Snek Guide: Getting started as a snek
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OverviewSnek puts you in control of a snake character exploring a free-roaming open world. Your main goals are finding hats, discovering hidden areas, and earning badges by poking around every corner of the map. This guide covers how to get started, what to look for, how to handle known problems, and what the badges tell you about where to explore.
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Getting started as a snek
Step
When you join, you land in an open world with no set path. The game's whole point is exploration. Buildings, towers, and landscape features are where interesting things — and badges — are hiding.
- Walk the field move in different directions from your starting point to get a feel for the map's layout.
- Look at buildings towers, houses, and temple structures are tied to several of the game's badges, so walk up to them rather than past them.
- Check the top of things at least one badge reward sits at the top of a tower on the temple, so climbing is worth your time.
- Hunt for hats hats are scattered through the world and are one of the core things to collect.
- Spot the cats cats appear somewhere in the field, and finding one unlocks a badge.
- Find the secret field there is a hidden area on the map; exploring off the obvious paths is the way to stumble onto it.
What the badges tell you to do
Table
There are seven badges in total. The table below lists each one alongside what you need to do to earn it.
| Badge | How to earn it |
|---|---|
| You Joined! | Simply enter the game for the first time. |
| Secret Field!?!??! | Find the hidden secret field somewhere on the map. |
| ??? | Reach the top of one of the towers on the temple. |
| C A T | Find the cat that exists somewhere in the field. |
| half-snek | Tied to gordon snekman. |
| House | Find the location connected to the house. |
| mountain skip | Triggered by skipping the mountain the unintended way — the badge itself calls you a cheater. |
Known glitches and how to handle them
Check
The game has three documented glitches.
- Stuck inside an object use the respawn option to pop back to a safe position and keep going.
- Low-quality or broken textures this is a known glitch.
- Snowballs appearing where they shouldn't this is a known glitch; ignore them and carry on exploring.
Glossary
Glossary- Open world
- A game format with no fixed route, letting you explore the map in whatever order you like.
- Respawn
- A built-in option that returns your character to a safe starting position when you get stuck.
- Badge
- An in-game achievement you unlock by completing a specific action, such as finding a hidden area or reaching a high point.
- Secret field
- A hidden area on the map that rewards you with a badge when you discover it.
Common questions
FAQCan I play Snek by myself?
Yes — the game is designed around solo exploration at your own pace.
What should I do first if I have no idea where to go?
Start walking and look for anything that stands out — towers, houses, and unusual terrain are where the game hides its rewards.
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