During yourHello Kitty Island Adventureplaythrough, you may have noticed that it doesn’t rain anywhere on Friendship Island. If you want to start “unlocking” weather, you should complete quests and raise your friendship with characters, such as Retsuko. Because certain resources, critters, and fish only spawn when it’s raining, you’ll want to find out how to repair the Aquafall Machine inHello Kitty Island Adventure.

“A Clue on the Shore” Walkthrough

How to Unlock the Aquafall Machine

Unlocking rain inIsland Adventureis accomplished through two quests. If you’ve explored Rainbow Reef, you most likely noticed machine parts east of the Kelp Maze. This is the brokenAquafall Machine, and your key to bringing rain back to the island. Unfortunately, you won’t be able to repair it if you haven’t done the following quests:

Level 2 friendship, Keroppi

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Level 5 friendship, Pekkle

Level 6 friendship, Hangyodon

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Level 11 friendship, Retsuko

Swimming Lessons

Level 17 friendship, Restuko

Once you’ve completed “Swimming Lessons” with Retsuko, you can find her on the shore of Mount Hothead (or Moon Island, if you’re starting the quest immediately after “Swimming Lessons”) and start a new quest: “A Clue On The Shore.” Retsuko has found a locked chest that contains a Treasure Map, but you’ll need some help if you want to read it.

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Speak to the following characters, then return to Retsuko to continue the quest:

You’ll then need to go to the ‘X’ on the map,which is east of theKelp Maze. Here, you’ll find a mysterious machine. After this, seek out Chococat (who should be near the Resort Gate), and you’ll receive a list of materials you need torepair the machine.

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To fix the Aquafall, you’ll needx10 Beeswax,x10 Ingot, x10 Mechanism, andx10 Woodblock.

Give Chococat the required materials to repair the Aquafall Machine and complete the quest.

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“Island Stone” Walkthrough

How to Craft the Rain Island Stone

Unfortunately, repairing the machine isn’t enough. You’re going to need an item called aRain Island Stoneto trigger the rainfall. You’ll receive the Rain Island Stone crafting plans in the “Island Stone” quest, which you can start immediately “A Clue On The Shore” by speaking to Chococat.

To craft a Rain Island Stone, you’ll need these materials:

Crafting the stone will lead you into the third part of the questline: “Rain or Shine.”

How to Make It Rain in Hello Kitty Island Adventure

Complete “Rain or Shine” Quest

To start “Rain or Shine”, you’ll need to have crafted your first Rain Island Stone. Speak to Chococat again, and you’ll be directed to the Aquafall Machine to try out the Rain Island Stone. Interacting with the machine (while you have a Rain Island Stone) will cause it to start bubbling.Return to Seaside Resort, and you’ll notice it’s now raining.

During rainfall, you should be on the lookout forblue flower buds. Watering these will give youRaindrops, a weather-exclusive material used for crafting. You may also getthe Fast Flippers crafting recipe.

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When “Rain or Shine” is marked complete, it will rain in any of the four islands at random. Rain can only occur in one place at a time, so if it’s raining in Seaside Resort, it won’t be raining anywhere else. Rainfall lasts15 minutes in real time.

By pausing your game, you can see theweather forecast. If it’s scheduled to rain, you’ll see a raincloud icon in the “Later” section on the left side of the screen. When it starts to rain, you’ll seea notification at the top of the screenindicating which region is experiencing rainfall.

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If you want to manually make it rain, you can use the Aquafall Machine. However, you’re going to needx1 Rain Island Stone, and you can only use the Aquafall Machineonce a week.

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