Expert Mode on iOS without Controller

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To avoid frustration or confusion, we recommend getting familiar with the Expert Mode first. Further more, in-depth knowledge of Gameplay Basics is assumed at Expert Mode articles.

The range in difficulty in Expert Mode is wide. Some of the described things in Expert Mode
* need to be “studied” to be able to accomplish them. Several tries might be needed and then it still might not work.
* Are complicated Glitches and it took the community years to find them out.
* Could be found out by yourself or through a Companions showing it to you. By reading this you might spoil yourself a nice surprise.
* Are missing a detailed description. Investigation on how they work is needed, your help is highly welcomed.

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## Expert Mode on iOS mobile without controller

This is an article about what you can and cannot do in iOS mobile edition without a controller.

Expert Mode is glitching the game to find Out of Bounds areas, travel faster and do other cool things that inexperienced players may not be able to do.

It is strongly recommend, that players finish the game and get the hang of *Journey*, before moving on to complicated things.

It is highly recommended that iOS players play with controllers, but it is still possible to play by hand. You may be able to adjust instructions for controller on other articles, to touch inputs.

You can still go SC OOB (Sunken City OOB), do charge boosting, flyer boosting and more. Even though things you can do in iOS are limited, White Robes can meet First Runs, and some Glitches are easier to achieve.

### Fancy Flying

Fancy Flying (**FF**) is when you **control your camera in addition to your character** to gather energy with a **dive** and release it in the form of a **boost**.

Although Fancy Flying is hard without controller, a few are possible in iOS mobile.

Fancy Flying without a controller is possible, but its capabilities are limited due to a lack of multi-touch input for each side of the screen in iOS. As a result, the camera will drift upward after a few moments, rendering most maneuvers either not as impressive or impossible compared to using a controller. However, doing Fancy Flying without a controller still provides a new dimension to the game and can be fun to practice alone or try with Companions.

Tandem flying, Coasting, and Beaming Down, which require a Companion, **should all be possible on iOS** without a controller.

The following types of solo maneuvers should also be possible without a controller:

* Dive Boost
* Flap Boost (with controller)
* Flyer Boost
* Charge Boost (notably limited boost ability, but very, very, very occasionally you may get an impressive boost)
* Others to be determined!

#### Dive boosting

    Dive from a high hight and point your camera downwards, chirp if possible. If you hear a whooshing sound, and your Wayfarer go faster downwards, you are diving. Try to keep the Wayfarers head pointed to the ground to gain more speed or to start.

You can stop the dive by picking your head up, which may boost your Wayfarer a little higher, but eventually come back to normal. Going sideways and flapping may slow you down a little, but it is useful when using the boost to get places. Dive boosting straight downwards to a symbol can be hard to control, and you don't want to shake your camera around a lot.

#### Flyer boosting

Once you are dive boosting, go near some flyers and chirp loudly. When they come to you, point your camera up and you will soar pretty far. The more flyers, the more boost. Only do this with flyers, however, most other cloth creatures will slow you down or stop you, including goo (goo boosting is possible on other versions).

#### Charge boosting

    Charge boosting is possible by going to the symbol near the glyph at BB (see the main page for more information), and using the large back of flyers to boost you higher than the ledge shown in the picture. Dive boost down to the ledge and try to get your head stuck in the wall and then start flapping. If your Wayfarer goes up with each flap, you are not charging. If the head stays in place and it just plays the flapping animation, you are charging. Charging charges flaps to use later. Charge boosting isn't that powerful on mobile, and you need to stay there for at least a minute to get a good boost.

When you are done, turn backwards and your Wayfarer should shoot into the air.

##### iOS Charge Boost Tutorial

Below is a video showing how to Charge Boost with Touch Controls

### Face planting (FP)

Information about FP without controller are collected **here**.

We are missing the actual FP information for iOS, it is still under investigation! If you know how and have done it before, please contribute.
**Simple method - wind wall walk**

Instead of learning all of the fancy controls, you can just walk up to any border that throws wind at you, get close enough, and your Wayfarer will flip backwards. If you let the controls go when it plays that animation, your Wayfarer will stay on the ground in a fp. Unlike other attempts and ways to do this without controllers, this one is not finicky and if you get close enough, it *always works.*

### Going Out of Bounds (OOB) on iOS

In relation to the above, accessing the Out of Bounds is possible for **all** levels **except** Chapter Select and Pink Desert. However, entrances that require Fancy Flying maneuvers may not be usable at all, as the level of boost when playing without a controller is likely insufficient. As a result, it's recommended to try out OOB entry points that do not require Fancy Flying.

Exploring so-called "Mini-OOB" areas (labeled as such within OOB articles) can be especially rewarding as an iOS player since most if not all entrances requiring Fancy Flying are off limits. In addition, since the iOS platform likely sees more one-time players, mini-OOB areas may also present an easy and brief adventure for willing companions since they are generally very easy to access, even as a Red Robe.

**Suggested OOB entrances if playing without a controller:**

* PD: Mini-OOB only
* SC: Most of the right side
* Underground: Jellyfish Room (with controller only)

***Note**: The crash zones on the southwest corners of every map are confirmed to exist on iOS; at the very least, in the Broken Bridge OOB. But crashes frequently occur anywhere.*

***(all of the above requires verification from other iOS players if possible!)***

#### SC OOB

After the first symbol in the sunken city, there is a wall jutting out from the rocks. From the symbol, fly over to the wall and try to land as far away as you can from the edge of it. Don't flap, just fall in. It may glitch the Wayfarer up and down for a bit, but then it should put you into the wall. Your Wayfarer may be spit back out, but you can always try again. Once your Wayfarer goes to the wall, fly up immediately to avoid getting stuck. If you continue downwards you may get stuck in a sand waterfall and have to restart the level. Once you reach the top of that little hill you should be safe, and you can explore OOB normally (see here for pictures and sights)