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Coral Islandhas many activities to keep you entertained, and most of them are connected with your mission to restore Starlet Town to its former rank and glory. You might be the new farmer in town, but you will end up wearing many hats in this cozy game.
You might, for example, become the island’s resident bug-catcher extraordinaire. Or maybe not, but if you want to help the museum, you might as well give the whole bug-catching business a try. This activity is just another of the many ways you can contribute, and here’s everything you need to know about it.
What Is Catching?
Bug Catching is a game mechanic thatallows you to collect many different crittersall over the island.You will generally want to catch thingsto either help the Museum collection grow or to sell them for coral coins.
Catching is a skill you may improve, much like farming and foraging.
What Are The Tools For Catching?
The only tool you’re able to use to catch critters in Coral Island is the Net, a tool thatyou will receive from Eleanor on your third day on the island, right after receiving a letter from her and Sunny calling you to the Beach Shack. After meeting with them,you will be able to start using the Net to catch any of the island’s critters.
The net can beimproved like other farmers' tools.Improved Nets will still use up thesame amount of energyper swing, but their range and catching efficiency will improve.
How To Use The Net
The principle behind using the net ismuch like that behind all the other farmers' toolsin the game. However, the net is slightly more complicated becausecritters move and can be alertedif you get too close to them.
Using the net requiresexpert aim and swiftness, so it can be a little frustrating to get it right at first.
The best way to use the net isto hold the function key or button downuntil the farmer begins creeping around;this will project asmall AoE for the net’s reach. Aiming that AoE field towards the critterwill give you enough of a lead on whether you are going to catch it.
Another way to use the net istofast-tap the function key or button, much like using the ax or hoe. Whether you press or hold,both actions have thesame energy cost, which depends on your level of catching mastery.
The only benefit to holding down the tool isbeing able to see the AoEbefore releasing the net, but critters can get startled, so they might get away regardless.
Each critter will have a small circle show up above itto indicate they areaware you are approaching. This circle does not fill equally fast for all critters, butupon filling, the critter will attempt an escape.
Benefits Of Mastering The Catching Skill
Leveling up Catching has a number of benefits, since eight of the ten levels of Catchingwill unlock the ability to craft new recipes, and some mastery levelswill allow you togain skills that will improve your Catching proficiency.
The energy cost of using the netwill also decrease as you become more experienced in this craft.Therecipes you can unlockfor each level are as follows:
1
Ground insect scent
2
Bug jerky
3
Bee house, Ground insect trap
4
Crawling critter scent
5
Crawler trap
6
Flying insect trap
7
Flying insect scent
8
Float trap
Mastery levels nine and ten haveno crafting recipe attached.
Five percent
Ten percent
Fifteen percent
Twenty percent
Twenty-five percent
Thirty percent
Thirty-five percent
Forty percent
9
Forty-five percent
10
Fifty percent
Lastly, these are theskills you’re able to obtain. They are usually unlockedevery other level, instead of one after the other:
Insects and ocean critters gain awareness ten percent slower.
Quality Catch
The chances of catching higher quality insects goes up by five percent.
Double Catch
The chance of catching double the amount of insects or ocean critters goes up by five percent.
Movement speed while holding a net increases by fifty percent.
Catch Price
Increases the selling price of all insects and ocean critters by twenty-five percent.
Scent Duration
Scents last twenty-five percent longer when Catching.
Leveling up is very straightforward; every time youcatch a critter, it grants you some experience points that will help you level up. The amount iscompletely dependent on the critteritself, and how difficult it is to catch it. The relationship is as follows:
20
30
All Critters You Can Catch
Although insects are the most common thing you will be catching,there are also some ocean critters you can collect.There are overfifty different kinds of insects and over forty ocean critters, some of which are season-locked.
Assam silk moth
Atlas moth
Very hard
Banded woollybear
Birdwing butterfly
Blue morpho butterfly
Cecropia caterpillar
Crowned hairstreak butterfly
Eastern black swallowtail
Ghost mantis
Ground beetle
Gulf fritillary
Harpalus beetle
Hickory horned devil
Janetta forester butterfly
Lady beetle
Leaf beetle
Little wood satyr butterfly
Luna moth
Magnolia green jumper
Man-faced stink bug
Maple leafcutter moth
Monarch caterpillar
Olivewing butterfly
Orchid mantis
Pine sphinx
Pipevine swallowtail butterfly
Polyphemus moth
Praying mantis
Puss moth
Red admiral
Rove beetle
Scarites beetle
Soldier beetle
Spicebush swallowtail butterfly
Striped garden caterpillar
Tiger beetle
Tiger swallowtail butterfly
Violin beetle
Western tiger swallowtail
Widow spider
Hard or Very Hard
Wolf spider
Yucca moth
Arrow crab
Atolla jellyfish
Bloodbelly comb jellyfish
Blue crab
Blue lobster
Blue starfish
Brisingida starfish
Calico lobster
Cannonball jellyfish
Cauliflower jellyfish
Chambered nautilus
Common starfish
Cotton candy lobster
Crown-of-thorns starfish
Eight-armed starfish
Flowerhat jellyfish
Fuschia flatworm
Giant isopod
Giraffe seahorse
Harlequin shrimp
Hedgehog seahorse
Hermit crab
Horseshoe crab
Jayakar’s seahorse
Leafy seadragon
Mantis shrimp
Mauve stinger jellyfish
Pink meanie jellyfish
Pom-pom crab
Red knob starfish
Ruby seadragon
Sea anemone
Sea slug
Sexy shrimp
Shiho’s seahorse
Skunk cleaner shrimp
Split-colored lobster
Stone crab
Sunflower sea star
Tigertail seahorse
Upside-down jellyfish
Venus’s flower basket
Spring, Summer (in trash cans only)
White-spotted jellyfish
Yeti crab
