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At the start of Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure, you will use tall grass as the base for your cloth materials. Eventually, you will be able to find cotton, but this resource can be quite tricky to find. Thankfully, we are here to help.

Related: Ikonei Island: How To Get Cloth

In this guide, we are going to go over how you can find cotton while on the island. Rather than plucking cotton directly from the wild, you can find cotton seeds to grow. First, let's take a look at where you can find these seeds.

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Finding Cotton Seeds

map of ikonei island with tangled mesa highlighted

As mentioned above, cotton seeds can be quite rare. The description for these seeds says that you can find them in the jungle, swamp, and snowy areas. This is a bit vague, so we recommend searching for cotton seeds in the Tangled Mesa, shown on the map above.

cotton seed description in inventory

In the Tangled Mesa, you can uproot plants, cut trees, and defeat enemies for a chance to get some cotton seeds. If you come across a fully grown cotton plant, you will receive the seeds, but if it is still growing, you will have a smaller chance to receive the seeds. Overall, heading to the Tangled Mesa is your best bet.

Growing Cotton

hedda standing next to growing cotton

With a cotton seed in hand, all you need to do is plant it. After a short period of time, the seed will grow into a cotton plant. Before harvesting it, you will need to pollinate the plant; this can be done with bags of pollen, as well as with a Bibi.

After the cotton plant is fully grown and pollinated, you will be able to harvest it twice before needing to plant a new one. This means that each cotton plant will yield two pieces of cotton for you to use.

That's all there is to know about gathering cotton! Cotton can be processed at the loom to make new materials, as well as used directly as a required material to repair certain structures around the island.

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