Wrath of Cluck FAQ: Questions and Answers

Question 1

What kind of game is Wrath of Cluck?

Accepted Answer

Wrath of Cluck is a free survivors-like action game that runs right in a modern browser. You play a chicken with a toy weapon and hold out against swarms of hamsters coming from every side. Weapons fire on their own, so you only move, dodge, fly and dash.

Question 2

Is the game free?

Accepted Answer

Yes, it is free. You can play the whole game in your browser for free and start without signing in. The website shows no ads. In the iOS app, you can choose to watch an ad to revive when you fall.

Question 3

Do I have to install it?

Accepted Answer

No, there is nothing to install. It runs right away in a modern browser that supports WebGL, and you can add it to your home screen like an app if you want.

Question 4

Can I play on a phone?

Accepted Answer

Yes, you can play on a phone. Drag the screen to move and use the on-screen buttons to fly, dash and pause.

Question 5

Which keys do I use on a computer?

Accepted Answer

Move with WASD or the arrow keys, dash with Shift (or by pressing an arrow key twice), hold Space to fly, and press Esc to pause. You can also pick level-up cards with the number keys.

Question 6

Is there an iOS app?

Accepted Answer

Yes, an iOS app is available on the App Store. In a browser you can play right away without installing anything.

Question 7

Which languages does the game support?

Accepted Answer

The game supports 18 languages. Cutscene audio is in Korean or English, and subtitles come in 18 languages. The privacy policy and terms are provided in Korean and English, and other languages open the English documents.

Question 8

Is my progress saved if I do not sign in?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Online play saves your level, credits and unlocked stages to a guest server profile before you sign in. Items and credits from offline practice are not saved.

Question 9

What changes when I sign in?

Accepted Answer

When you sign in, your progress is kept in the cloud and you can continue on another device. Signing in is optional, and the game works the same without it.

Question 10

Is my save lost if I clear my browser data?

Accepted Answer

Clearing site data can make the guest save unreachable. It does not delete the record on the server.

Question 11

How many stages are there?

Accepted Answer

There are 30 stages in total. Each of the 6 areas has 5 stages.

Question 12

In what order do the areas follow each other?

Accepted Answer

There are 6 areas, in this order: Reed Meadow → Sunset Stream → Green Jungle → Sand Desert → Polar Snowfield → Hamster Inferno. Each area has 5 stages.

Question 13

How do I clear a stage?

Accepted Answer

You clear a stage by defeating its final boss. Clearing it opens the next stage.

Question 14

When does the mid-boss appear?

Accepted Answer

The mid-boss appears 90 seconds (1:30) after the stage starts. Every stage has a mid-boss.

Question 15

When does the final boss appear?

Accepted Answer

The final boss appears 90 seconds after you defeat the mid-boss. If you defeat the mid-boss later, the final boss comes later by the same amount.

Question 16

Which stages have a named boss?

Accepted Answer

A named final boss waits at every 5th stage: 5: King Hamster Mungchi; 10: Egg Thief Haemsik; 15: Feather-armored Hamtori; 20: Rolling Hamdori; 25: Storm Hamster; 30: Hamster King. The other stages also have a mid-boss and a final boss.

Question 17

Can I change the difficulty?

Accepted Answer

Yes, you can choose from Easy, Normal, Hard, Legend. A changed difficulty applies from the next stage you start.

Question 18

What happens when I fall?

Accepted Answer

When you fall, you can give up. In the iOS app, you can also choose to watch an ad to revive. The website shows no ads.

Question 19

What are credits for?

Accepted Answer

You spend them at the campfire shop. With credits you can unlock weapons before your character level reaches them, raise weapon mastery for more damage, and raise a weapon's starting level.

Question 20

What is the hamster wheel power plant?

Accepted Answer

The hamster wheel power plant is the camp wheel that produces credits for you. It starts turning after you finish your first run, stores up to 8 hours of credits, and you collect them with the collect button.

Question 21

What do I choose when I level up?

Accepted Answer

When you collect green gems and level up, you pick one of three cards to add or upgrade a weapon. If you do not like the cards, you can reroll them. In the iOS app, you can also watch an ad to reroll.

Question 22

What passives are there?

Accepted Answer

There are 4 passives. Their first-level effects are: Swift Wings: +10% move speed; Magnet Beak: +35% pickup radius; Tough Body: +20 max HP, heal 12 HP; Diligence: −8% cooldown for all weapons. Passives also act as the partner that evolves a weapon.

Question 23

What does it mean that a weapon splits into two branches?

Accepted Answer

When a weapon is at Lv2, its branch card lets you pick one of two branches. You can pick only one branch per weapon in a run, and 10 weapons have branches. Example, Watergun: Water Cannon / Sprinkler.

Question 24

How do weapons evolve?

Accepted Answer

Raise a weapon to Lv5 and own its partner passive at Lv1 or higher, and an evolution card appears among your level-up cards. The evolved weapon takes the place of the original weapon.

Question 25

Which passives evolve the 3 basic weapons?

Accepted Answer

Each weapon evolves once it is at Lv5 and you have its partner passive. The pairs are: Watergun + Diligence → Sunflower Gatling; Spinning Feathers + Swift Wings → Feather Storm; Egg Bomb + Tough Body → Golden Egg.

Question 26

What are the evolution pairs of the other 7 weapons?

Accepted Answer

The remaining evolutions also need the weapon at Lv5 and its partner passive. The pairs are: Button Yo-yo + Magnet Beak → Moonbutton Orbiter; Plush Paw + Tough Body → Royal Paw Stamp; Cluck Wave + Diligence → Dawn Bell Encore; Corn Boomerang + Swift Wings → Popcorn Comet; Chick Peashooter + Diligence → Little Captain’s Pea Battery; Thunder Egg + Magnet Beak → Thundercloud Hatchery; Fire Chicken Sauce + Tough Body → Bubbling Volcano Pot.

Question 27

How do I unlock weapons?

Accepted Answer

Weapons open as your character level rises: Lv5 Cluck Wave, Lv7 Corn Boomerang, Lv9 Fire Chicken Sauce. Weapons open from the start: Chick Peashooter, Thunder Egg. You can also unlock weapons earlier in the shop with credits.

Question 28

How many special hamsters are there?

Accepted Answer

There are 30 special hamsters. The codex number is the stage where that hamster first appears, so on stage N you can meet numbers 1 to N.

Question 29

How do I fill the hamster codex?

Accepted Answer

When a run ends, the special hamsters you defeated in that run are added to the codex. Each codex entry raises the hamster wheel power plant's output by 5%.

Question 30

Which special hamster appears on stage 1?

Accepted Answer

Only one special hamster appears on stage 1, codex number 1, and its name is Thief Hammy. Snatches gems and runs. Beat it to get them back.

#	Category	Question	Answer	Related
1	Getting started and saving	What kind of game is Wrath of Cluck?	Wrath of Cluck is a free survivors-like action game that runs right in a modern browser. You play a chicken with a toy weapon and hold out against swarms of hamsters coming from every side. Weapons fire on their own, so you only move, dodge, fly and dash.
2	Getting started and saving	Is the game free?	Yes, it is free. You can play the whole game in your browser for free and start without signing in. The website shows no ads. In the iOS app, you can choose to watch an ad to revive when you fall.	iOS app privacy policy
3	Getting started and saving	Do I have to install it?	No, there is nothing to install. It runs right away in a modern browser that supports WebGL, and you can add it to your home screen like an app if you want.
4	Getting started and saving	Can I play on a phone?	Yes, you can play on a phone. Drag the screen to move and use the on-screen buttons to fly, dash and pause.
5	Getting started and saving	Which keys do I use on a computer?	Move with WASD or the arrow keys, dash with Shift (or by pressing an arrow key twice), hold Space to fly, and press Esc to pause. You can also pick level-up cards with the number keys.
6	Getting started and saving	Is there an iOS app?	Yes, an iOS app is available on the App Store. In a browser you can play right away without installing anything.	Get it on the App Store
7	Getting started and saving	Which languages does the game support?	The game supports 18 languages. Cutscene audio is in Korean or English, and subtitles come in 18 languages. The privacy policy and terms are provided in Korean and English, and other languages open the English documents.
8	Getting started and saving	Is my progress saved if I do not sign in?	Yes. Online play saves your level, credits and unlocked stages to a guest server profile before you sign in. Items and credits from offline practice are not saved.
9	Getting started and saving	What changes when I sign in?	When you sign in, your progress is kept in the cloud and you can continue on another device. Signing in is optional, and the game works the same without it.
10	Getting started and saving	Is my save lost if I clear my browser data?	Clearing site data can make the guest save unreachable. It does not delete the record on the server.
11	Stages, bosses and camp	How many stages are there?	There are 30 stages in total. Each of the 6 areas has 5 stages.
12	Stages, bosses and camp	In what order do the areas follow each other?	There are 6 areas, in this order: Reed Meadow → Sunset Stream → Green Jungle → Sand Desert → Polar Snowfield → Hamster Inferno. Each area has 5 stages.
13	Stages, bosses and camp	How do I clear a stage?	You clear a stage by defeating its final boss. Clearing it opens the next stage.
14	Stages, bosses and camp	When does the mid-boss appear?	The mid-boss appears 90 seconds (1:30) after the stage starts. Every stage has a mid-boss.
15	Stages, bosses and camp	When does the final boss appear?	The final boss appears 90 seconds after you defeat the mid-boss. If you defeat the mid-boss later, the final boss comes later by the same amount.
16	Stages, bosses and camp	Which stages have a named boss?	A named final boss waits at every 5th stage: 5: King Hamster Mungchi; 10: Egg Thief Haemsik; 15: Feather-armored Hamtori; 20: Rolling Hamdori; 25: Storm Hamster; 30: Hamster King. The other stages also have a mid-boss and a final boss.
17	Stages, bosses and camp	Can I change the difficulty?	Yes, you can choose from Easy, Normal, Hard, Legend. A changed difficulty applies from the next stage you start.
18	Stages, bosses and camp	What happens when I fall?	When you fall, you can give up. In the iOS app, you can also choose to watch an ad to revive. The website shows no ads.	iOS app privacy policy
19	Stages, bosses and camp	What are credits for?	You spend them at the campfire shop. With credits you can unlock weapons before your character level reaches them, raise weapon mastery for more damage, and raise a weapon's starting level.
20	Stages, bosses and camp	What is the hamster wheel power plant?	The hamster wheel power plant is the camp wheel that produces credits for you. It starts turning after you finish your first run, stores up to 8 hours of credits, and you collect them with the collect button.
21	Weapons and the hamster codex	What do I choose when I level up?	When you collect green gems and level up, you pick one of three cards to add or upgrade a weapon. If you do not like the cards, you can reroll them. In the iOS app, you can also watch an ad to reroll.	Weapon upgrades and evolution
22	Weapons and the hamster codex	What passives are there?	There are 4 passives. Their first-level effects are: Swift Wings: +10% move speed; Magnet Beak: +35% pickup radius; Tough Body: +20 max HP, heal 12 HP; Diligence: −8% cooldown for all weapons. Passives also act as the partner that evolves a weapon.	Weapon upgrades and evolution
23	Weapons and the hamster codex	What does it mean that a weapon splits into two branches?	When a weapon is at Lv2, its branch card lets you pick one of two branches. You can pick only one branch per weapon in a run, and 10 weapons have branches. Example, Watergun: Water Cannon / Sprinkler.	Weapon upgrades and evolution
24	Weapons and the hamster codex	How do weapons evolve?	Raise a weapon to Lv5 and own its partner passive at Lv1 or higher, and an evolution card appears among your level-up cards. The evolved weapon takes the place of the original weapon.	Weapon upgrades and evolution
25	Weapons and the hamster codex	Which passives evolve the 3 basic weapons?	Each weapon evolves once it is at Lv5 and you have its partner passive. The pairs are: Watergun + Diligence → Sunflower Gatling; Spinning Feathers + Swift Wings → Feather Storm; Egg Bomb + Tough Body → Golden Egg.	Weapon upgrades and evolution
26	Weapons and the hamster codex	What are the evolution pairs of the other 7 weapons?	The remaining evolutions also need the weapon at Lv5 and its partner passive. The pairs are: Button Yo-yo + Magnet Beak → Moonbutton Orbiter; Plush Paw + Tough Body → Royal Paw Stamp; Cluck Wave + Diligence → Dawn Bell Encore; Corn Boomerang + Swift Wings → Popcorn Comet; Chick Peashooter + Diligence → Little Captain’s Pea Battery; Thunder Egg + Magnet Beak → Thundercloud Hatchery; Fire Chicken Sauce + Tough Body → Bubbling Volcano Pot.	Weapon upgrades and evolution
27	Weapons and the hamster codex	How do I unlock weapons?	Weapons open as your character level rises: Lv5 Cluck Wave, Lv7 Corn Boomerang, Lv9 Fire Chicken Sauce. Weapons open from the start: Chick Peashooter, Thunder Egg. You can also unlock weapons earlier in the shop with credits.	Weapon upgrades and evolution
28	Weapons and the hamster codex	How many special hamsters are there?	There are 30 special hamsters. The codex number is the stage where that hamster first appears, so on stage N you can meet numbers 1 to N.	Hamster codex
29	Weapons and the hamster codex	How do I fill the hamster codex?	When a run ends, the special hamsters you defeated in that run are added to the codex. Each codex entry raises the hamster wheel power plant's output by 5%.	Hamster codex
30	Weapons and the hamster codex	Which special hamster appears on stage 1?	Only one special hamster appears on stage 1, codex number 1, and its name is Thief Hammy. Snatches gems and runs. Beat it to get them back.	See this hamster in detail

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