Dinkum Summer Sun - The Coral Isles

What Are The Coral Isles And How Do I Get There?

Who here is sick of the damp, dark, scary mines, being chased around by all sorts of beasties? All of you? That's what I thought.

There is an answer, it's the tropical Coral Isles. An archipelago of sun soaked tropical islands containing wondrous sights, perfect beaches, new flowers, new trees, new beautiful butterflies, critters, and new fish (anyone remember Finding Nemo? Yeah, you can re-create the movie with the stars of the show!).

There is also a new gemstone to be harvested in the waters of the Coral Isles, the aquamarine.

And it doesn't stop there. The Coral Isles have been long been visited by pirates, burying their treasure all over the chain of islands (didn't anyone tell them littering is bad?!). To find these chests, you'll need to bring golden treasures to feed to the shark statues found scattered to get maps. Each time you visit the Coral Isles, you can get 20 maps to buried chests. These color coded chests contain all of the treasures from both mine levels and new loot exclusive to the Coral Isles. Oh and you can grab that statue too for decorations once 20 maps have been acquired.

On the topic of litter, it appears many prior tourists just left their coolers full of umbrellas, beach chairs, hammocks, towels, and many colored frisbees. Please help yourself to them scattered across the beaches to make yourself more comfortable. Also please take them home and reduce the litter on our beaches.

So, how do we get there? Well, first you need the airport, the requirements for that are every NPC that can move in, has moved in and your town is in year two. Once those have been met, Fletch will offer you the deed regardless of what season your game is in. Place the deed down where you want (gulp down the dread from the massive cost) and get to collecting building material.

The airport will take a day to complete once you add all the materials in and it is only open on Sundays, so plan accordingly! Nancy, the pilot is the new NPC that will safety fly you to and from the Coral Isles once you have your ticket, which costs a whopping 250,000 dink per ride. Stiff? Maybe, but it's not a dark, damp, scary cave full of animals trying to kill you.

What Should I Bring? Who Can I Bring?

Every trip needs a packing list!

Because the Coral Isles have so much stuff to bring back, keeping inventory open is vital, but what to bring is dependent on what you want to do.

Are you looking for the new gem, Aquamarine? Then you'll need a dive helmet and jackhammer/pickax.

Are you hunting for buried treasure like a pirate? Then you'll need a shovel, 100 keys, and preferably a metal detector to speed up finding the buried booty.

Are you just collecting fish, bugs, critters, pineapples, acacia seeds and other plants? Then an axe/chainsaw, bug net, fishing rod, and bug and fish books.

Are you after corals to setup your own aquarium? Bring a dive helmet, pickax/jackhammer, and energy food.

Are you hunting the Great Mystical Shark of the Coral Isles? Bring a good weapon (iron spear, battle shovel, alpha weapon), and combat/health food bottle brew, prime roast/mighty spread, sausage roll and a dive helmet. You'll also need a way to free it from its shipwreck cage, so pack a chainsaw or axe.

The Coral Isles are spread out and it's vital to bring some sort of water or air borne craft. The jet ski is the fastest to get around, the helicopter gives good altitude and is moderately fast, and the balloon can land on water, but is very slow. I do not recommend the rowboat as it is too slow without the airborne benefits.

Everyone's goals on the Coral Isles will differ, so adjust your inventory list accordingly.

Speaking of that, you have five friends right? Because you can bring them for FREE! Everyone rides the airship to the Coral Isles for the price of one ticket! Bring your friends, have a party on the beach, fight the shark together, have a blast as a party.

Will I Get Eaten By A Shark The Size Of Megalodon If I Visit The Coral Isles?

Now that is an oddly specific question Mr. Tourist. I am contractually obligated by the South City Authorities to notify you that yes, you may get eaten by a shark the size of Megalodon should you visit the Coral Isles.

Now, WILL YOU? Hopefully, with my help, you won't.

It's not all paradise and pineapples in the Coral Isles. Should you come across a shipwreck, which the developer has promised every map will contain at least one, randomly placed around the map, which looks like this:

You'll need to break it with an axe or chainsaw, or possibly a bomb. This will then free the Alpha Shark, the new alpha and only animal that can be killed, other than yourself, in the Coral Isles. Now, this thing looks pretty scary:

But don't despair! It's more bark than a giant man size eating mouth full of foot long sharp teeth. Eat some combat and health bonus food, such as bottle brew for health regeneration, prime roast/mighty spread for combat and health, or if you're on the cheap, sausage roll and cooked crocodile meat. Then attack the shark with a iron spear, battle shovel, or some other decent weapon. You brought the dive helmet as previously noted in the tourist guide right? Time to strap it on and go 1v1 in the water with this beastie!

The alpha shark has two attacks, one being the previously said mouth full of massive sharp teeth and the other is a jumping area of attack bubble effect. Both can do sizable damage should you take multiple hits.

Be aware that the shipwreck will sometimes spawn next to land and sometimes in the water. If you are lucky to be near land you can hit and run, retreating to higher ground and jumping to avoid the bubble attack. If you are stuck out in the open ocean, prepare to fight walking around the ocean floor.

Once you kill the Alpha Shark, it will drop prime meat and an alpha tooth. The tooth is used by Ted Snelly to create the Alpha Trident, another top tier weapon.

Protips For The Coral Isles

Here are some tips to doing well in the Coral Isles:

Aquamarines are very difficult to spot at twilight or at night. Spend your morning and noon time hunting for the gems as they're easier to see in the daylight. Absolutely bring the dive helmet as you'll need it to harvest the gems from the ocean floor.

Inventory management is vital. There are an absurd amounts of items to acquire as every chest is available and coolers full of decorations are also lying around. Prioritize what you want and come to the Coral Isles without many items. Eat your food to free up inventory slots you can fill before leaving. If you're a late game player, you'll likely take very little to nothing from the regular chests, berkonium ore from the green, and empty the blue chests.

Without mods (which are broken anyways now), fish and bugs do not stack, so be careful about filling your inventory with the new critters, bugs, and fish. One of the bugs is time dependent, so check around with the bug book at various times during the day.

The critters are hard to spot sometimes and even harder to determine what they are. There are three new ones, with sponges being the more prolific. Get to the edge of the map where no coral or rocks spawn and you'll see empty water but with critters as the game will spawn them one or two tiles into the empty water. This lets you see exactly what critter is what so you can avoid the sponges and get the Triton.

All players on the Coral Isles share the same map and icons, so everyone can see where the treasure chests are by opening the map. You may want to come up with a system so that if someone wants to check what was items were left behind, they know where to go, like marking the red X with another icon to let people know it was unearthed. There's so much stuff that players will inevitably leave many items behind. What is one player's trash is another's treasure. Consider also marking coolers as people may be missing a certain color discus and want to check coolers others have already viewed.

There's a very, very, very special item in the blue chests. You're aware of the rogue unsanctioned, tax evading trader known as Jimmy right and how he sells a golden watch? There's a silver watch that does the opposite of that tool. Good luck finding it. It will change your game radically if you're lucky enough to come across one. Keep it safe. It may be the most useful tool in the entire game.

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Summer Sun - The Coral Isles

What Are The Coral Isles And How Do I Get There?

What Should I Bring? Who Can I Bring?

Will I Get Eaten By A Shark The Size Of Megalodon If I Visit The Coral Isles?

Protips For The Coral Isles

Check Out My Other Guide!

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