Starsand Island offers friendship in the form of cheerful NPCs and adorable animals. Becoming friends with any of them requires a little work, but it will be worth it in the end, especially when you can adopt your very own pet.
Each animal requires food and affection to become your pet, but when they are finally yours, you can have them follow you everywhere. There are a few animals you can adopt in Starsand Island, from dogs and cats to a squirrel or a capybara. Here is everything you need to know about befriending and adopting your very own pet.
How To Adopt Animals In Starsand Island
Just like with human friends in Starsand Island, you have to increase the Affection level of your new friend before unlocking the next interaction. For animals, once you reach level three, you can adopt the animal. After adoption, you can continue to unlock the final two Affection Interaction levels.
These are the adoptable animals wandering around the island:
- 404
- Meow Alum
- Scrappy
- Crescent
- Mellowhen
- Octa
- Zippy
- Sheriff
- Bobo
Bobo is currently bugged for some players and cannot be interacted with until he is fixed.
To increase Affection, you should meet your chosen animal every day, greet it, feed it and pet it. You will get to know what its favorite foods are, but the game does give you a clue by only allowing you to feed them items that the animal is allowed. Here are some favorite and well-liked foods of the available animals:
|
Pet |
Favorite Food |
|---|---|
|
404 |
Moorish Idol Sheep Cheese Block |
|
Meow Alum |
Yellowtail Damselfish Sheep Cheese Block |
|
Scrappy |
Sheep Cheese Block |
|
Crescent |
Sheep Cheese Block |
|
Mellowhen |
Pasture Grass |
|
Octa |
Sheep Cheese Block |
|
Sheriff |
Sheep Cheese Block |
|
Zippy |
Pasture Grass |
|
Bobo |
TBA |
To find an animal, you can open your map and select the Residents option. Scroll down to find the animals, including the pandas, who, unfortunately, you cannot adopt. You can track them just like you do with human residents.
There are random stray animals too, like 404 the cat, who you will stumble upon randomly. When you do, you also trigger a small quest from Pastelle to make a Bamboo Pet Bed. After crafting the bed, do not place it in your home. Instead, take it to Stella, who will tell you where to find the animal you found.
That pet will be automatically available to adopt without having to spend time increasing the Affection level. It is also possible to adopt pets from Stella. These adoptable pets are the same ones you will find wandering the island and cost thousands of coins to adopt outright.
It is best to just work slowly to befriend one of the animals in the street rather than spend so much money on one animal.
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