Online: 404 Guides
Find a focused answer, from phone crafting to platform plans. Sources checked October 15, 2026.
Survival
Official screenshotBeginner Guide
Start by learning the smartphone and separating recipe research from crafting in Notes. The developer’s June demo instructions say the Notes menu also shows whether you are near a workbench. These are supported starting fundamentals, rather than a tested optimal opening route.
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Official screenshotWater & Drinking Information
The collected sources do not establish a verified way to obtain safe drinking water in Online: 404. They contain demo reports about the importance of liquid during sleep, but no cross-checked collection or purification procedure. This page therefore does not present an invented water route.
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Official screenshotSmartphone Survival
Use the Online: 404 smartphone to research survival tasks through the in-game internet. The official description also gives it navigation, flashlight and weather functions. In the June demo, the developer directs crafting through the Notes app and its workbench proximity indicator.
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Official screenshotFirst Night Survival
The collected demo reports point to checking food and drink before sleeping through your first night. Two separate June discussions describe danger from sleeping with inadequate supplies. These are dated demo observations, not a verified launch-build survival route.
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Official screenshotFood, Hunting & Farming
Hunting and farming are the food-related systems documented for Online: 404. The developer also describes researching mushroom safety and animal butchering through the phone. The collected evidence does not establish a tested first-food route or a complete preparation recipe.
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Crafting
Official screenshotCrafting Guide
In the Online: 404 demo, crafting is accessed through the smartphone’s Notes app. CG Team says the crafting menu includes an indicator showing whether you are near a workbench. Researching instructions through the in-game internet is a separate part of the process.
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Official screenshotWorkbench Help
Open the smartphone’s Notes app, enter its crafting menu and inspect the workbench proximity indicator. That is CG Team’s direct answer to a demo player who could not use a bench. It addresses a documented interface misunderstanding rather than proving a universal fix for every crafting failure.
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Base Building
Official screenshotBase Building
Online: 404 base building uses wooden construction reinforced with salvaged vehicle parts. The developer’s concrete example is attaching a car door or hood to a wooden wall. This establishes the shelter concept, rather than a complete recipe, placement sequence or tested base layout.
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Official screenshotElectricity & Solar Salvage
The official electricity example in Online: 404 is salvaging a solar panel from an abandoned house. Cornfield Games presents this as an alternative to manufacturing one from scratch. The collected sources do not provide a complete wiring, installation or charging procedure.
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Official screenshotBest Base Locations: Source Status
No named site or coordinate in the collected material has enough verified comparative evidence to rank as the best Online: 404 base location. The sources describe shelter, exploration and raids, but not a tested location comparison. This page does not assign a fictional winner.
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Official screenshotBase Defense & Reinforcement
The documented Online: 404 base-defense example is reinforcing wooden walls with salvaged car doors or hoods. Cornfield Games also identifies raids on player bases among the game’s systems. The collected material does not establish a raid timetable or a guaranteed defensive layout.
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Multiplayer
Official screenshotMultiplayer & Co-op
Online: 404 supports solo play or a co-op team of up to four players in total. The count comes from the developer’s introduction. June demo players also report using the phone’s Contacts screen to add friends, a procedure that should remain labelled as demo-era guidance.
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Release
Official screenshotGame Release Date
Online: 404 is scheduled to enter Steam Early Access on October 16, 2026. The official listing still described it as upcoming when checked on October 15. This is the planned Early Access date, rather than a version 1.0 release date.
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Official screenshotPrice & Early Access
A numeric Online: 404 purchase price was not displayed on Steam when checked on October 15, 2026. Cornfield Games describes reduced pricing during Early Access and a price review after version 1.0. The free June demo does not establish the price of the full game.
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Official screenshotDemo Availability
The Online: 404 demo opened on June 14, 2026 and was scheduled to leave public access at the end of June. No demo download offer was visible on the main Steam listing checked on October 15. The demo and full game use separate Steam app IDs.
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Platforms
Official screenshotSteam Page & PC Platform
The official Online: 404 Steam page is app 4094350, developed and published by Cornfield Games. The checked listing targets Windows PC and Steam Early Access. Its historical demo is a separate application, 4744250.
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Official screenshotXbox Port Plans
Cornfield Games has stated that it plans to bring Online: 404 to Xbox after the PC release. The relevant developer reply was posted on May 28, 2026. It establishes a port intention, rather than a confirmed Xbox launch date or a specific console edition.
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Official screenshotPS5 & PlayStation Plans
Cornfield Games has announced an intention to port Online: 404 to PlayStation after PC. Its May 28 reply says PlayStation without identifying PS5 or PS4. The collected evidence therefore supports a PlayStation plan, rather than a confirmed PS5 edition or release date.
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Official screenshotMobile & In-Game Smartphone
The verified Online: 404 release listing is for Windows PC. The collected sources do not establish an Android or iPhone edition. The smartphone in the game description is a tool used by your character inside the game.
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Resources
Official screenshotResource Locations & Scavenging
The official scavenging examples point to abandoned buildings for solar equipment and old vehicles for wall reinforcement panels. These are documented source categories in Online: 404. The collected material does not establish fixed coordinates or a guaranteed resource circuit.
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