How to unlock and use the Recycling Plant in Hello Kitty Island Adventure

Friendship Island is filled with useful locations in Hello Kitty Island Adventure, allowing players to interact with the world around them and possibly get items or assistance to progress. The Recycling Plant is one such location, and it can offer various great rewards. The Recycling Plant can be found in Rainbow Reef, southeast of the Cozy Islands Mailbox and just off the shore of Cozy Island itself. It’s a giant flower with large, flowing petals, and it serves a very unique purpose. How to unlock the Recycling Plant in Hello Kitty Island Adventure Screenshot by Destructoid The Recycling Plant is always there, and you can interact with it prior to unlocking it, although you’ll just be told that Keroppi probably knows more about it. To actually use the Plant, you’ll need to reach level 11 friendship with Hello Kitty, and then begin the “Reef Revival” quest. You will also need to complete Keroppi’s level 1 quest (Finding Flippers) to unlock Flippers, and Kuromi’s level 6 quest “Deep Diving” to unlock the Snorkel. Image by Destructoid During “Reef Revival”, you’ll be instructed to place Trash into the Recycling Plant (shown above on the map). If you’ve been gathering bags of Trash since you began playing, it can be very tempting to put all of your Trash in at this point in the hopes of getting more rewards. I beg of you, please don’t do this! Regardless of how many bags you put into the Recycling Plant during this tutorial, the game will only register the first 10. Any further Trash will be removed permanently from your inventory and lost forever, with no additional reward for your efforts. Once you’ve completed the tutorial, you’ll have free access to the Recycling Plant and you can put the rest of your Trash into it, getting the rewards you’ve earned for picking it all up. How to use the Recycling Plant in Hello Kitty Island Adventure You can use the Recycling Plant to turn unwanted items into different, more useful items. There are two types of items you can produce at the Recycling Plant. Turning Trash into treasure Screenshot by Destructoid Trash Bags spawn daily around Rainbow Reef, particularly in the area around the Comedy Club. Unlike other resource spawns in Island Adventure, Trash will continuously respawn every 2-3 minutes, allowing you to gather up a huge amount of it very quickly. Trash Bags can be placed in the Recycling Plant, and you'll have a chance to get either Coral Keys or Coral Spores. Coral Keys can then be used to open seashell-decorated chests, while Coral Spores can be planted on the rock beds around Rainbow Reef. Turning items into Dye Pouches Screenshot by Destructoid The other use for the Recycling Plant is to stock up on Dye Pouches of every color. You’ll receive a different color Dye Pouch depending on what you put into the Recycling Plant. Some items can even result in different Dye colors, so there is an element of chance involved. Here’s a full list of Dyes, and what items can be exchanged to get them: Dye color Exchange items Black Obsidian ShardTrashMechanismDarkgrapeman Blue Meditations on ResilienceCalming CrystalFabricGizmoLittle ChallengeLotus BlossomRubberSeashellThreadWater BalloonSnowcicleSodaBadtz-maru ComicFroggy Power Brown CoconutStickMushroomWoodblockRocky MaterialCandlenutChocolate CoinCinna BloomToasted Almond Gray IronIngotTofuDoughThe Incredible Hello Kitty Green Meditations on ResilienceLittle ChallengeLotus BlossomCactus CreamCandlenutGlow BerryMundane PotionFroggy PowerFantastic Friends Indigo Fizzy OreBlank BookRubberFizzy CrystalThe Adventures Orange MechanismRubberPumpkinMagma BloomSugarkelpFantastic Friends Pink FabricLight StoneShinyStarfishCandy CloudGlow BerrySakuraSwampmallowAmazing My MelodyLittle Twin Stars’ Trip Red AppleMagma BloomStrawberrySugarkelpThe AdventuresIchigoman ChroniclesDanger Doodler Violet Glitchy BookBox ClamSparkWoolSpinipDarkgrapeman White FabricFeatherGift BoxGlitchPaperSand DollarCoral MilkDoughFlourGlow BerrySnowcicleSwampmallowTofuEggLittle Twin Stars’ TripIchigoman Chronicles Yellow StarStardustSparkHoneycombBeeswaxBananaGlow BerryMagma BloomMoon CheesePineappleStarfruitThe Incredible Hello KittyThe Great GudetamaBadtz-maru ComicFantastic Friends The post How to unlock and use the Recycling Plant in Hello Kitty Island Adventure appeared first on Destructoid.

Feb 10, 2025 - 16:34

How to unlock and use the Recycling Plant in Hello Kitty Island Adventure

Friendship Island is filled with useful locations in Hello Kitty Island Adventure, allowing players to interact with the world around them and possibly get items or assistance to progress. The Recycling Plant is one such location, and it can offer various great rewards.

The Recycling Plant can be found in Rainbow Reef, southeast of the Cozy Islands Mailbox and just off the shore of Cozy Island itself. It’s a giant flower with large, flowing petals, and it serves a very unique purpose.

How to unlock the Recycling Plant in Hello Kitty Island Adventure

The Recycling Plant is always there, and you can interact with it prior to unlocking it, although you’ll just be told that Keroppi probably knows more about it. To actually use the Plant, you’ll need to reach level 11 friendship with Hello Kitty, and then begin the “Reef Revival” quest.

You will also need to complete Keroppi’s level 1 quest (Finding Flippers) to unlock Flippers, and Kuromi’s level 6 quest “Deep Diving” to unlock the Snorkel.

Location of the Recycling Plant in Hello Kitty Island Adventure — Image by Destructoid

During “Reef Revival”, you’ll be instructed to place Trash into the Recycling Plant (shown above on the map). If you’ve been gathering bags of Trash since you began playing, it can be very tempting to put all of your Trash in at this point in the hopes of getting more rewards. I beg of you, please don’t do this!

Regardless of how many bags you put into the Recycling Plant during this tutorial, the game will only register the first 10. Any further Trash will be removed permanently from your inventory and lost forever, with no additional reward for your efforts.

Once you’ve completed the tutorial, you’ll have free access to the Recycling Plant and you can put the rest of your Trash into it, getting the rewards you’ve earned for picking it all up.

How to use the Recycling Plant in Hello Kitty Island Adventure

You can use the Recycling Plant to turn unwanted items into different, more useful items. There are two types of items you can produce at the Recycling Plant.

Turning Trash into treasure

Trash in Hello Kitty Island Adventure — Screenshot by Destructoid

Trash Bags spawn daily around Rainbow Reef, particularly in the area around the Comedy Club. Unlike other resource spawns in Island Adventure, Trash will continuously respawn every 2-3 minutes, allowing you to gather up a huge amount of it very quickly.

Trash Bags can be placed in the Recycling Plant, and you'll have a chance to get either Coral Keys or Coral Spores. Coral Keys can then be used to open seashell-decorated chests, while Coral Spores can be planted on the rock beds around Rainbow Reef.

Turning items into Dye Pouches

Dye Pouches in Hello Kitty Island Adventure — Screenshot by Destructoid

The other use for the Recycling Plant is to stock up on Dye Pouches of every color. You’ll receive a different color Dye Pouch depending on what you put into the Recycling Plant. Some items can even result in different Dye colors, so there is an element of chance involved.

Here’s a full list of Dyes, and what items can be exchanged to get them:

Dye color	Exchange items
Black	Obsidian Shard Trash Mechanism Darkgrapeman
Blue	Meditations on Resilience Calming Crystal Fabric Gizmo Little Challenge Lotus Blossom Rubber Seashell Thread Water Balloon Snowcicle Soda Badtz-maru Comic Froggy Power
Brown	Coconut Stick Mushroom Woodblock Rocky Material Candlenut Chocolate Coin Cinna Bloom Toasted Almond
Gray	Iron Ingot Tofu Dough The Incredible Hello Kitty
Green	Meditations on Resilience Little Challenge Lotus Blossom Cactus Cream Candlenut Glow Berry Mundane Potion Froggy Power Fantastic Friends
Indigo	Fizzy Ore Blank Book Rubber Fizzy Crystal The Adventures
Orange	Mechanism Rubber Pumpkin Magma Bloom Sugarkelp Fantastic Friends
Pink	Fabric Light Stone Shiny Starfish Candy Cloud Glow Berry Sakura Swampmallow Amazing My Melody Little Twin Stars’ Trip
Red	Apple Magma Bloom Strawberry Sugarkelp The Adventures Ichigoman Chronicles Danger Doodler
Violet	Glitchy Book Box Clam Spark Wool Spinip Darkgrapeman
White	Fabric Feather Gift Box Glitch Paper Sand Dollar Coral Milk Dough Flour Glow Berry Snowcicle Swampmallow Tofu Egg Little Twin Stars’ Trip Ichigoman Chronicles
Yellow	Star Stardust Spark Honeycomb Beeswax Banana Glow Berry Magma Bloom Moon Cheese Pineapple Starfruit The Incredible Hello Kitty The Great Gudetama Badtz-maru Comic Fantastic Friends

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