A fair bit ago, during all of the major project planning and initializing, we achieved Rank 15 on our Island Sanctuaries! Comparatively there wasn’t really a whole lot different going on for how we went about attaining island experience, but what did help speed that up were the upgraded granaries and workshops as the ranks went up to 4 and slowly gaining access to those higher rank ones. Speaking of the workshops themselves, once we discovered that we could copy and paste entire agendas from one day to another was a huge game-changer for how we were able to quickly get the next week all scheduled out!
The Rank 12 story quest was absolutely adorable and probably my favorite one thus so far with it having Sadu and Cirina pay a visit to the island along with Tataru. Aside from newly acquirable ranks for the workshops, granaries, and the cozy cabin itself, a new area was also accessible during this time named the Mountain Hollow. It really just allows for more gathering of resources to upgrade things, but it was just neat that there was a whole other new area to peak inside and explore along the way.
At around Rank 13, the final small area was able to be accessed for the final landmark spot and facility spot. By this point we already had maxed out the amount of granaries we could make (I recommend doing this sooner than later if one is starting Island Sanctuary), so we plopped down the last workshop we could make as well as the last landmark. Aiki and I picked a really neat looking clock tower for this last landmark plot. From here, it just becomes managing four workshops and two granaries weekly to keep the experience and cowries flowing to continue ranking up Island Sanctuary.
This isn’t really a daunting task for us, as we just keep the workshop agendas consistent week-to-week. This doesn’t give the best min/max results, but it’s positive progress nonetheless and this whole place is supposed to be relaxing anyway. Later on, we did start to tinker with island glamours, but before Rank 15, we just left everything alone as it was upgraded. In that regards, I think Cozy Cabin IV is by far my favorite looking cabin.
The Rank 15 quest rounded out the end of the journey thus so far. This was a fairly meaty story quest compared to the prior ones, having Emmanellain and Sicard pay a visit to the island this time around. I do rather enjoy their chemistry and taking them around the island to certain spots for chatting was a nice change. It ends with a really neat ‘old movie stylized’ cut scene encapsulating what we all did during that day on the island.
The outfit for this one I absolutely adore (you get an outfit per story quest except the last one), but sadly cannot wear the really awesome looking steampunk style top-hat.
Perhaps one day, but for now, there’s only 5 ranks left till the end, and so far that has been going at a nice relaxing pace. We’re still really enjoying the relaxing feel of Island Sanctuary, and once we hit Rank 20, we’ll probably still return to our island getaway from time to time to just enjoy the scenery.