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Things did get dicey but the cow, the green dye, along with some new residents, all made it back safely to the Isle of Awakening. I decided to be a daredevil but I am happy to report that it all worked out in the end. With green dye on top of a nearby mountain, which was also surrounded by lava pits and monsters, I had to make the decision: risk taking the idiot cow with me to the top of the mountain, or get the cow to safety by leaving the island and returning at a later time, on my own, to procure the dye. Enemies surrounded us and began attacking, too, but somehow, I managed to befriend it and escape. This set off a chain reaction of the cow being scared by my presence, and it trying to run headlong into the lava for a gruesome, scorching death. I tried to approach it but had to save its life by pouring water over the lava it tried to walk into. It was hanging around a lava pool, of course, because I have surmised that Dragon Quest Builders 2’s cows have a death wish. Then I laid eyes on it: a new, very-much-alive cow. Along the way I battled a golem who almost killed me. With two items left-green dye and a cow-I went back to climbing. Having completed my task, I went back down to find the creature and found, in its stead, a cow’s skeleton. As it had taken me forever to climb up high, I decided to retrieve the cow after securing whatever mineral I was after. On my way to a high mountaintop, I spotted the native island’s animal-a cow-well below my position, near the shoreline. It is also important to note that Iridescent Island is volcanic, and parts of the ground are lava. I had to search high in the blocky mountains for ore, gems, and green dye. How hard could it be? Quite, actually, when there’s an idiotic in-game cow involved. So, of course, I pressed on instead of being sensible (I also realise I could have just put the Switch into sleep mode but that would be too easy). But I had checked off so much of the list that I only needed three more things from Iridescent Island. On this particular evening, it was late and I needed to go to bed.
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This is where things can become troublesome. If an animal joins your team, it’s then up to you to keep them safe. Sometimes the animals are targets of aggressive monsters which can turn the task into a rescue mission. It has to calm down before you can sneak up on it and attempt to befriend it again. If an animal gets scared, it will run off. Thanks to the monsters that inhabit the islands, this proves slightly more of a challenge. For me, Explorer’s Shores’ biggest rewards are the animals you can befriend. I set up personal challenges for myself to see how quickly I could explore, and what risks I was willing to take before calling it quits.