The game is now in maintenance for about one hour, and the maintenance should end around 15:00 UTC+0.

Hello! We are now updating the game to version +332 which adds several fixes, both bigger and smaller, to the game. This update also adds language setting to the Settings menu, and you can change to any of these languages:

• English
• German
• Spanish
• Italian
• Finnish
• Polish

We will be adding more languages in the future as the languages on Weblate go above 50% translated mark, and from these translation the German is most comprehensive at the moment. If you’d like to help with the translations, please join our Discord server from https://walkscape.app and check out the #localization-game and #localization-announcements. You can check those out for info and communicating with other translators, and instructions on how to help out can be found here: https://wiki.walkscape.app/wiki/Localization

Changelogs

Added

• Job listing shows how many of the requested item you have in the inventory and bank
• Added simple button to pen the Journal tab to job list view
• Buffs are now listed for consumables in WalkPedia
• Added ability to change language (Finnish, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish). Let us know if you want to help translating!

Changed

• Changed the world map cancel button to back
• A long list of balance changes added by Floursifter and Maxchill

Fixed

• Fixed the bug where game would crash when removing required items (for instance, skiis when traveling a route that requires skiis)
• Fixed that now any activity get instantly cancelled when requirements are no longer met
• Fixed WalkPedia performance issues
• Fixed the consumables disappearing from slot view if the last one is consumed
• Fixed the bug where large step activities used consumables in a very weird way
• Consumable re-enable now works with crafting recipes and travelling in improved way
• Crafting single items will now also tick down the consumable values
• Fixed back button not working in Social menu after sending friend invite
• Fixed Granfiddich forge requiring soup kitchen badge
• Fixed accepting jobs after teleporting to Kallaheim
• Added tier outline color to items in job board view
• Fixed the location card confusion by rearranging the buttons and making the routes less important
• Fixed the services where requirements are not met showing up green on the recipe listing
• Fixed the X button to clear in bank search
• Fixed the restock timer in shops to actually point to UTC+0
• Fixed the numbers so that the K shortening is no longer used as it did not save any space
• Various fixes and improvements to existing items, activities, recipes, achievements, and more

Becoming a Beta Tester

How to get access to the game

• For more detailed info, check https://walkscape.app/help.
• Make an account on the Portal: portal.walkscape.app
• If you donate even once through Patreon or BuyMeACoffee, you can gain access to the game in approximately two hours.
• If you want to join for free, you can submit an application through the portal, and you might get accepted.
• There is currently no active invite wave. Donations and applications sent now will grant access at a later date when the next wave opens.

Do I keep access to the game after the wave ends?

• Yes. The invite waves are when more people are accepted into the closed beta, and they can keep playing after the wave ends. If a wave is currently not ongoing, new players wanting to join will have to wait for the next one.

Will my progress get reset after the closed beta testing ends?

• Yes, there is a planned wipe during the transition from closed beta to open beta testing. It's possible but not yet confirmed if you will be able to keep your closed beta character as a offline single player character.

Gameplay

Step counting

• Does the game require GPS? No. The game uses your phone's pedometer

Can I use a smart watch?

• No. The game uses your phone's pedometer. Support for it is planned in the future. This is mostly held back by Android's Health Connect. There's no issues for iOS & Apple Health, but the devs want to release wearable support simultaneously on both platforms.

I just got an item and I can't see it in my inventory?

• Collectibles aren't stored in your inventory. You can see them with your achievements. Click your character icon in the top left -> achievements -> collectibles

How do I get skis?

• You can buy Skis from Frusenholm, the next town over from Kallaheim.
• The game somewhat erroneously tells you that you need skis when traveling forward from Kallaheim. They are however not actually required, except for the shortcuts you see marked with red diamonds on the map.

How do I use the Ring of Homesickness?

• Abilities can be used from the rightmost tab. Keep the ring in your inventory.

How do I use my saved steps?

• By walking. While you have an activity selected, you will use a step from your step bank for each step you take, giving you double speed.

Why can't I buy items/accept jobs?

• You might be looking at the shop through the inspect option through the map. Open it up through the location tab instead. (For jobs there is currently a bug where you can't accept after teleporting, restarting helps).

Why can't I cut trees with Log Splitter?

• The Log splitter is not a hatchet. You can equip both a hatchet, and a log splitter simultaneously.

I have +100% fine material find and still find normal materials?

• +100% fine material find does not give you a 100% chance of finding fine materials, it doubles your chance to find them, from 1/200 to 2/200.

Known Bugs and Common Issues

Step counting issues

• On Android, if you open the game from a backgrounded state, and either change apps or do something else that takes focus from the game before your steps have loaded, you will lose your steps.

• Some phone manufacturers have aggressive battery optimizations, that prevent the proper functioning of the game when backgrounded. Changing your phone settings can help if you find yourself losing steps. You can check https://dontkillmyapp.com/ for further guidance.

• The easiest way to avoid losing steps is to fully close the app.

Some Gameplay Tips

• The bank has infinite space.
• When doing an activity that has dual requirements (eg. gold panning which needs mining and fishing), gear bonuses for only the main requirement count. So fishing gear does not give any bonuses to gold panning.
• If you are in a location with a bank, you can click and hold an item in your inventory and then click select all. You can very quickly deposit all items in your inventory to the bank. After selecting all, you can click items to deselect them (if there is something you want to keep).
• When searching the bank you can also search by category. So if you're going mining, you can search "mining" and a shovel with mining bonuses will show up even if it does not have "mining" in its name. You can also search "tool", "food", "gem" and such to see similar items in your bank. Make sure you don't have extra spaces before or after though.

Other Known Bugs

• Bank search filter not clearing. Currently bugged, use backspace to delete your search.

• Game freezes/crashes when trying to open Walkpedia. Known issue, no current workaround.

• After teleporting to Kallaheim with Ring of Homesickness, you can't accept Jobs from the Job Board. You can fix this by restarting the app.

• Can't use the Forge in Granfiddich. The kitchen in Granfiddich requires you to have the Soup Kitchen Badge collectible. There is a bug that causes this requirement to also be applied to the Forge. For now use any other forge.

• 0 count items in bank after finishing Job. No fix at this time.

• Walkpedia doesn't show correct name for realms/factions, but instead shows an id. No fix at this time.

• Random crafting drops when crafting Jellyfish Nets or Kelp Rope. There is a bug when crafting these two items, where instead of getting a crafting chest, you get a drop from the crafting chest loot pool.

• 1000M steps requirement while traveling. You were most likely traveling on a route that requires you have skis/diving suit equipped, which you unequipped. Either cancel the travel or put them back on to fix this.

• When arriving to location, name of location gets repeated twice in the "While you were away"-screen. Just need to wait for a fix.

• Consumable won't finish last steps. You need to have enough steps left in your consumables for the full step count required by the activity. I.E. if you're doing rescue team which requies 5667 steps, you will need at least 5667 steps worth of consumables.

External tools and sites

• The game has an official discord channel, that has a lot of active discussions: https://discord.gg/Kk6VecJFEk
• The game is of course in a beta test phase, and feedback from your own experiences is also appreciated by the dev team.

Here are some tools that might help you in your adventures.

• Wiki: https://wiki.walkscape.app/wiki/WalkScape:_Grind_by_walking!
• Interactive Map Tool: https://map.walkscape.app/

Mod Note: I'm going to be removing posts after they are added to keep the FAQ's clean.