Gem birds ginger island

[LYNN GRABKO]

I can’t get the correct spaces to put the gems on ginger island. Will someone please share the correct gems and where they go? Thank you for your help!

 

[Mango Choo-choo]

A hidden path to the east in the jungle leads to an area with a shrine and four pedestals. The entrance is one square south of the parrot express kiosk and all the way to the east. Each pedestal has an image carved in stone in front of it that corresponds to a section of the island. Interacting with the shrine shows the following message:

"When dark clouds cry, begin your quest
To seek the fabled gem-birds four
Each day, one north, south, east, or west
Arrange their gifts upon my door"
On rainy days, a single Gem Bird appears in one randomly-selected region of the island (north, south, east, or west). Approaching the Gem Bird causes it to fly away, dropping a gemstone as it does so. The player must collect this gemstone and place it on the bird statue at the shrine that corresponds to the island region in which the Gem Bird appeared.

Gem Birds always appear in at the specific location for their associated island region:

North: South of the Island Field Office Tent.
East: In the middle of the path in the jungle towards Leo's hut.
South: To the southwest of the beach near the docks.
West: West across the river from the farm, east of Birdie's Hut, at the pond.
The arrangement of the pictures and pedestals corresponds to the traditional compass rose, with north at the top (volcano: north, waves: south, palm tree: east, heart: west). There are five possible gems: Amethyst, Aquamarine, Emerald, Ruby, and Topaz. When all 4 pedestals have been filled correctly, the shrine activates and gives the player 5 Golden Walnuts.

Notes:

The weather on the island does not correspond to the weather in Stardew Valley. TV weather forecasts show the daily forecast for Ginger Island beginning the day after the player first visits the island.
A Rain Totem can be used while on the island to force the birds to appear the next day.
Birds will still appear and drop additional gems even after the puzzle has been solved. The puzzle reward occurs only once per save file, although the statues may still (incorrectly) display plus signs while the player is holding a valid gem near one.
There are five types of gem bird, each leaving its own type of gem. Of these five, four are randomly selected and assigned randomly to the compass direction where they will appear. Random selection and assignment is accomplished once per save file and is in place before the player first visits Ginger Island on a rainy day.
The gems placed do not need to be the same ones dropped by the birds - a gem of the correct type from any source will work. Further, a bird need not even be approached; The gems can be guessed (there are 2, 6, 24, or 120 possible combinations depending on how many birds have been approached so far).

Copied from Wiki, I am not sure if it is helpful.

 

[Ereo]

It’s different for every save file. You have to wait for rain (or use rain totems on finger island).

once you got two correct it’s easy to try out the others.

 

[One More Day]

The birds and their gems are geographically linked to the points of the compass in which they are dropped, but the gems change at random for each save

So, you have to take careful note of which gem was dropped where

The bird that drops on the beach, that gem goes on the South pedestal
The bird that drops across the river from the farm, that gem goes on the West pedestal
The bird that drops near the professor's field hut, that gem goes on the North pedestal
The bird that drops in the jungle area, that gem goes on the East pedestal

Best bet is to go to the shrine and place each gem as soon as you receive it

If you want to force rain on Ginger Island, to get the birds to drop every day, you can use rain totems on the island for as many days as it takes to get one bird in each of the four locations

 

[FilthyGorilla]

You can also brute force it by placing the gems in whichever order and changing a single one at a time, slowly eliminating each option. Definitely wait until you've found 1-2 first though, as otherwise you'll be potentially doing 100+ combinations before you land on the right one

 

[LYNN GRABKO]

Thank you, Does each day on Ginger Island change what gems go where?
Thank you all!

 

[LYNN GRABKO]

You can also brute force it by placing the gems in whichever order and changing a single one at a time, slowly eliminating each option. Definitely wait until you've found 1-2 first though, as otherwise you'll be potentially doing 100+ combinations before you land on the right one

How do you know if a gem is in the right place?

 

[MogBeoulve]

Thank you, Does each day on Ginger Island change what gems go where?
Thank you all!

No, the arrangement will stay the same for the entire save file. You'll just end up finding different birds on different days. Note that this means you'll still find them after solving the puzzle.

 

[FilthyGorilla]

How do you know if a gem is in the right place?

The point of brute forcing is you dont

you test each possibility in an orderly fashion in order to determine which combinations aren’t correct, and land upon the right one (which will trigger getting the walnut reward) at some point.

to test in the orderly fashion start with any random order then start changing the last stone, then the 2 last ones, then all the combinations of the 3 last ones, and so on.

here’s an example with 3 slots and 4 gems (ruby, aquamarine, emerald, amethyst):
Ruby, aquamarine, emerald
Ruby, aquamarine, amethyst
Ruby, emerald, aquamarine
Ruby, emerald, amethyst
Ruby, amethyst, aquamarine,
Ruby, amethyst, emerald
Aquamarine, emerald, amethyst
….
And so on, you can see why it’s good to brute force if you only have 1-3 slots left as there are just too many options without knowing one