Starsand Island Beach Festival Event Guide

The Starsand Island Beach Festival sees other islanders throw an epic beach party while basking in the sun or sea, showing off their latest harvests or creations and getting to know each other.

To prepare for this annual summer gathering, there are a few things that can come in handy before you say goodbye to summer. As such, this guide will help you prepare for the Beach Festival, including its schedules, prerequisites and general tips to keep in mind for this event in Starsand Island.

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How to unlock the Beach Festival Event in Starsand Island

Unlocking or fulfilling the conditions to trigger the event's mission can be done through progression; however, a few things are required of you. First, crafting and prospecting professions are key paths, which you will need crafting resources is requested by the sellers and is right craft stations.

The Moonlit Forest must also be unlocked before the festival begins, as you can mine for various resources in the Moonlit Forest that you will need during the preparation phase of the event. Finally, it would be recommended to have a skateboard or Rollerblades created or rent a scooter to make traversing much easier during the Beach Festival, as you will be running around a bit.

How to prepare for the Starsand Island Beach Festival

You can see the calendar in your home for the Beach Festival event schedule that can help you prepare in advance.

Since the Beach Festival lasts for three days in the game, the first two days are dedicated to the villagers preparing the site and the vendors at Half-Moon Bay. As such, they need your help; you can help by accepting their request and providing the requested materials.

After waking up to start day 25 and 26 respectively you get The mission “The Beach Festival is Coming”.where you will talk to Solara at the marked location. Be quick with this, like you have 20 minutes to chat with her and complete the various quests around Half-Moon Bay to prepare for the festival event.

If you want to save as much time as possible completing these quests, forage, mine and craft these items beforehand. This is so that you have time to complete other tasks such as missions, progressing with professions, improving your friendship with the villagers and more.

Beach Festival Vendors	Day 1 Materials	Day 2 Materials
Aurelis	Carbon x10	Fine salt x3
The dolphin	Iron ingot x3	Hardwood plank x4
Lunelle	Bronze Ingot x3	Iron plate x2
Momo	Glass pane x4	Hardwood plank x4
Solara	Hardwood plank x4	Carbon x8

How to complete the Beach Festival Event in Starsand Island

Talk to Solara on the day of the Beach Festival before participating in the mini-games available throughout the event.

The day has finally arrived, day 27, and it's Beach Festival day! All your planning and hard work will pay off, as it's time to join the festivities in Half-Moon Bay.

At the beginning of day 27, the mission “Ta-da! Beach Festival!” will trigger immediately, and you can go to the beach and talk to Solara, but hurry because this mission is time limited. After talking to Solara and exhausting all dialogue, the mission will be completed, and this is where the fun begins.

If you consulted the calendar before leaving the house, the times for all mini-games have been listed; therefore, to kick-start the festival, Crab breeding starts at 08.00 in game time. Go over to the harbor near Marston's home and talk to Crab Boss to ask about herding crabs before entering the minigame, which each attempt thereafter will cost 100 coins.

Take to the water and record the fastest time by competing in a jet ski racing event at the Beach Festival.

The next is the Offshore Racing minigame, which starts at 10am by talking to Delphin and rent a jet ski to participate by interacting with the board. If you get a top three finishyou can unlock unique rewards along with items you can get for complete the event for the first time.

The Beach Festival Market will be available from 12.00where you can spend your earnings Beach coins at the vendor stands all day. If you don't have enough Beach Coins for your purchases, you can always replay the Crab Herding and Offshore Racing mini-games before the next event starts.

The Bonfire Party is the next minigame for the Beach Festival, and it is highly recommended to play all the mini-games, get as many Beach Coins as possible, and buy all the items you want from the stalls before going to the stage. The reason is that the Bonfire Party is the last event, ending the Beach Festival, and you will not be able to participate in the events or visit the market once you join the Bonfire Party or when the festival ends at 12 noon.

Starsand Island Beach Festival Event: General Tips

There are some things to consider and consider during the Beach Festival event that you won't notice. This will come in handy in the days leading up to the two-day preparations for the event, and it is recommended to have advanced the crafting profession to unlock blueprints for various tools and crafting stations.

Plan ahead by creating essential materials that will be requested by festival vendors during the Beach Festival event.

In addition, you must have unlocked the Moonlit Forest areaand to access this area, you must have done the first quests for the Exploration profession when talking to Zephyria. Exploring the Moonlit Forest allows you to farm resources needed for Beach Festival Day 26 and 26 Quests, such as Coal, Iron, and Quartz, to name a few.

During the Crab Herding minigame, try not to chase a crab for too long or it will burrow into the sand and you'll have to do it all over again with another crab. Also, use a back and forth motion to avoid scaring the crab and guide it to the marked location.

If you are wondering how to increase the speed of the jet ski during the Offshore Racing minigame, hold down the key or button assigned to the Sprint action. Keep in mind that the jet ski's movement is tied to the vehicle's speed, so it may not be wise to go fast and furious on the water, as you can get off course.

Although it takes collecting a piece of trash, not only is it good for the environment to collect all the trash, but it can also give you some rewards.

During the preparations for the event, you have to collect a piece of trash; however, collect all debris both days will reward you with coins, beach coins, blueprints, resources and Beach Festival Treasure Maps. Using the treasure maps, you'll be guided to the location of the Beach Festival treasure chests, and opening them will reward you with more Beach Coins, Blueprints, Recipes, and other items.

It would be wise to track down these treasures during the two days when all the preparatory quests are completed, as you have more time to find them. Likewise, ensure that all activities and related tasks are completed before you end the day with The fire party that starts around 7:00 p.m.