The Cool Zone

Sparkling curiosity about technology and culture

Ingredients: Cybernetic technology, nature documentaries, social critique, aspertame.

Available In: The Highway, The Path, The Terminal

Did you know? This hiker has a CRT screen for a hand, which would weigh 50-60 lbs — so they never skip arm day!

Infused with energy and sprinkled with fractured identity

Ingredients: Too many open tabs, maps, queer history, salt.

Available In: The Highway, The Railway, The Path, The Terminal
This hiker will not appear on the Path until he’s been encountered elsewhere.

Did you know? His tail is a plug that powers his various screens!

Hearty and life-affirming, with floral and woody top notes, and a mossy aftertaste

Ingredients: Resilience, rebirth, the cycle of life and death, a connectedness to all things, yeast.

Available In: The Path, The Terminal
This hiker must be encountered on the Path journey before they will appear in the Terminal.

Did you know? The many plants that form their collective are growing out of one nurse log!

The Body Horror content filter will make a minor change to their conversation in the Terminal.

The threshold guardian to a wide new world of taste

Ingredients: Stories, art, a dash of the surreal, mind-altering substances.

Available In: The Highway, The Railway, The Path, The Terminal, Classic Mode
This hiker will always be the first hiker encountered on each journey, the first time that journey is taken.

Did you know? When she first appeared in Glitchhikers: First Drive, this hiker was meant to be the most “normal”, a threshold guardian that would help usher the player into the strangeness of the Glitchhikers journey!

The Substance Use content filter will make minor changes to her conversations in the Highway, Railway, and Terminal, as well as changing their props and accessories. The Abuse content filter will make minor changes to her conversations in the Highway and Railway.

A dark, rich blend of death, grief, and affirmation; not for the faint of heart

Ingredients: Psychopomp, existentialism, grief, pomegranate juice.

Available In: The Highway, The Railway, The Path, Classic Mode

Did you know? The "ball-in-the-box" analogy, mentioned by this hiker on the train, is often credited to Lauren Herschel's viral twitter thread; but she learned it from her doctor, and it's been used in therapeutic circles for many years!

The Death and Grief content filter, and the Suicide and Nihilism content filter, will both remove her from all journeys. The Body Horror content filter will make a minor change to her conversation in the Path.

A timeless trio of life and survival

Ingredients: Cultural exchange, fighting for survival, trauma, finding joy, fibre.

Available In: The Highway, The Railway, The Terminal, Classic Mode
This hiker must be encountered on the Highway journey before she will appear in the Terminal; she must be encountered there before she will appear on the Railway.

Did you know? Existing outside the normal flow of time, she will be encountered at different stages of her life in each journey.

The Death and Grief content filter, and the Suicide and Nihilism content filter, will both remove her from the Terminal. The Death and Grief content filter will also make a minor change to her conversation in the Highway.

Our darkest brew, in a childlike package; not suitable for children

Ingredients: Meaninglessness, nihilism, cynicism, avoidant attachment, moss. May contain traces of hope.

Available In: The Highway, The Path, The Terminal, Classic Mode
This hiker must be encountered on the Highway journey before she will appear in the Terminal; she must be encountered there before she will appear on the Path.

Did you know? Even in our darkest thoughts, we can find a little hope if we look for it.

The Death and Grief content filter, and the Suicide and Nihilism content filter, will both remove her from all journeys.

The sweet taste of magic, with a hint of realism

Ingredients: Epistemology, spirituality, mythology, the magic circle, organic alkaline water.

Available In: The Highway, The Railway, The Path, Classic Mode

Did you know? This hiker talks about a “magic circle” — you also enter a kind of magic circle when you step into Glitchhikers!

The Suicide and Nihilism content filter, and the Substance Use content filter, will both make a minor change to her conversation in the Highway. The Abuse content filter will make a minor change to her conversation in the Path.

Distilled from the finest zest for life

Ingredients: Romance, cosmic awe, a dash of heartbreak , citric acid.

Available In: The Highway, The Railway, The Path, Classic Mode

Did you know? “Cosmos is a Greek word for the order of the universe. It is, in a way, the opposite of Chaos. It implies the deep interconnectedness of all things. It conveys awe for the intricate and subtle way in which the universe is put together.” —Carl Sagan

Face your fears with this fungal fermentation

Ingredients: Death, inevitability, moonlight, mushroom extract.

Available In: The Highway, The Path
This hiker must be encountered on the Path journey before they will appear on the Highway. They are the only hiker that appears in the backseat.

Did you know? The hiker's look was inspired by a fungus that infects bugs called ophiocordyceps unilateralis!

The Death and Grief content filter, and the Body Horror content filter, will both remove them from all journeys.

Dreamlike curiosity in a tiny package

Ingredients: Dreams, rapid eye movement, fate; may cause drowsiness.

Available In: The Railway, The Path, The Terminal

Did you know? He’s just a little guy!

The Death and Grief content filter will make a minor change to his conversations in the Railway and the Path.

Ramp up your thirst! For the artist on the go

Ingredients: Wheels, spray paint, boundless joy, bitters.

Available In: The Highway, The Railway, The Terminal

Did you know? Ramps are accessible to everyone!

Software or soft drink?

Ingredients: Polygons, rigging, code, a few Ink files, carbon(ation).

Available In: The Railway, The Path, The Terminal

Did you know? They are 92 tris making up seven polygons. How many polygons are you?

Transformational for your taste buds

Ingredients: Structures, academics, relationships, queerness, amino acids.

Available In: The Highway, The Railway, The Path, The Terminal

Did you know? She isn’t a witch or wizard, but a student of the craft of shaping structures! She travels dimensions with her familiars: K, Dee, River, and Song.

Bird boba from the glitch dimension

Ingredients: Prophecy, bleakness, thinly veiled metaphors, ocean water, tapioca pearls.

Available In: The Highway, The Railway, The Path, The Terminal
This hiker must be encountered on the Highway journey before he will appear in other journeys.

Did you know? This bird’s home dimension really isn’t much different from ours; hark his prophecies!

Here there be digital dragons

Ingredients: History, spelunking, ones and zeroes, dementia, macha.

Available In: The Railway, The Path, The Terminal
This hiker must be encountered on the Railway or Path journeys before she will appear in the Terminal.

Did you know? Digital dragons hoard RAM!

The Death and Grief content filter will remove her from the Terminal.