Collect resources, slay fungus creatures, cure ecological corruption, and make an island home of your own.

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A character looking at the first fresco where you learn the glider in Aloft.

Aloft is currently out in early access, so things may change as the game continues to develop.

We’ll continue to update our guides on the game as needed.

Yellowislands on the map mean theres anunhealthy ecosystemon that island, so youll want to gosee whats going on.

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Consult the Field Guide to see what needs doing to bring the ecosystem on that island back to normal.

Finally, apinkisland is rife withcorruption, so steer clearunless youre looking for a fight.

If you need help finding the nearest sick island, you could alwaysconsult your Stormchaseras well.

A character on their home island with their resource storage in Aloft.

You may also notice that islands are yellow if you havent been there in a while.

Something may have been offset since you last visited, so pay a visit and check the Field Guide.

Keep an eye out in general, though, so you dont overshoot your destination!

Different colors on islands on the table map to denote which are healthy in Aloft.

As you expand your table map in Aloft, you’ll expand your Steam achievements list, too!

But whats beyond the wooden border?

Be sure to grab any new resources you see, since later biomes have more advanced materials to collect.

A character standing at the helm steering a home island in Aloft.

Anyone else make a veritable workshop on their island yet?

Find something you like?

The better your clothes, the better your equipment bar!

A character reading the Field Guide while standing in the flowers in Aloft.

One easy way to ensure you dont backtrack is tocollect everything the first time you pass through an area.

If you’ve got any on you, you canuse an antidote to cure the animalright away.

Find the four recipes needed to make your tools and weapons even better.

Four sectors of the table map in Aloft uncovered.

Gliding at sunset in Aloft.

Highlighting a lost key in your inventory in Aloft.

A character standing with several machines in Aloft.

Learning the sketchbook recipe for a leaf lantern in Aloft.

A decayed tree highlighted in red with the Field Guide in Aloft.

A sewing table and loom used to make new clothing in Aloft.

Blocking the entrance to a cave using a fence in Aloft.

Holding an animal covered in corruption in Aloft.

Close-up of a Sharpening Station at the Upgrade Station in Aloft.

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