The ‘follow the retreated root’ quest in Coral Island is the next stage after cleaning up 20 oil spills on the coral. To learn more about the quest in Coral Island and how to follow it, read here.
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Coral Island: Follow The Retreated Root
Once you’ve unlocked diving in the game, by meeting Ling on day eight of spring, you’ll receive a series of ocean-related quests instructing you to help clean the coral reefs and bring life back to the polluted waters of Coral Island.
Once you have collected five Solar Orbs for Ling and returned to her lab, she will ask you to clean an additional 15 (20 total).
To do so, you’ll need to access areas of the sea guarded by turtles. Gift them the items they desire to get past them and clean up the additional areas. Once you have gotten past the turtles and cleaned up 20 oil patches in the ocean, a cutscene will trigger and you’ll meet your first merfolk of the game. The ‘Follow The Retreated Root’ quest will also trigger.
As of writing, whilst the game is in early access there appears to be no way to complete the quest, it remains unfinished until further notice and future Coral Island updates. The ‘Explore the Ocean’ quest is also unavailable to complete until a future game update addresses the unfinished quests.
- For help activating the first diving quest and locating the Solar Orbs, read our Coral Island diving guide.