One of the most interesting things about Hyper Scape in the leadup to its full launch yesterday was how Ubisoft hyped up the narrative aspect of the game. More than most battle royale games, Hyper Scape seems to be setting up a deeper story about the digital world players fight it out in, one full of darker secrets than anyone realizes.
Now that Season 1 is underway, players can start digging up pieces of that story while they play through the Memory Shards. Much like, say, the XP Coins in Fortnite, these are collectibles that players can find hidden across the game’s map while they take on some of the other challenges that await them. The difference here, though, is that these contain pieces of lore that provide players with a deeper understanding of Hyper Scape’s universe.
Full Season 1 Week 1 Challenge List
In keeping with battle royale convention, Hyper Scape is utilizing a series of weekly challenges to give players side-objectives to complete and Battle Points to earn towards grinding out Season 1’s Battle Pass. For anyone eager to know, the first week’s challenges are:
- Use a holo-tag during the Showdown (0/1): 50 BP
- Break barricades around T-LOOP (0/20): 50 BP
- Capture enemies with the Magnet hack (0/8): 50 BP
- Deal critical damage with the Dragonfly (0/400): 100 BP
- Place in the top 10 in any solo game mode (0/1): 100 BP
- Fuse items at any Landmark (0/70): 100 BP
- Get eliminations or assists on revealed enemies (0/4): 100 BP
- Win matches with a Crown Victory in any squad game mode (0/1): 200 BP
- Fuse 10 items in a single match (0/10): 200 BP
- Deal damage with fully fusioned items (0/2500): 200 BP
- Find Memory Shard 1.1 (0/1): Memory 1.1
- Find Memory Shard 1.2 (0/1): Memory 1.2
Memory Shard 1.1 & 1.2 Locations
There are two Memory Shards to find currently in Hyper Scape (with more to presumably follow in the coming weeks), and luckily they’re pretty easy to find if one knows where to look in Neo Arcadia. Starting with Shard 1.1, all players need to do is head to Tora Garden near the map’s center, and there they’ll find the Shard directly in front of the area’s tall monument.
Shard 1.2 is a little more hidden than 1.1, but players should be able to find it quickly enough. It’s located in Unity Hill right on the northern edge of the map, beneath a tall building with orange doors. Players will need to head down a stairway next to the building and pass through a glitched-out door to find the Shard, but once they’ve found it and Shard 1.1, they’ll be free to read the lore in the Shards through the Hall of Champions in the game’s hub.
Hyper Scape is free-to-play for PC, PS4, and Xbox One, and is slated to be a launch title for PS5 and Xbox Series X.