The Island Sanctuary is Endwalker‘s version of the game’s ‘expansion-specific restoration project’. Sort of a more personalized version of the Firmament.
For the most part this area is pretty straight-forward, but there are a few things it will help to know about in advance:
– Everything can be built at Sanctuary level 9 (level 10 unlocks flying).
– Pasture and cropland both max out at level 3 with 20 slots. Workshops and granaries also max out at level 3.
– Each material has a ‘best’ place to farm it from. Logs/Clay along the river to the east and Limestone/Vines along the river to the north, for example.
– Logs are in highest demand for building materials (upgrading everything will require ~200-300).
– You’ll ultimately need 9 Garnets, 6 Spruce Logs, and 3 Silver Ore. All of which can only be acquired from specific daily expeditions.
– There doesn’t seem to be a huge difference between the various animals you can capture.
– Automating your pasture/cropland maintenance will not give you gathering XP.
It’s an interesting idea, and fairly well executed… but I do wish there were more personalization options available. You don’t really have much choice with which buildings to construct, and the only visual changes you can make are to downgrade to an earlier tier.