Wayfinder Deep Dive: All We Know

Wayfinder is an Action-RPG coming in 2023 to PC and consoles. Wayfinder is currently in Beta and under a strict NDA. Gloomborn gathers all the available information about the upcoming MMORPG.

What Is Wayfinder?

Wayfinder is an online game in a newly created universe. It is described as a character-based Action-RPG and MMO.

What Does “Character-Based” Mean?

Players will select one of the available characters at the start of their journey in Wayfinder. Here you can find all characters of Wayfinder. The selected character will collect experience points and level up his or her abilities.

New characters can be earned and players can switch their characters. Earning, leveling up, and gearing different characters is an integral part of Wayfinder.

What makes Wayfinder an Action-RPG?

Wayfinder will be a crafting-heavy game with action-oriented combat. Players will be collecting crafting materials by doing dungeons, killing foes, exploring the world, and similar action-oriented gameplay.

The collected materials are used to craft new items and characters or to upgrade existing weapons and other items.

Is Wayfinder an MMO?

Wayfinder can be described as an MMO as it features important MMO elements listed below.

• The player can see and interact with players in open-world zones and cities.
• There are dungeons players can do in a party size of 3 players. In later updates, there will be bigger raids with a group size of probably 6 players.
• There will be player housing with a focus on the neighborhood to encourage social interactions.
• Players can join guilds and guilds might get some housing possibilities in future updates.
• There is open-world content, like world bosses, where players work together.

Wayfinder Reveal Trailer

Airship Syndicate released the Wayfinder Reveal Trailer during The Game Awards on December 8, 2022. It was the first and only trailer for Wayfinder so far.

Uses Wayfinder The Holy Trinity (Tank, Healer, DPS)?

A lot of traditional MMORPGs use a system where groups consist of tanks, healers, and DPS for instanced dungeons. By looking at the character abilities we already know, we can assume that Wayfinder will not require a strict party composition with healer, tank, and DPS.

But characters that provide group utility and support will most likely still be in high demand in organized groups.

Does Wayfinder Have PvP?

Currently, there are no concrete plans to add PvP in Wayfinder. But the devs are open to make some experiments in the future.

Is Wayfinder Free?

Wayfinder will be free-to-play after its full release in late 2023. Wayfinder will have an Early Access phase before its full release. There will be multiple Founders Packs to unlock access to the Early Access phase of Wayfinder.

Wayfinder Release Date

At the moment there is no release date set for Wayfinder. The current plan is that Early Access will start in Spring 2023 while the full release will be in late 2023.

Wayfinder’s store pages on Steam and PlayStation Store are already available. You can follow Wayfinder in these stores, to get updates on changes on the release date of Wayfinder.

Wayfinder On PC And PlayStation

The first Closed Beta Test was only available through Steam on PC. The following tests will be available on PC and PlayStation 5. Starting with the early access of Wayfinder in Spring 2023, Wayfinder will be available on PC, PlayStation 5, and PlayStation 4.

Is Wayfinder Coming To Xbox?

Wayfinder’s official announcements for the beta tests and Early Access were focused on Steam and PlayStation. During these phases, Wayfinder will not be available on Xbox. With the full release in late 2023, Wayfinder will be free-to-play and will be playable on Xbox as well.

What Is The Lore In Wayfinder?

Wayfinder takes place in the fantasy world of Evenor. Evenor was attacked by a mysterious alien race and overtaken by the Gloom. The Gloom is a dark force that has killed the Gods of Evenor.

Players take on the role of a Wayfinder to win Evenor back. Each available character has his or her lore the player will discover by playing the specific character.

Is There Player Trading In Wayfinder?

There is no trading between players possible in Wayfinder.

Who Is Airship Syndicate?

Airship Syndicate is a relatively young video game development company from Texas. Airship released very well-received games like Darksiders Genesis and Ruined King: A League of Legends Story in the past. Wayfinder is Airship Syndicate’s first MMO and in development since 2018. By partnering with Digital Extremes , Airship has found the perfect publisher for Wayfinder. Digital Extremes develops and publishes the free-to-play hit Warframe. Warframe and Wayfinder have many similarities in their game mechanics and systems, which shows how well the partnership works on both ends.