Wand's interactive maps are built to enhance your in-game exploration by providing a dynamic, visual guide with useful overlays, and real-time location tracking (for supported games).
Features & benefits
Live Game World View: See detailed world maps overlaid with categorized pins marking collectibles, quests, secrets, and more—helping you uncover everything the game offers.
Live Location (supported games): Your current location appears live on the map, reducing the need for in-game navigation and letting you explore more efficiently.
Teleport (supported games): jump straight to a pin from the map on titles with teleport support — use the Teleport only filter to see where you can go. More in the Teleport article.
Check the Map section and select “Live Location” or “Teleport” to check supported games list!)
Custom Pins: Add your own pins with names, descriptions, and colors—perfect for tracking rare items, areas to revisit, or personal objectives.
Progress Tracking: Mark pins as 'Found' to check them off and track your progress with the Discovery Progress counter (e.g., 4 / 1370). Filter to focus only on remaining items.
100% Checklists: track your way to full completion with a checklist, shown in the map panel as soon as you open Maps.
Your Timeline: review your past play sessions and what you accomplished in each, right in the map panel when you open Maps.
Video Pins (supported games): Highlights you capture can appear as pins where you recorded them, so you can jump straight back to the moment. Requires cloud backup, and supported on games with Live Location and a single map — see Enable Highlight Map Pins in the Highlights article.
Fog of War (supported games): reveal the map as you explore instead of seeing everything at once — pins stay hidden until you discover them in-game. Turn it on from the Layers button; see Fog of War below.
Powerful Search & Filtering: Search for any location or objective by keyword, and toggle specific pin categories to declutter your view.
Zoom & Navigation: Easily pan across the map and zoom in or out to focus on specific regions or pin clusters.
Elements on Maps
Maps typically include:
Collectibles: Hidden items, documents, and artifacts
Resources: Crafting materials and upgrade components
Enemies: Boss locations and enemy camps
Travel Points: Teleport spots and checkpoints
Quest Locations: NPCs and mission objectives
Secrets: Easter eggs and unlockables
Achievements: Areas related to trophies or in-game goals
Each pin includes a name and often a brief description or image.
In-game and out-of-game access
In-game: Open the Wand overlay (default: Alt + W) and access the map directly during gameplay.
Outside the game: Use the map before or after your session to plan, track missed items, or review progress.
On the web: browse and open maps at Wand.com > Game Maps, no app needed.
Wand Pro Remote app (mobile): Free users can now use the Wand Pro Remote app for Interactive maps! Learn more here: Wand Pro Remote App
Custom pins
Open the map in Wand app game page
Click the "Add Custom Pin" button
Add a name, description, and select pin color.
Custom pins appear in a separate category and are synced to your account.
You can edit or delete your pins anytime.
Use cases include marking rare items, quest areas, or spots to revisit later.
Marking pins as found
Click a pin and select "Mark Found".
Found pins update visually (faded or checked).
Use filters to hide collected pins and focus on what's left.
Progress is saved to your account and synced across devices.
Note: This does not sync with your in-game map or achievements!
Using Interactive Maps in-game
Use the overlay hotkey (Alt+W) to open or close the map.
Click the map icon in the overlay to hide/minimize.
Make sure the overlay is enabled in your Settings before you do this!
How do I enable or disable nearby pin notifications?
To enable or disable nearby pin notifications through the overlay:
Open the Wand Overlay during gameplay (default hotkey: Alt + W)
Click Settings in the bottom-right corner
Toggle Nearby pin notifications on or off
To enable or disable nearby pin notifications through the Wand app:
Open the game page on the Wand app
Click on the Settings icon pointed by the arrow on the screenshot below
Click on Overlay options
Toggle Nearby pin notifications on or off
Customizing map view
You can show or hide pin categories using the Legend panel.
Click a group name to show or hide all pins under it at once.
Use the quick filters at the top of the panel (Hide all, Teleport only, Unfound only) to cut through clutter fast
Search for specific pins using keywords.
Adjust map zoom, position, and pin density for better clarity.
Use the Layers button to switch the view and toggle overlays, see Map layers below.
Map layers
Click the Layers button on the map to change how it's displayed:
2D / 3D — switch between a flat, top-down view and a 3D view
Labels — show or hide place-name labels
Regions — show or hide region outlines
Fog of War (beta) — reveal the map as you explore (see below)
Fog of War (Beta feature)
Available on maps that support Live Location. Open a Live Location map, click the Layers button, and turn on Fog of War.
With it off, the map shows all pins (or the ones matching your filters).
With it on, every pin stays hidden until you're in-game. As you explore, nearby pins reveal themselves, and once you've discovered a pin, it stays on the map for good.
This is how it looks like when the feature is enabled:
Using the in-game overlay:
Within the game page:
It's a spoiler-free way to play: you uncover the world as you go instead of seeing everything at once.
Compass
On maps with Live Location, you can head to a spot without keeping the full map open. Select a pin, then choose Track location with compass, a compass appears in the top-left corner of your screen and points the way to that pin as you play, so you can follow it in-game without checking the map every few steps.
Limitations
Limited support: Not all games are supported yet, but we're expanding the list regularly. Have a game you'd like to see? Send your suggestions to our Discord server through #feedback or [email protected].
No In-Game Integration: Marking items as collected in Wand won't reflect inside the game itself since Wand does not access deep-level game data.
Troubleshooting
Position not showing:
Progress past the intro sequence.
Restart Wand and the game.
Map is laggy or unresponsive:
Hide unnecessary pins.
Close other programs or update your graphics drivers.
Map isn't loading:
Check if the game supports maps (look for the map tab or icon).
If you’re using the Browser version of Interactive Maps, try refreshing the page again or clearing the cache of your browser.