Diving
Diving is the player’s ability to go underwater to clean up the trash and gain valuables from the sea. When diving, the player can find kelp, chests, pearls and other underwater scavenge items.
Diving is unlocked on the 8th day of Spring when the player receives a letter instructing to meet at the dock.
Diving skill
The efficiency of the player's scythe is increased as they gain levels in their diving skill. Gaining levels also allows them to obtain new crafting recipes or points to spend in their diving tree.
Experience
The player can increase their diving skills by cleaning up trash in the ocean and gathering items on the ocean floor.
| Action | Points |
|---|---|
| Clearing trash with a scythe | 0.3-1 per pile |
| Cutting kelp with a scythe | 1 |
| Gathering a regular quality item | 3 |
| Gathering a bronze quality item | 3.75 |
| Gathering a silver quality item | 4.5 |
| Gathering a gold quality item | 6 |
| Gathering an osmium quality item | 7.5 |
Levels
Reaching a new level in diving skill grants the player new crafting recipes when they go to sleep to end their day.
Skills
Every diving mastery level gained allows the player to unlock one skill. Tier II skills are currently unimplemented.
| Skill | Description and effect |
|---|---|
| Tier I | |
| Double Kelp | Chance to harvest double kelp.
Level I: 20% chance Level II: 40% chance |
| Double Artifacts | 2% chance to receive double artifacts from artifact troves. |
| Tier II | |
| Artifact Price | Increases the selling price of all artifacts.
Level I: 15% price increase Level II: 30% price increase |
| Rare Trash | Increased chance for trash to drop rare resources.
Level I: 1% chance Level II: 2% chance |
Diving process
Once diving is unlocked, the player can start their dive anytime between 6:00 and 23:00 by interacting with the boat at the Divin Pier. The player will have a choice to return to the location they have left the anchor last time they dived or reset the start location.
When underwater, the player will need to clear trash and debris on the ocean floor with their scythe to obtain resources and collect solar orbs. They can also catch underwater critters with their critter net, cut seaweed, or collect items that spawn on the ground.
When the player unearths a solar orb, they will need to activate it by picking it up and when clearing the way towards a pylon to heal nearby corals. Healing corals earns the player town rank points and progress in one of the main quests of the game and also opens previously inaccessible underwater areas.
The player can leave the underwater area by interacting with the anchor. The anchor can be moved by pressing X and waiting until it drops.
Trash and debris
Every trash or debris pile can drop items when destroyed (up to a maximum of 3 items per pile).
| Type | Hits | Exp | Possible drops |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small trash | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Sturdier trash and tires | 2 | 0.6 | |
| Small oily trash | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Sturdier oily trash | 2 | 0.6 | |
| Wood debris | 2 | 0.5 | |
| Oily wood debris | 2 | 1 | |
| Metal debris | 2 | 0.5 | |
| Oily metal debris | 2 | 1 | |
| Stone debris | 1 | 0.5 | |
| Oily stone debris | 1 | 1 | |
| Plastic debris | 1 | 0.5 | |
| Oily plastic debris | 1 | 1 | |
| Sandstone
(need pickaxe) |
1-2 | 1 |
Puzzles
As the player explores the underwater areas, they will meet large sea creatures that need to be given an item to let the player pass. Most of these items change with seasons; the quality requirement listed in the table below is minimum, and the creatures will accept items of higher quality.
| Location | Spring | Summer | Fall | Winter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First turtle | ||||
| Second turtle | ||||
| Third turtle | ||||
Music puzzle is currently is not implemented so it can't be completed.
Ocean scavengables
Items found in the ocean stay the same regardless of the season, and instead change according to how deep underwater the player is. Unlike land forageable items, they give diving experience when picked up.
| Level | Exp | Recipes unlocked |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 120 |  
|
| 2 | 290 | 
|
| 3 | 490 |   
|
| 4 | 740 | 
|
| 5 | 1,140 |  
|
| 6 | 1,540 | None |
| 7 | 2,140 | None |
| 8 | 2,740 | None |
| 9 | 3,640 | None |
