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How to Unlock Multiplayer in Starsand Island: Smooth Sailing Guide
How do you unlock multiplayer in Starsand Island, and what is the Smooth Sailing step?
Direct answer
A Steam Community walkthrough says to open the phone's Island Life app and keep completing its milestones until Smooth Sailing. The listed route is Returning Resident, Apprentice Talent, Decorate Your Home, First Pot of Gold, Junior Talent, Island Pro, then Smooth Sailing. The guide says Smooth Sailing requires meeting all mentors and helping Marston build the Maritime Bureau, after which multiplayer appears. This is a community report, not an official universal unlock rule. The official Version 1.08.3916 notes also say an entrance that failed to unlock after Smooth Sailing was fixed, so update and restart before treating a locked entrance as proof that the taskline is wrong.
Evidence: Community report
Prerequisites
- Use the current Version 1.0 build or later.
- Open the phone and find the Island Life app; some pages may translate the name as Islander Life.
- Keep the platform, build, save, and last completed milestone when comparing reports.
Evidence: Community report
Steps and rules
- Open the phone and select the Island Life app.
- Complete Returning Resident by finishing the introductory quest Long Time No See!.
- Reach Apprentice level in any profession.
- Place 6 furniture items in your home.
- Complete First Pot of Gold: accumulate 2,000 Coins and get to know 10 Islanders.
- Complete Junior Talent: reach Junior level in any profession and finish 5 Community Center Bulletin Board requests.
- Complete Island Pro by expanding your land once through Phone > Buy Land.
- Reach Smooth Sailing by meeting all mentors and helping Marston build the Maritime Bureau, then check whether the multiplayer option is available.
Evidence: Community report
Exceptions and branches
- The Steam guide calls the final gate Smooth Sailing; other community reports describe it as the Island Life milestone or dot after Island Pro. Keep those labels together rather than claiming a fixed dot number as official.
- The official announcement confirms Version 1.0 multiplayer and host rules, but it does not name Smooth Sailing as the universal unlock condition.
- A console result may not reproduce a Steam / PC result without a platform-specific test.
Evidence: Community report
Troubleshooting
- If multiplayer is still unavailable after Smooth Sailing, update to the current build, restart the game, and recheck the phone app and host settings.
- Confirm the save actually marks the mentors, Maritime Bureau, and final milestone complete before reporting a soft lock.
- Check the multiplayer-still-locked-smooth-sailing page for the patch-aware recovery flow.
- Do not delete the save or claim that a fixed number of hours is required without a reproducible test.
Evidence: Community report
Community walkthrough checklist
The Steam guide gives the most actionable current checklist: Island Life app, six named milestones, and Smooth Sailing after meeting all mentors and helping Marston build the Maritime Bureau. Keep it labeled Community report until an official source or repeated current-build tests confirm the exact gate.
Evidence: Community report
FAQ
How do I unlock multiplayer in Starsand Island?
Open the phone's Island Life app and progress through its milestones until Smooth Sailing. A Steam community guide lists the intermediate checklist; treat the exact gate as community-reported.
What is the Smooth Sailing multiplayer requirement?
The cited guide says to meet all mentors and help Marston build the Maritime Bureau. Verify the result on the current Steam / PC build.
Do I need to complete every profession?
The guide says to reach Apprentice and later Junior level in any profession, not every profession. This remains a community walkthrough rather than an official rule.
Where is the Island Life multiplayer unlock?
Open the phone and select the Island Life app. The game may display the app name differently in some language settings.
Which version and platform does this Starsand Island guide cover?
This page covers 1.0 on Steam / PC unless noted. It was last verified on 2026-08-22; later builds or other platforms may behave differently.