Starfields

*Starfields could be rather easily shown by a Companion if the player follows and "looks".*

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**Starfields** are colorful specks floating in the air, which can be found in out-of-bounds of every level except Tower.

To add here: Pictures or videos that show an example of each instance of Starfields. Ravingmadness (talk) 16:02, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

* Size and intensity of Starfields varies from level to level. It is generally brighter and more visible in darker levels like Underground or Sunken CIty. Starfields effect also in different part of the same level OOB.
* Sparkling Dots. Multi-colored, like confetti, most visible in the Underground OOB area.
* Colorful Symbols. Those will float around you.
* Sand clouds (at your feet). Limited to one hue. For example in Broken Bridge or Chapter Select)
* After disconnection, companion dusting effect is multi-colored.

Rainbow colored particles or Symbols floating around you may float at feet level or cover the entire screen similar to sparkling dots and symbols floating in the goo in the Tower level.

### Related Phenomenons

Disco Zones and other Disco Stuff - Gateway article to phenomenons in Journey, concerning "fast changing colors or flickering in different colors".

Zimcloak - "special cloak" glitch
Rainbow Sands - connected with "How to get Zimcloak"

## How and where to do it

Starfields can be found at areas on the East, West, South, sometimes North sides of every Out of Bounds Level except Tower.

Lookup the Category:Maps or below for more information.

"To add here: info about

* looks in each level
* looks in different areas in one level
* investigate and mark starfields on maps?! Ravingmadness (talk) 16:02, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

### Underground

* Southern starfields. Note the colorful sparkles.
* Colorful sand particles.
* The color-palette of the sparkles is constantly changing during movement.

#### No fancy fly - colorful Starfields tutorial

Entering via the Jellyfish room.

Note: in the video it says "walk forward", means from that position. It is towards the start of the level.

## Gallery

* On this map you can see where the rainbow-colored dots in Underground OOB are (roughly), though further to the North you can also get the colorful Symbols floating around you.
* Disco particles in BB OOB (could be seen as Starfields effect).
* Starfields in the Underground OOB area, near the start of the level
* Starfields in the Underground OOB area, near the start of the level
* Silent Coasting through Starfields in Underground OOB, South East part of the map.

## Trivia

Starfield particles appear to use the same mechanics as sand and snow, so it is likely that those are the same engine assets and elements, except they look strange due to irregularities that the rendering engine faces when attempting to visualize elements outside the areas a player would normally visit or see. More specifically, the rainbow-colored particles appear similar to how non-RGB channels look when mapped to RGB (for example, world position XYZ coordinates or normal maps), a technique commonly used in 3D compositing.

## See also

 Other general Out of Bounds (OOB) articles

Blackness • Chapter Select (OOB) • Crash Zones • Disco Zones and other Disco Stuff • Dune settings and PC glitches • Hidden chirp symbol • Hidden symbol • History Lesson Banner (HL Banner) • How to find Nick • Level Cube / Sky Box • Liquid Sand • Out of Bounds (OOB) • Out of Bounds Levels • Paradise (OOB) • Peeling Grounds and Sanded Wayfarer • Pink Desert (OOB) • Snow (OOB) • Sunken City (OOB) • Tower (OOB) • Underground (OOB)
 About OOB and more links
Broadly speaking, a **glitch** is where something in the game does something it wasn't meant to. We do not distinguish between a "wanted Glitch" and actual bugs.

Browse Categories (bottom of articles) to find more related articles:

* Category:Out of Bounds, Glitch per Level: Category:OOB-Levels
* Category:Challenges , Category:Tricks

**Robins Guide for Newcomers** . 26 Minutes, full of tips, tricks, dos and don'ts.

Expert Mode
**Expert Mode** introduction article to everything beyond the most basic gameplay.
Expert Mode topics:

 Challenges  Fancy Flying  Glitches & OOB  OOB-Levels Surfing, Slides and Drops  Tricks

Expert Mode Glossary

Black Cloth • Black Sand • Blackness • Breaking the Shrine/HL • Carpet Chase • Carpet Warp • Crash Zones • Dirty robe trick • Disco War Machine / Disco WM • Disco Wayfarer • Disco Zones and other Disco Stuff • Dragonfly War Machine • Faceplant (FP) • Faceplant Jump (FPJ) • Fancy Flying • Ghost • Glossary • Happy War Machine • History Lesson Banner (HL Banner) • How to find Nick • Infinite Flight (IF) on PC • Infinite Flight (IF) on PS4 • Level Cube / Sky Box • Low FPS glitch • Off-sync • Peeling Grounds and Sanded Wayfarer • Sky Painting • The ID rule • The Tumbler • Triggers • Unmotivated War Machine • War Machine Capture (WM capture) • Zen Jump • Zimcloak

 Other general Out of Bounds (OOB) articles

Blackness • Chapter Select (OOB) • Crash Zones • Disco Zones and other Disco Stuff • Dune settings and PC glitches • Hidden chirp symbol • Hidden symbol • History Lesson Banner (HL Banner) • How to find Nick • Level Cube / Sky Box • Liquid Sand • Out of Bounds (OOB) • Out of Bounds Levels • Paradise (OOB) • Peeling Grounds and Sanded Wayfarer • Pink Desert (OOB) • Snow (OOB) • Sunken City (OOB) • Tower (OOB) • Underground (OOB)
 About OOB and more links
Broadly speaking, a **glitch** is where something in the game does something it wasn't meant to. We do not distinguish between a "wanted Glitch" and actual bugs.

Browse Categories (bottom of articles) to find more related articles:

* Category:Out of Bounds, Glitch per Level: Category:OOB-Levels
* Category:Challenges , Category:Tricks

**Robins Guide for Newcomers** . 26 Minutes, full of tips, tricks, dos and don'ts.

Expert Mode
**Expert Mode** introduction article to everything beyond the most basic gameplay.
Expert Mode topics:

 Challenges  Fancy Flying  Glitches & OOB  OOB-Levels Surfing, Slides and Drops  Tricks

Expert Mode Glossary

Black Cloth • Black Sand • Blackness • Breaking the Shrine/HL • Carpet Chase • Carpet Warp • Crash Zones • Dirty robe trick • Disco War Machine / Disco WM • Disco Wayfarer • Disco Zones and other Disco Stuff • Dragonfly War Machine • Faceplant (FP) • Faceplant Jump (FPJ) • Fancy Flying • Ghost • Glossary • Happy War Machine • History Lesson Banner (HL Banner) • How to find Nick • Infinite Flight (IF) on PC • Infinite Flight (IF) on PS4 • Level Cube / Sky Box • Low FPS glitch • Off-sync • Peeling Grounds and Sanded Wayfarer • Sky Painting • The ID rule • The Tumbler • Triggers • Unmotivated War Machine • War Machine Capture (WM capture) • Zen Jump • Zimcloak