Quality of Life Update 2 is LIVE!

We’re excited to announce that Quality of Life Update 2 (QoL2) is LIVE NOW for both Steam and PlayStation 5! Finally, we welcome our PlayStation players back to the world of Evenor and are incredibly grateful for their patience in this complicated transition. This update will bring a host of new features and improvements, and will be the final update as Wayfinder prepares for the 1.0 release.

Multiplayer Features

Discord Invites: Steam players can now invite players to join your game directly through Discord, making it easier than ever to team up for quests and adventures. Simply create an open Discord invite, share it with your community, send an invite via Discord DM or request to join by right clicking a player’s username in the Discord!
Lobby Browser: The Lobby Browser feature has also undergone some under the hood upgrades and will be available for both PlayStation 5 and Steam Players! Customize your search criteria to find the perfect match for your play style or join random games for a spontaneous adventure. We’ve heard players want a quick way to get into lobbies with friends. We’re excited to share that with the release of 1.0 we’ll have lobby codes for quick and easy invites.
In-Game Chat: Communication is key in Wayfinder, and we’re adding in-game chat to help you strategize and socialize with ease. Whether you’re coordinating tactics or just catching up with friends, you’ll have more ways to stay connected.

Housing Expansion

With Hundreds of free housing collectables found throughout the world of Evenor, it’s about time you have enough space to show them off! In QoL 2, we’ve expanded the housing system! Personalize your in-game home like never before with a new multi-story apartment, featuring many rooms, vaulted ceilings and an airy balcony to take in the breathtaking views of Skylight. Your house will become a true reflection of your creativity, adventure and achievements.

World Scaling

In response to player feedback, we’ve added the option for world scaling to ensure a balanced experience across all areas of the game. This feature will adjust the level of enemies, difficulty of encounters, and level of loot based on your current level.

Improved Melee Combat Control

Based on feedback, we’ve made significant improvements to melee combat control, enhancing responsiveness and precision. Players will notice full freedom of direction of all attacks for the full animation of their swings all the way up to impact. Expect smoother and more fluid melee interactions, making it easier to land your attacks and execute combos effectively and removing some of the frustrating feelings of just missing a target that may have moved at the last second.

Improved Performance & UI Customization Options

We’re focused on optimizing performance and providing more customization and accessibility options for the user interface. Enjoy faster load times, reduced first-time shading stutters, as well as new settings to customize your performance and the ability to tailor your UI to your preferences.

A few of the new features include:

Enable or disable Shadows
Enable or disable Ambient Occlusion
Enable or disable Post Processing
Enable or disable Screen Shake
Hide HUD
Zoom to Cursor for pannable menus
Travel Countdown Timer for Co-op
Inventory Sorting Filters
Quick access to Resonance Caches for Wayfinders in the Character Menu

Steam Sale

Quality of Life 2 is a great time for new Wayfinders to jump in! On Steam; Wayfinder is currently on sale for its lowest price ever! Grab the game now to join the adventure and experience all the exciting updates firsthand. The sale is live on Steam from September 9th - September 16th

PlayStation 5 releases today

We’re thrilled to confirm that Wayfinder has officially rereleased on PlayStation 5 TODAY! with this update! Wayfinder has returned to the PlayStation Store, and for the first time ever, PlayStation 5 players can finally experience the whole new way to play, with the Wayfinder Echoes Update! Console players can now join the adventure with overhauled progression systems, tons of content and performance optimizations tailored for the PS5. As is the case with all players returning since the Echoes update, progress from the live service version of the game is incompatible with Wayfinder Echoes, but all Founder Items and the Runesilver make-good will automatically be granted shortly after completing the first Codex Halls Tutorial Expedition.

1.0 Release Date & Beyond

Finally, we’re excited to announce that Wayfinder will launch into 1.0 on October 21st 2024 on Steam and PlayStation 5, with a release on Xbox Series X|S and Epic Game Store in the following weeks!

It’s been a long road to get to 1.0, but we’re incredibly excited about the future of Wayfinder thanks to the awesome reception from the community. 1.0 will bring the largest update to Wayfinder and include the following.

A brand new Wayfinder
A brand new open world area
2 brand new Lost Zones
6 brand new weapons
New mounts, skins, housing items and more!

Following the 1.0 release, we’re planning another major update and we’re excited to confirm today one of the features will be full mod support for specific save files. With Mods, regardless of any additional content we may add, the game will continue to exist and thrive in the hands of the community. We’ve also heard that players want to directly support us and the development of Wayfinder outside of purchasing copies for friends and word of mouth. We’re humbled, but also committed to what we had said at the launch of Wayfinder Echoes – there will be no in-game microtransactions, but we’re looking at other ways for players to help support the game.

Wayfinder 1.0 will be here soon, and we’re excited for those who have been waiting for it on all platforms to finally jump in and experience the revamped action RPG. We believe this new version of the game is better than its predecessor, and with the changes we have planned, Wayfinder is poised for success for years to come.

What is The Echoes Update?

When online games such as Wayfinder reach the end of their service, they tend to disappear forever. This is the unfortunate reality when games lose funding, can't cover the costs of servers or staff, and face countless other challenges.

Having all played titles that have gone through this cycle, we wanted to take a different approach. We cherish the world our team has created and the characters we've introduced to our players, and we don't want them to be lost in the Gloom. Our goal is to leave players with a product they can enjoy indefinitely.

This shift enables the game to exist perpetually. Players can download it to play solo or enjoy co-op gameplay with up to two friends.

Besides all progress in the game being reset, Wayfinder Echoes introduces significant changes from the previous version of Wayfinder, those changes are outlined below.

Monetization & Founder’s Packs

All Founder’s Items (excluding currencies) are now available in-game for Founder’s Pack owners
- These items will be granted to you upon completing your first entry into the Gloom.
Reward Tower 1 & 2 are available in-game for all players
Completing quests and objectives grants keys, which can then be used to unlock rewards
All monetization has been removed from the game.
All content is now unlocked in-game via loot & rewards.
NEW! Founder’s Coins
- Founder's Coins are compensation and will be awarded to players according to the total lifetime amount of Runesilver they held in their wallet (including Runesilver from Founder’s Packs).
  - 500 Runesilver - 2400 Runesilver = 1 coin
  - 2500 - 4400 = 2 coins
  - 4500 - 6400 = 3 coins
  - 6500 - 8400 = 4 coins
  - 8500 - 10,400 = 5 coins
  - 10,500 - 12,400 = 6 coins
  - 12,500+ = 7 coins
Founder's Coins can be spent on exclusive rewards like Wayfinder Styles, Mounts, and Pets from a vendor in Skylight.
There are no other ways to get these items in-game.
Wayfinder token from Founder’s Packs are converted 1:1 to Founder’s Coins and are included in the amount you will receive upon login

Wayfinders

Niss, Silo, and Wingrave are unlocked upon completion of the tutorial.
NEW! Wayfinder Memories
- Collect all 10 memories to learn about each Wayfinder’s past before the Gloom!
NEW! Wayfinder Voices
- You’ll now hear your Wayfinder talk!
Additional characters can be discovered through playing, and also have guaranteed drops on specific bosses. These locations can be seen by visiting the Discovery Book in-game.
- Find and summon Kyros out of the Gloom.
- Unlock the secrets of the Deceivers to summon Senja from her mysterious confinement.
- Eradicate the Night’s Maw infestation to unleash the power of Venomess.
- Challenge the Bloodspawn to liberate Grendel from its grasp.

NEW! Wayfinder Rank

to incentivize players to experiment and branch out with their playstyle!

Caps at 30 Ranks.
An account wide XP bar that all Wayfinders can contribute to.
Each Rank grants a Talent Point to be spent in the Talent tree.
Certain Ranks will also give bonuses such as increased base stats, affinity points, echo capacity & slots, and archetype specific weapon masteries & defensive powers.
- Weapon Mastery system has been removed and consolidated into the Wayfinder Rank system.
NEW! Talents
to give players a way to customize their combat playstyle per Wayfinder!
A diverse talent constellation tailored uniquely to each of the 3 Wayfinder Archetypes.
Wayfinders within the same archetype will be able to manage their own individual talents.

Grendel

Grendel is an engine of destruction fueled by fury. Before the Fall he was an infamous warrior of the Maze, a brutal veteran of a hundred battles. He's more vicious than anything spawned by the Gloom, but he's on our side... for now.

(Passive) Blood Rage: Grendel enters into a Blood Rage when an enemy's guard is broken. While raging, Grendel gains increased damage and movement speed, and he takes less Break damage from incoming attacks.
Tremor: Stomp the floor, sending out a shockwave in a line, dealing high Break damage.
Whirlwind: Rapidly spin and strike all enemies around while moving for a short time.
Mighty Leap: Leap forward a short distance, damaging enemies around the landing point.
(Ultimate) Berserker Frenzy: Grendel explodes with rage, dealing heavy Break damage to enemies in a large area and causing Grendel to enter a Berserker Frenzy for 15 seconds. While frenzied, Grendel gains increased Weapon Power, Ability Power, Break Power, Movement Speed, and immunity to Break damage. When this state ends, Grendel explodes, dealing damage to enemies in a large area.

Loot & Progression

All cosmetic items and power items that we previously had are in-game drops with stats attached ala a traditional ARPG.
Increased drop rates of all items and loot across the board.
Added hundreds of secrets to find in each location, all with rewards for exploration.
Affinity Cap increased to 25.
- 3rd Affinity Perk unlocked at 25.
Gloomstone costs for Affinities has been reduced by ~50%.
Max Equip Level has been removed.
Difficulty Spheres have been removed and Player power will no longer scale down to any content.
Lost Zones and Hunts now have a min/max power range that will auto-scale the content to players within that range, granting better loot as it rises.
No minimum power level requirement to enter a Lost Zone or Hunt.
Crafting a Relic Accessory now creates it at the level of the current Wayfinder.
Echo Changes:
- Echoes are now uniquely equipped
  - You can only equip 1 echo from a certain creature.
- Slot types are now a requirement;
  - For example: Attack echoes can only be slotted into Attack slots.
- Cost of all echoes has been reduced by at least 50%, but no cost reduction bonus is applied when matching Echoes. (All echoes are essentially matching now).
  - Cross and Rush type echo costs have been reduced further.
- Echoes now drop at the appropriate content.
- Max rank is now 5.
  - All rarities can reach rank 5.
- Capacity cost will no longer increase when performing Echo Fusion.
- Rebalance of Echo slot types across the game.
- Rebalance of Echo Slot Types on Wayfinders and Weapons.
  - Moved some echo slots from weapon to Wayfinder progression.
  - Since weapons will be swapped out much more often, we wanted to reduce the time managing sockets when trying out a new weapon
- Echo limit is now 800
Consumable Updates:
- Simpler recipes and reduced total number of consumables.
- 30min durations that persist when traveling.
- 1 offensive, 1 defensive effect allowed at a time.
- 3% XP bonus added to each consumable effect.

NEW! Weapons

Weapons have undergone major changes from what they were before the Echoes update. Weapons have been converted to loot drops with fixed levels and stats. They can be found as drops, bought from vendors or as quest rewards.

Weapons no longer level up, but drop at different level ranges.
- Weapon XP Resonance Caches have been removed.
Echo slots are randomly rolled each time you loot a new weapon.
- Rush and Cross type echo slots are fixed.
Players can own multiples of the same weapon.
Awakening benefits all instances of the weapon.
Awakening levels are now easier to achieve.
- Weapon Essences have been removed.
Weapons that were previously cosmetic only skins will remain the same, however they can be found as loot throughout the game and applied in the style menu

Oh, also…

10 New Weapons!

NEW! Armor System

All styles & personas that were previously only available for purchase in the store have been converted to armor sets with stat bonuses.
Armor can drop, be bought from vendors or received as quest rewards.
Armors is collection based, so you only have to find each armor piece once.
- Each Wayfinder will launch with 9 armor sets, and each set is made up of 5 individual pieces that can be mixed and matched.
Once you add armor to your collection, you also receive that style to customize the look of the Wayfinder separate from the gear that you have equipped.
Additionally, each Wayfinder has 2 Persona Styles to unlock.
- You can unlock these via progression on that Wayfinder.
- Personas are purely cosmetic and complete skins.
Each Wayfinder now has a few additional hairstyles.

Expanded Main Story Quest

Wayfinder’s story has been refreshed to better accommodate players who’d prefer to jump straight into the action or dive deeper into the lore at their leisure. Significant updates to existing content have interwoven our Call of the Void and Loose Threads live events into the main story of the game, and new quest content has been added to the new Frostmarch overland area, leading to a grand finale in the Wayfinder’s fight against the Gloom.

New Hunts, Lost Zones and Quests added throughout the story line.

NEW! Frostmarch

The zone players Deepwood Holt has been massively expanded… we’re talking 3x the size of Highlands! What was Deepwood Holt is now a hub in the newly added overland Frostmarch! Players will find all the things that were previously in Deepwood Holt such as Graymourn, The Shrouded Woods, The Bone Orchard, The Hollow Heart, and Bal Duum Lost Zones.

The quests that were previously in Deepwood Holt have been overhauled to utilize the new zone.
3 New World Bosses
20+ quests and activities
20+ New Events
Marks Event Reward Currency
- Earn Marks by completing events in Frostmarch. Marks can be used to purchase Armor, Weapons, Cosmetics and Mounts from Warden Rust in Deepwood Holt.
New Patrol Quests
- Patrol quests are repeatable content that you can find throughout the zone.
- Completion of these rewards Marks

Housing, Jobs, Mutators

Housing

All housing items have been converted to loot drops throughout the game.
Now when you find a housing item, you also receive the recipe to create more.
20+ New housing items!
Increased Housing item limit!
Housing item limit raised from 125 to 550.
- 500 for decorations
- 50 for lighting items

Jobs:

Jobs now reward Helper Coins.
- Helper Queue has been removed.
Endlessly cycles as jobs are completed. There is no longer a wait period to pick-up new jobs from the job board.

Mutators:

The 3rd slot will now provide unique boons to players based on which imbuement was slotted.
Shadow’s Embrace: You periodically erupt with shadow energy, launching tentacles that leech health from enemies.
Gloom Collapse will remain as the only 3 slot mutator, which by default will always give the Shadow’s Embrace boon above.

Post Game

We’ve rebalanced the content up to and including Aturach the Deathless, and also added an Endgame system for those who want to be challenged!
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NEW! Mythic Hunts & Bounty Board!
- Once you have completed the Story, the Huntmaster in Skylight will offer you additional challenges…
- The Huntmaster will offer Mythic Hunt Bounties to defeat certain hunts with a specific Imbuement.
  - Completing bounties will reward Glory. Glory can be used to purchase the most powerful version of any weapon in the game and also something a bit more Heroic…
- Most Hunts from the game have a Mythic version to take down.
- 4 New Mythic only Hunts!
- Mythic Boss Loot Includes: Legendary Armor sets, Mythic Rush Echoes, Unique Cosmetics, New Weapons, Housing Items, Unique Mounts, Black Gloomstone and of course… glory!
Other Notes
- 10,000+ Bug fixes, updates, tweaks, and balance adjustments across the game.
- NEW! Difficulties
  - The difficulty setting can be changed at any time out of combat
  - Difficulty levels are Story, Normal, Challenging, Heroic.
- Swap Wayfinders and equipment at any time, even within a Lost Zone!
- Co-Op has been added.
  - You can invite your friends directly through the Steam Friends list, or when in-game, select Invite to Party
- Inventory item limit raised from X to Y
- Co-op Gloomgrasp updated so if you fail to revive a friend, it's not over!
  - The player’s Gloom Dagger will remain behind and can be interacted with to revive the player (with a longer timer than the gloomgrasp state).
- Added filters for selling items.
- Performance Improvements across the entire game.
- Steam Deck Verification.
- UI overhaul game-wide.
- Updated achievements.
- Crossplay is no longer supported.

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