Duskfade Guides Hub

Welcome to the Duskfade Guides Hub for Weird Beluga and Fireshine Games’ clockpunk action platformer, released August 13, 2026 on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2. Use these pages whether you are still sampling the free demo or already chasing Platinum in Tearfeld. The goal is the same: less time stuck, more time in Tick Town, Ezarus Forest, the Clockwork Academy, and the Clock Tower.

Duskfade follows young Zirian and his mechanical companion Cuckoo after eternal night falls and Allira is drawn toward the Clock Tower. The demo still condenses the opening into a Wrath-capped slice; the retail campaign continues through Pendulum, later biomes, and Despair. New players should skim How to Play first, then the story walkthrough for region order.

Featured guides

Start with How to Play Duskfade for movement, Minutero, Blast, Grapple, and the first Upgrade Gears. How to Unlock Abilities adds the Academy Pendulum gate for orange crystals. Pair both with Movement and Tech for long-jump rolls and rail grind.

The story walkthrough is the campaign spine: Tick Town, Ezarus Forest, Clockwork Academy, Lantern Port, cloud lands, Deepthorne, Chronos Aeternum, Tower. It stays spoiler-light on the ending. If Wrath is still a wall, read How to Beat Wrath. Later bosses reuse the same idea — movement puzzles between damage windows — on the bosses page.

Combat players should open Temporal Shift and Combat. Late dodges freeze time; early panic rolls waste the mechanic. The page embeds a mid-article video.

Collectibles, trophies, outfits

Collectibles now covers hearts, Star Cores, kittens, music boxes, cards, Wally, and flasks. The trophies guide lists all 26 PS5 trophies and the Story Mode Platinum plan. Outfits unlocks Shared Memories and World Hopper. Track checkboxes on the collectibles tracker.

Difficulty remains the place for Story versus higher settings. Duskfade is single-player; there is no co-op.

How guides connect to the world

Tick Town is the hub. Biomes names Ezarus Forest, Lantern Port, the Academy, and cloud kingdoms. NPCs covers Tailord, Arpeggio, Gramps, and the Traveler. Lore of the Clock Tower explains why bosses are emotions.

Buy or launch Duskfade from Steam. Play once without a wiki if you want discovery, then return for cleanup. Patch notes land on the Updates hub and launch day bulletin.

The PC dropdown shows the first seven guide pages plus a View-all link back here — use this hub when the list runs long. Good luck restoring the fabric of time alongside Zirian.