A new major patch has introduced new content to all walks of your Coral Island life. Known as the 1.1 Finale: Land and Sea update, there’s even more ways to interact with NPCs, you can begin an underwater farm, among other features.
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Coral Island patch notes (July 23)
Here’s the full breakdown of the 1.1 update.
Hangout System
- You can now ask your favorite dateable NPC to hangout with them at a place you choose to get some relationship points.
- More Hangout locations become available as you progress through the game.
- Similar to gifting, Hangouts are limited to twice a week. Hangouts become available starting Heart 3.
Attractions
- An entirely new town rank category is added sometime after you reach Town Rank A.
- You can access the attractions menu inside the Community Center Town Hall room.
- The attractions will benefit townies and attract visitors.
- Recycling centers can now be upgraded to Treasure Trove Recycler, allowing you to donate trash for rewards.
Recreation Center
- Recreation center is one of the attractions you can build.
- This building adds a lot of new things for the townies to do. As such, some of their schedules will change once this building (and all the rooms inside it) are built.
- Townies will start hanging out in the Recreation Center.
Storyline Completion and New Quests
- Town Rank S
- Attraction Rank S
- Heritage Rank S
- Museum Rank S (Holographic Dino)
- Song of the Sea (Ocean Rank S)
- Rebuild Merfolk Kingdom
- Starlet Expedition
- Giants Storyline completion (Savannah)
Tourist System
- As the town rank grows, more tourists will start visiting Coral Island once per week.
- That includes our tourist Backer NPC.
- Each tourist Backer NPC will have their unique seasonal outfits.
- You can chat with the tourist Backer NPC.
- The tourists arrive via tourist boat.
- Tourist boat changes based on the current in-game Town Rank.
Cutscenes
- Heart cutscenes for all townies.
Savannah Area
- Savannah Cave (Cave of Memories).
- Ability to buy two more animals in the savannah: Ostrich and buffalo
- New scavangeable.
- Treasure Bubbles give various reward items.
- One new mini-game in Savannah.
Flower Teleport
- New magical teleport to fast travel to new locations around the map.
- You can fast travel to Savannah using this.
New Decor and Clothing
- New Indoor Decor: 142
- New Outdoor Decor: 122
- New Clothing: 62
Spouse Interactions
- You can now hug and kiss your spouse once daily to get some point in the relationship.
- Your spouse’s relatives will send wedding gifts via mail once you get married.
Library Books
- The library now slowly gets populated as you increase town ranks.
- Reading some books offers perks like mastery points and recipe unlock.
Merfolk NPC Marriage
- Merfolk Heart Events.
- Merfolk Wedding cutscenes.
- New dialogues after marriage for your spouse.
Underwater Outdoor Decor
- New outdoor underwater decor.
New Merfolk NPC
- Rysy
- Jannu
- Slamet
- Tahat
- Goolong
- Lawu
- Lanin
- Vihren
- Todi
- Etna
New dialogues
- New Merfolk NPC Dialogues
- New Dynamic Dialogues
- Merfolk NPC Gift Dialogues
Underwater Farming
- You can farm underwater.
- 15 different seeds.
- You can mix your land seeds with sea creatures to produce ocean underwater seeds.
Underwater Ranch
You can ranch the following animals:
- Shellcluck producing Pearls.
- InkHog producing Deepvoid Ink.
- Carapoultry producing Cara Egg.
- Seashroud producing Seashroud Algae.
- Mermoo producing Mermoo Milk.
Underwater Stores
- Underwater General Store
- Underwater Ranch Store
- Underwater Clothing Store
- Underwater Furniture Store
New Errands
- Special Errands.
- Underwater Errand.
Shed Skins
- Items that allow you to change the look of your Shed can be obtained from Treasure Trove Recycler.
- To change the Shed’s look, you must go through the Carpenters. Dinda and Joko will make the change for you free of charge.
Ranch Animal Dino Skins
- Completing specific collections rewards you with items to change your farm animals into Dinos.
- It also works with underwater farm animals.
- The dino skin is removable.
- You can buy more dino skins in Concerned Monkey shops once unlocked.
Bark Dialogue (speech bubble text)
- All spouses now feature bark dialogue. What they say depends on the spawn condition (time/location/etc). For example, a spouse will say “Good morning” to you (in the morning) or “Welcome back home” (in the evening).
- Most townies also have bark dialogue. What they say also depends on the spawn condition (time/location/etc.).
Additional features
- You can rename your player name, farm, and pet in the town hall. The rename will be applied the next day.
- Your farm can now support up to 3 adopted pets + 1 mythical pet.
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