to train more with out loosing the ones I've put the time into

plus have them guard/ train/ recuperate on your island would be nice
even rank it up increasing the number of squadron members you can move over
{rank I 4, rank II 5 ,rank III 6 ,rank IV 7 rank V 8} sort of thing ?and for that your retainers in the bazar too?

the other thing id like to see is


a stable we can build on the brown circle and some sort of bridge connecting the upper bit of cropland to the 3rd land marks ledge in the green circle

[Krotoan]

was flying around the island with the hud off and this huge rock court my eye it looks separate to the rest

closer inspection the huge rock looks like its hiding a cave entrance.... SNIP*lots of interesting observations and potential growth locations*

Also note that certain foliage and what's currently purely cosmetic decorations in the world are in very specific areas such as the little shelves you can only get to once you unlock flying.

It looks like they made a lot of room to "grow" beyond what they initially released.

[XgungraveX]

is auto care for animals and crops worth it? or should I keep with the up care?

[TwistedTea]

is auto care for animals and crops worth it? or should I keep with the up care?

If you're earning at least 20k a week from the workshop, automated crops and pasture is worth it:

1. Consistent planting/gathering of crops by Mammets. Each gardening mammet can hold a max of 50 crops.
2. Consistent feeding/gathering of animals/leavings by pasture mammets. Each caretaker mammet can hold up to 20 leavings.
3. Not having to manually plant/harvest and feed/gather yourself - those clicks take up time each day.
4. Reduced disruptions to the care of crops/animals due to irl or in-game circumstances.

I've automated crops/pasture and granaries on 7 days.

So that's -400/day

But when you're earning 20k a week from workshop, -400/day is a pittance for QoL.

By using the Island Sanctuary discord and its resources, even the workshop can be set in advance currently for Cycles/Days 4-7. Eventually, I assume, the solver/community will find a way to predict for all 7 days.

Cycle 1 is always rest day.

Island Sanctuary Discord

Island Sanctuary Comprehensive Guide and Workshop Solver

[Bsrking5]

is auto care for animals and crops worth it? or should I keep with the up care?

Depends, do you log in at least once a day? If so, it's not worth it. Do you log in less then 2 times a week, yes, do it.