Map & Navigation Guide
Recommended Preparation
Biome
The Village
Difficulty
Easy
How to Unlock
Added to the demo in the June 2026 Steam Next Fest update, per the official announcement: an in-game map "to help you find your way through the different areas and secrets waiting to be discovered". Before that, navigation was memorization.
Unlock
How to Get It: Part of the game itself as of the June 15, 2026 demo update. Officially described as making exploration "much easier" — and thematically tied to the village (one official upcycling example turns a slate into a huge map for the community).
How It Works
A Metroidvania Needs a Map
Hidden passages that open as the squad grows only work if you can remember where they were. The map update was the community's most-requested quality-of-life feature, and the developers shipped it into the demo mid-2026 — a good sign for post-launch support.
What the Map Changes
Route planning becomes a village activity: mark the sealed passage, plan the rescue that opens it, return with the bigger flock. The official wording ("areas and secrets waiting to be discovered") suggests the map records more than geography.
How to Use It
Map Habits
- Open the map after every rescue and note which marked passages may now open.
- Plan scrap loops as circuits that pass the village.
- Trust the map for structure, your eyes for details — secrets are hidden from both.
Last updated: September 27, 2026