Coral Island adjusts confusing Xbox achievements to make them easier to understand

There's been some confusion around the Coral Island achievements, but an Xbox update with a Coral Island achievement fix aims to "make it easier to understand."

Coral Island adjusts confusing Xbox achievements to make them easier to understand
Heidi Nicholas

Heidi Nicholas

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If you've been trying for the Coral Island achievements, you might have noticed a fair amount of confusion about what's required to unlock several achievements in particular. A new Xbox and PC update is out now with a Coral Island achievement fix, and the update will also "readjust some achievements to make it easier to understand." It's a shame that Coral Island has had these issues as the actual game itself is fantastic and a stellar entry into the farming sim genre, so we're hoping that once the rough patches have been smoothed out on Xbox, Coral Island can join the ranks of the best Game Pass games.

Coral Island drops update with achievement fix and other improvements

As it stands, we have just one achievement flagged as unobtainable here on TrueAchievements: the Coral Island's Sweetheart achievement for reaching heart 8 with all NPCs. There has been some confusion about who the "all" refers to, and this achievement is one which, according to the patch notes, has been readjusted to avoid any misunderstanding. The achievement now asks you to reach heart 8 with all townies, and Stairway Games says "the change will make clear that you do not need to increase hearts with Merfolk NPCs to achieve this."

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Likewise, the Multi-Level Gifting achievement has been adjusted from "give a gift to all NPCs" to "give a gift to all townies," again to make clear that "you do not need to give a gift to Merfolk NPCs to achieve this."

Then there's the Legendary Farmer achievement. This previously asked you to ship everything in the game but now asks you to ship all items in the Produce, Caught, and Found categories in your Journal. What's more, the patch notes say one bug fix is for the Legendary Farmer achievement issue where it "cannot be completed." You can check out the full patch notes below.

Coral Island patch notes for Xbox Series X|S, PS5 Hotfix v1.0-948 & Xbox PC Hotfix v1-142

Achievements adjustments:
  • Coral Island’s Sweetheart: Reach heart 8 with all townies. Previously Reach heart 8 with all NPC. The change will made clear that you do not need to increase heart with Merfolk NPC to achieve this.
  • Multi-level Gifting: Give a gift to all townies. Previously Give a gift to all NPC. This will make clear you do not need to give a gift to Merfolk NPC to achieve this.
  • Legendary Farmer: Ship all items in the Produce Caught and Found categories in the Journal. Previously Ship all items in game. The change are made to make clear what needs to be shipped instead of just generic all.
Bugfixes:
  • Fix super coral museum assets disappearing in museum cutscene.
  • Fix bug where cancel errand confirmation still allowing you to navigate the UI instead of having confirm or cancel.
  • Fix oil press mesh issue.
  • Fix collision issues.
  • Fix one of DIY crafting cannot be completed.
  • Fix legendary farmer achievements cannot be completed.
  • Fix issue with hair mesh.
  • Fix ambiance sound missing after load game from pause menu.
  • Fixes NPC collisions issue (so they don't stand on top of the value)
  • Fixed touch garden causing crash if moved with architect desk.
  • Fix possible crash when save list is corrupted.
  • Fix underwear tops still seen over other clothes.
  • Fix soybean growth length text.
  • Fix typos on some NPC Dialogues.
  • Fix bamboo sanctuary doesn't show cutscene.
  • Fix Master Slime didn't show portrait.
  • Fix spooky lamp not working properly.
  • Remove POI in Nursery room.
  • Improvements:
  • Update more text for museum POI
  • Various UI improvements.
  • Add sandals to Balinese Kebaya and Safari Outfit
  • Change Macy's sofa from single to double size.
  • Adding whale sound when player wakes up underwater instead of roost.
Balancing:
  • We made the following mini-games easier:
  • Balap karung
  • Tug of war
  • Cow competition
  • Chicken competition
  • Bonk the skeleton
  • Smashing pumpkin
  • Match Pattern
Localizations:
  • Various translation improvements.
Coral Island is due to get a big update (it's currently in beta testing) which will add a lot of new content, including ocean farming and ranching, storylines and relationships for Merfolk, access to a new Savannah area, a new Town Rank S questline, and even more. Following that, Update 1.2 will add multiplayer and other new content. There's no release date for either of those yet, but we're looking forward to getting started when they arrive. In the meantime, there are plenty of great upcoming Game Pass games to look forward to too!
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Written by Heidi Nicholas
Heidi tends to lean towards indie games, RPGs, and open-world games on Xbox, and when not playing Disney Dreamlight Valley, happily installs every new wholesome game that appears on Xbox Game Pass, before diving back into favorites like The Witcher 3. She's looking forward to Age of Mythology Retold, Everwild, Fable, and Avowed on the Xbox horizon. Heidi graduated with an MA in English Literature before joining the TrueAchievements team.
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