How do I get Scrambled Coordinates in Loftia?
Harvest gathering spots in Loftia City after Ryder gives you "Adventure Awaits!". Each harvest has a chance to drop one. Finishing the quest, the daily chest and Cella's Key Shop are the other sources.
How to Get Scrambled Coordinates in Loftia
To get Scrambled Coordinates in Loftia, keep harvesting gathering spots around Loftia City after Ryder gives you his quest "Adventure Awaits!". Every harvest has a chance to drop one. Collect 3, show them to Ryder, and he sends you on your first adventure; finishing the quest pays you 15 more.
Loftia Scrambled Coordinates: the quick answer
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- What they are for: every adventure on Ryder's airship costs 3 Scrambled Coordinates.
- Where they drop: any of twelve kinds of gathering spot in Loftia City, from Tall Grass to an Abandoned Car. They only start dropping once the quest has started.
- Other ways to get them: the daily chest in the Player Neighborhoods, and later Cella's Key Shop at 30 Dew each.
- How many you can hold: 30 in the Early Access build; the Travel Kit perk's three levels add 5, 10 and 15.
Scrambled Coordinates at a glance
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Item | Scrambled Coordinates, "A shard of jumbled data pointing at a location in the sky." Source: The item's in-game description. |
| How to get them | A chance to drop 1 whenever you harvest a gathering spot in Loftia City. Source: The game's drop tables; the official news page says they drop from harvesting any resource node. |
| When drops start | Once Ryder's quest "Adventure Awaits!" has started. Source: The game's drop tables. |
| Ryder's quest | Collect 3 and show them to Ryder. Source: The quest's data in the game files. |
| Quest reward | 15 Scrambled Coordinates. Source: The quest's data in the game files. |
| Adventure cost | 3 per adventure. Source: The adventure setup in the game files. |
| Carry limit | 30; the Travel Kit perk's three levels add 5, 10 and 15. Source: The item and perk data in the game files. |
| Sell price | 10 Dew. Source: The item data in the game files. |
Every row comes from the Early Access game files, Steam build 26416344, read on November 4, 2026.
Early Access opened on November 3, 2026 with the same Loftia City story; the values on this page are read from its game files, Steam build 26416344.
Where to find Scrambled Coordinates
Scrambled Coordinates have no fixed spot. They are a bonus drop: every time you harvest a gathering spot in Loftia City, the game rolls a chance to hand you one Scrambled Coordinates on top of the normal materials. The official news page says they can drop from harvesting any resource node, and a developer told players in the official Loftia Discord on October 19, 2026 that you can find them "anywhere, anytime you forage".
Two things decide whether you can get them at all:
- Ryder's quest has to be running. The drop only switches on once you have picked up "Adventure Awaits!" from Ryder. Harvesting before that gives you nothing, so if you spent the early game salvaging and never saw one, that is why.
- It has to be a Loftia City gathering spot. Tall grass, berry bushes, scrap piles and the other salvage spots around the city all count; the full list of twelve is below.
How often they drop is in the bad-luck section. The short version: early on, while the quest is asking you for your first 3, the game gives you an extra chance on every harvest, so the first few come faster than later ones.
Ryder's "Adventure Awaits!" quest
"Adventure Awaits!" is the side quest that introduces adventures. Ryder offers it once you have finished "Permission to Glide", and the quest log describes it as Ryder suspecting that Loftia's instability is tied to the Research Islands. It has four steps:
- Salvage resources in the city to find Scrambled Coordinates. You need 3 in your inventory.
- Show the coordinates to Ryder. In the demo this step read "Show the coordinates to the Adventurer"; it was always Ryder. Walk back to him; you do not need to look for anyone else.
- Play an Adventure through the end. Ryder's airship takes you to your first island.
- Report back with island data. Talk to Ryder again to finish the quest.
Finishing the quest gives you 15 Scrambled Coordinates, enough for five more adventures, and the Flare emote.
If you started this quest in the demo, the developers said your progress carries over to Early Access with your linked Loftia account.
What Scrambled Coordinates are for
Scrambled Coordinates are the ticket for Ryder's airship. Each one points at a spot in the sky, and every adventure costs 3 of them. Adventures take you to the Research Islands, where you explore, gather and come back with rewards such as Bloom.
- Your first adventure is solo. It goes to Crater Island and is set to one player. A developer explained on October 20, 2026 that the first one is preset as a solo run to show you how adventures work.
- After that you can group up. The next adventure, Grassy Islands, takes up to 4 players.
- Adventures are short. The game files give each adventure a 240-second timer, four minutes.
Other ways to get Scrambled Coordinates
Harvesting is the main source, but there are three others.
- Ryder's quest reward. Finishing "Adventure Awaits!" pays 15, as above.
- The daily chest. A developer pointed players on October 20, 2026 to the daily chest in the Player Neighborhoods. Its Scrambled Coordinates and Bloom only unlock after you finish "Adventure Awaits!", a change made in the first demo patch. The game files give the chest two possible rewards, 3 to 5 Scrambled Coordinates or 3 to 5 Bloom, and set it to hand out one reward per chest, so some days you may get Bloom instead.
- Cella's Key Shop. Cella sells Scrambled Coordinates for 30 Dew each. Her shop opens after her quest "The Real Treasure", which only becomes available once the Loftia City story hands over to the Hanging Gardens, so you will not have it while you are still collecting your first 3.
How many Scrambled Coordinates you can carry
You can hold 30 Scrambled Coordinates in the Early Access build; the demo allowed 50. The Travel Kit perk raises the carry limit for adventure items: the game files list three levels, Travel Kit I, II and III, adding 5, 10 and 15. We have not confirmed in play that all three levels stack.
Selling them is rarely worth it: they go for 10 Dew each, while Cella charges 30 to buy one back.
If you can't find any Scrambled Coordinates
Most players who get stuck are harvesting the right things and just unlucky, or harvested before Ryder's quest started. Check these in order.
1. Is "Adventure Awaits!" in your quest log? The drop does not exist until it is. If it is not there, finish "Permission to Glide" and talk to Ryder.
2. Are you harvesting in Loftia City? These twelve gathering spots can drop them:
- Tall Grass
- Clay Mound
- Plastic Bottles
- Bucket of Screws
- Wire Pile
- Berry Bush
- Wooden Crates
- Washing Machine
- Pile of Tires
- Old Microwave
- Crate
- Abandoned Car
Mushrooms are not on the list for Loftia City.
3. How lucky do you need to be? Read from the Early Access game files, not measured in play: each harvest has a 5% chance to drop one, or 10% on a critical harvest, half the chance in the demo files. While the quest is still asking for your first 3, the game adds a separate 40% roll on each harvest, the same as in the demo. We have not confirmed how the two rolls combine, so treat the first few as faster rather than guaranteed. The developers' first demo patch notes, posted on October 21, 2026 on Steam, say they clarified where to find Scrambled Coordinates for Ryder's quest and increased their drop chance during that quest step.
4. Looking for "maps"? A developer said on October 21, 2026 that maps was the old name for Scrambled Coordinates, so older videos and posts that mention maps mean the same item.
Version notes and limits
Two things on this page are still open: how the normal drop and the extra quest roll combine on one harvest, and whether the daily chest ever gives both rewards at once. Compared with the demo build, the Early Access game files halve the chance that a harvest drops one and lower the carry limit from 50 to 30; the other numbers on this page are the same in both builds.
Every value on this page was checked against Early Access build 26416344 on November 4, 2026. A later change to a drop chance, cost or limit is updated with the date it was checked.
Loftia Scrambled Coordinates FAQ
How many Scrambled Coordinates does Ryder need?
3. Collect 3, show them to Ryder, play one adventure and report back. The quest then rewards you with 15.
Who is the Adventurer in "Show the coordinates to the Adventurer"?
Ryder. The demo's objective called him the Adventurer; in the Early Access build the step reads "Show the coordinates to Ryder".
What are Scrambled Coordinates used for?
Adventures. Every trip on Ryder's airship to the Research Islands costs 3.
Can I buy Scrambled Coordinates?
Yes, later. Cella's Key Shop sells them for 30 Dew each, but it only opens after her quest "The Real Treasure", once the story moves on from Loftia City to the Hanging Gardens.
Does the daily chest give Scrambled Coordinates?
It can. In the game files, the daily chest in the Player Neighborhoods gives 3 to 5 Scrambled Coordinates or 3 to 5 Bloom, one reward per chest, and only after you finish "Adventure Awaits!".
How many Scrambled Coordinates can I carry?
30 in the Early Access build. The Travel Kit perk's three levels add 5, 10 and 15 to the carry limit for adventure items.
Why am I not getting any Scrambled Coordinates?
Usually because "Adventure Awaits!" has not started yet; drops only begin once it has. After that it is luck: the Early Access game files give each harvest a 5% chance, 10% on a critical harvest, with an extra roll while the quest still needs your first 3.
Which resources drop Scrambled Coordinates?
Twelve kinds of Loftia City gathering spot, including Tall Grass, Berry Bush, Plastic Bottles, Wire Pile and Abandoned Car. The full list is in the section above.
Can I do the first adventure with friends?
No. The first adventure, to Crater Island, is solo. Later adventures take up to 4 players.
What are maps in Loftia?
The old name for Scrambled Coordinates, a developer said in October 2026.
Did my demo quest progress carry over?
Yes, if you linked your Loftia account. The developers said completed quests, items and character progress from the demo carry over to Early Access, which opened on November 3, 2026.
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