How many Contribution Bins are there in Loftia?
Nine: three Global Village Bins in Loftia City, three Floating Village Bins in the Hanging Gardens and three Museum Bins in the Gridfall. Each level is a separate bin in a different place.
Loftia Contribution Bins: Where They Are and What They Want
Loftia has nine Contribution Bins, three in each district, and each one is its own bin in its own place. Lv.1, Lv.2 and Lv.3 are three separate bins, not one bin that levels up.
Loftia Contribution Bins in short
For the rest of our Loftia guides, start at the Loftia guide hub.
- Loftia City: three Global Village Bins take cooked dishes.
- The Hanging Gardens: three Floating Village Bins take fish and other water life.
- The Gridfall: three Museum Bins take artifacts from Urbex.
- Every 24 hours each bin asks for a new pair of items, and each finished request pays 10 Sols.
- The Lv.3 bins open after the quest Mending What's Broken, which also gives you the Propeller recipe. Players use the Propeller to reach the Lv.3 bin in Loftia City.
Loftia Contribution Bins at a glance
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Bins | Nine: three in Loftia City, three in the Hanging Gardens, three in the Gridfall. Source: Game files. |
| New requests | Every 24 hours; players report the change at 03:00 UTC. Source: Game files and player reports. |
| Reward | 10 Sols for each finished request. Source: Game files. |
| Opening quests | Global Village: Kun's side quest The Shared Table; the Floating Village and Museum bins: the main story. Source: Game files. |
| Daily Summary | Lists today's requests once you have Your Daily Do-Good or The Shared Table. Source: Game files. |
| World Maintenance | Each district's three bins push one weekly effort that sets Kun's prices, fishing spots or artifact spots. Source: Game files. |
Where every Loftia Contribution Bin is
Each bin stands in a different spot in its district. The game names the place in each bin's description; the landmarks in the last column come from players, and we only list a landmark when at least two players describe it the same way.
| Bin | District | Where the game puts it | What players report |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Village Bin Lv.1 | Loftia City | The Global Village | Between Kun and Jun |
| Global Village Bin Lv.2 | Loftia City | The park, "a place for fostering relationships, dancing, or just chilling" | — |
| Global Village Bin Lv.3 | Loftia City | The Scrap Quarter | High up between the Scrap Quarter and the Adventure Dock |
| Floating Village Bin Lv.1 | Hanging Gardens | The Floating Village | Near Kassim |
| Floating Village Bin Lv.2 | Hanging Gardens | The Central Lake | On the island in the Central Lake |
| Floating Village Bin Lv.3 | Hanging Gardens | "the Overgrowth's secluded ponds and streams" | — |
| Museum Bin Lv.1 | Gridfall | The Museum | Inside the museum; the Museum Research Station is outside |
| Museum Bin Lv.2 | Gridfall | The Historical Quarter | By the Treasure Hunt area |
| Museum Bin Lv.3 | Gridfall | The Concrete Jungle | — |
-
Contribution Bin marker
Players find the bins by this marker on each district's map, so open the map first if you are hunting for one.
Getting up to Global Village Bin Lv.3. Several players have asked how to get up to this one. It sits high up between the Scrap Quarter and the Adventure Dock. Players report two ways up: fly there with the Propeller, the upgrade to the Glider, or parkour up to it. The bin only opens after Mending What's Broken, and that quest is also what gives you the Propeller recipe, so by the time the bin is open you can craft the tool that reaches it.
One bin per level. Finishing Lv.1 does not turn the same bin into Lv.2. The Lv.2 and Lv.3 bins are elsewhere in the district, and the game describes them as places of their own: "The Central Lake is the gravitational center of biodiversity in the Hanging Gardens," and "The Concrete Jungle is a reminder of the extreme heights the old civilization tried to reach." The districts' other places are on our Hanging Gardens places list and Gridfall places list.
When each Contribution Bin opens
You can't donate until the story reaches a bin. The conditions come from each bin's settings in the game files:
- Global Village Bin Lv.1: during Kun's side quest The Shared Table, once you reach the step "Donate to the Global Village". Kun gives the quest after Adventure Awaits!.
- Global Village Bin Lv.2: also needs Everything Is Connected to have started.
- Global Village Bin Lv.3: also needs Mending What's Broken to be finished.
- Floating Village Bin Lv.1: after you finish A Call From the Gardens.
- Floating Village Bin Lv.2: as soon as Everything Is Connected starts.
- Floating Village Bin Lv.3: after Mending What's Broken.
- Museum Bin Lv.1 and Lv.2: after you finish Everything Is Connected.
- Museum Bin Lv.3: after Mending What's Broken.
When a level opens the game tells you: "You can now contribute to World Maintenance efforts via Lv.1 Contribution Bins!", and later "You can now make additional contributions to World Maintenance efforts via Lv.2 Contribution Bins!" and the same for Lv.3.
Two side quests ask you to donate once. In The Shared Table, Kun sends you to check on Jun, then to "Donate to the Global Village", then back to Jun with the good news; it rewards the Garden Salad recipe. In Community Effort, Kassim asks you to "Donate to a contribution bin" to test his theory that "every contribution nourishes Loftia's entire ecosystem". Both quests are on our quest lists: Loftia City side quests and Hanging Gardens quests.
What the Global Village bins ask for
Each request at a Global Village Bin is two different dishes, one of each. Every request comes from that bin's own list: Lv.1 draws from 13 dishes, Lv.2 from 24 and Lv.3 from 22, and no dish appears on two levels. The game's own line for these bins is "Daily food contributions keep Loftians fed and inspired with the tastiest recipes."
| Dish | Asked for by |
|---|---|
 Carrot Cake | Lv.1 |
 Carrot Soup | Lv.1 |
 Chef Salad | Lv.1 |
 Creamy Summer Soup | Lv.1 |
 Fried Eggs | Lv.1 |
 Fries | Lv.1 |
 Fruit Smoothie | Lv.1 |
 Mush & Chips | Lv.1 |
 Potato Soup | Lv.1 |
 Power Smoothie | Lv.1 |
 Shakshuka | Lv.1 |
 Tomato Soup | Lv.1 |
 Veggie Egg Scramble | Lv.1 |
 Banana Curry | Lv.2 |
 Banana Pudding | Lv.2 |
 Bioluminescent Ivy Soup | Lv.2 |
 Blooming Onion | Lv.2 |
 Cauli Bites | Lv.2 |
 Chocolate Cake | Lv.2 |
 Chocolate Porridge | Lv.2 |
 Cinnamon Rolls | Lv.2 |
 Cinnamon Tea | Lv.2 |
 Coconut Water | Lv.2 |
 Croissant | Lv.2 |
 Eggnog | Lv.2 |
 Eggplant Tagine | Lv.2 |
 Flaxseed Bread | Lv.2 |
 Fruit Salad | Lv.2 |
 Hot Chocolate | Lv.2 |
 Mushroom Milanese | Lv.2 |
 Mushroom Soup | Lv.2 |
 Onion Soup | Lv.2 |
 Pancakes | Lv.2 |
 Ratatouille | Lv.2 |
 Spaghetti al Pomodoro | Lv.2 |
| Sweet Porridge | Lv.2 |
 Waffles | Lv.2 |
 Baba Ganoush | Lv.3 |
 Chakalaka | Lv.3 |
 Chili Soup | Lv.3 |
 Congee | Lv.3 |
 Ful Medames | Lv.3 |
 Gimbap | Lv.3 |
 Miso Soup | Lv.3 |
 Mushroom Stir-fry | Lv.3 |
 Nasi Lemak | Lv.3 |
 Omurice | Lv.3 |
 Oyster Mushroom Gyoza | Lv.3 |
| Pineapple Cake | Lv.3 |
 Pineapple Fried Rice | Lv.3 |
 Pineapple Skewer | Lv.3 |
 Radish Kimchi | Lv.3 |
 Rice Pudding | Lv.3 |
| Summer Salad | Lv.3 |
 Sweet Soymilk | Lv.3 |
 Tamago Sushi | Lv.3 |
 Tomato Basil Soup | Lv.3 |
 Tropical Smoothie | Lv.3 |
 Winter Soup | Lv.3 |
Where each recipe comes from, and what it takes to cook, is on our Loftia recipes list.
What the Floating Village bins ask for
A Floating Village request is two kinds of catch, two to five of each. The bins take more than fish: frogs, turtles, corals and sea cucumbers are on the lists too. The game says "Daily fish contributions keep the delicate balance of species in check."
| Catch | Asked for by | How many each time |
|---|---|---|
 Allis Shad | Lv.1 | 4–5 |
 Atlantic Salmon | Lv.1 | 4 |
 Atlantic Sturgeon | Lv.1 | 3 |
 Bahia Brain Coral | Lv.1 | 2–3 |
 Giant Sea Bass | Lv.1 | 2 |
 Ivell's Sea Anemone | Lv.1 | 2 |
 Japanese Spiky Sea Cucumber | Lv.1 | 2–3 |
 Nassau Grouper | Lv.1 | 3 |
 Rainbow Trout | Lv.1 | 2–3 |
 Seventyfour Seabream | Lv.1 | 3 |
 Southern Bluefin Tuna | Lv.1 | 2 |
 Sunflower Sea Star | Lv.1 | 2 |
 Bia Goby | Lv.2, Lv.3 | 3 |
 Corroboree Frog | Lv.2 | 3 |
 Dalhousie Catfish | Lv.2 | 2–3 |
 European Mudminnow | Lv.2, Lv.3 | 3–4 |
 Green Turtle | Lv.2 | 3 |
 Hawksbill Turtle | Lv.2 | 2–3 |
 Leafy Sea Dragon | Lv.2, Lv.3 | 2 |
 Moapa Dace | Lv.2 | 3 |
 Red Handfish | Lv.2 | 2–3 |
 Splendid Poison Frog | Lv.2 | 3 |
 Splendid Toadfish | Lv.2, Lv.3 | 2–3 |
 Spring Pygmy Sunfish | Lv.2 | 3 |
 Blind Cave Brotula | Lv.3 | 2 |
 Blind Cave Eel | Lv.3 | 2–3 |
 Haditha Cavefish | Lv.3 | 3 |
 Texas Blind Salamander | Lv.3 | 2–3 |
Lv.3 asks for cave species such as the Blind Cave Eel, the Haditha Cavefish and the Texas Blind Salamander, and four catches turn up on both Lv.2 and Lv.3: Bia Goby, European Mudminnow, Leafy Sea Dragon and Splendid Toadfish. Where to catch each one is on our list of every Loftia fish.
What the Museum bins ask for
A Museum request is two artifacts, one to four of each, and it often mixes Used and Spotless ones. In the game's words, "Daily artifacts contributions keep Old Earth's history alive through its many treasured objects."
| Artifact | Asked for by | How many each time |
|---|---|---|
 Spotless Fidget Spinner | Lv.1 | 1–2 |
 Spotless Gone Fishin' | Lv.1 | 1 |
 Spotless Kevin Says | Lv.1 | 1 |
 Spotless Lava Lamp | Lv.1 | 1 |
 Spotless Puzzle Cube | Lv.1 | 1–2 |
 Spotless Ring Toss | Lv.1 | 1 |
 Used Fidget Spinner | Lv.1 | 2 |
 Used Gone Fishin' | Lv.1 | 2 |
 Used Kevin Says | Lv.1 | 1 |
 Used Lava Lamp | Lv.1 | 1 |
 Used Puzzle Cube | Lv.1 | 2 |
 Used Ring Toss | Lv.1 | 2 |
 Spotless Action Figure | Lv.2 | 2 |
 Spotless Fooby | Lv.2 | 1 |
 Spotless Game Cartridge | Lv.2 | 1 |
 Spotless Lofufu | Lv.2 | 1 |
 Spotless Pet Pal | Lv.2 | 1–2 |
 Spotless Rubber Duck | Lv.2 | 1 |
 Spotless Ruby Doll | Lv.2 | 2 |
 Used Action Figure | Lv.2 | 3 |
 Used Fooby | Lv.2 | 2 |
 Used Game Cartridge | Lv.2 | 2–3 |
 Used Lofufu | Lv.2 | 2 |
 Used Pet Pal | Lv.2 | 2 |
 Used Rubber Duck | Lv.2 | 2 |
 Used Ruby Doll | Lv.2 | 3 |
 Spotless Blockia 3310 | Lv.3 | 2 |
 Spotless Boombox | Lv.3 | 2 |
 Spotless Floppy Disk | Lv.3 | 2 |
 Spotless Game Guy | Lv.3 | 2 |
 Spotless Techshot | Lv.3 | 2 |
 Spotless Walkboy | Lv.3 | 3 |
 Spotless YouPod | Lv.3 | 2 |
 Used Blockia 3310 | Lv.3 | 3 |
 Used Boombox | Lv.3 | 4 |
 Used Floppy Disk | Lv.3 | 3 |
 Used Game Guy | Lv.3 | 2 |
 Used Techshot | Lv.3 | 2 |
 Used Walkboy | Lv.3 | 4 |
 Used YouPod | Lv.3 | 3 |
Each level draws from one kind of Urbex room: Lv.1 from the Underground's toys and games, Lv.2 from the Residential rooms' dolls and toys, and Lv.3 from the Office rooms' music players, phones and handheld consoles. Battered artifacts never come up. Which artifact spots give which grade, and where each artifact turns up, is on our list of every Loftia artifact.
When requests change and what you earn
Every bin gets a new request every 24 hours, and you fill each bin once per request: players report that a bin takes one donation a day, and that the new requests arrive at 03:00 UTC. The game reminds you that "Contribution requests change daily, so be sure to keep an eye out and check frequently for new requests!", and warns that "sometimes they're a bit trickier than usual."
Each finished request pays 10 Sols, whichever bin it is. With all nine bins open, that is up to 90 Sols a day from bins alone. The game calls Sols a "Seasonal currency, earned as a reward for contributing to World Progress" and says "Contribution Bins are also one of the main ways to get Sols, which you can use to claim Community Rewards." World Projects pay Sols as well. What Sols buy is in our guide to Community Rewards.
Check every request in the Daily Summary
You don't have to walk to a bin to see what it wants. The Daily Summary in the game menu shows "World Projects and World Maintenance for today", with a timer that reads "New requests in" and the hours and minutes left.
The Daily Summary starts locked. It opens when you have either Amani's side quest Your Daily Do-Good or Kun's The Shared Table; Your Daily Do-Good is covered in our Your Daily Do-Good guide.
Players report that the Daily Summary lists only three bins at a time next to the World Project, not all nine, so it can leave out a bin you have open. The bins it skips are still there; check the map for their markers.
What World Maintenance does
Your donations also count toward World Maintenance, a weekly effort for each district. The three bins in a district all feed the same effort, and at the end of the week the effort is rated Bad, Average or Good for the next week. The game says it in these words: "The Global Village is thriving and full of visitors thanks to last week's generous contributions!" The game's settings put the weekly change on Mondays at 03:00 UTC.
Global Village (the three Global Village Bins) sets Kun's prices:
- Bad: "As a result, items in Kun's shop are more expensive this week."
- Average: "As a result, Kun's shop is selling items at their normal prices this week."
- Good: "As a result, Kun's shop is selling items at a discount this week!"
| Kun's Recipe Shop | Bad week | Average week | Good week |
|---|---|---|---|
| First recipes (Fries, Fried Eggs, Shakshuka …) | 40 Dew | 30 Dew | 20 Dew |
| After A Call From the Gardens | 100 Dew | 80 Dew | 60 Dew |
| After Everything Is Connected | 300 Dew | 250 Dew | 200 Dew |
| After Mending What's Broken | 600 Dew | 500 Dew | 400 Dew |
The full recipe list is on our Loftia recipes list.
Fish Repopulation Effort (the three Floating Village Bins) sets the Hanging Gardens fishing spots:
- Bad: "As a result, there are less Uncommon and Rare fishing spots throughout the Hanging Gardens."
- Average: "As a result, there are more Uncommon fishing spots throughout the Hanging Gardens."
- Good: "As a result, there are more Uncommon and Rare fishing spots throughout the Hanging Gardens."
Museum Artifact Hunt (the three Museum Bins) sets the Urbex artifact spots:
- Bad: "As a result of the declining knowledge of Old Earth history, it's harder to find Uncommon and Rare artifact spots in urbex."
- Average: "As a result of the interest in Old Earth history, it's easier to find Uncommon artifact spots in urbex."
- Good: "As a result of all the hype around Old Earth, it's easier to find Uncommon and Rare artifact spots in urbex."
The rating comes from everyone's donations, not yours alone: in the game's words, the village runs smoothly "thanks to last week's community contributions."
Version notes and limits
The game files place each bin by its description, not by a map position, so the landmarks on this page come from players; we have no shared landmark yet for Global Village Bin Lv.2 or Floating Village Bin Lv.3. We have not seen how the Daily Summary picks its three bins, or whether every player gets the same request on the same day. We will reread the bin, request and World Maintenance tables when an Early Access patch changes them.
Loftia Contribution Bins FAQ
How do I reach the Contribution Bin on the platform in the Scrap Quarter?
That is Global Village Bin Lv.3. Players reach it with the Propeller, the Glider upgrade whose recipe you get from Mending What's Broken, or by parkour. The bin only opens after that quest.
Where is Museum Bin Lv.1?
Inside the museum in the Gridfall. The Museum Research Station stands outside the building, so look past it.
Why is a Contribution Bin still locked?
Its story quest isn't far enough yet. All three Global Village Bins first need Kun's side quest The Shared Table up to its donation step. The Lv.2 bins need Everything Is Connected (started for Loftia City and the Hanging Gardens, finished for the Gridfall), and every Lv.3 bin needs Mending What's Broken finished.
How often can I donate to a Contribution Bin?
Once per request, and each bin gets one new request every 24 hours. Players report that the new requests arrive at 03:00 UTC.
How many Sols can I get from Contribution Bins a day?
10 Sols per finished request, so up to 90 Sols a day once all nine bins are open. World Projects pay Sols on top of that.
What are Sols for?
Sols buy items from the Community Rewards, the season's reward track.
Why does the Daily Summary only show three bins?
Players report it lists three bins at a time, not all nine. The other bins still take donations; find them by their map markers.
What is the difference between a Contribution Bin and the Shipping Bin?
The Shipping Bin sells your crops and dishes for Dew: "Shipping crops and other goods to the city will net you some Dews." Contribution Bins take a set request and pay Sols. Selling is covered in our guide to how selling works.
Is a Contribution Bin the same as a World Project?
No. A World Project is a server-wide build that you donate to through a Project Bot: "Approach a Project Bot to check what contributions are needed today." Contribution Bins are the nine district bins on this page.
Sources and version history for this guide: Loftia sources and versions.
Spot an error or a post-patch change? See how we label evidence and handle corrections in the Editorial Policy.