Starsand Island Traversal Guide: Fast Travel, Vehicles, and Mounts

The map in Starsand Island is deceptively massive, and your default running speed is, quite frankly, tragic.

You will spend your first few hours jogging from your farm to the town square, realizing halfway there that you forgot your hoe, and then jogging all the way back. It is a pain in the ass. Fortunately, the game offers three ways to solve this problem: Fast Travel (Bus Stops), Vehicles (Bikes/Boards), and Mounts (Animals). But none of them are free.

Unlocking Fast Travel (The Hard Way)

You might see bus stops scattered around the world early on, but they don't work. You can't just walk up to them and teleport. You have to earn them.

The magic starts with a quest called Building Starsand Station. This pops up after you hit the "Island Pro" stage in your Island Life app (after helping Marston with the Maritime Bureau). Solara will ask you to help rebuild the main station.

This isn't a "talk to the guy" quest. It's a "fetch me a ton of materials" quest. You need to cook four Soup Dumplings (Meat Bites + Flour) and then gather a laundry list of construction materials:

• 5 Iron Sheets

• 5 Glass Panes

• 5 Softwood Planks

• 5 Stone Bricks

Once you finish that, you unlock the ability to repair the 10 Bus Stops around the island. And yes, you have to repair each one individually. It is a massive resource sink.

Fast Travel Station Repair Costs

Every single bus stop (except one) requires the exact same materials. Start hoarding these now.

Station Location	Materials Required
Standard Stations (9 Locations) (East Hopeland, Green Pasture, Exploration Club, East Starsand, Crane Cape, Starsand Station, AquaBlue Outpost, Half-Moon Bay, North Starsand)	10 Stone Bricks 5 Glass Panes 10 Softwood Planks 5 Iron Sheets
Cloudrest Lake Station	10 Stone Bricks 5 Glass Panes 10 Bamboo Boards 5 Iron Sheets

Once a station is fixed, it costs 15 Gold per trip. You also have to physically be at a station to travel to another one. You can't just teleport from the map menu like in other games.

Getting Your First Wheels (Vehicles)

If you don't want to pay per trip, you need a vehicle. Your first taste of freedom comes from Zerine (the Crafting Mentor). When you become an Apprentice Crafter, she gives you the blueprint for a Skateboard.

Craft it immediately. It’s not a Ferrari, but it beats walking.

For the heavy-duty stuff, you need to visit Neona at G-Power Bikes. She sells finished vehicles for insane prices (85,000 Coins for a Reindeer Motorbike? No thanks), but she also sells blueprints so you can craft them yourself.

Vehicle Blueprints & Crafting

Save your money. Buy the blueprint and build it yourself.

Vehicle Name	Blueprint Cost & Materials
Bamboo Raft	Cost: 400 Coins Mats: 10 Bamboo Strips
Sailboard	Cost: 1,300 Coins Mats: 10 Hardwood Plank, 10 Carbon Line, 5 Flannel, 5 Linen
Jet Ski	Cost: 45,000 Coins Mats: 4 Mini Reactor, 10 Rubber, 10 High-Performance Wire Set, 10 Premium Wood Plank, 10 Starflare Crystal
Speedboat	Cost: 175,000 Coins Mats: 15 Meteor Plank, 5 Perpetual Reactor, 10 Rubber, 15 Eternal Alloy, 5 Chip, 10 Spring

Mounts: Because Who Doesn't Want to Ride a Sheep?

If machinery isn't your vibe, you can go biological. Pastelle at Green Pasture Ranch handles the animals.

You can rent mounts by the hour (15–30 Coins/hr), which is useful if you are just doing a quick run to the Moonlit Forest and back. But eventually, as you progress through the Rancher Profession, you can raise your own.

Honestly, the Skateboard is sufficient for the early game. Once you have the resources, upgrade to the Sailboard or a basic bike. The Fast Travel stations are great, but the material cost is so high that you probably won't have the entire network up and running until you are well into the mid-game. Focus on the station near your house and the one near the mines first. Ignore the rest until you are swimming in Iron Sheets.