👒 Cosmetics Have Launched!

Over two years ago, one of the first projects ever started for Survival Island was Cosmetics. After a lot of planning, testing, rewriting, reworking, and probably a few too many late nights, I am so excited to finally say: Cosmetics have officially launched!

There is a lot to learn with this new system, so let’s start with the basics and the 10 new blueprints being added alongside it.

🎩 Cosmetic Token

Cosmetic Tokens are used to spin the Cosmetic Machine once.
You can craft Cosmetic Tokens using coins and materials, or purchase them with Gems at Mighty Mart. Each token gives you one chance to unlock a cosmetic for your collection.

🔋 Cosmetic Booster

Cosmetic Boosters can be used alongside Cosmetic Tokens to improve your outcome chances.

Each booster increases the likelihood that you receive rarer cosmetics from the Cosmetic Machine. The higher the booster rarity, the better your chances!

🔑 Master Key

Although we do need to monetize the server somehow, I have heard your feedback on how Furniture Chest RNG works, and trust me, I feel the same. So, as an extra bonus, we have added the Master Key.

Instead of spinning hundreds of tokens trying to get that one last cosmetic, Master Keys allow you to select the exact cosmetic you want. No RNG. No praying. No emotional damage. The Master Key also comes with a unique sound and model animation to help make the extra cost feel worth your while.

🫟 Color Swatch & Color Palette

Color Swatches work similarly to the Paint Bucket. They allow you to paint a single cosmetic model, and then the item is consumed. If you want to constantly switch up your colors, the Color Palette is also available.

The Color Palette permanently unlocks every color for a cosmetic, allowing you to switch in and out of colors at any time with no extra cost. To represent this upgrade, the color code next to the cosmetic’s name will change from gray to rainbow once the Color Palette has been unlocked.

✨ Glint Charges & Glint Cores

Getting duplicate cosmetics over and over can be annoying, so we wanted to give duplicates an extra purpose. Introducing Shiny Progress!
Each cosmetic type now has its own progression bar. Once that bar is maxed, you can toggle the enchantment glint on that cosmetic. Redeeming a Duplicate cosmetic will increase its Shiny Progress by 1.

For those pesky Limited and Exclusive cosmetics, which we’ll explain more in a second, you can also use:

Glint Charges
Increase Shiny Progress by 1.

Glint Cores
Instantly complete the Shiny Progress bar.

     Note: Due to how vanilla core shaders currently work, shiny hats and back-blings do not work yet. This is a bug we plan to resolve in the coming weeks.

🛡️ WhAT AbOuT My ArMor??!

From the start of Survival Island, we have been dedicated to maintaining vanilla functions, no matter how big or small they may be. So when designing Cosmetics, we spent countless hours making sure your armor still works exactly how you expect it to.

Armor still functions like it did before:

• Shift-click armor in your inventory, and it equips.
• Right-click armor in your hand, and it swaps with your stored armor.
• Your cosmetic will take on the Attributes, Enchantments, and Durability of the armor you are wearing.

Due to how rendering models on the chest works, back-blings are disabled while gliding, swimming, crawling, riptiding, and dying. There may also be a slight delay as your back-bling tracks your head movement, but if I do say so myself, we’ve done a pretty good job minimizing that buffering.

⌛ Limited & Exclusive Cosmetics

Limited cosmetics are still just as rare as Limited Furniture. They will only be available for a short period of time and then… NEVER AGAIN! MUAHAHA.

However, Limited Cosmetics work slightly differently inside the collection. Limited Cosmetics instantly allow you to toggle shiny. This is because we did not want players using Glint Charges or Glint Cores to max out progress, withdraw duplicate Limited Cosmetics, and ruin the entire point of the rarity. So enjoy the free shiny!

Exclusive is a brand-new rarity being added alongside this update. We will soon be retroactively adding this tag to some furniture and item models. Exclusive Cosmetics allow us to sell certain cosmetics far below the cost of normal blueprints. These cosmetics can only ever be obtained once, and only from one specific location.
Unlike Limited Cosmetics, Exclusive Cosmetics will remain available forever. However, they cannot be withdrawn from your collection, and you can only ever receive one of each Exclusive Cosmetic. This means you will need to use Glint Charges or Glint Cores if you want to increase their Shiny Progress.

🦜 Parody Changes

Island Level Changes

Island Levels were first added over 5 months ago, and since then, the system has not received a major reward update. With how impactful cosmetics are becoming to the server, it only felt right that your island progression should be included too. So, we have changed nearly every reward in the Island Level menu and finally unlocked the two hidden rewards!

Now, every 5 levels, you can claim a brand-new reward. At the end of each page, every 25 levels, you will also be able to collect an Exclusive Cosmetic Set. Prestige rewards have not been added just yet, but they are planned and will be coming in a future update!

🏅 New Medal

It has been a long time since we have done anything new with the medal system, so adding a cosmetics badge only felt right. The new Cosmetic Collector Medal can be claimed by progressing through cosmetics and collecting them all. This medal will also help you level up even faster, giving players another reason to complete their cosmetic collection.

Gotta collect them all… wait, wrong game.

😮 Full Release!

Although we have just completed our biggest update ever, this is only the beginning. We cannot wait to start doing even more with this system in future updates and events. Cosmetics open the door for so many new rewards, collections, animations, sounds, and customization options across the entire server.

As always, we will be watching your feedback closely. Some features may be adjusted, improved, or expanded as players begin using the system. Thank you all for sticking with us through the development of Survival Island. Cosmetics have been planned for a very long time, and I am so excited to finally see them in your hands.

Now go spin some tokens!