Wanderer's communication background.
“Wanderers want to sample a little bit of everything. The galaxy is vast and they want to experience it all.”
- - In-game description
The Wanderer archetype is one of the ten archetypes in Spore.
NPC empires cannot spawn with the Wanderer archetype in-game, like the Knight archetype. Saved games of the Wanderer archetype will function like a Diplomat empire and follow Scrolls of Order.
Wanderer empires have no unique power. Originally, they would've had a tool named the Species Shuffler, which would change all species on the planet, but it now only exists within the game's code.
Gaining the wanderer archetype[]
Through evolution[]
The Wanderer archetype is given to species that start in the Space stage.
| Behavior in the Cell Stage | Behavior in the Creature Stage | Behavior in the Tribal Stage | Behavior in the Civilization Stage | Resulting archetype |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skipped | Skipped | Skipped | Skipped | Wanderer |
Through mission[]
It's impossible to become a Wanderer through missions. When asking a saved game of the Wanderer archetype to teach them to be like them, they will give the Diplomat mission instead. This makes it possible to turn 2 Wanderer game saves both into Diplomat without talking to other empires.
Galactic Adventures[]
Ranks[]
- Vagabond
- Hitchhiker
- Nomad
- Thief
- Rogue
- Buccaneer
- Samurai
- Explorer
- Voyager
- Intergalactic Traveler
Campaign adventure[]
There is no campaign adventure for Wanderers.
Captain accessories[]
Like Knights, Wanderers do not have exclusive accessories.
In other languages, such as Spanish, their name can be translated to English as "visitor", rather than "wanderer". In Polish, they are known as "Discoverers".
Trivia[]
- The background of Wanderers' is the same as the one from Military nations of Civilization Stage.
- Number 3 of the Captain's ranks could be a reference to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
- Wanderers might also be a reference of humanity and the Federation of Star Trek; depicted as a futuristic, united multicultural society willing to explore the universe to discover new worlds, lifeforms and civilizations.
- The Wanderer's unique consequence ability: "Species Shuffler" was removed from normal play as the developers felt that players should not be rewarded for barely playing the game.Source needed The ability still exists in the game's code.
