Islands

The Islands map view are one of two main scenes of Merchant of the Skies. Islands come in 3 types: Town, Resource, and Special islands. The player can visit islands with their Airship by flying to them on The Map and pressing the visit button. All islands have one of more Buildings.

Town


islands are Islands that have "inhabited" buildings and always a Recharge Station on them. In addition, they have one or more of the following buildings: There may be up to a maximum of 4 buildings on one Town island. Various Quests are available from certain Buildings.
 * Trade Guild
 * Ship Workshop
 * House
 * Trade Post
 * Shipwright
 * Bank

One of the Town islands will also be selected to house the Ancient Lighthouse in "Rebuild the Lighthouse" Game Mode.

Two to Five (depending on difficulty) of the Town islands will also be selected to house the Inns in "Supply The Inns" Game Mode.

Resource


Resource islands are initially single building islands with one of the following resource buildings:

When visiting resource islands, the player can manually gather their resource items one time with "Scout for Resources". Afterwards, the player can gather more resources with the appropriate tool Module installed in their Airship. Resource Islands can be purchased. In an owned resource island, the player can press the "Manage Island" button where they can can build production buildings, which can be extended to create production chains.

Special
Special islands are islands which ordinarily consist of only one building and are unique (with the exception of the Bazaar, which there are three of). The following is a list of all special islands and their associated building: "Feeding the God" or Campaign Game Modes only: Campaign Game Modes only:
 * - Mysterious Hands
 * - Majestic Carrot
 * - Isle of Giants
 * -- Workshop of Curiosities and Griette The Explorer statue
 * (any generic island name) - Bank
 * (three of them, any generic island name) - Bazaar
 * - Fish God (replaces one of the 13 resource islands)
 * One of the islands has Shipwreck Isle
 * One of the islands has Shipwreck Isle
 * One of the islands has Shipwreck Isle
 * One of the islands has Shipwreck Isle

Naming
See Island Names

Starter Island
The player starts on an island near the center of The Map at the beginning of the game that has a generic name like all other islands. This island will have abnormally low recharge prices and wood prices. The island will initially be out of stock on all resources other than wood.

Achievement
Purchasing a resource island for the first time awards the achievement: