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Best Ways to Make Money Fast
If you're just starting out on your Starsand Island adventure, you'll need lots of money to buy crafting blueprints, purchase new outfits, upgrade your Hopeland farm, and more. This guide teaches you how to make money fast in Starsand Island, with tips and tricks for beginner players that will have you bringing in gold in no time.
How to Make Money Fast in Starsand Island
There are five main ways that we recommend making money in Starsand Island:
- Fishing
- Crafting
- Farming
- Completing NPC requests on the Bulletin Board
- Filling out your Stamp Collection
Each has its own way of generating money quite fast, with some quicker and better than others, which we'll explain below.
How to Make Money Fishing in Starsand Island
If you're anything like us and will sink hours and hours into fishing, then this will likely be one of the best money-making options for you in Starsand Island. While you don't earn money from fishing itself (unless you're lucky and reel in a treasure chest), you do when you sell your fish!
You begin with a Wooden Rod, which is more than enough to start earning gold in the early-game. Before you go wild with your rod, though, we highly recommend speaking to Delphin, the Fishing Mentor, who can often be found inside the AquaBlue Outpost in Half-Moon Bay.
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Accept his proposal to become an Apprentice Angler, and you'll start working toward the Fishing Profession, which, if you're planning on fishing a lot, is worth doing as you'll naturally complete StarNote tasks and increase your overall level.
How to Fish in Starsand Island
To catch fish in Starsand Island, you'll need to find a fishing spot in either the river or ocean. These are indicated by ripples in the water; look closely and you'll see fish shadows swimming around.
Stand close to the water with your Fishing Rod selected and hold the Cast button (PC: Left-Mouse Button / Xbox: RT). Aim your bobber where you want it to land and let go.
Once a fish bites, it will splash and pull the bobber underwater. Immediately hold the Cast button once more to begin reeling it in. Watch the line color, though - if it turns red, it will snap! Once it nears red, let go of the button and hold it again to continue pulling the fish in.
When the fish reaches you, you'll successfully catch it! Note that depending on your Fishing Rod (like the Wooden Rod, for example), some fish cannot be caught. In this case, you'll need to craft a higher-tier one.
Best Early-Game Fish to Sell in Starsand Island
These are the best fish to sell that we found in the Starsand Island early-game using the Wooden Rod, including sell prices and location:
| Best Early-Game Fish to Sell | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fish | Sell Price | Location | Caught? |
| Lionfish | 176 Gold | Ocean Summer Rainy Weather 10:00 - 20:00 | |
| Snakehead | 163 Gold | River Summer Rainy Weather 06:00 - 18:00 | |
| Emperor Angelfish | 152 Gold | Ocean Summer Rainy Weather 08:00 - 22:00 | |
| Payara | 129 Gold | River Spring/Summer Sunny/Rainy Weather 06:00 - 12:00 18:00 - 00:00 | |
| Clown Featherback | 129 Gold | River Summer/Autumn Sunny/Rainy Weather 06:00 - 12:00 18:00 - 00:00 | |
| Guppy | 115 Gold | River Summer Rainy Weather 08:00 - 20:00 | |
| Tiger Puffer | 114 Gold | Ocean Summer/Autumn Sunny/Rainy Weather 14:00 - 00:00 | |
| Yellowtail Damselfish | 106 Gold | Ocean Spring/Summer Sunny/Rainy Weather 08:00 - 20:00 | |
| Archerfish | 98 Gold | River Summer/Autumn Sunny/Rainy Weather 06:00 - 20:00 | |
| Four-Eyed Sleeper | 92 Gold | River Spring/Summer Sunny/Rainy Weather 10:00 - 02:00 | |
How to Make Money Crafting in Starsand Island
Crafting is recommended by the game itself as the first Profession you should pick, and for good reason - it's a viable way of making decent money fairly quickly, especially if you love to explore the island like we do. If you didn't choose it when prompted to start your first Profession, visit Zerine, who is often found either in the General Store or in the basement below it.
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This guide is currently in progress and will be completed shortly!
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Initial Release: Feb 11, 2026
