Welcome to the "complete" Journey-Wiki

Complete?
A wiki is seldom totally finished. There are new releases, patches and even new finds: in 2019 new discoveries on PS4 were made, but the according article is missing right now. This wiki is still at the start and everyone that plays Journey can help with investigations and verifying information.

Complete!
This is (to our knowledge) the first ever Journey-Wiki that provides information about the extra stuff. You might recognize that some articles about the levels are not done yet, while some articles for Expert Mode are almost finished.

Many people consider finding out stuff on their own or at least trying things out before just looking up a help guide. Especially for Journey this is a good thing to do. The Wiki and Fan Discord still will be here, after your explorations.

We will try to add the spoiler tag on top of every "Expert" article, so users get the chance to not-read. Still, much rather basic information will be given in normal articles. Its up to the user, when they feel ready to read up stuff (although it might rob them some nice experiences ingame).

The goal is to lead newcomers slowly to the uncountable tricks you can learn, while also to providing information for those who travel since long time. In Journey skill and knowledge better build up slowly, to avoid missing basic things like "why is my Companion just vanishing when i do this".

We are sticking to the "old community terms". The community that formed when the game first came out on PS3 and was active on the now closed TGC Forum. New names/terms to describe NPCs or places that do not have a descriptive name yet need to be found too.

If you like you can join


 * the Journey-Wiki-Discord: https://discord.gg/jCPWKFe, to discuss edits and investigations.
 * the rather active Journey-Fan-Discord: Invite others you've met along the way: https://discord.gg/83QunNN Journeyers, wayfarers, travelers, companions, devotees of the cloth! All are welcome!
 * the Journey Forum: Thatgamecompanyfan Journey-Forum.

Further information about the Wiki
This article covers information like "what means North on the wiki" and how icons like this are used.

It also contains some guidelines for editing and general wiki design. As many articles on this wiki its still being updated.

You can find this article, simply by typing "stylesheet" into the search bar.

Quick Start for the eager ones
On this Wiki we are trying take you on another Journey, exploring and learning the game, step by step.

Its split into


 * Category:Journey, which provides basic information about the game. Information about the levels, NPCs, Trophies, some hints to not lose your Companion and so on.
 * Category:Expert Mode is for everything beyond what people would see within their first journeys (depending on Companions they meet or exploring and experimenting alone).

In other games you also have to learn some basics before playing harder difficulty, Journey is no exception.

Example: glitching NPCs; if you do not know how they can behave the normal ways, you do not realize the differences when glitched. If you like to experience Expert Mode things with your Companion you need to know Tandem Flying works or it will be hard to impossible to reach certain places together.

Articles for newcomers
Some players assume that Journey is a stunning but simple game "not much to see besides trophies". Journey has much more to offer than being able to find symbols consistently or sliding through 15 gates. Everyone travels and enjoys the game in different ways, many come back to the game over and over again. They want to relax, meet other people, explore and experiment with the game mechanics and so on.

We recommend to do at least one "blind run", without looking up anything before playing the game.

The first Journey guide gives tips for the first Journey, graphic settings, length etc. Browse through the further guides to get ideas what else to do on your Journeys.

Playing offline
'''You CAN play offline. However, this means you will not meet any companions.'''

Pro: If you know you are an explorer and want to take your time looking around, taking breaks or want to find the things by yourself. This might be an option for you.

Contra: A Journey without Companion is lonely. The bond that you might form, adds to the game experience. A companion may help you (charging your scarf to fly together) or be as curious as you.


 * Playing offline, might not work as before the April patch. Offline can make you go back to a first run or crash the game when going to the next level.
 * PlayStation: How to go offline

"I know the game pretty well (6+ Journeys)."
This means you know how to handle those: Chirp, Scarf, Companions/Wayfarers, Tandem Flying, Trophies etc. Trophies meaning knowing how to get them, without having to search around. Maybe already thinking about different ways how to lead Companions to Symbols and Trophies or just hint so they can find them.

"I did see something and want to know more about it / I think my companion is hacking"
"Hacking" is possible and even easier on the PC version, but there are many things in Journey that may look like someone is using external programs to change the game, but they are not!

Entities can be invisible or at a different place from your point of view. Especially using different flying techniques to fly real high or running fast on the ground could look like speed cheat (see advanced / Expert Mode Journey).

"Exploits" or playing with bugs of the game is a huge thing in Journey. Not everyone likes every or even none of those. Community members use them to have fun and expand their (and your) Journey experiences.

Further tips:


 * To connect or to disconnect! an article covering all the information about connection with a Companion, how its lost and ways to reconnect.
 * How to play with a friend.
 * Hints for the regularly travelling Wayfarer, settings, remapping controller buttons, getting started fast, save file backups etc.
 * Common Behaviors, article to collect information about how people are trying to communicate things in Journey.

"I am an expert at Journey"
I know or want to learn more about Journey.

The article Expert Mode is an intro to the advanced things in Journey.

Expert is just a word to describe its beyond the most standard gameplay. For some things just the right timing or patience is needed.

You might want to have a look at theto get an overview on whats considered easy or hard to do in Journey on this Wiki.