Wildgate Gameplay Overview FAQ

Updated June 10, 2025 16:53

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
Cameron: Venture’s friendly camera detects enemies in a cone behind him up to 18m away, both inside and outside of a ship.
Health: 100

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 inside his ship
Large Frame: +20% more health
Health: 120

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
Health: 120

Ion: Boarder

Battering Ram: Melee attacks damage ship parts. Doors and windows are destroyed in 3 hits. 2x melee damage, one hit defeats enemy prospectors
Four Arms: Reloads a stowed weapon in 1 second
Health: 120

Mophs: Boarder

Camouflage: Activate camouflage at any item for 15s, taking effect over 0.2s. Revealed by shooting, interacting or taking damage. Partially visible at 5m, moves 2m/s faster while camouflaged
Wings: Fly 30% faster
Small Frame: 20% less health
Health: 80

Adrian: Boarder

Jet Pack: Activate for a boost in speed (replaces Maghook)
Wings: Fly 30% faster
Health: 100

Kae: Boarder

Telekinetic: Can interact with objects 10m away
Warp jump: Teleport once up to 100m away (replaces Maghook)
Health: 100

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 Front and Side Secure Doors	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 Side Secure Doors	Scout Fast Ship Max Speed: +30% Turn Speed: +20% Afterburner: +50% Duration Side Secure Doors

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.