The Sun Stones
Your main goal in the game is to resurrect the islands that sunk to the bottom of the ocean a long time ago. When you first start, you have access to Ranch Island, Lighthouse Island, Verdure Island, Sprout Island, and Meadow Island. The remaining 10 islands are trapped on the ocean floor.
The trigger to using the stones is the shrine on Meadow Island. You can't collect any Sun Stones until Spring 10 or the first sunny day thereafter, when the entire island population hears a strange voice coming from the Meadow Island. Only you can see Agete the red Harvest Sprite, keeper of the Sun Stone shrine. Agete explains that the rest of the islands sunk and asks that you bring him Sun Stones so that they can return to the surface.
Locating the 100 Sun Stones is done as you progress through the game. You can complete tasks and receive stones as rewards, receive them as gifts from your villager friends, or you can just find then by investigating locations around the islands. When you have collected enough stones to revive an island, return to Agete and ask the sprite to resurrect an island. You can visit the island immediately after it has been revived.
You can resurrect the islands in any order you want. You just have to collect the necessary Sun Stones:
- Animal Island: 10 Sun Stones - An island where wild animals live. If you befriend the animals, you can ask them to locate items for you.
- Volcano Island: 8 Sun Stones - A fiery place where the mine is located. You need this island to unlock Will and Lily
- Mystic Islands: 12 Sun Stones - A pair of islands with a bridge connecting them. Witchkins and Witch Princess live on one side, and Alisa, Nathan, and the Harvest Goddess live on the other side.
- Mushroom Island: 12 Sun Stones - Shea and Wada live here, where wild mushrooms grow every day. You also need this island if you want a pet pig.
- Link Island: 3 Sun Stones - A small island north of your farm. It is the "stepping stone" to the three other farming islands. You need to have Gannon build a bridge to each one of them.
- Greenhouse Island: 10 Sun Stones - The island to the left of Link Island. Gannon can build a greenhouse here that allows you to grow crops in any season. Link Island has to be unlocked before you can unlock Greenhouse Island
- Rice Island: 5 Sun Stones - North of Link Island is where you can plant Rice. You still need a Yellow Wonderful on your hoe to till the soil, and the only thing that grows here is Rice. Link Island has to be unlocked before you can unlock Rice Island.
- Fruit Island: 10 Sun Stones - This island is where you can plant up to 20 tree, and it is to the right of Link Island. Link Island has to be unlocked before you can unlock Tree Island.
After you have the main 15 islands unlocked, Wada's Sunny Island will sink to the bottom of the ocean! The island was affected by the same problem that caused the other islands to sink, but the Harvest Goddess can use her magic to make sure it never happens again. Before she can do that, you will need to find the remaining 30 Sun Stones to raise Sunny Island. Until you do, Wada will live on Mushroom Island with Shea. Before this event, Wada lives on Sunny Island and only spent Wednesdays and Thursdays with his adopted son on Mushroom Island.
Locating the Sun Stones
The below list is where all 100 Sun Stones are located in the game. Since it can be difficult to remember which of the 100 stones you've found, there is a printable pdf version you can print out to mark off the Sun Stones as you find them:
100 Sun Stones Printable Guide (Adobe Acrobat format)
Sun Stones found on islands (15)
- Ranch Island: Investigate the water pump windmill
- Lighthouse Island: Check the large, stone wall at the back
- Verdure Island: Check the bush between Chen's and Mirabelle's shop
- Sprout Island: The barrel at the bow (front) of Will's yacht
- Sprout Island: The well by Gannon's shop
- Harvest Sprite Island: Look at the back of the fence on the Harvest Sprite Island Field
- Mystic Islands: The bell in front of the church
- Mystic Islands: The left-side lamp post in front of the Witch Princess' house
- Mushroom Island: Check the base of the largest right-side mushroom
- Volcano Island: The lava flow next to the island's sign
- Animal Island: Check the water pond
- Link Island: On the bridge leading to Ranch Island, look at the left bridge post
- Greenhouse Island: The bush on the left edge of the island
- Rice Island: In the northeast corner, look at the right-most tree
- Tree Island: The bush in the southeast corner
Sun Stones from animals (7)
(You'll receive these as you exit your house)
- Own 5 or more adult chickens and receive the Sun Stone from Mirabelle
- Own 3 or more adult cows and receive the Sun Stone from Mirabelle
- Own 3 or more adult sheep and receive the Sun Stone from Mirabelle
- Earn 200 friendship points with your dog. (3 hearts = 201 points)
- Earn 200 friendship points with your cat
- Earn 200 friendship points with your horse
- Earn 200 friendship points with your pig
Sun Stones from shipping items (8)
(You'll receive these from Taro in the morning)
- Ship 100 or more Spring crops
- Ship 100 of more Spring tree crops (Banana, Orange, and Peach)
- Ship 100 or more Summer crops
- Ship 100 or more Summer tree crops (Apple and Grape)
- Ship 100 or more Fall crops
- Ship 100 fish (the size does not matter)
- Ship 100 items from the mine
- Ship 100 mushrooms
Sun Stones from traveling to islands (5)
(5%
chance to receive from Kirk as you disembark)
- Travel to Meadow Island by boat
- Travel to Mystic Islands by boat
- Travel to Volcano Island by boat
- Travel to Animal Island by boat
- Travel to Mushroom Island by boat
Sun Stones from learning recipes (2)
- Receive from Haila for learning 30 or more cooking recipes from the cafe
- Receive from Nick for learning 40 or more cooking recipes from the diner
Sun Stones from using the maker machines (8)
- Use the Mayonnaise Maker 100 times
- Use the Yogurt Maker 100 times
- Use the Butter Maker 100 times
- Use the Cheese Maker 100 times
- Use the Yarn Maker 100 times
- Use the Seed Maker 100 times
- Use the Thresher 100 times
- Use the Flour Mill 100 times
Sun Stones from giving gifts to villagers (33)
Giving a stack of 5 items is the same as giving 1 item. Separate your gifts and give them out once per day.
- Receive from Agete on Spring 10 of your first year
- Give five 300+ point gifts to Alisa
- Give five 300+ point gifts to Charlie
- Give five 300+ point gifts to Chen
- Give five 300+ point gifts to Denny
- Give five 300+ point gifts to Eliza
- Give five 300+ point gifts to Elliot
- Give five 300+ point gifts to Felicia
- Give five 300+ point gifts to Gannon
- Give five 300+ point gifts to the Harvest Goddess
- Give five 300+ point gifts to Julia
- Give five 300+ point gifts to Lanna
- Give five 300+ point gifts to Lily
- Give five 300+ point gifts to Mirabelle
- Give five 300+ point gifts to Natalie
- Give five 300+ point gifts to Nathan
- Give five 300+ point gifts to Pierre
- Give five 300+ point gifts to Regis
- Give five 300+ point gifts to Sabrina
- Give five 300+ point gifts to Shea
- Give five 300+ point gifts to Taro
- Give five 300+ point gifts to Vaughn
- Give five 300+ point gifts to Wada
- Give five 300+ point gifts to Will
- Give five 300+ point gifts to the Witch Princess
- Give five 300+ point gifts to Witchkins
- Give five 300+ point gifts to your child after he/she is born and can crawl or walk
- Give five 300+ point gifts to Kirk, the boatman
- Give five 300+ point gifts to Carol, the innkeeper
- Give five 300+ point gifts to Martin, the fisherman with the red vest
- Give five 300+ point gifts to Ray, the fisherman with the blue vest
- Give five 300+ point gifts to Slater, the miner with the blue hat
- Give five 300+ point gifts to Isaac, the miner with the yellow hat
Sun Stones from the head of household (22)
These stones are given to you by the person in charge of the house they live in. You need to receive the 5-gift sun stones from each person involved before you can be given the head of household sun stone.
- Raise your friendship to 7000+ fp (2 hearts) with Elliot, Felicia, Natalie, and Taro, and then visit Taro's house when Taro is inside
- Raise your friendship to 7000+ fp (2 hearts) with Charlie and Chen, and then visit Chen's shop when Chen is inside
- Raise your friendship to 7000+ fp (2 hearts) with Julia and Mirabelle, and then visit Mirabelle's shop when Mirabelle is inside
- Raise your friendship to 7000+ fp (2 hearts) with Pierre, and then visit Pierre's house when Pierre is inside
- Raise your friendship to 7000+ fp (2 hearts) with Regis and Sabrina, and then visit Regis' house when Regis is inside
- Raise your friendship to 7000+ fp (2 hearts) with Denny, and then visit Denny's house when Denny is inside
- Raise your friendship to 7000+ fp (2 hearts) with Will, and then visit Will when he is inside the cabin of his yacht
- Raise your friendship to 7000+ fp (2 hearts) with Lanna, and then visit Lanna when she is inside her house
- Raise your friendship to 7000+ fp (2 hearts) with Eliza and Gannon, and then visit Gannon's shop when Gannon in inside
- Raise your friendship to 7000+ fp (2 hearts) with Mark or Chelsea, and then visit Mark or Chelsea's room at the inn when Mark or Chelsea is inside
- Raise your friendship to 7000+ fp (2 hearts) with Lily, and then visit Lily's room at the inn when Lily is inside
- Raise your friendship to 7000+ fp (2 hearts) with Alisa and Nathan, and then visit the church when Nathan is inside
- Raise your friendship to 7000+ fp (2 hearts) with the Harvest Goddess, and then access the Mystic Islands by boat or teleport stone
- Raise your friendship to 7000+ fp (2 hearts) with the Witch Princess and Witchkins, and then visit Witch Princess' house when Witch Princess is inside
- Raise your friendship to 7000+ fp (2 hearts) with Shea and Wada, and then visit the tent on Mushroom Island when Shea is inside
- Raise your friendship to 7000+ fp (2 hearts) with Carol, and then visit the inn
- Raise your friendship to 7000+ fp (2 hearts) with Slater, and then visit Slater's house when Slater is inside
- Raise your friendship to 7000+ fp (2 hearts) with Isaac, and then visit Isaac's house when Isaac is inside
- Raise your friendship to 7000+ fp (2 hearts) with Ray, and then visit Ray's house when Ray is inside
- Raise your friendship to 7000+ fp (2 hearts) with Martin, and then visit Martin's house when Martin is inside
- Raise your friendship to 7000+ fp (2 hearts) with Nick, and then visit the diner
- Raise your friendship to 7000+ fp (2 hearts) with Haila, and then visit the cafe