Interactables

ELDREN CACHE

Eldren caches spawn occasionally across the land of the Crucible. They are timed challenges for the player with two main components: a key to collect, and a cache to place it in. If a player can connect both within the allotted time window, they will be granted loot for their efforts.

The key is a large crystal prism with emissives and VFX to draw the player in. The cache is a hub for the key, with a hexagonal channel to place it. The key rotates and slides into place, enabling emissives on the cache. The cache’s base glows and its VFX grow more intense as the cache has been fully activated, ready to reward the player.

HAZARD MUSHROOMS

The hazardous mushrooms found in Wayfinder’s Crucible region spew spores and residue that obscure the player’s vision. They have a slow idle emissive pulse that warns players to stay away. But if the player gets too close, the mushroom will animate to shoot out its residue before going dark and dormant, unable to repeatedly harm the player.

HALLUCINOGENIC MUSHROOMS

Small patches of hallucinogenic mushrooms are also commonly found in The Crucible. Getting too close to one of these will spawn spores, dust, and even fish that distract and cloud the player’s view. This etherial plant will only give players visions once before they fade in color and then remain dormant.

AVALA’S FLOWERS

During the quest ‘The Cut’, Seeker Avala requests the player to craft fertilizer for sick plants found in The Crucible. The player can find wilted, sickly looking flowers to help revive. Once fertilized, the plants spring back to life, regaining their color and posture.

DOORS AND WINDOWS

In Wayfinder, players can own and decorate their own apartment. Not only that, but players can visit each others’ apartments too. By default, the apartments are completely void of any furniture and decor, although they do have some permanent fixtures–doors and windows.

Designed to bring just a bit more interactivity to their homes, doors and windows may open and close as the player pleases.

For ease of navigation, doors can open in either direction, and they will always self-close whenever the player is far enough away. If in multiplayer, doors cannot be opened into a player on the other side. Similarly, if a door is opened, it will not self-close until all players are out of its range.

If somehow a player manages to open a door or window into another player, we apply a knockback force on that player to prevent clipping.

CRITICAL ROLE GAMEBOARDS

Wayfinder’s first DLC bundle is a partnership with Critical Role, bringing skins of their popular characters into the game, as well as Dungeons and Dragons inspired props. Among other things, this included a DnD game board depicting a battle, and a tray of dice.

When interacted with, the battle board will randomly choose an animation of a battle sequence to play out with all the game pieces. The dice trays can spawn with multiple dice configurations once placed in an apartment. Once rolled, the dice tray uses flashy visual effects to display a random result from a D20.