Islands Reborn Resource Locations: Gold, Copper and Starfruit
Quick answer
- Look to Buffalkor Island for the gold-ore gathering route.
- Wizard Island starfruits can produce starfruit seeds when picked.
- Copper drilling uses deposits on the personal island.
Match the destination with the desired result
Islands Reborn resource locations solve different gathering goals. Buffalkor Island is associated with mining gold ore. Wizard Island supplies a starfruit pickup opportunity that can produce seeds. Copper deposits are a personal-island production context rather than another named public ore island.
Choose the result before traveling or building. A seed hunt, a gold trip and a drilling setup require different kinds of attention, so combining them into one vague resource run can make the visit less useful.
Distinguish gathering from the later processing step
Mining gold ore gives you the raw material; smelting it produces gold ingots. Keep those stages separate when you are planning what to bring home or use in a project. Picking starfruits is different again: a seed is a possible result, not a guaranteed reward from every pickup.
For copper, use the deposit you actually have on the island. Its appearance is described as random, so do not plan around a fixed coordinate or an assumed waiting time.
| Goal | Where | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Gold ore | Buffalkor Island | Mine gold ore; smelting is a later step. |
| Starfruit seeds | Wizard Island | Pick starfruits for a possible seed result. |
| Copper | Personal-island deposit | Place the drill over the deposit and route its output. |
Give the visit a sensible stopping point
An ore trip can serve a construction reserve. A starfruit visit can be a collection attempt. A copper project can be about getting output into storage. Pick a stopping point that fits that purpose instead of treating all three as a race for the same profit number.
The Islands Reborn resource guide explains what happens to the materials afterward. For the factory machinery, continue with the Islands Reborn Factory Update guide.