There are a few different merchant types inCoral Islandand not all of them are easy to find. Some merchants, like Ben’s Caravan aren’t even open most days of the week. Even Sam’s General Store isn’t open on Wednesdays. Ratih’s Float Market is another such case, but Ratih also operates a secret, illegal business on the side.
Ratih’s Black Market is a place where you can buy illegally obtained items such as fossils, coffers, geodes, and even a Stamina Fruit. Like Ratih’s Float market, the Black Market has very odd, specific hours, and you’ll need to do some exploring to find her secret shop.
What Is The Black Market?
Ratih’sBlack Marketis a side business run byRatih,the proprietor of the thrice-weeklyFloat Market. While Ratih’s Float Market stocks completely legal inventory, Ratih’sBlack Marketis a shop that specializes in expensive,illicitly obtained items. Best not to ask her where she got them.
If you are struggling to complete yourmuseum collection, Ratih’s Black Market is agreat place to fill in missingcollectionitems.But be warned, Ratih asks forexorbitant sumsfor her inventory, making the Black Market a stall that is a little difficult to use until late in the game when you have some Coral Coins to burn.
How To Unlock The Black Market
The Black Market isavailable from the very beginningof the game, but if you don’t know what you’re looking for, Ratih’s Black Market boat will be a littledifficult to find.
Luckily, Ratih herself will help you find the Black Market. She’ll send you amysterious letter, signed Lele, in the mail giving you thehours and days of her shop, inviting you to come explore. You will get this letter a while after the start of the game and if you haven’t discovered Ratih’s Black Market on your own.
Youdon’t needto reach any specificTown Rankor completeLakeTemple Bundlesto have access to Ratih’s Float Market. And why should you? Seems like Ratih’s been running her illegal business for some time before you came to the island.
Where To Find The Black Market
To find Ratih’s Black Market, head to theCoral Island Lighthousewhere Wataru lives. Ratih’s boat will arrive at the dock by the Lighthouse between the hours of20:00 to 22:00onTuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.
The letter that Ratih sends you, inviting you to her Black Market willgive you the proper days and hoursthat her stall is open, so if you’re ever doubting your memory, check back in with yourPlayer Journalto reread Ratih’s letter. Remember, it’s signed Lele, not Ratih.
Ratih’s Black Market Inventory
Ratih’s Black Market is actually one of themost useful shopson Coral Island because it directly ties into yourMuseum collection. Ratih will sellfossils, geodes, coffers,andartifacts.
If you’remissinga museum item, and you are having trouble acquiring it the typical way, you should considerheading to Ratih’sto see if she has the item that you need. Just remember, she’ll ask for ahefty amount of Coral Coinsfor any item in her shop.
You shouldweigh up your prioritiesbefore you pay Ratih’s Black Market a visit. While you may want to fill in your collections quickly, your money may be better spent elsewhere, especially at thebeginning of the game.
When you buy an item from the Black Market, it willno longer be availableto you after the first purchase. That means that you canonly buy one of eachitem that Ratih sells in a single week. The items and item typeswill not replenish until the following week.
So, if you bought a coffer from the Black Market on Tuesday, you won’t be able to buy another until thefollowing Tuesday, and the coffer will still begrayed outin her inventory on Thursday and Friday of that week.
Fossils And Nodes
Two of the item types you will find in the Black market arefossils and fossil nodes. You can crack open fossil nodes at the Laboratory to reveal fossils.
You can find the following Fossil Nodes sold in Ratih’s Black Market:
3,000
Fossil Node (Gallimimus)
Fossil nodes are useful because they have achance of dropping more than one typeof fossil. If you’re missing a specific fossil and don’t feel like waiting around for it to show up in the Black Market, you may always take a chance andbuy a fossil node, in hopes that you will extract the fossil you are looking for.
If you’d rather wait for Ratih to have the fossil you’re missing, you can check this list offossils sold at Ratih’s Black Market:
2,740
3,940
2,860
4,210
2,820
2,640
3,840
2,950
4,390
2,920
3,970
2,650
2,940
4,260
2,890
2,770
2,760
2,800
2,710
4,270
4,000
2,830
3,820
2,980
2,620
3,880
2,680
3,910
4,240
3,790
Artifacts And Coffers
Another set of item types that you can buy from Ratih, arecoffers and artifacts. Coffers can bebroken opento receive certain artifacts. If you want to take a chance, you canbuy coffersand have theBlacksmithscrack them open for you.
You can buy the followingcoffersfrom Ratih for900 Coral Coins a piece:
900
Mysterious Coffer
Coffers willcontain artifactsand eachcoffer typewill containdifferent artifacts. Ratihdoes not sell every coffer typeand if you want a coffer like theMarble or Pirate Coffer, you will have to head to theocean to harvest itfrom trash nodes andOcean Caves.
5,880
2,520
1,220
4,200
1,260
5,220
3,600
4,800
7,320
3,150
4,500
8,370
3,360
4,830
Water Bottle
If you’re still struggling to get artifacts, and you don’t want to wait for the Black Market to refresh, remember thatcoffers drop artifacts, too. You might get lucky and get the artifact you need from a coffer you buy at the Black Market.
You can farm coffers inOcean Caves.
Geodes
Geodes are another crackable item type that you can buy from Ratih. To crack open geodes, take them to theBlacksmithon the north side of Coral Island. Geodes willcontain gemstones, so if you are missing gems for your museum collection, you shouldbuyand openas many geodes as possible.
Miscellaneous Items
The Black Market also sells some items thatdon’t fall into specific categories. Here are themiscellaneous itemsthat you can buy from Ratih’s Black Market:
Scrap x1
60
Scrap x5
90,000
9,000
600
Silver Kelp
1,500
you may only buy the Stamina fruitone timefrom Ratih’s Black Market. There is afinite amount of Stamina Fruitsavailable to you throughout the game, and eventually, you will hit a stamina level capas you collect all the Stamina Fruits.
