EcoQuest is free to start. The Explorer Trail includes ten zones, followed by Explorer Trail mastery. It is free to play, with no purchase and no account payment required. Clearing the tenth stop awards the trail's first Legendary card; mastery can award the Giant Armadillo and Black Rhinoceros Legendaries.
The four biome expeditions are one-time purchases. They are not subscriptions: you pay once, the complete expedition entitlement unlocks in your account, and there is no recurring charge. Wild Australia is a separate one-time purchase. Its price is in the table below.
The expeditions
Each paid expedition is an ordered ten-stop mystery trail. Stop 1 is available immediately; finding and clearing each stop opens the next. The purchase contents are fixed and listed here—the mystery presentation changes gameplay discovery, not what you bought.
Tropical jungles and the great ancient forests
Coral reefs, rivers, wetlands and mangroves
Polar seas, the open ocean and the deep
Mountains, grasslands and the great deserts
Himalayas, Serengeti–Mara Corridor, Andes, Madagascar Spiny Forest, Patagonian Ice, Sahara, Sonoran, Namib, Gobi, Atacama
Ten Australian places not already on the Explorer Trail or in Forests
Ningaloo Reef, Kakadu / West Arnhem, Tarkine Rainforest (Takayna), The Kimberley, Australian Alps, Greater Blue Mountains, Cape York / Iron Range, Atherton Tablelands / Southern Wet Tropics, Lord Howe Island Group, Southwest Australian Biodiversity Hotspot
Each expedition also includes one completion-gated mastery challenge (five map pins and ten questions) and three named Legendary rewards:
•
Forests of the World: Malayan Sun Bear, Kodkod, Grizzled Tree Kangaroo.
•
Sunlit Waters: Hippopotamus, Gharial, Elkhorn Coral.
•
The Wild Ocean: Peruvian Anchoveta, Sunflower Sea Star, Bowhead Whale.
•
Peaks, Plains & Deserts: White-backed Vulture, Przewalski’s Horse, Mountain Tapir.
•
Wild Australia: Platypus, Koala, Tasmanian Devil.
The first Legendary is awarded after all ten zones in that expedition are cleared. The other two are awarded by improving the mastery score. Mastery and all three rewards are included in the one-time expedition price.
What it costs
The price depends on how many expeditions you unlock, not which ones. Pick any expeditions you like — the tier is set by the count.
All 4 biome expeditions and Wild Australia
You can buy incrementally over time, and you never pay twice for an expedition you already own. If you own some biome expeditions and add more, you pay only the difference to reach the next biome tier. Every path to owning all four biome expeditions totals exactly US$12.99.
The US$12.99 bundle unlocks the four biome expeditions listed above. Wild Australia is a separate one-time purchase at US$7.00. It is not part of the biome ladder, and buying it does not change the biome prices. All four biome expeditions plus Wild Australia total US$19.99 from an empty account. Future expeditions, if we add them, are also sold separately.
Taxes, currency and receipts
Prices are listed in US dollars (USD) and exclude tax. At checkout, Paddle (our merchant of record) calculates and adds any applicable tax for your location — GST in Australia, VAT, sales tax, or equivalent elsewhere — and may show the total in your local currency.
Payments are processed by Paddle. Paddle charges you, handles applicable taxes, and emails your receipt. Your card or bank statement will show a charge from Paddle (or "Paddle.net"), not from EcoQuest directly.
Refunds
Purchases can be refunded within 14 days — see the
Refund & Cancellation Policy for how refunds work and what happens to your unlocked zones.
Questions about a purchase? Email support@ecoquest.app.