Expeditions are a YNOproject feature where locations in the games hosted on the site (save for those without the feature enabled), are randomly selected and shown to players, incentivizing exploration across the areas that lead to the selected areas and witnessing what they have to offer along the way, be it together or by oneself. By traveling all the way to these selected locations, players gain Expedition Points (ExP), the value of which depends on how far these locations are.
To view your current expeditions, click the compass icon.
Expedition Points
Expedition points are the standard reward earned by the player for completing periodic expeditions and vending machine finder challenges, with the amount earned correlated with the depth of the location of each expedition. Each week, players can accrue up to a maximum of 50 ExP. However, the total amount of ExP available from periodic expeditions and Vending Machine Finder expeditions each week exceeds 50 ExP, and any ExP that would be gained after this weekly maximum has been reached will simply be nullified. This fact allows players to skip out on some expeditions while still maintaining a position at the top of the ExP leaderboard. Earning enough ExP will advance a player's Expedition Rank, which starts at Novice and currently ends at Diamond. Each ranking (with the exception of Novice) also grants their corresponding badge when reached.
Listed below are the ranks you can attain:
| Rank | ExP Required | Badge |
|---|---|---|
| Novice | 0 | |
| Intermediate | 40 |  |
| Bronze | 100 |  |
| Silver | 250 |  |
| Gold | 500 |  |
| Platinum | 1000 | .png){kind=small} |
| Diamond | 2000 | .png){kind=small} |
Periodic Expeditions
These are expeditions for different periods, based on how deep these areas: they are categorized as daily, weekend, and weekly expeditions. The games in which they would be selected depend on how popular they are on the basis of player counts.
These expeditions are described as follows:
- Daily: Selected every day, these are expeditions to two relatively-shallow locations. They yield 1~3 ExP.
- Weekend: Selected every Friday, and available until the end of Saturday, these are expeditions to medium depth locations. They yield 5 ExP.
- Weekly: Selected every Sunday, and available until the end of Saturday, these are expeditions to very deep locations. They yield 10 ExP.
Sometimes, bonus special expeditions themed to certain holidays or special occasions will be available for players to take on in addition to the usual assortment of periodic expeditions. The ExP yielded from these expeditions depend on the location depth.
If no periodic expeditions are available for a specific game, either because the player has completed all periodic expeditions currently available for the game, or because no periodic expeditions have been made available for the game during a particular stretch of time, then an endless pool of Free Expeditions will be made available for said game until new periodic expeditions are once again made available for it.
Vending Machine Finder
In addition to periodic expeditions, players can take on a challenge called the Vending Machine Finder. These expeditions task players with seeking out and interacting with a specific vending machine in-game. The only clues given by the interface to the vending machine's location are the game that the vending machine is located within, as well as an image depicting said vending machine within a narrow slice of its surrounding environment. Successfully locating and interacting with the vending machine yields 4 ExP, and the vending machines to be found are selected every Sunday, Tuesday, and Friday (Saturday, Monday and Thursday for American time zones).
Currently, Vending Machine Finder expeditions are only available for vending machines located within Yume 2kki.
Free Expeditions
These expeditions, while they do not yield ExP, are selected infinitely. The sequence in which these expeditions are selected is global across all players, with the initial selection performed every day, allowing them to choose whether to tackle these expeditions at the same time with fellow players, or individually.
Free expedition completions are recorded on the leaderboards, and in the case of Yume 2kki, free expeditions there are also tied to a completion rate, which determined by the unique free expeditions completed in said game. By increasing this completion rate, you can earn Expedition Completionist badges based on how far you have gone.