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Scavland Guide

Scavland guide: all 44 achievements with Steam unlock rates, the 10 factions, weapon condition and jams, trader restock times, bunkers and survival systems.

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Official Trailer

Achievements44

Factions10

Release2026-09-04

DeveloperNoShadow

GenreTop-Down Survival RPG

PlayersSingle-player

Price$19.99 USD

Dispatch

Latest Updates

MAJOR 2026-09-05 NoShadow posts "We Hear You — Changes Are Coming": a more forgiving game mode, better early-game balancing and guidance, and an apology for listing Simplified Chinese before the localisation was ready.
SITE 2026-09-05 Site launches with all 44 achievements and their Steam global unlock rates, the seven named factions, and the trader, weapon and survival rules captured from launch-week sources.
MAJOR 2026-09-04 Scavland enters Steam Early Access at $19.99 with a 10% launch discount. Windows only, single-player, 44 achievements.
META 2026-09-04 Pinned developer post answers the "Zero Sievert clone" question with a six-year development timeline starting in 2020.
META 2026-08-25 NoShadow announces Scavland passed 100,000 wishlists, ten days before release.

What is Scavland?

Scavland is a hardcore top-down pixel-art survival RPG by NoShadow, published with UNSUBSCRIBE and released into Steam Early Access on 4 September 2026 at $19.99. You play a Vulture — a scavenger working the ruins of Zalesye, a post-Soviet region strangled by radiation, mutants and the Mist. NoShadow began the project in 2020 with three people and grew the team to 15 before launch; the shipped build carries ten factions, more than 25 weapons with hundreds of interchangeable components, a hand-built surface world and procedurally generated underground bunkers.

The game explains very little of that, which is what this site is for. Start with all 44 achievements and their Steam unlock rates if you want to see where players are actually getting stuck, or with the systems the game keeps quiet about: weapon condition and jams, trader restrictions and the daily 06:00 restock, the ten factions and how reputation differs from trader rank, and what actually happens when you die.

Scavland Screenshots

Scavland gameplay: a Vulture crossing open wasteland in top-down view — Surface travel between settlements — the world above ground is hand-built.

Scavland gameplay: interior of a ruined Soviet-era building — Ruined buildings are worth searching; the first achievement most players earn is for going inside one.

Scavland gameplay: firefight with hostile survivors — Human enemies can leave you bleeding after the shooting stops.

Scavland gameplay: inventory and equipment screen — Carry weight forces choices — the second most common achievement is for over-hoarding.

Scavland gameplay: underground bunker corridor — Underground bunkers are generated per playthrough, unlike the surface.

Scavland gameplay: settlement with NPC traders — Settlements hold the traders whose stock restocks each day at 06:00.

Get Started in 5 Steps

Save before anything interesting. There is no autosave — quicksave is the whole safety net. What dying costs you →
Aim to look, not just to shoot. Raising the weapon extends your vision, and a red X on the crosshair means something solid is in the way. Weapon rules →
Check your status before you loot the body. Bleeding does not stop when the firefight does. Survival systems →
Pick one trader to grow. Jobs level the NPC who gave them, and rank unlocks stock nobody else sells. Traders and restock →
Walk roads that lead nowhere. The map reveals itself through exploration, so an empty backpack can still be progress. Zalesye regions →

Field Data

Tools & Live Data

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All 44 Achievements

Every achievement with its Steam global unlock rate.

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The 10 Factions

Named factions, who you can make amends with, and how reputation differs from trader rank.

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Weapons & Jams

Why condition is a combat stat and how bleeding really works.

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Traders & Restock

Buying restrictions, the daily 06:00 restock and trader ranks.

LIVE

Player Count

Current Steam players and how to read the number yourself.

SPECS

System Requirements

The published minimum spec, plus Steam Deck and ultrawide status.

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Platforms & Multiplayer

PS5, Xbox, Switch, mobile, co-op — every answer with its source.

Full Guide Index

Guides

Scavland Beginner Guide: Surviving Your First Hours — The five systems the game never explains, and how to survive them
Scavland First Run Checklist: What to Do in Zalesye — The opening loop in order, with the achievement data behind each step
Scavland Tips and Tricks the Game Never Tells You — Ten hidden mechanics, from crosshair collision to the 06:00 restock
Scavland Reputation Guide: Factions vs Trader Rank — Two progress systems, one common mistake — and how amends work

Systems & data

All 44 achievements — with Steam global unlock rates
The ten factions — seven named, plus how amends work
Weapons, condition & jams — the rules behind reliability
Traders & restock — who buys what, and when stock returns
Controls & controller — confirmed support and known quirks

The world

Zalesye regions — east, west and what lies past the Highway
Underground bunkers — why route memory fails you
The Mist & radiation — the hazards that define the map
Survival systems — hunger, thirst, bleeding, injuries
Saves & death — no autosave, dropped gear, permadeath

Game info

Difficulty & the coming easy mode — what NoShadow committed to
Scavland vs Zero Sievert — the developer's own timeline
Is it worth it? — the Steam review split, not our score
Player count — current players and how to check yourself
Release date & demo history
Roadmap — announced, undated
Platforms & multiplayer — PS5, Xbox, Switch, mobile, co-op
System requirements — minimum only
Official links — Discord, Steam, developer channels

FAQ

Is it spelled Scavland, Scav Land, Skavland or Scaveland?

The game is one word: Scavland, by NoShadow. "Scav land", "skavland", "scaveland", "scavaland" and "scanland" are all common misspellings that lead to the same game. Note that "Scablands" is a geological region in Washington State and "Scav Lands" is an extraction area in Escape from Tarkov — neither is related to this game.

Is Scavland a Zero Sievert clone?

NoShadow addressed this directly in a pinned Steam post on launch day: development began in 2020, before Zero Sievert was publicly revealed, and both games draw on S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and Escape from Tarkov. The structural difference is that Scavland is a persistent open-world RPG rather than a series of separate extraction runs. We break down the full timeline and the feature-by-feature differences on the Scavland vs Zero Sievert page.

Is Scavland multiplayer or co-op?

No. Steam lists Scavland as Single-player only, with no co-op or PvP categories. Co-op has been requested on the Steam hub since launch without an announcement. Every platform and online answer, with its source, is on the platforms page.

See the full FAQ →

About This Site

Scavland Guide is an independent, unofficial fan resource for Scavland players — not affiliated with NoShadow.

How we verify: Every number on this site is traced to a source you can open yourself: achievement names and unlock rates come from the Steam achievement pages for app 3373500, faction and mechanic details from the developer pinned posts and timestamped guide videos, and player counts from the Steam player API.
Update cadence: Data pages are re-pulled after each Early Access patch and after every developer post on the Steam hub; the achievement unlock table carries the date it was captured because those percentages move daily.
What we don't do: We do not publish weapon tier rankings or damage tables while the game ships no public stat sheet, we do not score the game ourselves, and anything only one person has claimed is labelled unverified instead of being written as fact.