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How to play Wrecklanders: Idle Island

Wrecklanders: Idle Island key art – a village built from a crashed plane on a jungle island

Wrecklanders: Idle Island is a free idle game for your browser on phone and PC. Your plane went down over an island that is not on any map. You and a few survivors turn the crash site into a village – and your camp keeps working while you are away. No account, no ads, no purchases.

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First steps

  1. Send Mara to the beach. Expeditions take seconds at first and return with a bag.
  2. Open the bag: every find has a rarity from Common to Legendary.
  3. Build the Driftwood Net and the Rain Catcher – they produce Materials and Supplies every second.
  4. Follow the hint bar at the top: it always names the next useful step.

Expeditions and bags

There are 8 expedition sites, from the beach to Station 4. Each costs some Supplies as provisions and brings resources, tools, survivors or mementos. Sometimes something happens on the way and you choose: safe or risky. Tools (fishing rod, machete, gas mask …) give extra finds or lower the risk at specific sites. From era 2 you can put people on Repeat: they keep going on their own, even offline.

Buildings and milestones

18 buildings: 8 producers (Rain Catcher, Driftwood Net, Kitchen, Sawmill, Radio Room, Garden, Forge, Solar Field) plus camp buildings like the Campfire (+10 % on everything), Huts (beds for survivors), Storehouse (longer offline time), Workbench (craft tools), Salvage Workshop (more resources from bags, costs Tech) and the Lighthouse. At levels 10, 25, 50, 100 … a producer doubles its output. Buy ×1, ×10 or Max.

Survivors

Expeditions sometimes find other survivors. Give them a job at a producer: every worker boosts that building. Rarer survivors help more.

Offline progress

Your camp keeps producing while the game is closed – up to 6 hours at the start and up to 12 hours with Storehouse upgrades. In the Android app, an optional video catches up up to 4 extra hours once a day (at most 16 hours in total). A postcard shows your haul when you return.

Rescue, islands and heirlooms (prestige)

In era 5 you build the Lighthouse and the Dock and the rescue ship arrives. You keep your people, tools and scrapbook, gain +50 % on everything, and choose the next island: Driftwood Isle (expedition finds +70 %), Rain Isle (Supplies +60 %) or Volcano Isle (Tech and Forge +40 %). You also take up to two heirlooms from your mementos along – each with its own effect. A casual player reaches the first rescue in about a week.

The mystery

Twelve mementos of the passengers tell the story of the crash. Collect five and Station 4 opens – the source of the green light in the mountain and of Project Beacon. After your first rescue, chapter 2 “The Voice on the Radio” begins.

Friends

Optional: friends who start through your link get a Golden Chest and become helpers on your island (+10 % production each, up to +30 %). A leaderboard compares your islands. The game is fully playable solo.

FAQ

Is Wrecklanders free?

Yes. Version 1.0 is free. The web game has no ads; Android offers optional videos for clearly labelled bonuses, at most 10 a day. No banners, forced ads or purchases.

Do I need an account?

No sign-up is needed. A private save account without name, email or password backs up your island. Move it to another device with a device code.

Does it work on mobile and PC?

Yes. It runs in any modern browser on phone, tablet and desktop and can be installed as an app (PWA).

Does the game progress while I am offline?

Yes. Buildings and repeat expeditions keep going: initially up to 6 hours, up to 12 hours with Storehouse upgrades. An optional video in the Android app catches up up to 4 extra hours once a day (at most 16 hours in total).

How long does it take to be rescued?

A casual player who checks in a few times a day reaches the first rescue in about a week. After that you choose a new island and start again faster.

Is there a prestige system?

Yes. The rescue is the prestige: you keep people, tools and the scrapbook, gain +50 % on everything, pick one of three islands with different bonuses and carry heirlooms.

Was the game made with AI?

Yes, openly: the game was built by a solo developer with heavy AI assistance – code, texts and images were generated with AI tools and then curated, tested and tuned. No AI runs inside the game.

Which languages are supported?

English and German.

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