1. Can you fly to different island for the wool? - In one run I spawned sheep from a chest from the 2017 map and it spawned a black sheep so I got my black wool that way for the IL's, would that even count?

2. Can you break the flowers on the ground and dye the wool?

I think you could but is that really faster? I’ve said this before but maybe we could have a 2018 only category and an any% category for the wool.

for some it is faster yes

Go for it then. This speedrunning community is really new and I'd love to see what strats you could bring to the table!