Internationalization¶

Wayward Crown supports 15 languages, with the ability to add more through plugins.

Built-in Languages¶

Code	Language
`en`	English
`zh_TW`	繁體中文
`zh_CN`	简体中文
`ja`	日本語
`ko`	한국어
`ru`	Русский
`de`	Deutsch
`fr`	Français
`es`	Español
`pt_BR`	Português (Brasil)
`it`	Italiano
`pl`	Polski
`tr`	Türkçe
`th`	ภาษาไทย
`vi`	Tiếng Việt

Language File Format¶

Language files are in JSON format, stored in the game/lang/ directory:

{
  "window_title": "Wayward Crown",
  "log_defeated_enemy": "{adv} defeated {enemy} (Gold: {gold} XP: {xp})",
  "building_market": "Market",
  "class_warrior": "Warrior"
}

Supports {placeholder} dynamic substitution
Missing translation keys automatically fall back to English
Switching languages takes effect immediately without a restart

Language Detection Order¶

--lang CLI argument (highest priority)
Language manually selected by the user in the settings menu
Steam client language (auto-detected)
English (default fallback)

Adding Languages (Plugins)¶

Adding a language via a plugin only requires plugin.json and a translation file:

plugins/my_lang/
├── plugin.json
└── lang/
    └── xx.json    # Your language code

The language code can be any string (e.g., ja, ko, my_custom) and will automatically appear in the language list in the settings menu.

Campaign Internationalization¶

Campaign text can use the i18n: prefix to reference translation keys:

{
  "title": "i18n:tut_level1_title",
  "intro": "i18n:tut_level1_intro"
}

The game automatically resolves translation keys based on the current language. If a matching translation is not found, the key name is displayed as-is.