Apojii Islands

The Apojii Islands.

The Apojii Islands (ガラパス島 Garapas Island) are a small island archipelago in the Eastern Sea, as well as a village of the same name. It is one of several locations in Golden Sun: The Lost Age that become available once Felix's party sets sail on Piers' boat, and so it does not have to be visited at a predetermined point in the game.

The Archipelago

The Archipelago consists of numerous islands; only two are visitable.

Though the overworld map shows there to be many islands in the Apojii archipelago, only two can be visited: the northern one, which contains the village of the same name, and the southern (called Aqua Island), home to Aqua Rock. The islands rest on the edge of Gaia Falls, making it the easternmost location in Weyard. Unlike Prox, the residents of Apojii have little idea of the danger they are in.

Bestiary
Monster Name	LVL	HP	ATK	DEF	AGI	EXP	Coins	Weakness	Drop	Drop Rate
Alec Goblin	22	147	190	48	91	126	146		Smoke Bomb	1/32
Death Cap	22	117	159	19	90	48	56		Sleep Bomb	1/32
Dire Wolf	22	155	186	44	101	118	114		Weasel's Claw	1/32
Ghost Mage	22	161	168	43	86	80	110		Bramble Seed	1/16
Mad Vermin	22	131	164	22	67	55	80		Herb	1/32
Numb Ant	22	101	172	57	91	111	111		Bramble Seed	1/32
Ravager	22	189	185	47	60	90	95		Elixir	1/32
Undead	22	165	180	27	58	74	90		Antidote	1/16

Enemy Formations

• Group 1: Mad Vermin x1, Dire Wolf x0-1
• Group 2: Numb Ant x1, Death Cap x0-2
• Group 3: Dire Wolf x1-2
• Group 4: Dire Wolf x1, Numb Ant x0-2
• Group 5: Alec Goblin x1, Ravager x0-1
• Group 6: Alec Goblin x1, Dire Wolf x0-2
• Group 7: Ghost Mage x1, Undead x0-1
• Group 8: Undead x1, Numb Ant x0-2

The Village

For all NPC gossip, see Side Scripts.

The Apojii villagers live in an island paradise

There are two areas to Apojii Islands. The first area is the village itself, the second is alongside Gaia Falls, with nothing to find except a Bramble Seed and the Jupiter Djinni Haze (Haze cannot be reached without the Sand Psynergy). A river winds through the village, and in the center is a large blue teardrop-shaped rock called the Aqua Stone. A tradition in the village has men swim to Aqua Island when they come of age. Several villagers are curious about Aqua Rock and the moai statues that protect it and, as they suggest, the Aqua Stone is the key to Aqua Rock. By casting Douse on the Aqua Stone, the moai at the entrance to Aqua Rock move out of the way, allowing the party to explore Aqua Rock.

Vendors

The village's inn is the first building encountered upon entering the village and costs 14 coins per Adept.

General Store
Name	Class	Cost	Effect
Great Sword	Long Sword	7000	Attack +90
Armored Shell	Armor	3600	Defense +30
Knight's Shield	Shield	3000	Defense +28
Steel Helm	Helm	3100	Defense +27
Guardian Circlet	Circlet	3400	Defense +25
Herb	Consumable Item	10	Restore 50 HP to one Adept
Nut	Consumable Item	200	Restore 200 HP to one Adept
Antidote	Consumable Item	20	Cures Poison and Venom from one Adept
Elixir	Consumable Item	30	Removes Stun, Sleep, and Delusion from one Adept
Sacred Feather	Consumable Item	70	Temporarily lowers monster encounter rate
Artifacts
Dragon Axe	Axe	10300	Attack +100, Unleashes Heat Mirage
Angelic Ankh	Staff	6400	Attack +83, Unleashes Life Leech
Water of Life	Consumable Item	3000	Revives a fallen Adept

Collectables

• Bramble Seed: Found by using Cyclone on the easternmost weeds in the second area.
• 32 Coins: Found in a barrel in the hut in the upper right part of the first area.
• 182 Coins: Found in a jar to the left of the lower left house.
• Herb: Found by using Cyclone on the weeds south of the Aqua Stone and north of the river.
• Mint: Found by using Cyclone on the lower right weeds in the first area (near the entrance to the second area).

Trivia

• The girl running the shop mentions a place called Garapas. This is a translation error: Garapas is the Japanese name for Apojii, and is presumably derived from the name of the Galapagos Islands.
• Despite being near Aqua Rock, no one in Apojii seems to possess Psynergy. Like Kibombo though, there is a tradition of journeying to Aqua Rock as a coming-of-age ceremony.

Cultural references

Geographically, the Apojii Islands are the Weyard equivalent of the Galápagos Islands. The islands' Japanese name, Garapas, is further evidence of this connection. Seemingly, the world was cut just west of South America when modifying it into a flat planet for the sake of the series' map.

Their English name, instead of a real-world location, instead refers to how far away it is from the rest of Weyard; "Apojii" comes from the word "apogee", broadly meaning the climax or culmination of something, but usually more specifically referring to the point in the Moon's orbit where it's farthest from the Earth.