Some helpful tips for starting out with Final Fantasy XIV’s Island Sanctuary

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The latest update for Final Fantasy XIV went live yesterday, bringing a host of new content. Part of the update is the Island Sanctuary, a cozy and deceptively deep island living simulator. It can seem overwhelming to start, but I’ve got some tips to help you get your Island Sanctuary up and running.

While it’s easy enough to unlock, the list of things you can do quickly piles on. Don’t worry, though. I’ve spent roughly the last 24 hours tearing through the mode, figuring things out along the way.

If you want to figure it out for yourself, no worries. This isn’t intended as a de facto starter guide or anything. Rather, these are some little ways I’ve found to both maximize profit and pleasure on the Island Sanctuary in Final Fantasy XIV.

Without further ado, let’s run them down.

This might be the biggest piece of advice I can give in my list of tips for the Island Sanctuary. Blue Seafarer’s Cowries are one of the two island-specific currencies, alongside green Islander’s Cowries. These function as the main currency of Island Sanctuary, as Gil will not buy you anything here. (You can, however, make stuff to export, but that’s all a bit further down the road.)

Seafarer’s Cowries can be traded in for the special Island Sanctuary duds once you’ve built up your Cozy Cabin. I would implore you to hold off on that, however.

Blue Cowries are also the currency used for a number of other expansions. This includes making your crop fields and pastures larger, expanding to new build sites, and even funding foraging expeditions. Saving a little now will save you a lot of waiting in the long run.

As part of the tutorial sequence of quests, your helpful Mammet friends will help you build a Workshop. This fills one of your two available