Languages & Extensions

Wayward's language JSON files are used to provide new languages. They are also used to extend/tweak existing languages, such as changing the default translations for things in existing languages (sort of like a language patch) and translating new content that is added.

Required Properties

name or extends

A language file must have exactly one of either name or extends.

• name — This file defines a new language by this name.
• extends — This file extends an existing language by this name.

dictionaries

An object containing dictionaries. A dictionary is a key-value pair of the dictionary name, and the entries (or translations) in the dictionary.

As a simple example, let's say you want to change the name of the branch item. Your dictionaries would look like the following:

"dictionaries": {
    "items": {
        "branch": ["stick", "Useful for playing fetch."]
    }
}

A translation is always either a string "some text here" or an array of strings ["some text here", "more text", "etc"]. "text" is functionally equivalent to ["text"]. Each string in an array of strings is a different part of the translation, for example:

• Entries in the item, creature, and doodad dictionaries are [Name, Description].
• Entries in the book dictionary are [Author, Text].
• Entries in the helpArticle dictionary are [Name, Summary, Subtitle, Text].
• Entries in the humanName dictionary are actually any number of different names that can be used.

pluralizationRules

pluralRules

singularRules

irregularRules

uncountables

articleRules