Wildgate Gameplay Overview FAQ

Updated May 05, 2025 17:30

Does Wildgate support cross-play?

Yes! You can play and keep progression across platforms, as well as any in-game purchases. Just make sure if you decide to purchase Wildgate on multiple platforms that you tie your accounts to a Dreamhaven account.

What modes are there and how do they work?

There are currently four available game modes:

Standard Match - Play in a match 20 players, 5 crews of 4 players each.
Play vs. AI - You will be matched with other players to battle AI crews.
Firing Range - Experiment with personal weapons, ship weapons, gadgets, ship devices and resources.
Tutorial - Learn the basic gameplay mechanics of Wildgate.

How do I win?

There are a couple different ways to win! You could either be the last ship standing, or find the artifact and escape through the Wildgate.

As a note - if the game gets to 60 minutes, the Reach will win automatically regardless of how many ships are still intact.

What are the differences between prospectors?

Each prospector has different traits and abilities:

Venture: Explorer

Robot: Does not require oxygen
Explorer: Regenerates health faster outside a spaceship
Teleport Reload: Recharge weapons and equipment on teleport

Sammo: Ship Defender

Begone!: Heal 100% after blasting a Prospector, only works on his ship
The Quiet: See players through walls at 20m, only works on his ship and can only detect enemies inside
Large Frame: +20% more health

Sal: Engineer

Custom multitool: Multitool bounces to hit a second repair target
Salvage: Put unwanted items in Ship Processor, get random items back, sometimes weird devices
Robot body: 20% more health, no vulnerable location

Ion: Boarder

Battering Ram: Melee attacks damage ship parts, 2x melee damage, one hit defeats enemy Prospectors
Four Arms: Reloads a stowed weapon in 1 second

Mophs: Boarder

Camouflage: Can activate his ability to turn invisible for ten seconds, revealed by taking damage, firing, using equipment, or interacting; partially visible at 8m
Wings: Fly 30% faster
Small Frame: 20% less health

What are the different classes/specializations?

You can play Wildgate however you want, but there are some prospectors with better suited abilities to compliment your play style or crew composition.

Explorer (Venture)
Ship Defender (Sammo)
Boarder (Ion, Mophs)
Engineer (Sal)

What are the differences between ships?

Each ship has unique traits:

Hunter

Gun Ship
Health: 80
3 Guns Front
Faster Shields Down Speed
Three Doors are Secure

Bastion

Secure Ship
Health: 140
Most Doors are Secure
Free Security Device

Privateer

Battle Ship
Health: 120
Gun Deck with 6 Turrets
Projectiles Fire at 2x Velocity
Two Doors are Secure

Scout

Fast Ship
Max Speed: +30%
Turn Speed: +20%
Afterburner: +50% Duration
Two Doors are Secure

How do I unlock new loadout items?

You unlock new loadout items by progressing adventure tracks and chapters.

You can view and activate adventures from the Adventure menu in-game.

How do I equip/unequip items to my loadout?

Navigate the Loadout menu from the navigation bar in-game then select one of the loadout options:

Prospector
Weapon 1, Weapon 2
Equipment 1, Equipment 2
Preferred Ship

After selecting you’ll be taken to a selection screen where you can double click to select or single click and then equip via the “equip” button on the bottom right of the screen.