The Meteorites

Island Paradise is a Facebook application, released on 25th August. Commonly known as "IP", the game reached over 60,000 players in its first week.

Note: This guide is extremely outdated, and therefore contains inaccurate information. We have shifted our focus onto Meteor Games' latest game release; Ranch Town. You can see our complete guide here.

Sections: Getting Started | Application Basics | Farming | Stealing | Salvaging | Experience and Levels

Getting Started:

When you first open the application, it will load to present you with a screen to choose what your character looks like. You can either choose each area of your looks, or click randomize. Once you "Start Playing", a guide will pop up and explains the basics of the game. We recommend reading this, but you can open it anytime during game play. After the guide, you will be presented with your island (3rd image below).

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Application Basics:

In this section, we will explain the different areas of the application. Click the main image to view the section of the game that will be explained in the table below it.

Area of Application	What it is/what it does
	Profile Picture and Island Name – Click the profile picture to change the looks of your character, and click your island name to change it.
	Level and Progress – The number in the star is your current level. The number in the orange area is your current xp (experience), and the green corresponds to the amount of xp needed until you reach the next level.
	Coins – With this money, you can buy crops, animals or decoration for your island. You start the game with 100 coins.
	Meteor Credits – This is the premium currency for games from Meteor Games, and is used to be premium content. You start the game with 100 Meteor Credits.
	Controls – The top button turns game music on/off. The middle button turns game sound on/off, and the 3rd button toggles the game quality.

Area of Application	What it is/what it does
	Select – When in select mode, you can hover over items to see what they are and how long until they can be harvested. Items can be harvested while in select mode.
	Plow – Plow mode allows you to prepare land ready for planting seeds. Plowing costs 10 coins, but gives you 1 xp.
	Move – If you want to move an item around your island, you need to be in move mode.
	Sell – In sell mode, you can sell any item on your island (besides the boat and yourself!). You will be prompted with a message telling you the price of the item you want to sell.
	Shop – In the shop, you can buy; animals, crops, trees, flowers, decorations or fertilizer. Items require you to be different levels to unlock. Hover over unlocked items to see their description.
	Inventory – Your inventory holds any items you have harvested (if you have told it do via tick box on inventory pop-up). It also holds any gifts you have received and not yet put on your island.
	Map – The map currently only lets you view the tutorial again. We are currently unsure as to what else the map will be used for in the future.
	Controls – The 1st button allows you to zoom in. The 2nd button allows you to zoom out, and the 3rd button activates fullscreen mode.

Area of Application	What it is/what it does
	Neighbor Navigation – These arrows let you scroll through your neighbors. The top arrow moves you to the next neighbor and the bottom arrow moves you across one 'page' of neighbors.
	Add Neighbor – Clicking this button will prompt you to accept, and then redirect you to the Neighbor Invite page. From here, you can send a neighbor request to friends already playing Island Paradise, or invite friends from Facebook to the game.
	Neighbor – This box shows your neighbor and some information about them. The number top right is what rank they are among all your neighbors. The number in the star is their current level, and the number in the blue area (at the bottom), is their current experience.
	Gifts – Click this gift icon will open the gift section of your inventory and ask you if you would like to claim your gifts. You will receive a Facebook notification when you get a gift. The yellow number is the number of gifts you have in your inventory.
	Snapshot – You can take a photo of your island by clicking the camera icon. The first time you use the snapshot feature, you will be asked to "Allow Photo Uploads". This can be changed at a later date if you want. You will then be taken to a screen where you will see a preview of the photo, and the option to add a caption to the image. Once accepted, the image will be added to a new photo album.
	Mail – From the mail button when you are on your home island, you can read, reply to and delete messages. When you are on a neighbor's island, a mail icon will appear in the top left of the game. Click that icon to send a message to that neighbor.
	Version – In the very bottom right of the application, you can see what version of the game you are playing. Every time the game is updated with either new features or bug fixes, the version number is updated.

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Farming:

Farming on Island Paradise is very easy, and requires little time. Simply use the Plow tool () on an area of grass. Watch carefully to make sure you don't use all your money plowing, without leaving any to buy seeds. Once you have plowed an area, you will need to choose what you would like to grow. If you are looking to level up as quickly as possible, we suggest planting raspberries. Raspberries take 4 hours to fully grow, and will take 12 hours to wither (from the time you planted). Before planting anything, be sure to check it's harvest time, as you want to be around to harvest when they are ready, to avoid people stealing from you. When you hover over an item that is ready for harvest you will be told so. Additionally, trees and bushes will show fruit, and animals will "sparkle" when they are ready.
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Stealing:

If you visit your neighbor's island, and their crops are ready for harvest, you can steal from them 3 times a day. If you have set harvested items to be put in your inventory (via tick box in your inventory), then all stolen harvests will go there. Additionally you can set them to be sold straight away.
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Salvaging:

On your neighbor's island, or your own, you may find items on the sand areas of your island. Collecting these items will reward you with 1 experience point, and different coin amounts, explained below.

Item	Coin Reward
	3
	4
	5
	6
	40
	60
	80

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Experience and Levels: