Coral Islandis a solid entry in the ever-growing farming simulator genre, allowing you to explore planting crops, raising livestock, crafting products, and all the other wonderful aspects of managing your own farm.

The game also gives you an opportunity to embed yourself in the lively Coral Island community, where you’re able to meet many unique individuals and even romance some of them. Wakuu was introduced as one of the romanceable NPCs as a part of the game’s stretch crowdfunding goals, adding even more variety into the mix. Don’t let his stoic apperance fool you, he is a sweetheart.

Wakuu from Coral Island

Who Is Wakuu?

Wakuu is an astronomer and one of the Coral Island residents. He spends most of his time inthe island’s Observatory, where he lives and works. Though, he will also frequently stay atthe Lighthouse with his father, Wataru. His lack of connections with other NPCs indicate that he is an introverted type. Despite this and his intimidating appearance, he is not at all haughty. If you chat with him, you will quickly discover that he is really nice.

Wakuu cares a lot about the state of the Observatory. He even goes as far as mentioning to you that, although the issue is complicated, he could see himselfsiding with Pufferfishif it means that they will repair the Observatory. This makes him one of the most pragmatic Coral Island residents.

Wakuu from Coral Island using a Telescope outside of the Observatory, the player is standing nearby.

Wakuu’s Schedule

Even though Wakuu spends most of his time in isolation at the Observatory, working in or around it, he does go into town a bit. You can usually catch himplaying pool at Fishensips, the local tavern, or enjoying a morning coffee at Raja’s. He will also stay at theLighthouse with his father every weekend.

Wakuu’s schedule will haveoccasional seasonal changes, as is the case for most Coral Island residents. Rainy or snowy weather can make some NPCs stay indoors. This isnot entirely the case for Wakuuas he will still go outside, but his schedule does change some according to the weather.

Wakuu from Coral Island, smiling after receiving a good gift.

Activity

06:00

Stays within the Observatory to work in his office, in the back of the Observatory.

Coral Island Wakuu’s Gifts to the player overlapping a shot of the farmer in front of their house.

17:00

Leaves the Observatory and goes to work right outside of it with a telescope.

Wakuu and the farmer at Raja’s Coffee Corner during his second heart event

23:00

Heads back inside the Observatory and goes to sleep.

Leaves the Observatory to work outside.

11:00

Goes back inside in the Observatory and heads to his office in the back to continue working.

16:10

Leaves the Observatory and heads to Fishensips to play some pool.

23:40

Leaves Fishensips and goes back home to the Observatory to sleep.

08:00

Leaves home in the Observatory to go to Raja’s Coffee Corner for a morning coffee. He will stay there well into the afternoon.

Leave’s Raja’s to go back to the Observatory and work.

07:00

Leaves the Lighthouse to go do some gardening outside.

Leaves to the Beach Shack with his father to have some lunch.

16:30

Leaves the Beach Shack and goes to hang around the Observatory. He stays outside.

18:00

Heads to Fishensips to go play some pool.

Leaves Fishensips and goes back to the Lighthouse to get some sleep.

Leaves His room and goes to his office in the back of the Observatory to work.

15:00

23:20

Leaves Fishensips and heads back to the Observatory to sleep.

Leaves to the Beach Shack to eat.

Goes to the Observatory and spends some time in the kitchen area.

22:00

Goes to sleep.

What Gifts To Give Wakuu

Wakuu’s Birthday is onWinter 8! Giving him a gift he will love on his birthday will give you a lot of relationship points with him.

Giving Wakuu gifts is essential toimproving your relationship with him. However, giving him any old gift will not be enough. Like all other islanders, he has gifts he loves and gifts he hates.

Wakuu is a great exampleof NPCs taking deviations from gift items known to beuniversally good or bad, as he willlove to receive Salmon, while fish are often a gift that will upset NPCs.

Giving Wakuu a bad gift mightdeteriorate your relationship with him, so you have to be careful what you give him. These are all his known preferences:

Hated Gifts

You can only give an NPCtwo gifts per week. Use your slots well!

Wakuu’s Gifts To You

Coral Island implements the mechanic of gift giving by making it so the farmer receives gifts from other islanders as well. All NPCs you are friends with can send you gifts occasionally. Some islanders will require that you meet certain conditions to send you gifts, though.

Wakuu has a few gifts he can send you, but he will only do so under some special circumstances:

Special Conditions

Cenil

He will only send this during the fall. You need to have a town rank of D or above.

Lemon

He will only send this during fall or winter. You need to have a town rank of C or above.

What Are Wakuu’s Heart Events?

Heart events arespecial cut-scenesyou can get for each romance candidate after reaching different relationship milestones.

Hearts as a marker of relationship progressdo not just apply to romanceable NPCs. Every NPC in Coral Island has heart counts, and getting heart event scenes does not always indicate a romance with a character.

Heart events can only be triggered once youachieve a heart count milestone. They will also only trigger in set places. Some heart event scenes are even tied to specific time windows or other conditions, like the weather or the season.

Heart event cutscenes will alsousually trigger in order. That is to say, you will only be able to view the heart event for four hearts for a character if you have previously viewed their heart event for two hearts, and so on.

Monday, Wednesday–Sunday between 09:00 and 17:00

You and Suki interrupt Wakuu and Wataru’s lunch.

Any Sunny or Windy day between 08:00 and 15:00

Any Sunny or Windy day between 18:00 and 22:00

Any Sunny or Windy day between 11:00 and 17:00

You go fishing with father and son.

Monday–Friday with Sunny or Windy weather between 09:00 and 17:00

Any Sunny or Windy day between 19:00 and 23:59

Stargazing and reminiscing.

Any Sunny or Windy day between 16:00 and 19:00

A heart to heart between father and son.

Any day between 18:00 and 23:59

Inside the Observatory

Wakuu shows you a special meteor.

Most of Wakuu’s heart events will not be triggered between winter 17 and winter 21.

After completing all the possible heart events, you can marry Wakuu.