I just started playing the game 2 days ago and I'm struggling with the pirate coin hoarding thingy. I reached the point where I have to paid million silver coin. Is there any consequences on using my pirate coins? Please I really need help I want to keep playing the game. I'm also struggling pressing the map whenever the pirate coin hoarder arrives.
I haven’t played in a while so I’m not sure if anything changed but basically:
1. Travelling between different islands costs food so always make sure that you have enough food in your inventory.
2. Prices of each item will change everytime you visit an island. This means a watch can cost 500 when you bought it but can be sold at 2000 on a different island.
3. With these in mind, you should stack up on food and buy cheap items on your current island. Travel to a different island to check if the item’s selling price is higher than the price you bought it for. If yes, sell everything you bought.
4. After selling everything, buy cheap items again and try selling it on another island. Repeat this cycle until you finally have a lot of money.
It's a bit tedious but you don't really need to trade so hard to get silver coins. From the moment you invented pirate's coin, do money laundry by buying stuffs with pirate coins, followed by selling them, repeatedly. Once you decide to stop and let the day slip, the exchange rate between silver coin and pirate's coin will slump, so that you can no longer do it with a satisfying efficiency. You'll need a while to let it recover then the next laundry.