Hello!

The basilisk tooth is an extremely rare reward that can only be found on one specific path. It can only be found on Route A (the sequence of events that happens if you accept Zenaida's contract in the tavern at the Docks - if you decline her contract or do not visit the Docks at all then you are on Route B and there is no opportunity to retrieve the tooth). Your character must also be half-melusine. 

During the confrontation with the Count, you need to be knocked into the water and then fight the basilisk below the surface. Successfully passing the Strength or Perception checks OR failing the Strength check (which will result in an injury) will allow your character to kill the basilisk and retrieve the tooth. 

There are multiple versions of fighting the basilisk but this is the only one that will result in retrieving a tooth.  

Nope! There will be no visual portrait of the MC in the game, their description is text only.

Hello! If you want to change what Aeran's initial relationship is set to, you will have to back up to an earlier save and redo that option. There is no way to set it to something later. I would say this is only really important if you want optional romance content with him—he is unique in that he is the only romanceable companion where you have to flag your MC having feelings for him when he is introduced, otherwise you will be locked out of all potential romance content with him. 

Hi there! There is no back button due to complications with how Twine stores memory on larger games. My recommendation would be to save often, and if there are passages you would like to revisit either screenshot them or make a hard save downloaded to your device.

Hello! I believe there might be some confusion. January saw the release of the new prologue to the public build, along with the UI updates. This was Patch 2.8., and it was the only planned update to the public build.

Episode 3, on the other hand, will not be available to play for free until Episode 4 is finished development, as stated on my Patreon. There is no public release date for Episode 3 at this time!

Yes, Episode 4 is in development. I don't have an estimate on when it will be done at this time as it's too soon in the process to tell. I'm the only person working on this game, so things take time!

Hello! Episode 3 is finished and available to play on my Patreon. It will be released publicly when Episode 4 is complete!

Haha no problem! ❤️

Cenric raises Strength and Agility by 2 each. Varyn raises Perception and Persuasion by 2 each. Sero raises Strength, Agility, Perception and Persuasion by 1 each.

Hello! There is no plan to add music to the game at this time. 

Nope, it's supposed to be Persuasion! Elven ancestry increases Agility and Perception, and each ancestry needs to enhance its own combination of stats. I do understand the confusion, though, and the wording will be changed in the next patch. 

Hello all!

With the release of Patch 2.8 comes a brand-new prologue—and a new way of determining your Wayfarer's mentor. The following is a walkthrough on how to get a specific mentor. I would still recommend playing the new Prologue blind and seeing what happens first!

This guide contains spoilers for the new prologue. 

Choice One:

The two skill checks during the fannarl fight are counted together. Passing/failing doesn't matter.

• Strength or Agility Only: +2 to Cenric
• Perception or Persuasion Only: +2 to Varyn
• A combination of Strength/Agility/Perception/Persuasion: +2 to Sero.

Choice Two:

The Timed Choice.

• Attack: +1 to Cenric.
• Escaping through the window/Looking inside the crates/Make a distraction/Run and escape up the ladder: +1 to Varyn
• [Abstain]/let the timer run out: +1 to Sero

Choice Three:

If you choose to interact with Sabien

• "Yes. It is": +1 to Cenric
• "No. It's not.": +1 to Varyn
• "Why does it matter? I'm here now.": +1 to Sero

If you choose NOT to interact with Sabien ("Shake your head. You don’t want him coming anywhere near you.")

• +1 to Cenric, Varyn and Sero

Choice Four:

Who you ride with.

• Ride with Cenric: +1 to Cenric
• Ride with Varyn: +1 to Varyn
• Ride with Sero: +1 to Sero

If two or more masters have the same amount of points, mentor choice will be randomized. So, for example: if Cenric and Varyn both have 3 points and Sero has 1 point, you have a 50/50 chance of getting Cenric or Varyn (but not Sero). If Cenric, Varyn and Sero are all tied for points, there is an equal chance of randomizing one of the three.

Guaranteed Cenric

• Strength or Agility options ONLY
• Timed Choice: Attack
• Choose to interact with Sabien and select "Yes, it is."
• Ride with Cenric

Guaranteed Varyn

• Persuasion or Perception options ONLY
• Timed Choice: Escaping through the window/Looking inside the crates/Make a distraction/Run and escape up the ladder
• Choose to interact with Sabien and select "No. It's not."
• Ride with Varyn

Guaranteed Sero

• One Strength/Agility and one Persuasion/Perception
• Timed Choice: Abstain/let the timer run out
• Choose to interact with Sabien and select "Why does it matter? I'm here now."
• Ride with Sero

Have fun!

Nope! I will not be hiring writers, and I will only hire a coder in the event I move to a different engine. At this time I do not have the funding to expand the team beyond myself.

The playtester team is composed solely of volunteers! I don't do playtester calls very often, only when I have enough material that needs to be run through before a release.

It's complete and out in early access on Patreon! You can read about it here.

Hi all, 

There is a rash of spam bots posting on itch.io community forums. They usually say something along the lines of "New Update, download here" in the title, and then a link. This is not me - I will never post Wayfarer updates to the community forum. If an episode or release announcement does not come directly from me, it is spam. 

DO NOT click on suspicious links. Do not download it. Report it.  

My mod staff is usually pretty quick, and spam posts are typically deleted and banned within a few hours of posting.

Thank you! 

It depends! Characters who know your mentor or know your original family name may have unique things to say or treat you differently depending on what your surname is and how they identify you. There are different story things for both. My advice would be to go with what makes sense for your character - are they attached to the Order and the new identity they have, or do they want to keep some kind of connection to where they came from alive?

Hello!

You need to hover your cursor over the South Isle where the Crimson Count's name is located. It should light up and you can select the location from there. If it's not working, you can turn off the interactive map in Settings. Refresh the page and you should have a list of possible locations to select from below the map (if you're playing on mobile or a tablet, it's recommended to turn off the interactive map anyway). 

Hello! 

Thanks for your interest in Wayfarer. I understand the frustration that comes from waiting for the next episode release. Episode 3 has come with many unexpected professional and personal difficulties, which have resulted in a much longer-than-expected development time. This will not be the norm for future episodes. 

All that being said, Episode 3 will be releasing on my Patreon within the next couple of months. It will be the largest update the game has had so far, and is the conclusion to Act 1. It will be released here on the public build once Episode 4 is complete. I cannot give other estimations for future episodes at this time. 

Thank you for your patience so far. If you continue to follow the project, I hope you enjoy everything that comes next!

Some names are locked if they're the same name as a major or secondary character in-game!

There is no release date yet, but you can follow along with updates! Here's the Q3 report. 

Yes! Just be prepared for the consequences. :)

The locked option is if you have spotted Elleshar before/had his name mentioned by another NPC! (Basically you need to do the Pavilions first and take certain options with the group of drunk ladies).

There's no release date for the full game as that is impossible to calculate at this time. Episode 3 is currently in development, but it won't be available on the public build for a while!

Thank you so much! 💕

There are 7 in the first game. This was recently addressed in this post here!

There is no judging, the draw is a random selection!

"Quality time" is just a humorous way of referencing how much time you spend with Aeran in Episode 3.

Hi there!

Your character needs to have a visible scar in order to unlock that dialogue option. Not all scars count as it needs to be a place where others can see it, so what your character wears can affect this option. Lydia will comment on it specifically, so her dialogue before the option changes depending on what the scar is.

There's no right or wrong way to romance Aeran! If you like how your playthrough is going, I would keep it the way it is. But if you're looking for a more standard romance, high approval + high romance is the way to go. 

It's hard to say at this time how old saves are going to work with Episode 3; it depends on whether any major game-breaking bugs come up for Episode 1 and Episode 2 in the future. I think both episodes are stable at this point, but the game is very large and things can be missed. Ideally I want to keep the transition as smooth as possible so folks don't have to replay from the beginning, but it's not a 100% guarantee. Keep an eye on patch notes--they'll tell you if restarts are required based on the date your save was made. 

Hello! Thanks so much for checking out the game! 💖

There are currently no official guides and I will not be making them as I do not have the time or the resources to do so while Wayfarer is in development. 

Wayfarer is not a typical RPG in how it handles success and failure--failure is not a punishment, simply another path through the story. There is no game over; your choices will not lead to your pre-mature death. The gameplay is not about good routes vs bad routes, good endings vs bad endings, wrong choices vs right choices, or maximizing the path you are on for the "best" version (what is "best" is going to vary wildly from player to player, and the game is designed to have a high replay value so there will be small variances on every playthrough). The gameplay is about the journey and where your choices take you, even when events spin out of control; it is about seeing what happens next, not deciding the result you want and trying to achieve it.  There are hundreds of choices that impact each other in a domino effect, which gets even more complex with stat checks involved. When approaching this game, you may need to reconfigure how you see failure, character relationship, and faction relationship progression. 

If you are frustrated, it could be that this style of gameplay is not for you. But if you do want a guide or if you are replaying and trying to replicate your path, the best place to ask is other players (or members of the playtesting team) in  Wayfarer's Discord server. There are many people who are more than happy to give guidance about how to replicate certain events, or if you are chasing a particular result.  

Thank you very much!

Wayfarer is a browser-only game while it is in development, which means it can't be downloaded. Could you explain what kind of issues you are experiencing with compatibility between your browser and the game? And also which browser you are using and what kind of device you are playing on?

If your browser is refusing to run the game after you click "Run Interactive Novel", check your adblockers and other extensions. If you run something like UBlock Origin, you will need to whitelist the game page for it to run properly.  And there's a post here with some guidance on troubleshooting common game launch errors here!

If you do want to play offline, the game is available on the itch.io app (desktop only). This is not recommended as you may run into save, UI and loading issues as the app doesn't play nice with HTML games.

Episode 1 is ~532,855 words and Episode 2 is ~348,930 words. Episode 3 (not available on the public build yet) is well over 360,000 words. This does not represent the amount you read in a single playthrough, but rather represents the total amount across all variations, continuities, and choices.

There won't be! I don't have the time or the resources to make one myself. If you're looking for gameplay help, the best place to ask is Wayfarer's public discord server.