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Archipelago Guide

Levels and islands

How you level up, what each level gives you, how your islands grow, and the long climbs of crop mastery and trophies.

Player level

You earn XP for every fruit you pick, every batch you craft, most orders and many of Honk's tasks. The level cap is 910. Each level needs a little more XP than the one before. The first eight levels are the tutorial: see Getting started.

Some level-ups are big ones, with a pop-up and the headline unlocks: levels 1 to 10, then mostly every 10th level. The levels in between drop a small banner with a handful of Sigils or a point.

The Leveling tool charts the whole curve and works out how long any level takes with the crops you grow. Here are some waypoints:

LevelTotal XPHome islandNew at this level
L5 349 5×5 Unlocked Carrot. +3 Tilling Points
L10 5,053 9×9 Unlocked Mini Furnace. +2 Tilling Points
L20 16,094 9×9 +1,210Sigils
L30 29,546 11×11 Mill Unlocked. Mill Island unlocked (14x14). Unlocked Watercress. +2 Tilling Points
L50 64,835 11×11 Blackberry Pot unlocked. +1 Tilling Point
L80 142,995 13×13 Juicer Unlocked. Juicer Island unlocked (14x14). +2 Tilling Points
L100 215,247 17×17 Unlocked Beehive. +5 Tilling Points +10 Water Points +5,000Sigils
L150 483,016 27×27 Grape Pot unlocked. +1 Tilling Point
L200 903,775 37×37 Unlocked Totemblossom. +5 Tilling Points +20 Water Points +15,000Sigils
L250 1,513,161 47×47 Cauldron Unlocked. Cauldron Island unlocked (14x14). +11,560Sigils
L300 2,346,814 57×57 Unlocked Cherryblossom. +7 Tilling Points +30 Water Points +40,000Sigils
L400 4,829,473 77×77 Unlocked Tomato. +13 Tilling Points +50 Water Points +100,000Sigils
L500 8,636,850 97×97 Homestead unlocked (9x9). +15 Tilling Points +75 Water Points +250,000Sigils
L600 14,054,053 117×117 +23 Tilling Points +100 Water Points +600,000Sigils
L700 21,366,168 137×137 +28 Tilling Points +150 Water Points +1,500,000Sigils
L800 30,858,297 157×157 Every island grows a ring. +35 Tilling Points +200 Water Points +4,000,000Sigils
L900 42,815,547 177×177 +50 Tilling Points +300 Water Points +10,000,000Sigils
L910 44,157,829 177×177 +98,010Sigils

Home island sizes here count level-ups only. Blessings grow it further (see below).

What level-ups give

Every level pays something, in Sigils, Tilling Points or Water Points. The big levels add unlocks: new crops, pots, structures, stations and islands. The small levels in between take turns. Here are levels 11 to 20:

LevelReward
L11 +220Sigils
L12 +220Sigils
L13 +1 Tilling Point
L14 Meadow Isle unlocked. Wheat, Carrot & Potato grow 20% faster there · +220Sigils
L15 Unlocked Potato · +450Sigils
L16 +1 Tilling Point
L17 +220Sigils
L18 +1 Water Point
L19 +220Sigils
L20 +1,210Sigils

Every level that unlocks something, and the full reward for each one, is in the Leveling tool.

How islands grow

Your home island starts at 5×5. Each time it grows it gains a full ring: a new row or column on all four sides, so it stays square and your first plot stays in the middle.

  • Home island: a ring at levels 6, 10, 30, 60, 90, 100, then every 10 levels up to 900. That's 177×177 by level 900 from level-ups alone.
  • Every other island: a ring at levels 150, 210, 270 and every 60 levels after that, up to 870.
  • Level 800: every island grows a ring at once.

Growing it yourself

Some Blessings add a ring to your home island each time you buy them. See Blessings.

BlessingFromRingsFirst costs
Plot Extension I L10 5 400Sigils
Plot Extension II L110 5 4,000Sigils
Plot Extension III L260 5 15,000Sigils
Land Deed L355 No limit 600,000Sigils

Each Plot Extension needs another Blessing first, so some open later than their level. Land Deed is the long-term Sigil sink: each one costs more than the last, and there is no size cap.

The islands

New islands rise from the sea as you level. Open the map to sail between them. An island's favoured crops grow 20% faster there. The four station islands each come with their Grand station already built.

IslandArrivesSizeGrows fasterWhat it's for
Home Island Start 5×5 Where you start. The pedestal, your first fields and most of your structures.
Furnace Island L7 14×14 The Grand Furnace: breads and bakes.
Meadow Isle L14 3×3 WheatCarrotPotato Your first themed isle. A place for your starter crops to grow faster.
Mill Island L30 14×14 The Grand Mill: flour, sugar and Green Manure.
Marsh Isle L40 3×3 RiceSugarcane Rice and sugarcane, the wet crops.
Juicer Island L80 14×14 The Grand Juicer: juices from your fruit.
Sunfield Isle L90 4×4 CornPumpkin Corn and pumpkins.
Orchard Isle L210 deed 5×5 StrawberryBlueberry Bought, not given: claim it with the Second Island Deed.
Cauldron Island L250 14×14 The Grand Cauldron: jams, sauces, soups, stews and toffee, the richest recipes.
Vineyard Isle L320 5×5 MelonTomato Melons and tomatoes.
Homestead L500 9×9 A second big plain island, with no favoured crops.

The Second Island Deed

Orchard Isle is the one island you buy. The Second Island Deed is a keystone Blessing from L210 for 150,000Sigils, once you own Corn Boom. However late you buy it, the island arrives with every ring it would have grown since L210.

Crop mastery

Every crop has its own mastery level, from 1 to 1000. It rises with every fruit of that crop you pick: 6 fruits for mastery 1, 105 for 10, 79,758 for 100. The Field Guide shows each crop's level.

Mastery does three things:

  • Rarer fruit. A crop drops Uncommon from mastery 25, Rare from mastery 75, Mythic from mastery 200, Dreamlike from mastery 500. See Crops and rarity.
  • A specialty. Each crop gets better at one thing with every level, such as faster wheat or more carrots, and shares a quarter of that with your other crops.
  • Structures. A Crop Idol for that crop at mastery 50, and a Harvest Shrine at mastery 200.

Milestones

Every 100 mastery levels a crop pays out:

MasteryReward
100+1 Tilling Point · +5 Water Points · +10,000Sigils
200+1 Tilling Point · +10 Water Points · +30,000Sigils
300+2 Tilling Points · +15 Water Points · +80,000Sigils
400+2 Tilling Points · +25 Water Points · +200,000Sigils
500+3 Tilling Points · +50 Water Points · +500,000Sigils
600+3 Tilling Points · +100 Water Points · +1,500,000Sigils
700+5 Tilling Points · +150 Water Points · +4,000,000Sigils
800+5 Tilling Points · +250 Water Points · +12,000,000Sigils
900+8 Tilling Points · +500 Water Points · +40,000,000Sigils
1000+10 Tilling Points · +1000 Water Points · +150,000,000Sigils · +1 Water Point per day, forever

Master Farmer

On top of that, each field crop adds to a farm-wide bonus as its mastery passes these marks. Every mark a crop passes adds its row, and all 12 field crops add into the same pool. Pots and trees don't count.

MasterySell priceXPRare luckWater a day
50 +5% +5%
100 +10% +10% +1%
250 +20% +20% +3%
500 +40% +35% +5% +1
750 +60% +50% +8% +2
1000 +100% +75% +12% +5

Trophies

Trophies are long-term goals for harvesting, planting, crafting, orders, levels and more. Most come in chains: finish one tier and the next opens. Each pays Sigils, Tilling Points, Water Points or XP.

Open them from the Trophies card on the pedestal. When a reward is waiting, a card floats above the pedestal: tap it to go straight there and claim.