Frequently Asked QuestionsHow to Play, Craft, and Decorate.
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What is Trailbound?
Trailbound is a community-focused cozy space with friends on Discord. You can collect materials by chatting and doing activities with friends, craft furniture to decorate your homesteads, or even show off your own style with custom user-made content.You begin in the Imaginarium - Discord's chat interface - where you are rewarded for chatting and participating in raffle events. Eventually, you can dive into the Canvas through our Discord Activity, where each server has its own space within to build, explore, and grow together with their community.
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How do I start playing?
All you need to do is start the Trailbound Activity in Discord. Your individual account will be tied to your Trailbound account and you can access and collect directly in the activity.
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Is Trailbound free?
Yes. Trailbound is free to play in Discord servers that have the Activity and bot enabled.
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Can I add Trailbound to my server?
Yes, you can! As the game grows, we’re now migrating Trailbound bot functionality fully into our main Tatsu Bot to support smoother updates and long-term development.
A prompt to invite the Tatsu Bot to your server will appear.Add it to start using Trailbound in your community. Use “tb!setup” command that Tatsu Bot has been added to.
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Is Trailbound tied to Tatsu.GG or Tatsugotchi?
Trailbound is built by Tatsu Works, the team behind those projects, but Trailbound runs as its own Discord activity.
Profiles, currencies, and progression are separate, but are linked to your individual discord ID & accounts.The game will require Tatsu.gg to allow you to enjoy the full experience.
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How can I pitch my suggestions or ideas?
Join the Tatsu’s Lounge Discord channel and post in the #build-the-trail forum channel.
Clear, single-feature proposals with examples are easiest to evaluate, but be sure to follow the templates in the forum.We review feedback through our contact form here on our website. We review feedback regularly, and update on fixes and improvements.
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I encountered an issue with the game. Where can I report it?
Use the #build-the-trail channel in Discord and include your issue, a short description, and a screenshot or screen recording. If the activity does not load, try rejoining the Activity and checking your network or browser permissions. If you cannot find your issue on our FAQ, you may submit a report through our contact form.
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How can I navigate Trailbound? What is a bot command?
Most play happens inside the Trailbound Activity UI, and you can decorate, view your inventory, craft and salvage, and open your collected packs! You can use bot commands in your approved Discord chats where required.
Tip: Use “/trailbound help” in a channel with the Tatsu Bot to check out what commands you can use:
Community Tree: /trailbound tree
Inventory: /trailbound inventory
Change Location: /trailbound location
Donate Items: /trailbound donate
Redeem Codes: /trailbound redeem [code]
How to Play: /trailbound help
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I want to stay up to date with Trailbound’s development. What should I do?
Subscribe to our Substack for regular devblog updates and monthly newsletters or read the #trailbound-news in our Discord channel!
We often post on our socials, Substack and Discord for announcements and updates as well. Follow us on our socials for more quick updates!
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What are the benefits of playing Trailbound on my server?
Find a shared place to call home on any server. Trailbound gives a whole new meaning to hanging out digitally, where you can earn furniture packs while socializing with friends, decorate your homes, try out crafting new items, bond with your companions, and even play minigames like fishing!For server owners, Trailbound provides an engagement tool that supports your server - whether a small group of friends or a server in the millions - and gives you a casual, pressure-free environment to create, collect, and share a cozy place.
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What is the Imaginarium and Canvas?
The Imaginarium is the real-world-adjacent hub of Trailbound, or basically the bot-front. It’s where you access the world of Trailbound and its memory spaces in the Canvas. The Canvas is a vast dimension that exists within the Imaginarium and the Reverie Tree, where you are able to find your Roamstead, open packs, craft and salvage, decorate and customize your space, and even play minigames with friends.
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Can I play with friends?
Of course! It’s highly recommended. Trailbound is best played with company, where you can chat, share and build your own spaces together. There are multiplayer features we’re rolling out, with more expansions in the future, so invite your friends along!
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What can I buy in the Shop?
The in-game Trailbound shop contains daily deals, weekly offers, and a general array of purchasable materials, furniture, sets, and packs! Salvage material duplicates to get more gold to purchase items when you need them!
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What are Pets?
In Trailbound, pets are a feature that allows players to collect and interact with various species and subspecies of creatures. Players can acquire pets from the Dazzling Pack, and they are designed to reflect the unique biomes of the game world, Bygonia.
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How do I earn Packs?
You can earn Packs by chatting and interacting with your community on Discord. The more active you are, the more rewards you collect! Packs also come from the shop, events, milestones, and activities, each containing furniture and decor, materials, or rare variants tied to the season.
In order to open your packs, you’ll have to open Discord activity
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How do I decorate?
Head into your Roamstead to start decorating. Use the furniture and decor you’ve crafted or collected, then place them indoors or outdoors. You can mix regional styles, match palettes, and even preview recolor variants before placing. Let your creativity reign free and your Roamstead reflect the aesthetic and design core of your choice.
To decorate, you’ll have to open the decoration tab and start placing your furniture in your Roamstead.
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How do I craft or salvage?
In Crafting, you combine materials to create new furniture. Use Recipe Crafting to follow set designs or Discovery Mode to experiment with combinations and unlock hidden recipes. Salvaging lets you recycle extras into materials or gold, perfect for fueling your next crafting spree and keeping your inventory light.
Find your Crafting manual here - Crafting 101: Salvaging and The Picnic
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