Harp Isles Starter Planner
A checklist that replaces “whatever was in the thumbnail.”
Use this planner before you spend DNA. It does not inject into Roblox. It does not simulate hidden stats. It stops you from main-ing a carnivore on a plant island.
Step 1 — Diet
Circle one:
- Herbivore if you want the beginner list path.
- Omnivore if servers look contested.
- Carnivore only if you already play creature survival games.
Details: diets.
Step 2 — Platform honesty
Mobile and console are supported. If you are on a phone, do not pick the twitchiest flier as your first body. Learn controls on a calmer kit. PC can recover from a bad dive; thumbs less so.
Step 3 — Spawn pin
Pick water + food of your diet + a cave. Do not pick a famous ridge. Do not pick the ocean if you cannot swim. Getting Started explains the pin UI.
Step 4 — Body
Open the live specimen menu. Cross out anything not listed. Then:
- Prefer a readable herbivore/omnivore.
- Avoid unique asymmetrical kits until adult number two.
- Avoid speed subspecies on the first life.
Names on the avatar roster are hints, not a shopping list.
Step 5 — Economy
Claim daily rewards. Do not buy palettes. Do not trade. Do not install a script. Bank research files for a survival node — skill tree.
Step 6 — First-hour pass/fail
You pass if you:
- Ate twice.
- Drank twice.
- Did not spend a revive on a dive.
- Started zero or one research.
- Still like the game.
You fail if you starved, rage-swapped five Avatars, or joined a paid door. Fix diet and pin before you blame grind. How to grow is the retry button.
Step 7 — Graduate
When you pass, open best avatars and the research planner. Until you pass, this page is the only tool you need.
Print it mentally. The wiki will still be here after the tornado.
Decision card (fill this in chat)
Copy these lines to a note:
- Diet: herbivore / omnivore / carnivore
- Platform: PC / mobile / console
- Pin: water + food + cave (yes/no)
- Body: (live menu name only)
- Fork: default (yes)
- Daily claimed: yes/no
- Research this session: none / one survival node
- Script installed: no
If any line is blank, you are not ready to spawn. If “script installed” is yes, read script safety and stop using this planner as a fig leaf.
After a failed first hour
Do not unlock a new Avatar. Change pin. Then change diet. Then change species. That order saves DNA. The beginner tier list is the species step, not the first step. Weather deaths go to disasters, not to “the game is broken.”
When the card passes two sessions in a row, graduate to the research planner and stop rereading this page. The starter planner is a launch-week tool. Adults who still use it as a crutch are collecting checklists instead of food.
One-line versions
Herbivore, water, cave, default fork, daily claimed, no script. If you cannot say that sentence, you are not ready. If you can say it and still died to a flytrap, that is controls, not a bad planner. Retry the same sentence tomorrow. Variety is how DNA disappears.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers to the most common Harp Isles questions.
Is this an in-game tool?
No. It is a checklist. Nothing is injected.
What diet should I circle?
Herbivore or omnivore unless you already main carnivores.
What if my starter is not on the roster page?
The live menu wins. The roster is a name guide, not a lockout.
When do I use the research planner?
After this checklist passes once.
What if I already unlocked the wrong Avatar?
Park it. Play the diet you can feed. DNA spent is a lesson, not a reason to keep starving on the same ridge.