A Helpful Guide to Surviving Survival Mode (Updated 9\/23)

SEP 2023 --- REPLAYING AND MAKING NEW NOTES AND UPDATED NOTES TO UPDATE THIS GUIDE

This is a bunch of random stuff i have put together that I think other players may find interesting or helpful.

I am currently creating this so please bare with me with any areas that are lacking.

Enjoy!!

If there is anything I left out, feel free to leave a comment and I will edit it in and credit you!

MISSION OBJECTION

One Word : SURVIVE!!!

Three Main Objectives: EAT SLEEP AND PLAY!

You can do whatever you want. Just don't go and dye t-shirts without me! This is a survival mode guide, now, isn't it? I'm "trying" to help you. "Advise" you. "Enlighten" you. "Guide" you. However you would like to word it. I'm just here to say some stuff on the internet and leave it here. Do what you must with the information I leave behind. :)

I have never played a survival game quite like this. You literally eat, sleep and arcade. You make money by taking on odd jobs around the neighborhood to spend on stuff to survive or arcade games to earn tickets for prizes, that way you can dumpster dive in hopes of something editable.

***The Money Machine is still inside most of the arcades and found where you would find it in Birthday Mode but is is inaccessible during survival mode. Thankfully with the Mall Update, Uncle Phil has some other ways he can help you earn some cash.

Start off: Your House

7am You will wake up every day at this time. There is no alarm clock you can set. (That i know of) Although you can find an alarm clock just chilling on the dresser living its best life.

DAY 0 The day count starts at 0 so you will always start on Day 0, followed by Day 1, Day 2 and so on. I read somewhere, not sure where that once you get to Day 99,it stops counting. I have yet to make it to Day 99 to test that, if someone has, please let me know down in the comments. It will be added in and you will get the credit. :)

WHAT YOU GOT Where I come from, we say "Run your pockets"
You start the game with 2.50 in your pockets, 10 dollars in the bank, No tickets to your name and your only transportation options are The Bus or Bike. The bike can be found out front of the player home. If lost, it can be towed back to the player home, free of charge via accessing the map on your smart watch and hitting the bike reset button.

PEEP THOSE VITALS It is very important to maintain the health and energy bars. You don't have to listen to me but i recommend it. Highly. Like, you should do it. Cause if you don't, you are in a world of trouble.... I wouldnt be sure tho. When your health goes down to 0, it is game over, When your energy goes down to 0, Im still not sure, I havent crossed that bridge.
You begin the game with 65 energy, 99 health and 50 rubber bands
To regain energy consume soda and junk food
To regain health. consuming band aids, vitamins and food
To get rubber bands buy or find bags or complete the newspaper route.
Rubberbands are used for the rubber band gun

WHEN YOU WAKE IN THE MORNING AND YOU STEP OUTSIDE---
When you start the game, you wake up in your bedroom on the second floor of a house. There is not much you can interact with in the room. The bed is only accessible after 7pm. Anytime before that, it is made and cannot be used. The chair in the corner can be sat in. The claw machine in the corner can be interacted with, you can use it as it is meant to be used as well as open it and put stuff inside it to claw out yourself. It is free to use this claw machine. At the start of the game you can find 1 candy plush, 2 empty cans, 1 can of soda and 1 fish food. You can take or leave it or try and claw it out. However you are feeling.

Going downstairs you will find yourself next to the television in the living room, that is just a large room with an area that is the kitchen and an eating area, On a shelf next to the dinner table, there are free things that you can put to use or save for when you are broke: 2 fish food. 2 swan food. 1 band aid. 1 bag of rubber bands. 1 vitamin. 2 cheesy poofs. In the fridge there are free things: 6 pack of soda. 1 chicken fingers. 1 Salisbury steak.

There is a Swan and a Fish Tank that live in the house with you. Not only do you need to feed yourself you need to feed them both also. There is a number found on the swans bowl and in the tank to show you how full of food it is. The numbers are red but can be easy to miss, yet you can see them through walls. You can purchase more fish food and swan feed at the Island Market

Mom, or I call her Grandma, doesnt care what you do as long as you come home by curfew, 11pm. She does not seem to need any food or attention of any kind, she just stands near the dinner table most of the time. (I wish she had a chair that only she can sit in and goes back and fourth)

There are three doors in the living, only two of them you are able to open. The one closest to the kitchen opens into a bathroom. The one closest to the dinner table leads to a room where the goose can sleep, bath and paint pictures (?) The third door, the one closest to the fridge you cannot open and I can only guess that is where Moms room is.

Personalizing Your Character (In Progress)

Customizing your character is one thing everyone loves to do.

Currently there are 4 different clothing options for both the Male and Female aviator that are seleted at the start up menu. There are no other options or designs

Outfit 1




Outfit 2





Outfit 3




Outfit 4 - Supporter Edition - Must Purchase DLC (Totally worth it to me)



SMARTWATCHS
You start the game with a normal smart watch but can get a updated one when you purchase the DLC

JOBS FOR HIRE

Paper route:

The location of the paper stand and mailboxes can be found on the map. The paper stand is located very close to the player home. The mailboxes are spaced out around the island; they are red mailboxes. Both in game and on the map. 12 mini red mailboxes show where they are located on the map; they will change to green once a paper has been left inside successfully.

• 12 papers to be delivered.
  
• 1 rubber band and 2$ earned with each paper delivered
  
• After all 12 delivered extra 15$
  
• Total for complete job: 39$

Job Tip :[[video will be added soon if not already]] empty out everything in your inventory before you go to the paperstand and collect all 12 papers. Ride your bike for the route, and start at the mailbox outside of the player home (1), loop around to the two outfront of Stan-Os and Jerrys Gas and Go. (2 and 3). Hope on your bike and ride to the one next to Barry's Pawm Shop. (4) Get back on the bike and ride over to the bustop across the street from Larry's arcade and get that mailbox. (5). Cross the street and give one to Larry's Arcade (6). Bike time. Ride to the intersection of Main Street and the Loop, make a left and head towards the Beach. Two mailboxes will be at the first set of condos that come up on your right (7 and 8). Cross the road and head towards Frankies FIreworks, you will pass a mailbox on your left (9) if you pass the bus stop you went to far. Next mailbox is at the last set of condos after the Bots chargeing station (10). The last two are in the little sub section with the houses closer to the player house but if you start heading towards the Island Market, you will see a dirt path that will cut through and take you to the next mailbox (11). The final mailbox is just up the road as if you were to head back home (12)

Babysit:

• Put 2 kid bots to bed
  
• Put all toys away
  
• Clean floor
  
• Total for complete job : 20$

This house is the one with the garage and the playground thing in the back. There are also two car in the driveway, yet both parents went to the movies or something. Upon entering the house, there is a pink bot and a blue bot running around the house, making black smudges and throwing toys everywhere. You need to pick each kid up separately and plug them in their cribs. The cribs are in the first bedroom on the right down the hallway, which is the only door in the house you can open besides the front door. Plug those kids in, pick up all the toys they threw around in the toy-box in the corner and swifter up all the markings on the floor to complete this job

Lawnmower:

• Mow the front and back lawns of a house
  
• Total for complete job: 50$
  
• BONUS TASK: Play fetch with a weiner dog. Use the yellow ball on the fence near the garage!

This is the house with the white fence and an open garage with a fancy car in it. Open the gate next to the garage to get into the yard and you will find the lawn mower next to the garage. Interact with it and you will begin the job. There is a timer so you know how long it took. There are four different parts of grass you need to mow completely to finish this job



Market Helper

• Collect stray shopping carts and return them to the market
  
• Total for complete job : 1$ per cart return, total varies on number of carts around

Carts can be found all around the market and surronding area. They seem to appear randomly and i havent noticed a certain amount daily to be found. Start at the market and look around for carts, sometimes you can find one behind Barry's Pawn. Just interact with the cart and walk it back to the Market Cart Jawn next to the market
((Yes, I am from Philly))


Pizza Delivery Human

• Deliver pizza and earn money, earn a tip by rushing the delivery

ENERGY AND HEALTH AND BENEFICIAL ITEMS

E = energy H = health +/- = positive or negative effect



Goey Bears - E+10
Sour Treats - E+10
Jelly Bits - E+10
Jaw Breakers - E+10
Wacky Wafers - E+10
Jerry's Jerky - E+25 / H+25
Gourmet Tuna - E+25 / H+25
Local Milk - E+25 / H +10
Jolted Soda - E. H
Devoited Soda E H
Cheesy Poofs - E H
Daily Vitamins - E-2 / H +25
6 Pack of Jolted Soda -
Band aids - E+50 / H-5
Chicken Finger Dinner
hot - E+25 / H+50
cold - E+25 / H+5
Salisbury Steak Dinner-
hot - E+25 / H+50
cold - E+25 / H+5
6 Pack of Batteries - used to charge up the phone and hoverboard


It would be awesome if the Dev added in more junk food options.

BUS ROUTE

Bus Pass cost 1.50$ per ride

Stop 1 - UFO Point
Stop 2 - The Pier
Stop 3 - Barry's Pawn
Stop 4 - Beachfront
Stop 5 - Larry's Arcade
Stop 6 - Home
Stop 7 - Mountains

The bus goes around the circuit, thats all. It is a 24 hr line and you can summon it by hitting the blue call button and you will spawn the bus somewhere down the road and pick you up.

JERRY'S GAS AND GO

Trashcans and Dumpster for looting

RED MAIL BOX LOCATION

Golf Cart - 850$

Can of unleaded - 2.50$
Can of Race Fuel - 5.00$
5 Cans of Unleaded - 10.00$

LOTTERY
Triple 7's - 1.00$
Lucky Clovers - 5.00$
Hot Fire - 10.00$
Boat Loads 25.00$


FOR PURCHASE
6 Pack Batteries - 5.00$
Jerry's Jerky - 8.50$
Local Milk - 3.50$
Gourmet Tuna - 7.50$

Stan-O's Dog Bone World Headquarters

((CLOSED??))

RED MAILBOX LOCATION

Besides bots rolling around, there is a mailbox on the street and a dumpster to root through in back.
Nothing else of interest so far

Islandville Market

*****There is a job location out front of this location****
Outside you can find a dumpster with some random loot and stairs that lead up to the roof where people hang out.

Two robots work here. One cashier and one shelve stocker.
There are stuff to buy on some shelves and it looks like space for more upcoming stuff (?)

Candy Machines-- Jelly Bits, Goey Bears, Jaw Breakers

What they currently have it
vitamins 5.00$
fish food 5 00$
first aid 5.00$
chicken dinner 3.00$
steak dinner 3.00$
cola 6pack 7.50$
goose food 4.00$
rubber bands 2.50$

You will need to pick and carry each thing you want to buy over to the check out line.You could also make use of the shopping cart that is in the store and make the whole thing feel more realistic
When all of the items you want are on the cashier area, you can press a button and one of the bots will rush over and put everything into ONE BAG. The moment you go and open the bag everything will spill out like the 6 pack of soda does.

Islandville Credit Union

CLOSED


>>>>otherwise I have not found anything else, maybe when the DevTeam releases more stuff. If i am wrong, feel free to correct me

Betty's Boutique

CLOSED


>>>>otherwise I have not found anything else, maybe when the DevTeam releases more stuff. If i am wrong, feel free to correct me

Barry's Pawn (Prize Prices)

****RED MAILBOX LOCATION****
Outside there is a trashcan and a dumpster you can look in as well as a sign that will list of 4 random prizes that are currently double the asking price. Use it to your advantage.
The local Hoodlums hang out around here and they will follow you and beat you up unless you run away or shoot them with the rubber band gun

Inside there is a cheesy poofs machine and a machine in the wall where you will place what you want to sell and get cold hard cash in return.

Candy Machines -- wacky wafers, sour treats


...Larry's Arcade
Glow Stick 500t - 0.50$
Coin Plush 700t - 1.00$
Paddle Ball 950t - 1.50$
Basketball 1500t - 2.00$
Fuzzy Dice 2000t - 3.00$
Foam Hand 2500t - 4.00$
Ticket Plush 950t - 1.50$
Donut Plush 15000t - 28.00$
Sharky Plush 20000t - 35.00$
Rasta Banana 65000T- 100.00$
Bouncy Ball 1000T - 1.50$
Candy Plush 1850T - 3.00$
Wooden Bat 3200T - 5.00$
Sling Shot 4500T - 9.00$
Carnie Mirror 2500T - 4.00$
Piggy Bank 8750T - 15.00$
Salt Rock Lamp 5500T - 10.00$
Boom Box 100000T - 180$
Teddy Bear 35000T - 28$

Dunko Plush - Game Prize - 52$

...One Eyed Billies
Shell Plush 500T - .50$
Inflatable Putter 950T - 1.50$
Star Fish Plush 15000T - 2.00$
Avocado Plush 2300T - 4.00$
Octo Plush 4500T -
Lava Lamp 6000T -
Cupcake Plush 8750T -
Pink Snocone 12000T -
Plasma Ball 12000T - 22$
Life Ring 12000T -
Orange Fish Plush 15000T -
Crystal Skull 30000T -
Snow Globe 65000T -
Ship in a Bottle 100000-


...UFO Point
Star Dust 500T - .50$
Green Alien 750T - 1$
Pink Alien 900T - 1.50$
Pet Moon Rock 1500T - 2.50$
Lucky Star Plush 2100T - 3.50$
Twinkles Star Plush 2300T - 4.$
Saturn Plush 3000T - 5$
UFO Model 4500T - 8$
Fun Capacitor 25000T - 42$
Red light sword 30000T - 50$
Blue light sword 30000T - 51$
Pink Hoverboard 100000T - 192.50$
Blue Hoverboard 100000T - 192.50$

Cow Plush - Game Prize - 5$
Popcorn Pete Plush - Game Prize - 150$
Go Kart 3rd Place Trophy - Game Prize - 1$
Go Kart 2nd Place Trophy - Game Prize -
Go Kart 1st Place Trophy - Game Prize - 15$

Islandville Motel

Dumpsters for the looting

>>>>otherwise I have not found anything else, maybe when the DevTeam releases more stuff. If i am wrong, feel free to correct me

LARRY'S ARCADE

Home of Teddy and the Ticket Eaters
They play live on stage here so dont miss that show. Its epic!
All the kid bots will charge into the next room screaming when they are about to play.
There is an arcade in a second room off of the show room.


Games
prize master - 1 play for 5$
claw madness ball edition - 4 plays for 1$
claw machine Larry's - 4 plays for 1$
dizzy bird -
mega drop 4 plays for 1$
skeeball
hockey hut 4 plays for 1$
cuckoo coin 20 plays for 1$
big bass wheel
treasure in the sand 1 plays for .50$
ducko 20 plays for 1$ ((GAME PRIZE))
stackem up 1 plays for 1$
speed ball 1 plays for 1$

PRIZE OBTAINED AT PRIZE COUNTER
Glow Stick 500t
Coin Plush 700t
Paddle Ball 950t
Basketball 1500t
Fuzzy Dice 2000t
Foam Hand 2500t
Ticket Plush 950t
Donut Plush 15000t
Sharky Plush 20000t
Rasta Banana 65000T
Bouncy Ball 1000T
Candy Plush 1850T
Wooden Bat 3200T
Sling Shot 4500T
Carnie Mirror 2500T
Piggy Bank 8750T
Salt Rock Lamp 5500T
Boom Box 100000T
Teddy Bear 35000T

ONE EYED BILLES

Home of Pirates!
It has a cool pirate ship right out front.

The local Hoodlums will hang out here

Candy Machines - goey bears, sour treats

Putt Putt Golf
18 total holes
1-9 = 5$
10-18 = 5
All 18 = 8$

Shooting Gallery
((CLOSED))

Boat Pond
((CLOSED))

Pirate Pizza
Pirate Pizza Pie - 7$ - E+50 / H+10
Pirate Punch - 3$ - E+25 / H+5

Games
Wheel'r Up -- 2$ per play
Lava Mayhem -- 2$ for 20 balls
Pick Yer Treasure -- 2$ per play
Ticket Toboggan --1$ per play
Octo Swirl -- 2$ per play
Typhoon -- 2$ per play
Power Puck --2$ per play
Super Hoops -- 2$ per play

UFO ARCADE

Go Karting - 1st, 2nd and 3rd place prizes
It is not your typical go kart race. It is a race for the fastest lap. So go fast and stay away from the other drivers, they are annoying and moving bricks sometimes.
3rd Place - Trophy
2nd Place - Trophy
1st Place - Trophy
Trophies can be sold or kept at home

Lazer Tag - win tickets

Games
butterfly catcher 4 plays for 2$
mermaids from space 12 plays for 1$
skeeball
down a bot 1 plays for 2$
iceberg bounce (2$)
just toss it ? Balls for 2$
typhoon 1 play for 2$
whac a bot 1 play for 2$
popcorn Pete 20 plays for 1$
clock tower 1 playa for 2$
wormhole 4 plays for 2$
dude wheres my cow 2 plays for 2$

Islandville Mall (in progress)

The Mall is located between Barry's Pawn Shop and the Carnival. If you take the bus to the Carnival stop you will notice that a recent update has created a new bridge, and at the end of that bridge is the ISLANDVILLE MALL!!!

Of course The Mall is not complete, there are some parts that are still under development and will come out with later updates.

The Malls current features (as of 9/23) are as follows:

• Arcade Castle - the new Mall Arcade
  
• Spunkiwa Prize Store
  
• Pirate Pizza
  
• Lemonista
  
• Islandtime Sweets Company
  
• Jerry Courmet Sammies

THE PIER (Carnival)

Free entry.
20$ for a 8 ride pass
50$ for a 25 ride pass


Rides
Pirate Ship Adventures - cost 1 ride pass
Swinging Chairs - cost 1 ride pass
Moon Mission - cost 1 ride pass
Ferris Wheel - cost ???
Bumper Cars - cost 1 ride pass
Tilt a Whirl - cost ???
Raceway Park - cost ???

Games (*most profitable)
Ballon Time - 3 darts for 3$
Red Crayon
Plain Hot Dog
Natural Hammer
Blue Cat Plush
Pink Snocone *

Shoot the Star - 100 shots for 5$
Donut
Pink Snocone
Pink Fish
Teddy Bear
Rasta Banana *

Lucky Duck - 1 plays for 2$
Blue Crayon
Bouncy Ball
Green Snake
Tan Cat Plush
Pink Snocone *

Coin Dozer 20 plays for 5$
Red Crayon --1 game credit
Gold Hammer -- 1 game credit
Carnie Mirror -- 2 game dredits
Purple Snake -- 3 game credits
Pink Fish * -- 4 game credits

Chow Time Racing 5$ per race
Red Crayon -- 1 game credit
Natural Crayon -- 1 game credit
Purple Snake -- 2 game credits
Blue Cat Plush * -- 2 game credits
Natural Snocone --3 game credits

Lily Pad Toss 5 balls for 5$
Blue Crayon
Plain Hot Dog
Green Snake
Blue Cat
Orange Fish *

Pro Roller - 1 roll for 1$
Blue Crayon
Gold Hammer *
Works Hot Dog
Green Snake
Pink Snocone

Basketball Shot
Coin Plush
Tan Cat
Salt Lamp
Purple Snake
Natural Snocone *

LOOT BOXES (in progress)

---in the works

Credit Union

As of May 20 2023 update, Survival Mode now has a banking system thanks to Islandville Credit Union!!

You can now save money at ATMs that are placed around the island.

Currently it has two things tied to it:
1 - You can save money
2 - You use it to pay the Programmable worker bots*

*Programmable worker bots were added in with the same update. Please refer to the Devs own update posted or check the programmable worker bot tab in this guide

For now, those are the only two things that are tied to the banking system until the Dev releases more updates.

-as of sep 2023

Franky's Fireworks

No ID needed

Monster Rockets -- 5$
Smoke Bombs -- 4$
Roman Candles -- 5$
Big Thunder -- 10$

Programmable Worker Bots (in progress)

in the works

MY THANKS TO THE DEV

This game is awesome. Its nostalgic. Now a days, you cant even get tickets at a arcade. Now only that, I found this game during Covid so it has been loving!
Keep it up. You have my support!
**Im going to be getting a Dunko hoodie soon.
Thank you for such an epic gaming experience during this time in human history.

My Personal Tips for Survival

1. Day 0
- Do all the Job For Hire to start your bank roll
- Sell extra news papers, empty cans, and everything in the claw machine at home
- Adventure! Learn the area, scout out the dumpsters and trashcans for early money with
free scratch offs, save money finding free soda and cheesy poofs. Sell everything
you find
- Before you go Home for the night, the only things you should buy are 6 packs of soda,
bandages, swan food* and fish food*
* = swan needs to be feed up to 2 times a day, the fish 1, if that
- Go to bed by 11

2. Day 1
- Do the Paper Route completely and Babysit
- If you didnt go broke the night before buying stuff for the house, please continue. If you are broke, you may need to hustle some more and try and have at least 300$ to play with
- Go to Barry's Pawn and check out the board that has 4 prizes listed that are selling for twice
the normal asking price.
Now pick one and go grind.

Day 3 and onward
>>>>>If you save your game, exit to the main menu and go back into your saved game, that will refresh Barry's Prize Board. Use this to your advance and play for the prize that is easier for you to get your hands on.<<<<<<<<<
For me, I enjoy Dunko and the Popcorn Pete Game. Both games will give you a free special plush if you collect all the cards.
The Dunko Plush sells for 52$ normally and 104$ when named as the Exotic Prize
The Popcorn Pete Plush sells for 150$ normally and is 300$ when named as the Exotic Prize.


That was my first strategy that has worked on more then one survival mode game save.




I am currently at Day 22

Achievements

[vilewitch]

Really nice guide to have, thank you!

[splurgy]

does saving on the beta work for you? I have done everything I can and it just hasn't worked

[Orange Lad]

Ship in bottle - 192.5

[Allen Egon Cholakian]

For some reason I can't use the damn bike, it says its not mine