Golden Walnut

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Golden Walnut
To the parrots of Ginger Island, this nut is the finest delicacy.
Information
Source	Farming • Mining • Foraging • Combat • Fishing • Digging • Breaking Golden Coconuts
Location	Ginger Island • Blacksmith

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Golden Walnuts are the currency of the parrots on Ginger Island. The amount of Golden Walnuts that a player has saved is displayed directly beneath the player's picture in the skills tab. Walnuts are shared amongst players in Multiplayer.

You can find Golden Walnuts by picking them from walnut plants, digging dirt encircled in pebbles, digging sand encircled in starfish, digging a lighter square patch of dirt, killing monsters, fishing, mining, breaking golden coconuts, or breaking crates in the Volcano Dungeon on Ginger Island. Harvesting crops on the Ginger Island farm can also sometimes drop golden walnuts.

Parrot Hints

The parrot in Leo's home will squawk hints for walnut locations when interacted with. If quantities are named, they will change as the player finds them.

• Hidden shrine in rain forest...
• Bulging very close by...
• Hidden in the pages of the journal...
• Help the man in the tent...
• Kribbit... Gurrrp...
• Fire Mountain... Hidden down fire river...
• [Quantity] taken by monsters in fire mountain...
• [Quantity] hidden in fire mountain treasures...
• [Quantity] in the deep below...
• [Quantity] hidden in the West...
• [Quantity] buried in the West
• [Quantity] hidden in the North...
• [Quantity] buried in the North...

Walnut Locations

General
Quantity	Type of Discovery	How to Find	Image
1	Golden Coconut	Bring a Golden Coconut to the Blacksmith for the first time. Opening it like a geode will produce a Golden Walnut.
1-2	Harvesting	Harvesting crops on the Ginger Island farm will occasionally yield Golden Walnuts.

Island East
Quantity	Type of Discovery	How to Find	Image
1	Exploration	Enter East Island and find it beside path towards Leo's hut.
1	Exploration	Enter East Island and walk into the right of the jungle, there's a walnut bush in south.	(Image)
2	Puzzle	Place Banana on the altar by Leo's hut's staircase. A gorilla appears and rewards player with Golden Walnuts.
5	Puzzle	Place Gem Stones from Gem Birds on appropriate pedestals (randomized per game). When all pedestals are filled the shrine activates and rewards player.	(Image)

Island West
Quantity	Type of Discovery	How to Find	Image
5	Quest	Complete The Pirate's Wife Quest and receive walnuts as part of the reward.	(Image)
5 (x3)	Puzzle	Talk to Gourmand Frog after fully growing Melons, Wheat, and Garlic on the island. Must be done in order (they can all be planted at the same time) and each crop gives 5 walnuts.	(Image)
3	Puzzle	Complete Simon Says in the cave north of Tiger Slime Grove.	(Image)
1	Puzzle	Catch the green 'whack a mole' critter with leveled up watering can.	175px
5	Mining	Mine the Mussel Nodes.	(Image)
1	Exploration	Find the hidden path on the left edge of the shipwreck, follow it into the ship. There is a Golden Walnut on a plant inside.
1	Exploration	Behind a mahogany tree, on the tiger slimes platform.	175px
1	Exploration	Go to beach south of the farm and find triangle of three blue starfish. Dig at center.
1	Exploration	Go to tide pools and find four starfish above rightmost pool in diamond pattern (blue and yellow). Dig at center.
1	Exploration	Walk up the western coast, past Qi's Walnut Room. There will be a plant with a walnut to harvest.	(Image)
1	Exploration	Go to tide pools and find X marked in sand. Dig at center.
1	Journal Scrap #6	Dig in the curve of the palm tree on the east cliff on the beach.
1	Journal Scrap #4	Dig in the sand North of Birdie's Hut. Will reveal a Quality Bobber as well.

Island North
Quantity	Type of Discovery	How to Find	Image
1	Exploration	When coming up from southernmost entrance, turn left and dig at center of stone circle.
1	Exploration	When coming up from southernmost entrance, turn right and dig at center of stone circle.
1	Exploration	Dig up sand with unusual texture below and to the right of the Island Field Office.
4	Exploration	Dig site, upstairs : dig up center of stone circle, then : Walking to the left from this point, is a suspension bridge leading to a walnut plant ; Walking to the right from this point, is a hidden passage leading to another suspension bridge and two walnut plants.
1	Exploration	Walk right from Volcano Dungeon entrance and dig in sand circled by two bushes and an arc of stones.
1	Exploration	Dig up center of stone circle at top left of map where Leo sometimes stands.
1	Exploration	Below the last walnut location is a hidden passage through the palm tree forest, leading to a walnut plant.
2	Exploration	Step inside Volcano Dungeon entrance and instead of creating bridge directly North, follow river West until it meets hidden room beyond. Follow room to door outside.

Island South
Quantity	Type of Discovery	How to Find	Image
1	Exploration	Go through entrance to North Island, immediately turn right and then South into a hidden route behind a tree. Walnut is on a plant nearby.

Redeem Rewards

Walnuts can be traded with parrots for various awards.

Once a save file records that 100 Golden Walnuts have been earned (in total), Qi's Room is unlocked. There are 130 obtainable Golden Walnuts.

116 walnuts are needed to unlock all of the rewards, allowing for 14 remaining walnuts to be exchanged for 28 Qi Gems.

Reward	Description	Location	Cost
Ginger Island North	Unlock access to the north side of the island	Leo's house	data-sort-value="1"> 1
Ginger Island West	Unlock access to the west side of the island	Ginger Island South	data-sort-value="10"> 10
Ginger Island Farmhouse	Unlock the Farmhouse on the west side of the island, can be used to sleep in to pass the day without leaving the island.	Ginger Island West	data-sort-value="20"> 20
Farmhouse Mailbox	Allow players to access their mail without leaving the island.	Ginger Island Farmhouse	data-sort-value="5"> 5
Farm Obelisk	Allow players to teleport back to the farm, similar to a warp totem.	Ginger Island Farmhouse	data-sort-value="20"> 20
Island Digsite	Repair the bridge to access to island digsite.	Ginger Island North	data-sort-value="10"> 10
Island Trader	Unlock the Island Trader shop.	Ginger Island North	data-sort-value="10"> 10
Volcano Bridge	Unlocks a permanent bridge into the volcano so that players no longer have to have their watering can to get in.	Volcano Dungeon entrance	data-sort-value="5"> 5
Volcano Exit Shortcut	Unlocks an escape shortcut from level 5 of the Volcano Dungeon, allowing quick access to Island North.	Volcano Dungeon level 5	data-sort-value="5"> 5
Island Resort	Unlocks a beach resort. NPCs from the town will occassionally come to visit the resort.	Ginger Island South	data-sort-value="20"> 20
Parrot Express	Unlocks a fast travel system to quickly get around the island	Ginger Island	data-sort-value="10"> 10
Qi Gem (2)	Exchange remaining Walnuts for Qi Gems Only available after buying all other upgrades.	Qi's Walnut Room	data-sort-value="1"> 1

History

• 1.5: Introduced.