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The Tablet is the survivor's in-world interface in NAKWON: LAST PARADISE. Rather than presenting quests, the map, and social features as an abstract menu, the game routes them through a handheld device the character carries, so checking a route or reading a message is something that happens inside the fiction. The closed alpha confirmed the Tablet as a single mechanic bundling five functions. For the wider gameplay context, see the overview.

The Five Tablet Functions

The closed-alpha content list groups the Tablet's features into five named functions. They cover most of what a survivor needs to plan and run an expedition, which is why the device is the natural first thing to open after dropping into the city.

Quests Through the Tablet

Quest content in the closed alpha was substantial and split across four categories, and the Tablet is where the survivor tracks all of them. NAKWON Chat is unusual because it is both a communication channel and a distinct quest source: a conversation can turn into an assignment without ever leaving the messaging view.

Citizen Quests are by far the largest group, which fits how the safe zone works: most of a survivor's obligations come from being a resident with a standing to maintain rather than from a central storyline. That ties the Tablet directly to Citizen Grade, since the work a survivor accepts is what moves them up the ladder.

The Map and Route Planning

The map function is the one most tied to survival. Because extraction is the only way a run ends well, knowing where the nearest exit is at any moment is the difference between a recoverable mistake and a lost loadout. A survivor moving through Jongno is constantly weighing distance to the next objective against distance back to an exit, and the Tablet is the tool that makes that arithmetic possible mid-run.

The same view is what makes the landmarks layer legible. A named site is only useful if the survivor can find it, judge how far off-route it sits, and decide whether the detour is worth the extra exposure.

Why an In-World Device

Routing the interface through a physical object is consistent with how the rest of the game handles information. Detection is built around sound and sight, the infected react to what the survivor actually does, and the shelter is a real room rather than a menu. A Tablet the character holds keeps the survivor inside that world while they read a message or check a route, instead of pausing the fiction to open a system screen.

What Has Not Been Confirmed

The Tablet's exact interface layout, whether using it leaves the survivor vulnerable while the device is open, whether any function is restricted by Citizen Status, and what happens to a survivor's Tablet when they die on expedition have not been publicly documented. The five named functions and the four quest counts above are confirmed for the closed alpha; the interaction details are not.

Current to the 11 to 16 March 2026 closed alpha; subject to change in later builds.