# Top 5 Skyblock Island Upgrades to Buy First on TalonMC By the TalonMC team · Published 28 October 2026 **Short answer:** On TalonMC (play.talonmc.net) Skyblock, spend your first Upgrade Points on Spawner Limit, then Hopper Limit, Cobblestone Generator, Minion Limit and Crop Growth. Those five turn your island into an income engine; Warp Limit, Team Size and Generator Limit can wait until your farms are running. **Server IP:** `play.talonmc.net` (Java) · Bedrock: same address, port `19132` **On this page** - [How island upgrades work](#how-island-upgrades-work) - [1. Spawner Limit](#1-spawner-limit) - [2. Hopper Limit](#2-hopper-limit) - [3. Cobblestone Generator](#3-cobblestone-generator) - [4. Minion Limit](#4-minion-limit) - [5. Crop Growth](#5-crop-growth) - [How to earn Upgrade Points faster](#how-to-earn-upgrade-points-faster) - [What can wait](#what-can-wait) - [After upgrades: island prestige and milestones](#after-upgrades-island-prestige-and-milestones) - [FAQ](#faq) - [More for Skyblock players](#more-for-skyblock-players) - [Play on TalonMC](#play-on-talonmc) TalonMC Skyblock is RPG Skyblock, now on Season 9: five skills, 120 custom enchants and an island that earns money while you are on it. Island upgrades decide how big that money engine can get. They are bought with Upgrade Points, which you earn by levelling up your island, and you open them with `/is upgrades`. Points are limited early, so order matters. This list ranks the eight island upgrades by how much they help a new island, using what each one does in the game code. The exact point cost of each level is shown in the upgrade menu. ## How island upgrades work Island XP comes from skill actions done on your own island: farming, killing mobs and the rest. Levelling the island gives Upgrade Points. Smaller islands need less XP per level, so a solo island is not left behind by a big co-op team. There are eight upgrades in total: - **Spawner Limit**: 15 levels, 125 spawners rising by 5,000 per level to 75,125. - **Hopper Limit**: 10 levels, 5 to 55 chunk hoppers. - **Cobblestone Generator**: 15 levels of better generator blocks. - **Minion Limit**: 5 levels, 5 to 30 minions. - **Crop Growth**: 5 levels, up to 1.4x growth speed. - **Warp Limit**: 5 levels, 1 to 6 island warps. - **Team Size**: 1 level, 7 to 8 members. - **Generator Limit**: 2 levels, 3 to 5 Random Generators. The full table is on the [islands, upgrades and island top page](https://www.talonmc.net/skyblock/islands/). ## 1. Spawner Limit Your island's long-term income is a spawner farm: stacked spawners feed mobs into a farm, chunk hoppers collect the drops and auto sell chests sell them on a timer. Spawners stack up to 250 per block (400 if the island owner has Plus), but the island total starts at just 125. New players hit that wall quickly. The one-time Catchup kit in `/freekits` alone gives 32 Villager Spawners, and early Farming and other skill rewards add Iron Golem and Villager spawners on top. Each Spawner Limit level adds 5,000 to the cap, so the first level removes the problem for a long time. That is why it goes first. Remember that spawners only run while someone is in your island world, so the farm earns while you or an island member is there. [Spawners, minions and sell chests](https://www.talonmc.net/skyblock/spawners/). ## 2. Hopper Limit A chunk hopper collects every dropped item in its chunk, and a farm without one is just mobs on the floor. You start with 5 hoppers, and each Hopper Limit level adds 5, up to 55. Pair each hopper with an **Auto Sell Chest**, which sells everything inside it on a timer: every 15 seconds for Common, down to every 0.1 seconds for Mythical. A **Collector Chest** places a Common Sell Chest with a Tier 1 Chunk Hopper on top in one go; there is one in the Catchup kit. Once your spawners are spread across more than a handful of chunks, you need this upgrade to keep every farm selling. ## 3. Cobblestone Generator This upgrade unlocks better blocks from your cobblestone generator: iron ore from level 1, gold from level 3, diamond from level 5, emerald from level 7 and diamond blocks from level 11. It ranks this high because of the next upgrade. The Mining Minion, Skyblock's only minion type, works in front of a cobblestone generator, so every level here raises what each minion earns. Its Fortune enchant multiplies ores mined and Auto Smelt (from tier 6) smelts them, both of which are worth more on better ores. ## 4. Minion Limit Mining Minions add passive income in front of a cobblestone generator. They come in Common, Rare and Legendary rarity, upgrade through tiers 1 to 10 with money and skill coins, and can store their output in a linked chest. The island cap starts at 5 minions and rises to 30 with five levels of Minion Limit. Buy it once your Cobblestone Generator is past the early levels and you have more minions than slots. Minions are earned as rewards, so check what you actually own before spending points here. ## 5. Crop Growth Farming is the easiest skill to start, because you can do it on your own island from level 1, and Farming actions on your island also earn island XP. Crop Growth makes crops grow faster, up to 1.4x across five levels. Faster crops mean more Crop Coins and more Farming XP per minute from the same farm. It sits fifth only because spawner farms are the bigger long-term earner. If you mostly farm, move it up. ## How to earn Upgrade Points faster Every upgrade above is paid with Upgrade Points, so the real bottleneck is island XP. A few habits help: - **Do your skill grinding at home.** Island XP comes from skill actions done on your own island, so farming crops and killing spawner mobs there counts twice: once for your skill and once for the island. - **Watch the event rotation.** Every 30 minutes the server rolls 3 events from a pool that includes Island Growth, Skill Training and Coin Frenzy. Check `/events` and grind while the matching boost is running. - **Bring friends, or stay solo on purpose.** A co-op island has more members doing skill actions, while a solo island needs less XP per level. Both are valid paths; the weekly island top even has a separate Solo board. - **Claim your skill rewards.** Early Farming, Combat and other skill milestones in `/skills` hand out spawners and Collector Chests, which are exactly what the first two upgrades make room for. ## What can wait - **Generator Limit** (3 to 5 Random Generators). Random Generators produce value blocks, which raise island worth for the weekly island top. Buy it when you start competing; it does not add money. - **Team Size** (7 to 8 members). Only useful once your co-op island is actually full. - **Warp Limit** (1 to 6 warps). Nice for visitors, but no income. ## After upgrades: island prestige and milestones Island level is capped by island prestige: 100 at P0, then 200, 500 and finally 1,750. Each island prestige gives one point for a permanent +5% boost to sell-chest money, spawner production or crop sales, and you keep your island, level, upgrades and worth. Island milestones in `/is milestones` track what the whole island does across five tracks, and completing them unlocks permanent sell boosts that stack to +55%. Both make the upgrades above pay more. Season 9 also runs weekly Solo and Co-op island tops that reset every Saturday at 3:10 PM Eastern. New to Skyblock? Read the [Skyblock beginner's guide](https://www.talonmc.net/skyblock/beginners-guide/) and the [money-making guide](https://www.talonmc.net/skyblock/making-money/), or see how the mode compares on our [Skyblock server comparison](https://www.talonmc.net/blog/best-minecraft-skyblock-servers/). ## FAQ **What island upgrade should I buy first on TalonMC Skyblock?** Spawner Limit. Your island starts with a 125-spawner cap, and the Catchup kit alone gives 32 Villager Spawners. Each level adds 5,000 to the cap. **How do I get Upgrade Points on Skyblock?** Level up your island. Island XP comes from skill actions done on your own island, and smaller islands need less XP per level. **How many chunk hoppers can I place?** You start with 5. Each Hopper Limit level adds 5, up to 55. **What does the Cobblestone Generator upgrade do?** It unlocks better generator blocks: iron ore from level 1, gold from level 3, diamond from level 5, emerald from level 7 and diamond blocks from level 11. **How many minions can I have on my island?** Five to start, rising to 30 with the Minion Limit upgrade. **Does island prestige reset my upgrades?** No. You keep your island, level, XP, upgrades, worth and weekly competition progress, and each prestige gives a point for a permanent +5% boost. **Where do I buy island upgrades?** Open /is upgrades. 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