The world of Shredquake
Crown City after dark
Crown City glows all night but wants it quiet. Since spring, a noise curfew called Quiet Hours has kept the arcades on mute and the crews off the streets. One courier bear never got the memo.
Ride as
The crew
Start as Rumble. Win over a crew and its leader rides with you.
Around Crown City
Who’s out after ten
The grown-ups keeping the Night alive, and the drones trying to end it.
Tolly
Clock and radio repairs, Arcade RowHe rang the bell in the Crown every midnight for forty years. Now he fixes radios and jukeboxes in a shop full of clocks, and he built Rumble’s deck.DJ Lowkey
Pirate radio, 88.8 After HoursThe loudest bird in Crown City now broadcasts in a whisper, from a different roof every night, to a city listening on headphones.Odessa
Night dispatch, Honey ExpressRumble’s boss runs the Honey Express night desk and fears nobody, including the Commissioner, whom she fights with paperwork and a glare.The Commissioner
Head of the Hush PatrolNobody has seen her face. Her voice comes out of every Hush Patrol drone at ten o’clock, and the posters are signed with a single N.Identity unknown
The Hush Patrol
Crown City’s curfew dronesCurfew drones with a speaker grille for a face, a spotlight, and a shush for a siren. They hate noise, and Rumble is the loudest thing in town.On your tailSpoiler
Revealed in season 2Hidden until you want to know.
Districts
Where you’ll skate
The districts ring the bay, and Crown Hill watches over all of them.
- Where every run starts
Arcade Row
Arcade marquees, crown billboards and wet asphalt. The heart of Crown City, still glowing, now on mute.Playable now - Opens with the Marquee Kids, or at Rep 3
Harbor Lights
Container yards under sodium lamps. The harbor still works all night, but it whispers now.Playable now - Unlocks at Rep 6
The Rooftops
Skate the skyline under a huge moon. Clear the gaps, duck the laundry lines and don’t look down.Coming soon - Opens in season 2
Night Market
Lantern strings, food stalls and steam. The market that refused to close now trades in whispers.After launch - Opens in season 3
The Overpass
An elevated highway full of traffic. Cars are exempt from the curfew, so it’s the loudest place left in Crown City.After launch - The hill at the heart of the city
Crown Hill
You can’t skate it yet, but you can see it from every district. The old bell tower on top is the Hush Tower now.Later seasons
Crews
Win the city crew by crew
Every district has a crew that went quiet when the curfew began. Get them skating again.
- The crew of Arcade Row
The Marquee Kids
The crew that grew up under the arcade signs. Since the cabinets went silent, they’ve stopped skating.Led by Pixel - The crew of Harbor Lights
The Dockside Night Shift
Crane operators and forklift drivers who still work all night on whisper permits, and won’t risk them for anyone.Led by Anchor - The crew of The Rooftops
The Skyline Club
Rooftop skaters who never stopped. They just put on headphones and went silent.Led by Vega
The story so far
How the city went quiet
- About 150 years ago
The founding
Settlers build a port around the bay, and a bell tower on the hill that hums.
- About a hundred years ago
The Midnight Crown
For a century, the bell in the Crown rang at midnight and the whole city felt it. That was the signal: the Night had begun.
- 40 years ago
Tolly takes the rope
A young tortoise becomes the Crown’s bell-ringer, just as the arcade boom gives Arcade Row its marquees.
- 30 years ago
Skaters arrive
Boards hit the Marquee Steps, and crews start forming district by district.
- Last spring
The Wrong Note
One midnight last spring, the Crown cracked in the middle of its ring. The hill shook, the tower closed, and nobody has heard the bell since.
- Last spring
Quiet Hours begin
The Commissioner of the Night founded the Hush Patrol, and a noise curfew called Quiet Hours began.
- This summer
The raid on 88.8
The Hush Patrol raided Crown City’s pirate radio station, DJ Lowkey’s tapes scattered across the districts, and one by one the crews went quiet.
- This autumn
The first Shredquake
On Arcade Row, a courier bear landed a trick so loud the street answered. That’s where Shredquake begins.
Codex
Talk like a local
Hype, Crowns, whisper permits: the words Crown City throws at you.
Shredquake
When Hype peaks, slam your board and the street rings back: gold cracks, a shockwave and the drones blasted out of the way.
In the game At full Hype, press E. For six seconds obstacles shatter, tokens fly to you and your score multiplier jumps.
Hype
The city listening. Land tricks, grinds and close calls, and the windows start lighting up.
In the game A meter from 0 to 100 that fills with style. Full Hype means you can drop a Shredquake.
Quiet Hours
Crown City’s noise curfew: nothing loud from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., by order of the Hush Patrol.
In the game On every poster and billboard, every run.
The Gap
How much noise you’re putting between you and the Hush Patrol.
In the game Coming soon: how far back the drone is.
Tokens
Arcade tokens, the small change of the Night. Crowds toss them to skaters the way they’d tip a busker.
In the game Collected along the lines you skate, and spent on cosmetics.
Crowns
Rare commemorative coins, struck with a pinch of crownstone. People stop to look when one rolls past.
In the game A rare currency. Your first Daily Run finish each day earns one.
Daily Run
Tonight’s route. Every dusk, Honey Express dispatch posts one route, the same for everyone in the city.
In the game One seeded course a day, the same for every player. The board resets at midnight UTC.
Lost mixtapes
DJ Lowkey’s tapes, scattered across the districts in the raid on 88.8.
In the game Coming soon: 10 to find in every district.
