'Troubled Uncle Carlos'
This is something new. You have five days to complete the first leg of it once you start. Essentially, Uncle Carlos begins as a Stranger. The more you do, the better the relatuonship. By earning Hearts with him, you make progress.
In the course of this adventure, you will use Energy and Diamonds. Whatever you have saved from the last Treasure Island will be diminished. I have used over 3000 Energy and 90 Diamonds to reach the point where I have unlocked the Yacon Crop for Seaside.
Note that any Yacon you harvest on Seaside will not be available for use on the island.
If you have not saved any Energy or Diamonds, it might be difficult to perform the 5 day Quest without spending cash. You will have 100 Energy that refreshes over time, but to upgrade the Dew Collector, you either needs Golden Tools or Diamonds.
To write this walkthrough, I used Energy and Diamonds without opening any gift boxes so I could make a record of the total. It was 3,740 Energy. There were no gift boxes containing Diamonds. I think a few of the gift boxes were in the areas unlocked by clearing Magic Fog.
Note that maximum Energy you can recover by waiting is 100. It takes 2 minites to revover 1 Energy point.
I do recommend upgrading the Dew Collector to Level 2, even if you must pay 60 Diamonds if you do not have the 2 sets of Golden Tools used to clear the Magic Fog to obtain the necessary materials for the upgrade. At Level 2, the Dew Collector appears to be on a 10 minute timer for the collection that requires 20 Energy. My strategy would be to obtain most of the Dew required via the Dew Collector.
There are two separate paths for Rewards. The first is the 5 day limited one. The second, above it, is the Main Quest Reward path.
For the 5 day quest, the Rewards are all Farm Aids and at the end, 1 Banana Tree.
They are 20 Super Fertiliser, 20 Super Watering Can, 75 OP, 1 RC and a Banana Tree.
Actually, I wish the devs had explained better as it really does not matter if you complete the quest in 5 days. You can carry on until it is complete. You simply will not earn any of the 'time limited' rewards you failed to completw. You will receive the important toolboxes by completing the quest, however long it takes.
Thus, you do not need to spend RC or cash on this if you do not care about receiving the farm aids or a banana tree!
The real advantage to completing the Quest is to earn the Toolboxes that can be used to increase capaciy of the rooms in the Tree Nursery or the Warehouse.
The Remodelling Workshop that uses the Toolboxes is part of the same building that is rhe Paint Stand. Tap the Toolbox icon on the top left to access upgrade options.
For the Main Quest, you will receive a series of Uncle Carlos Toolkits, and when you complete the first Reward, unlock his Remodelling Workshop as the Main Quest Reward. He is now an Acquaintance with 1 Heart.
By using 3 Toolboxes, every room in my Tree Nursery now has two more slots.
Note that Energy and Diamonds from a previous Treasure Island are available for use.
1. Clear Grass: requires 9 Energy (earn 1 Heart)
2. Give Uncle Carlis some Nectar: 3 Nectar, 1 Grass (each flower requires 16 Energy and gives 1 Heart)
3. Give UC berries (each blueberry bush takes 16 Energy, gives 1 Berry)
4. Follow UC
To do this, clear a blue bush amd then another, then cover a Mushroom Pit: 4 Ruffled Fan Palm Leaf, 3 Nectar, 3 Berries
(30 Energy when you complete)
5. Find the Atomiser Machine: 6 Palm Leaf, 4 Nectar, 8 Berries
To do this, clear a flower.
6. Upgrade the Atomiser Machine
To upgrade, you need: 6 Palm Leaf, 4 Nectar, 10 Dew
To upgrade to two stars: 1 Work Gloves, 1 Toolbox
These are in an area covered by fog requiring 3 sets of Golden Tools to clear. The price is 90 Diamonds and if you clear the Magic Fog, you find both the Gloves and Toolbox on the ground with some gift boxes round them.
Each time you upgrade, you increase the Dew received from items.
To increase to 3 stars: 1 Work Gloves, 1 Toolbox
If you are at 3 stars, you increase Dew from 3 to 4
There is another Magic Fog that requires 3 sets of Golden Tools to the right of the first
7. Change UC's Painting: 6 Pollen, 6 Berries, 28 Dew
Energy reward: 793 to 813
8. Look Around
To do this, Cover 1 Mushroom Pit: 2 Palm.Leaf, 2 Berries, 16 Dew
He is at 2 Hearts now, a Pal.
Reward increase Energy from 597 to 617
To continue to Look Around, cover another Mushroom Pit: 2 Palm Leaf, 2 Hemp Rope, 16 Dew
Reward increase Energy from 489 to 509
To continue, build a Wooden Flower Bridge: 4 Palm Leaf, 6 Hemp Rope, 30 Dew
Increase Energy from 241 to 261
9. Fix the Dew Collector: 8 Pollen, 8 Hemp Rope, 38 Dew
When it is complete, you receive 20 Energy
The Dew Collector is on a timer. Spend 20 Energy to receive Dew according to its upgrade Level. At 1 Star, receive 10. At 2 Star, receive 20.
You then are told to upgrade it:
2 Palm.Leaf, 4 Dew.
This will increase Dew Collection from 5 to 10
This gives it 1 Star.
To upgrade to 2 Stars: 1 Work Glove, 1 Toolbox
There is Magic Fog to the right that requires 2 sets of Golden Tools or 60 Diamonds. Likewise Magic Fog to the left.
10. Find U.C.
First you must clear 1 Palm
Now to move forward to find U.C. you need to Cover a Pit: 4 Palm, 4 Nectar, 16 Dew
11. Make a Paint Bucket.
Yellow Paint Bucket: 8 Hemp Rope, 4 Yacon, 30 Dew, gives 20 Energy
To reach this, you must cover 1 Pit: 6 Hemp Rope, 4 Green Mineral, 16 Dew
New Crops Unlocked!
Yacon
When you return to Seaside, there will be a new crop in the Market and a new Quest.
1.
Plant 10 Yacon
Harvest 10 Yacon
2.
Prepare 10 Yacon Cake (Cake Machine)
Prepare 10 Yogurt Yacon Cake
(Kitchen)
What is interesting is that you can grow and sell the Crop freely in your Stall and farmers who have not done the quest still can buy the Crop from you and make Yacon Cake.
12. Paint A Picture: 6 Nectar, 10 Dew, 8 Yellow Paint, receive 20 Energy
The Yellow Paint Bucket is a Workshop with 1 Slot. Open another with 3 Diamonds
1 Yellow Paint= 1 Yacon, 4 Dew
4 Yellow Paint = 4 Yacon, 16 Dew
13. Look Around:
To do this, you must build a Wooden Flower Bridge: 4 Palm Leaf, 6 Green Mineral, 20 Dew, receive 20 Energy
14. Fix the Dew Separator: 8 Nectar, 8 Green Mineral, 30 Dew, receive 20 Energy
The Dew Separator is a Dew Workshop
1 Dew= 3 Palm Leaf, 2 Dewy Bush
4 Dew= 12 Palm Leaf, 8 Dewy Bush
15. Find U.C.
16. Repair a Bridge: 4 Pollen, 4 Hemp Rope, 15 Dew, receive 20 Energy
To do this, you must first cover a Pit: 4 Hemp Rope, 10 Dew
Then clear a Dewy Bush for 44 Energy
17. Make a Paint Bucket: 8 Nectar, 6 Berries, 30 Dew, receive 20 Energy
Blue Paint:
1 Blue Paint: 1 Berry, 4 Nectar
4 Blue Paint: 4 Berries 16 Nectar
18. Paint Once: 20 Dew, 8 Blue Paint
When you conplete this, you gain a 4th heart and U.C. now is a Friend
New Feature Unlocked when you collect a Toolbox as a Reward: Uncle Carlos' Remodelling Workshop:
Not only cosmetic but functionality
Increase the capacity of each riom in Tree Nursery from 5 to 7 costs 3 Toolboxes
Increase the basic capacity of the Seaside Warehouse by 10 costs 2 Toolboxes
19. Paint Once: 20 Dew, 8 Blue Paint, 8 Yellow Paint
(Same easel)
20. Make a Paint Bucket: 8 Nectar, 6 Green Material, 20 Dew, obtain 20 Energy
To reach it clear a Dewy Bush for 44 Energy
21. Paint Once: 30 Dew, 8 Blue Paint, 8 Green Paint
Wirhout completing this, I have spent 5000 Energy
22. Find an Empty Bucket:
To do this you must Cover a Pit: 4 Nectar, 8 Hemp Rope, 20 Dew
Then clear a Dewy Bush for 44 Energy
23. Make a Paint Bucket: 10 Pollen, 10 Hemp Rope, 20 Dew, get 20 Energy
This is a Workshop for Red Paint
1 Paint: 1Pollen, 4 Dew
4 Red Paint: 4 Pollen, 16 Dew
24. Paint Once: 30 Dew, 12 Green Paint, 12 Red Paint
This is the last task and completing it raises Hearts to five for position of 'Confidant'. I think it should be 'Confidante' but never mind.
3773 Energy at the end. After opening all Gift Boxes, 7513.
I did not pay for all the Golden Tool areas, but I did pay a total of 150 Diamonds for Golden Tools to upgrade the Machines to 2 Stars. I wonder if it was worth the cost.
Unanswered Questions: will any of these Workshops be used again or will every flashback island be separate?
