Basic Strategy

The strategy you choose to employ will depend largely upon your goals for the game. If you want to play casually (as the game intended) and enjoy things slowly at your own pace, then optimizing resource utilization is of lesser importance for you. However, if you want to get as far as you can as fast as possible (relatively speaking), then I have a few tips that may help. I will warn you that the faster you complete everything, the faster you run out of islands to unlock and free animals to collect, so perhaps this is a journey best savored slowly. Then again, there are those of us that want ALL the cute animals right meow!

How far you can progress is entirely dependent on how many resources you can gather. More resources = more progress. So collect as much as you can, as often as you can. Focus on the main questline and unlocking new land areas, more land (and more animals) means more energy and heart units.

### General Game-Play Tips:

* They are always updating the game so I can't be super specific here, but be on the look out for promotional items that give ad tickets or free ad time. This may mean spending a few bucks, but several days of no ads is worth a couple dollars if you are trying to make some headway.
* Level up your islands as much as you can. Invite as many animals as you can. Both of these things will increase your resources gathered.
* Always be printing out a photo.
* If you get any time tickets, save them to use for completing quest objectives. It's tempting to use them up instantly, but try to keep a few 'in stock".
* If you get any chests, again, save them to complete quests/missions.
* Save gems to cover the above items in case you don't have any on hand.
* Do not use gems to instantly print photos, unless its the quest objective and you need to print more than 1 or 2.
* If you have a ton of gems, use them to buy Rare Chests to upgrade or unlock rare animals.
* If you really don't want to watch ads, then just be sure to visit the sea otter, as this is the best way to limit your view time and still collect a hefty amount of resources.
* Wait to use the Cherry Blossom Heart Buff in your mailbox until you get a quest to collect hearts.
* In the main quest objectives, opt to complete "increased energy generation" and "lower upgrade cost" before others, as these are the most impactful. But don't stress over this one, since you have to complete all the growth objectives in order to level up anyway.
* Wait to hatch eggs or rub eggs until you have completed all of the daily Seasonal Pass Mission Quests, as sometimes they are related to Hatching Eggs.

Overtime, you will get the hang of all the different aspects of the game and how to best use them to your advantage.

### Tips for Dolphin Buddies Mission

If you really can't wait to get your hands on these cute little dolphins, then I have some tips for you!

* Prioritize completing Dolphin Buddies tasks over all other quests (there will likely be times when you have to compromise on this in order to make progress in the main quests).
* If the main Growth questline prompts you to level up a landmark, be sure to choose the one that is currently relevant in the Dolphin mission when possible.
* Landmark **level ups will only count toward the appropriate task if it is currently active!!!** The game does not proactively or retroactively give credit for level ups completed prior to relevant quest activation, so plan accordingly. Example: Leveling up the Bear Den before you have finished the Level Up Duck Pond task will NOT give credit towards the Level Up Bear Den objective.