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Support on Ko-fiHow does the Tetris-style Inventory and Backpack work? ▼
Your backpack uses a spatial grid where items take up specific cell spaces (e.g. 1x1, 1x2, 2x2). You can click and drag items into valid grid positions. While dragging on desktop, press R to rotate the item between horizontal and vertical orientations. On mobile, touch drag-and-drop is fully supported!
How do Backpack upgrades and carrying capacity work? ▼
Your starting backpack has 32 grid cells and a 30 kg weight limit. You can upgrade your backpack up to Level 4 (80 cells) using Silver on the Inventory page. Additionally, equipping Saddlebags on your active companions increases your carrying limit by +10 kg and gives +10 Stamina per equipped bag!
How do Team Vitals (Energy, Hunger, Thirst) work? ▼
Team Vitals reflect the combined stamina and survival needs of your expedition party. Energy regenerates naturally over real time (100% full recovery in 1 IRL hour). Hunger and Thirst deplete during biome exploration. You can consume food items or fresh spring water in your backpack to replenish party vitals, or feed individual companions from their pet cards.
How do I equip gear on my adventurer and companion pets? ▼
Click any item in your backpack or shop to view its stats in the Item Info sidebar. Player equipment can be equipped to your Head, Main Hand, Chest, Off Hand, or Accessory slots. Pet equipment (Collars, Saddles, Pet Armor, Saddlebags, Lucky Charms) can be assigned to active companions either from the Item Info panel or from the Team tab in the Inventory.
How do I sell unequipped duplicates in the Shop? ▼
In the Shop tab, select Sell Items and click "Sell Unequipped Duplicates". This feature automatically sells extra copies of unequipped materials, ores, and duplicate items for 50% Silver value, while keeping your first copy and all equipped player & pet items safe.
How do Notice Board bounties and quests work? ▼
The Notice Board rotates every 5 IRL hours with 4 fresh contracts across Foraging, Mining, Wildlife, and Scouting. Objectives track automatically during exploration. You can inspect live item counters and turn-in locations anytime under the Quest Log tab in your Inventory!
How do I tame wild creatures in exploration? ▼
When encountering wild beasts during expeditions, you engage in a D&D-inspired taming standoff. Use Gentle Approach (Intelligence), Offer Treat / Bait (consuming lures like Sweet Lure or jerky for huge roll advantages), Acrobatic Maneuver (Agility), or Assertive Stance (Drive) to fill the taming meter and recruit the creature to your roster!
How do I earn Silver (
) and Explore Tokens (
)? ▼
) and Explore Tokens ()? ▼Silver () is earned from completing regional exploration steps, finishing 5-Hour Notice Board bounties, disarming runic chests, and selling items to the Shop. Explore Tokens () are rewarded from quest completions, daily achievements, and notice board contracts.
) is earned from completing regional exploration steps, finishing 5-Hour Notice Board bounties, disarming runic chests, and selling items to the Shop. Explore Tokens () are rewarded from quest completions, daily achievements, and notice board contracts.Warning: "Items must be dropped or sold to continue exploring". ▼
This warning appears if your total backpack weight exceeds your carry limit, or if you have unplaced items that don't fit in your grid. Open your Inventory, rotate (R) or rearrange items into empty grid slots, use the Auto-Sort dropdown, or sell/drop heavy excess materials.
My game screen, vitals, or items are not updating. ▼
Try performing a hard refresh (Ctrl + F5 on Windows or Cmd + Shift + R on Mac) to reload the newest game scripts and synchronize your active database state.
How do I use items without opening popup dialogs? ▼
Clicking an item in your backpack directly selects it and opens its full stats and action buttons (Equip, Consume, Feed, Repair, Drop) in the Item Info panel on the right side of your screen without blocking modal overlays.
What happens if my backpack is full or overweight when exploring or crafting? ▼
If your backpack is full or overweight, newly acquired items wait in reserve until space opens up. Open your 🎒 Backpack to consume, equip, sell, or drop unwanted items to free up slots and carry capacity, and the game will auto-place the items into your grid.
🐛 Recently Squashed Bugs
Resolved community reports and live patch fixes.
Inventory Overlay Click Unblock
✓ Squashed
Removed blocking modal dialogs on item click in the backpack, allowing instant one-click access to the right-side Item Info action panel (Equip, Consume, Feed, Drop).
Active Companions in Team Vitals
✓ Squashed
Integrated active creature companion cards with live HP bars and species icons directly under the Team Vitals box in the inventory sidebar.
Inventory Floating Stat Chips Formatting
✓ Squashed
Cleaned up hover tooltips and stat panels to only display active non-zero modifiers with proper green
+ / red - badges.
Notice Board 5-Hour Expiration Counter
✓ Squashed
Synchronized board timer across all exploration biomes and integrated automatic refresh upon bounty rotation.
Admin Dashboard & Auth White Screen
✓ Squashed
Fixed merge corruption in
auth.php, completed missing admin-login.php, and restored session validation across login and registration.
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