If you're not in a rush and you want to unlock all the Island Sanctuary exclusives with a minimum of effort, this guide is for you.

Part 0: Unlock Island Sanctuary

First, complete the final quest of Endwalker (quest title: "Endwalker").

Then go to Old Sharlayan and speak to the Clueless Crier near the Aetheryte (X:11.9 Y:11.0) to begin the quest "Seeking Sanctuary".

Then go to Moraby Drydocks in Lower La Noscea, and talk to Baldin until you have the option "Travel to my island". Choose that option to go to your island.

Then talk to Tataru until the quest is completed.

Read the on-screen guide, then check the checkbox and click Close to proceed.

Part 1: Working toward Automation

Unlock the Islekeep's Index

Talk to the Felicitous Furball until the Islekeep's Index appears on the screen. You can now ride a mount, but can't fly yet.

Gather to Build the Stone Hatchet

Click the flashing icon on the Islekeep's Index and choose Gather mode. You can click the ⚙️ in the upper-right of the Islekeep's Index to choose which types of gathering materials to display on the minimap.

Gather the Following (See Below for Maps)

• 1x Clam (from Large Shell; dive underwater by pressing Ctrl+Spacebar on keyboard or by pressing B on Gamepad)
• 1x Cabbage Seed (from Partially Consumed Cabbage)
• 3x Palm Leaves (from Palm Trees)
• 2x Stones (from Smooth White Rocks)
• 2x Branches (from Tualong Trees)

The Same List as Above, But with Maps

1x

1x

3x

2x

2x

Create a Building Site

Talk to the Furball until the building site appears.

Gather to Build the Cabin

Gather the Following (See Below for Maps)

• 10x Palm Logs (from Palm Trees - this also gets you the 10x Palm Leaves that you need)
• 5x Stones (from Smooth White Rocks)
• 5x Vines (from Island Apple Trees)
• 5x Sand (from Submerged Sand/Mound of Dirt - choose "Display Soils" to show them on the map)

The Same List as Above, But with Maps

10x

5x

5x

5x

Build the Cabin

Use Isle Return, check on the Cozy Cabin Logboard, and click the Construct button. Check the Logboard again to fully complete the construction.

Talk to the Felicitous Furball to complete the Vision, then talk to the Felicitous Furball to start the next Vision.

Start the Cropland

Go up to the exclamation mark and talk to the Produce Producer. Clear the ridge, then talk again and you'll get 5 Pumpkin Seeds. Switch to Sow mode, click the empty box next to "Item", and sow one seed. Then switch to Water mode and water it. Talk to the Produce Producer to complete the task. Water at least once every 36 hours and they will be ready in 48 hours.

Use Isle Return and talk to the Furball to complete the vision and start the next one.

Start the Pasture

If you haven't already, use Isle Return and talk to the Furball to complete the vision and start the next one.

Go up to the exclamation mark and talk to the Creature Comforter. Make a home for animals, then talk again and you get 3 Makeshift Nets. Switch to Capture mode, click the empty box next to Item, and choose the Makeshift Nets.

The nearest animal is an Opo-Opo. Go east through the tunnel that goes to the main part of the island, and keep going east from the tunnel until you see an Opo-Opo near the river. Catch it. If it takes multiple tries and you run out of nets, you will need to craft more. It's in the "Restraints" category in the Sanctuary Crafting Log. Each requires 1 Island Branch (available from Tualong Trees) and 2 Island Vines (best gathered from Island Apple Trees).

After you catch one, use Isle Return, talk to the Creature Comforter, and feed the animal as instructed. Animals will have leavings once a day at daily reset time (even if you don't feed them).

Talk to the Creature Comforter to complete the vision.

Build Workshops

If you haven't already, use Isle Return and talk to the Furball to complete the vision and start the next one.

Go to the exclamation mark and ask the Pathfinder to cut away the vegetation. Talk to the Pathfinder again to proceed in the quest.

Gather the Following (See Below for Maps)

• 3x Stones (from Smooth White Rocks)
• 4x Vines (from Island Apple Trees)
• 2x Logs (from Tualong Trees)

The Same List as Above, But with Maps

3x

4x

2x

Gather to Build TWO Workshops (See Below for Maps)

• 20x Limestone (from Smooth White Rocks)
• 20x Palm Leaves (from Palm Trees)
• 10x Vines (from Island Apple Trees)
• 20x Logs (from Tualong Trees)
• 10x Sand (from Submerged Sand/Mound of Dirt)

The Same List as Above, But with Maps

20x

20x

10x

20x

10x

Use Isle Return, check on one of the empty lot Logboards, and construct a Workshop. Then build the second workshop. It won't be ready until later. Then talk to the Pathfinder to complete the vision, and talk to the Furball to start the next vision.

Expand, then Renovate Cabin and Build Landmark

If you haven’t already, talk to the Pathfinder to complete the vision, and talk to the Furball to start the next vision. Then gather the materials listed below.

Gather the Following (See Below for Maps)

• 10x Limestone (from Smooth White Rocks)
• 10x Vines (from Island Apple Trees)
• 10x Copper Ore (from Bluish Rocks)

The Same List as Above, But with Maps

10x

10x

10x

Use Isle Return, then talk to the Pathological Pathfinder Mk. II and spend 500 Cowries to clear the land.

Now, gather the following materials to build a Landmark and renovate the Cozy Cabin. This guide will have you build the Towering Tree Fort since it uses a material that you haven't gathered yet.

Gather the Following (See Below for Maps)

• 20x Limestone (from Smooth White Rocks)
• 41x Palm Leaves (from Palm Trees - This also gets you the Palm Logs that you need.)
• 15x Vines (from Island Apple Trees)
• 15x Logs (from Tualong Trees)
• 5x Islewort (from Cotton Plants)
• 5x Copper Ore (from Bluish Rocks)

The Same List as Above, But with Maps

20x

41x

15x

15x

5x

5x

First, go to the landmark site (north of the pasture) and build the Towering Tree Fort (you will have a material deficit if you build the wrong one). Then go to the cabin and check on its Logboard and renovate it.

Gather Before Rank 5

Before you reach rank 5, you can gather the following materials. Some of these materials will be used in the workshop to help you reach rank 5, and some will be used to build the Granaries after you reach rank 5. There are also some materials that you need to gather to unlock them in the granaries.

Gather the Following (See Below for Maps)

• 10x Limestone (from Smooth White Rocks)
• 48x Palm Logs (from Palm Trees)
• 23x Logs (from Mahogany Trees this time, NOT Tualong)
• 13x Vines (from Island Apple Trees)
• 34x Copper Ore (from Bluish Rocks)
• 1x Laver (from Seaweed Tangle; dive underwater by pressing Ctrl+Spacebar on keyboard or by pressing B on Gamepad)
• 1x Coral (from Coral Formation; dive underwater by pressing Ctrl+Spacebar on keyboard or by pressing B on Gamepad)
• 1x Rock Salt (from Crystal-banded Rock, which are in a small cave)

The Same List as Above, But with Maps

10x

48x

23x

13x

34x

1x

1x

1x

If you haven't already, check on your logboards when the workshop and landmark are done, and you will get EXP for the completion of the workshop and landmark. Then, after the workshop is done producing the Island Macuahuitls, check on the workshop, and if you got the EXP from checking the logboards of the completed workshop and landmark, you should get enough EXP to reach Rank 5.

Part 2, Rank 5: Automation with the Granary

You can now build the Granary, which will automate gathering for you (but will only bring back small numbers of items at first). Before you can do that, you first need to craft the Islekeep's Shovel.

After you have crafted the Shovel, you should gather the following materials for the Better Mammet-Sized Builder's Tools, as well as some materials to unlock in the granaries.

Gather the Following (See Below for Maps)

• 10x Tinsand (from Submerged Sand)
• 30x Clay (from Mound of Dirt - choose "Display Soils" to show them on the map)
• 1x Popoto Set (from Wild Popoto)
• 1x Parsnip Seed (from Wild Parsnip)

The Same List as Above, But with Maps

10x

30x

1x

1x

Use Isle Return, go to the southern exclamation mark, and pay 1000 Cowries to add two facility sites and one landmark site.

Go to the two facility sites. You can now build two Granaries. They won't be ready right away, but once you check on their logboards to complete their construction, you will be able to pay Seafarer's Cowries to schedule Granary excursions, which will automatically bring back materials.

Check if You Are Missing Any of the Following

If you are missing any of the following materials in your Sanctuary Gathering Log, gather them now to make sure that these materials have a chance of being brought back in Granary expeditions:

• Cabbage Seeds (from Partially Consumed Cabbage)
• Sap (from Mahogany Tree)
• Clam (underwater, from Large Shell - displayed as "Aquatic Resources" in Islekeep's Index settings)
• Laver (underwater, from Seaweed Tangle - displayed as "Aquatic Resources" in Islekeep's Index settings)
• Coral (underwater, from Coral Formation - displayed as "Aquatic Resources" in Islekeep's Index settings)
• Rock Salt (from Crystal-banded Rock)
• Popoto Set (from Wild Popoto)
• Parsnip Seeds (from Wild Parsnip)

Now that the Granaries are being built, you don't need to manually gather any more materials until you craft new tools that unlock new materials. In those cases, you will only need to gather one of each new material to unlock it in the Granaries. This guide will let you know what to gather at those times.

You can now wait for the Granaries to be done, then let them gather the materials to build a new landmark in the vacant landmark plot. See the next section for further details.

Part 3: Check Your Island Once a Week

If you have the patience, you can let the Granaries supply all the materials that you need for further progress. Set a destination that will bring back materials that you need, pay for 7 days, come back in a week and talk to the Excitable Explorer to find out what the Granaries brought back.

You will get free Cowries from the Challenge Log whenever you collect 100 materials, even if they are from the Granaries. This will help with further expansion of your island sanctuary.

Change the Granary destinations as needed until you have all the materials you need for the next steps. If you built both Granaries, you can set two different destinations to get a wider variety of materials each week.

For the new landmark, all three landmark types require 15 Island Logs, and since both Granary destinations that bring back Logs also bring back Islewort and Vines, the Towering Tree Fort may be the best choice to minimize the time you have to wait before the Granaries bring back enough materials. Once you have enough Logs, you can then send the Granaries to the Mossy Mountains to get Limestone, and Fatal Falls or Bending Beaches to get Palm Logs.

Specific steps for each Island Rank are listed below, but the general steps to do on your weekly check-in are:

1. If a building or renovation is complete, check on the logboard(s) to fully complete them
2. Check workshop to get workshop EXP
3. Check on Granary expeditions to receive materials
4. Check if your sanctuary crafting log has tools you haven't crafted yet
5. Change Granary destinations as needed to get materials to craft the new tool(s)
6. Craft the new tool(s)
   • If you craft a new gathering tool, gather the new materials unlocked by the new tool
   • If you craft a new Mammet tool, don't do the pasture and cropland expansions yet, but do talk to any other Mammets with exclamation marks to add new facility and landmark locations
7. Build/renovate buildings using the following priority:
   • New Landmarks > Cabin Renovation > Everything Else
8. Schedule as much as you can in the workshops

If you want to put more than a minimum effort into Island Sanctuary at this point, check out the Island Sanctuary Guide for more information. Otherwise, read on for the rank-specific minimum effort guides.

Rank 5

As mentioned above, before you reach Rank 6, make sure to build a second Landmark, since Landmarks increase the amount of materials that the Granaries bring back.

Therefore, for your weekly check-ins on the island at rank 5, send your Granary to get materials for the second Landmark. When you have enough of a given material, switch to another destination that brings back other required materials. Be sure to check on the Landmark logboard to complete the construction.

After the Landmark is done, schedule as many crafts in the Workshops as possible. On subsequent weekly check-ins, talk to the Granary Mammet to get your materials, then talk to the Workshop Mammet to get your cowries and EXP. Repeat this until you rank up.

Rank 6

At Rank 6, you can optionally clear your workshop agendas to conserve materials for the new crafts and renovations that you can do.

You can craft the Copper Scythe, which unlocks three new materials: Cotton Boll, Hemp, and Sugarcane. Craft the new tool and gather those materials (see island sanctuary materials for maps of their locations).

You can also renovate your Granaries, so after you have gathered the three new materials (one of which is required for the renovations), you can send your Granaries to get the renovation materials.

Then pay the pasture and cropland mammets to expand the pasture and cropland, even if you don't plan on using them, because some upgrades are only possible after you fully expand them. The expansion takes two hours. You can click the Manage Hideaway button and choose the cropland and pasture to see the completion time.

Lastly, you need to renovate your Workshops. You will get EXP for completing the renovations, and the next tool recipe is only available after you complete all available building renovations. After the workshop renovations are complete, check on the Logboards to fully complete the renovations.

Then schedule as much as you can in the workshops.

Rank 7

Once you rank up, you might want to clear all workshop schedules so you can conserve materials for upgrades at this rank.

If you haven't renovated all of your buildings, do so. After the renovations are complete and you check on their logboards, you can craft the new Islekeep's Bronze Gig. Afterward, go gather Jellyfish, Islefish, and Squid (see island sanctuary materials for maps of their locations).

Then, if needed, send the Granaries to gather the materials needed to craft the Best Mammet-sized Builder's Tools. After you craft them, talk to the Mammet in the hideaway area behind the buildings and pay to expand.

After the new plots are available, build a new workshop.

Also build a new Landmark (you can choose whichever Landmark you prefer) and check on the logboard when it's done. This will increase your Granary yields.

Be sure to renovate the new workshop that you built.

Then, if needed, send the Granaries to gather the materials needed to renovate your Cabin. After the renovation is complete, check on the Cabin Logboard to fully complete the renovation.

If you don't have at least 9 Raw Island Garnet and 6 Island Spruce Logs (both are Granary-exclusive materials) send the Granaries to Fatal Falls for Raw Island Garnet and Wild Woods for the Island Spruce Logs.

Then schedule as much as you can in the workshops so you can rank up on one of your next weekly check-ins. If you haven't already, you might also want to schedule a Granary expedition for the new beach destination, since there is a new Granary-exclusive material from that new destination.

Rank 8

Start by crafting the Islekeep's Bronze Beakaxe, then gather at least one Iron Ore, Leucogranite, and Quartz (see island sanctuary materials for maps of their locations). This will allow the Granaries to bring back these new materials.

Then, renovate your Granaries, and when they are done and you have checked their logboards, renovate your Workshops and check their logboards when they are done.

You can also craft restraints to capture large animals (see Island Sanctuary wild animals for maps of their locations). Again, these are not guaranteed to work. You can optionally wait until rank 20 (maximum rank) to craft flawless restraints to always capture each animal on the first try.

Then schedule as much as you can in the workshops.

Rank 9

If your buildings haven't been fully renovated, do that first.

Then craft the Bestest Mammet-sized Builder's Tools, then go to the exclamation mark and talk to the Pathological Pathfinder Mk. VI to pay cowries to expand the hideaway.

After that, build a new landmark. You can build whichever landmark you prefer.

After the landmark is done and you have checked on its logboard, the Felicitous Furball will have an exclamation mark above its head. Talk to it to complete "The Perfect Paradise" vision. Then you can talk to the Curious Courier to start "The Land, Wind, and Sea" quest. You will receive the Isle Farmhand's glamour set as a reward.

The Felicitous Furball will have another exclamation mark over its head. Talk to it to unlock the new Iron Hatchet recipe. Then craft the new tool and gather a Beehive Chip, Coconut, Resin, and Wood Opal (see island sanctuary materials for maps of their locations).

Then schedule as much as you can in the workshops.

Rank 10

Rank 10 unlocks flying, which lets you gather Multicolored Isleblooms (see island sanctuary materials for maps of their locations).

Then schedule as much as you can in the workshops.

Rank 11

You can purchase new seeds from the pasture mammet: Island Paprika Seeds and Island Leek Sets. Check your inventory to see which produce you have the largest quantity of. If you are using the automation feature in the cropland, dismiss the gardeners from some of the cropland plots with the produce that you have the largest quantities of. Then switch to Cull mode and remove the desired crops. Then you can either set up automation using the new seed types, or plant them by hand.

Then schedule as much as you can in the workshops.

Rank 12

If you have built and upgraded all buildings to the maximum, you can check on the exclamation mark in your Cozy Cabin to complete the current vision.

You can optionally talk to the Curious Courier to start a new sidequest that gives you a glamour set on completion.

Otherwise, go back to the Felicitous Furball and check on the next exclamation mark to begin the next vision.

For the new vision, there will be quest destination near the middle of the island, south of the big mountain. Go to the northeast part of the blue circle on the map and examine the sparkling Point of Interest. If the Point of Interest doesn't disappear after you check on it, look for another one to the northeast. After you find the correct Point of Interest, there will be an exclamation mark at the Cozy Cabin. Use Isle Return to go there, and talk to the Felicitous Furball to proceed.

Then there will be an exclamation mark near the middle of the island, where you found the sparkling Point of Interest earlier. Talk to the Determined Digger there, and you will receive the crafting recipe for Mammet-sized Spelunking Tools. Craft them, then talk to the Determined Digger and say "Open Sesame!" After the cutscene, there will be a cave entrance in the wall nearby.

In the new caverns, you can gather Coal, Effervescent Water, and Glimshroom (see island sanctuary materials for maps of their locations).

After you gather those new materials, you might want to schedule a Granary for the new cave destination, since there is a new Granary-exclusive material from that new destination.

Then schedule as much as you can in the workshops.

Rank 13

Craft the new tool and gather Marble, Mythril Ore, Shale, and Spectrine (see island sanctuary materials for maps of their locations).

Next, renovate both Granaries. You can optionally renovate the cabin at this time, or you can leave it as it is for now. It doesn't prevent progress at this point. Then schedule as much as you can in the workshops.

Rank 14

The pasture Mammet now sells Runner Bean Seeds, Beet Seeds, Eggplant Seeds, and Zucchini Seeds. Cull at least four pasture plots, but make sure that you have at least one of each seed type (both the old seed types and the new seed types) growing in the pasture. If you are using the automation feature in the cropland, dismiss the gardeners from the desired plots. Then switch to Cull mode and remove the desired crops. Then you can either set up automation using the new seed types, or plant them by hand.

Double-check that you have renovated your Granaries and other buildings to the maximum. If not, focus on renovating the Granaries, then the Workshops. You don't have to renovate your Cabin yet if you don't feel like it.

Then schedule as much as you can in the workshops.

Rank 15

Craft the new Bestestest Mammet-sized Builder's Tools, then talk to the Mammet to expand your hideaway. Next, build a new Landmark. Again, it doesn't matter which one. Finally, build a new Workshop, then renovate it to the maximum level.

Check for an exclamation mark in your Cozy Cabin. You can complete "The Land of Luxury" vision once you have built and renovated all the plots available to you, so check your "Manage Hideaway" button to see if you've missed anything. Be sure to check on all logboards to fully complete each building and renovation.

When you start the new vision, "A Subterranean Investigation", you can also talk to the Curious Courier in front of your Cozy Cabin to start the quest "An Ideal Marriage", which rewards a glamour set.

To continue with the "Subterranean Investigation" vision, go into the cave in the middle of the island. Its entrance is just south of the big mountain. It's labeled "Mountain Hollow" on the map. Once inside, go to the exclamation mark and talk to the Determined Digger. Then go to the west edge of the blue circle on the map and check on the Point of Interest there. Then go to the exclamation mark and talk to the Determined Digger again. Craft the Splendiferous Mammet-sized Spelunking Tools if you have the materials. Then talk to the Determined Digger again. Tear down the wall if you are ready.

Then use Isle Return to go back to the Cozy Cabin. Talk to the Felicitous Furball to complete the "Subterranean Investigation" vision and start "An Idyllic Island".

If you haven't renovated your cabin yet, do so now.

Then schedule as much as you can in the workshops.

Rank 16

Talk to the Mammets who have exclamation marks, then craft the new Mammet tools, and talk to the Mammet again to expand the cave. Then gather the new materials: Hawk's Eye Sand and Yellow Copper Ore (see island sanctuary materials for maps of their locations).

Then schedule as much as you can in the workshops.

Rank 17

First, craft the new Pickaxe, then gather 3 Durium Sand and 4 Gold Ore. Then craft the Chisel, and gather a Crystal Formation (see island sanctuary materials for maps of their locations).

Then renovate the Cabin. You will need Crystal Formations, so in order to avoid having to gather them by hand, send at least one of the granaries to Crumbling Caverns. Then schedule as much as you can in the workshops.

Rank 18

Renovate your Granaries.

Also, buy the new seeds from the cropland Mammet. The new types are Broccoli, Buffalo Beans, Sweet Popoto, and Watermelon. These are the last four types of seeds, so switch to Cull mode to remove duplicate plants from your garden, leaving four plots free. Then entrust those plots to the gardening mammets using the four new seed types. You should now be growing one of each of the 20 types of seeds.

Rank 19

Renovate your Workshops, make sure you check on all logboards and have renovated every building to the maximum, then there will be an exclamation mark above the Felicitous Furball's head. Talk to the Felicitous Furball to unlock Felicitous Favors. These are special requests from the Felicitous Furball to complete certain workshop handicrafts in exchange for Felicitous Tokens, which you can exchange for rare rewards. If you schedule something with an efficiency bonus, it will produce two of the handicraft instead of one, which means that you get two Felicitous Favor tokens per efficiency bonus. Be sure to schedule the requested Felicitous Favor items after something in the same category to get this bonus.

Rank 20

At Rank 20, you have access to all Island Sanctuary exclusives at the cowrie exchange.

You can also craft Flawless restraints, which are guaranteed to capture the animals that you use them on, so if you haven't used the pasture so far, now is the time to capture animals and set up pasture automation for a minimum-effort experience.

If desired, you can continue to do a weekly check-in to schedule Felicitous Favor crafts and other crafts in the Workshop to generate cowries and tokens. Exchange the tokens for Sanctuary Materiel Coffers for a chance to get rare rewards.

Congratulations!