Quests and Co-op (Solved with helpful info)

[Jimbo]

Ok from what I can tell all players progress quests together. How does this work if I want to play with my wife on weekends and she wants to solo during the week?

Will she do all the quests and I wont have access to them? I will pick up missing items in the mail or do i miss out on my chance to get any of those rewards myself?

Does she need a separate solo world and a world we play together?

[chikazilla]

So far for us only the main story quest progresses together and all the little side quests are separate.

[Jimbo]

Ok thank you. I was trying to figure out the best way for us to play together with our differing schedules and still have an enjoyable experience.

[Raikazu]

If both of you start talking to a Main Quest NPC, you can finish the dialogue in your own time. However if one person starts and finishes the dialogue the other player won't get to read it.

My advice is either go to the questgivers together and/or read out the dialogue for main quests if you care, otherwise if you don't there's no real bother. The writing is not the strength of this game.

[Blue]

Originally posted by chikazilla:

So far for us only the main story quest progresses together and all the little side quests are separate.

Dont you not progress any upgrades or tools or anything though? What's the point of being able to progress the quest if nothing else does? Unless the reviews stating that are wrong..

[Raikazu]

Originally posted by Blue:

Dont you not progress any upgrades or tools or anything though? What's the point of being able to progress the quest if nothing else does? Unless the reviews stating that are wrong..

Tool upgrades are unique to each player. So each player will need to buy their own tool upgrades, backpack upgrades, outfits etc.

[Sombrero]

Basically everything that would make sense to be tied to the island/city is advanced for all players at once. Like unlocking new areas, buildings, recipes through the story etc.

And then everything that should be personal like tool upgrades, job quests, side quests are personal. It's worth noting that some side quests are shared and it says (Shared) next to them in your quest log (but I have seen very few of them and again they make sense in regard to town progression and such).

Honestly the system follows a pretty robust "logic". It's just that all saves are tied to the host so you can't keep your character and play them on your own if you are not the host basically.

[Jimbo]

That's great guys, thank you. We were just trying to decide the best way for us to play together. The answer is that the more active player should host the game and the less frequent players should join in as they see fit and will be caught up accordingly.