Mari moved on to the next island and examined it. It looked the same as the other unchanged islands but she already had a plan.
Opening the editing screen for the landmass she swiftly got rid of the trees and instead replaced them with large mushrooms, thankfully cosmetic changes didn't cost anything.
In the end, she changed the once boring island into a bright colorful mushroom paradise. The grass turned green, the water gained a purple shine and of course, mushrooms were everywhere.
Name: Mushroom Island
Type: Shroom Forest
Size: 5 Acres
Creatures: Assorted Critters
Theme: An island paradise for all Shroomkind, a land of wonder and oddity. Some mushrooms tower over the land and others are fairly visible, every one is unique.
Mari nodded satisfied and stepped back to watch the changes as she saved her work. Sure enough, the island changed, and from where she observed she could see several large mushrooms grow in place of trees.
Each mushroom cap was bright and colorful, some even had interesting shapes and swirls on their caps.
After adding the island to her notebook she moved on. The next island she chose to work on was rather small and seemed to be mainly a beach with only a small grass area, immediately Mari had an idea in mind.
Name: Gold Evening
Type: Golden Beach
Size: 1 Acre
Creatures: 20 Crabs, 6 Lions
Theme: When the sun rises in the morning this Island Beach becomes visible. Home to the Golden Lions and Gold Crabs, this place is hard to get to but filled with rich rewards for those who can prove themselves.
Mari opened her notebook and after adding the new entry she made a note to come back and make the Lions and Crabs monsters, as well as some good rewards hidden on the island to better suit her theme.
After that, she saved the island and watched in awe as it seemed to shimmer and disappear.
Notice!
Gold Evening has become a Special Event.
When the sun rises the island will be visible, all other times it will remain hidden and unreachable.
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"Nice!" Mari celebrated, the forge really was an expert at reading her intentions. "Only two more islands left."
The next island Mari went to was rather isolated and near the edge of the floor and as she stared at the island a whisper of an idea filled her head.
Name: Skullcrown Isle
Type: Pirate Outpost
Size: 1.5 Acre
Creatures: 10 Sharks, 2 Monkeys, 10 Parots
Theme: Home of the deadly Shadow Pirates, this rocky outcrop is shaped like a large skull wearing a crooked crown and filled with deadly traps and even fiercer foes.
Mari made a note to fill it with Inhabitants and monsters later, for now, it would have to remain mostly empty.
Finally, Mari approached the last island. This one she decided would be a crystal palace, filled with gems and crystals.
Name: Crystal Palace
Type: Sparkling Foundry
Size: 2 Acre
Creatures: 10 Peacocks
Theme: A shimmering Island of wonder, every inch is filled with crystalline features to replicate a normal forest.
Mari saved it and then made a note to later make the monsters and inhabitants fit the theme, actually, she made a note to go back later, when she could afford it, and make sure every island's monsters and future inhabitants matched the theme.
Every Island is unique!
+100c ✔️
"Let's see what my current credit count is at," Mari messed with her screens, "825 credits, and what was the cost for creating a new monster blueprint?"
"Common core was 100 credits, and Uncommon was 1,500." Mari flipped to a new page in her notebook and did some math.
"I need to make 5 new monster blueprints to finish the quest, so that's 500 credits subtracted from 825, so... 325 left over." Mari hummed and opened her quest screen.
"And once it's done I get 200 credits as a reward so that will leave me with a total of 525 credits. What was the other quest? Have two times the monsters of the first floor." She frowned and double-checked the status screen for both floors.
"Right, the first floor has the Forest Advocate, the Forest Wolf, the Star Chaser, and the Night Watcher. The second floor has the Serene Levitation and three serene Whales, so both floors have the same amount of monsters right now, to finish this quest I need to make 4 more." Mari tilted her head and thought about it.
"Oh! That's convenient, finishing the first quest with 5 new monster blueprints will also finish the second quest to have 2 times the monsters as the second floor." Mari returned to her math.
"Then if I add the reward of the second quest I'll end up with a total of 625 credits, that's not bad." Mari nodded and closed her notebook ready to get to work she walked over to the monster pedestal.
"Let's start with a monster for the winter floor, what creatures did I put there?" Mari opened the Winter Islands screen next to the Monster Core screen.
Name: Winter Island
Type: Snowy Forest
Size: 2 acre
Creatures: 4 Bears, 6 Snowy Owls, 12 Arctic Fox, 12 Arctive Wolves, 2 Snow Leopards, 6 Snowshoe Hare, 12 Arctic Hare, 4 Moose, 20 Reindeer, assorted critters,
Theme: The Winter Island is locked in a never-ending freeze, the branches are coated with a thick cover of snow. The weight of Winter quiets even the loudest of visitors.
"Let's go with a bear." Mari bought a Common Monster Core and selected one of the bears on the island.
The usual screen appeared and Mari selected the Nature affinity, once she did a new option appeared.
Mutate Monster to fit with the Theme?
Yes/No
"Perfect," Mari chose yes and watched excitedly as the bear grew, his fur turned white and his eyes a bright icy blue to match his new claws. "The Abominable Snow Bear, a fierce creature unaffected by even the coldest blizzard."