Far Far West Challenges Guide: Every Reward Explained

This Far Far West challenges guide exists because two of this site's own guides mention Unique Jokers being "gated behind weapon mastery" without ever explaining what that actually means in practice. That gap is the Challenges system, and it's bigger than a footnote: it's the game's reward structure for hero skins, titles, map access, and the 20 ranged weapon-specific Joker rewards. The current Joker database also lists six melee-specific Unique cards outside that Weapon Mastery table. This guide keeps the source disagreement on challenge totals visible instead of manufacturing a single number.

Updated 2026-10-05: Frostburn is live, so this guide now separates the 20 ranged Weapon Mastery Joker rewards from the current 26-card Unique roster and treats Hellfire as an eighth combat region.

TL;DR: Far Far West's Challenges system spans roughly 90 to 99 tasks depending on which fan wiki you check (the official wiki and independent trackers use different category splits). The current official-wiki table lists 20 Weapon Mastery challenges for 10 ranged weapons, with 2 weapon-specific Joker rewards per weapon. The Joker database lists 26 Unique cards overall, because six melee Unique cards sit outside that table. Hero skins (22 total), titles, access to 4 of the original 7 regions, and Hellfire's later addition round out the reward pool.

How many challenges are in Far Far West? (quick answer)

There's no single agreed-upon number. Far Far West's official wiki lists 90 challenges across 6 categories (General, Questlines, Enemy Kills, Secrets, Weapon Mastery, and 1 hidden entry). Two independent community trackers that use a more granular 8-category split (Story, Difficulty, Combat, Mastery, Spells, Secrets, Gravekeeper, Misc) list 94 and 99 respectively. The category names, and even the category boundaries, don't line up cleanly between sources, which is the real reason for the gap, not sloppy counting on any one site's part.

Key takeaways

• Challenge totals range from 90 to 99 depending on the source. No two trackers checked for this guide agree, and the disagreement traces to different category splits, not a simple counting error.
• The current official-wiki table lists 20 Weapon Mastery challenges, 2 per ranged weapon, unlocking the 20 ranged weapon-specific Unique Jokers. The current Joker database lists 26 Unique cards overall, including six melee cards.
• Secondary weapons unlock their Jokers at level 30 and 40. Primary weapons unlock theirs later, at level 35 and 55.
• 22 hero skins exist, all cosmetic, unlocked through a mix of challenge completion and shop purchases rather than one uniform method.
• 4 of the original 7 regions unlock through Story challenges: 3 through a specific NPC's questline, and Far Far North through recovering trainwreck black boxes on 3 separate maps. Frostburn separately added Hellfire as an eighth combat region.
• Evil Raptor's Frostburn update is live; future Early Access patches can still add or restructure challenges without warning.

Overview

This Far Far West challenges guide reflects the current post-Frostburn source snapshot. It covers what challenges reward, how the Weapon Mastery category ties into the 20 ranged weapon-specific Unique Jokers, and where the available sources genuinely stop agreeing with each other. It does not attempt to reproduce a full 90-to-99-row task list. Cross-referencing three separate trackers row by row would take longer than the game itself and would still inherit whichever tracker's category logic happened to be right that week, so this guide focuses on the reward structure and mechanics that are actually confirmed.

You'll get the most out of this if you've already unlocked a few weapons and have a rough sense of your preferred spell school. If you're brand new, the Far Far West beginner guide covers first-run priorities before challenge-hunting becomes worth your time.

Step-by-Step: Working Through Far Far West's Challenge Categories

1. Weapon Mastery, the category that actually matters for build power: Twenty challenges, one for each weapon's two mastery thresholds. This is the category to prioritize, because it's the only one that gates Unique Jokers, the top rarity tier covered in this site's Far Far West Jokers tier list. The unlock structure splits by weapon type:

• Secondary weapons (Boomerang, Bow, Dual Revolver, Revolver, Sheriff Star): unlock a Unique Joker at weapon level 30, and a second at level 40.
• Primary weapons (Leveredge, Long Ranger, Minigun, Quad Cylinder, Shotgun): unlock a Unique Joker at weapon level 35, and a second at level 55.

That's 5 secondaries times 2, plus 5 primaries times 2, for 20 challenges and 20 ranged weapon-specific Unique rewards. The current Joker database lists six additional melee Unique cards, so Weapon Mastery does not represent every Unique card in the post-Frostburn roster.

Weapon level here is the same stat tracked in the Far Far West weapon leveling guide: XP from damage dealt while a weapon is your active tool, not from raw kill counts, and it goes up to 100 before Prestige resets it for permanent bonus points. The mastery-tier Joker unlocks at 30/35/40/55 sit well below that 100 cap, so you don't need anywhere close to a maxed weapon to start cashing in Weapon Mastery challenges. Focus one weapon per run instead of splitting XP across several, and the first Unique Joker unlock comes noticeably faster.

A dual-secondary loadout pushing toward a mastery threshold. Secondary weapons hit their first Unique Joker unlock at level 30, five levels earlier than primaries do.

GODEEPER: The 20 ranged weapon-specific Joker rewards, ranked alongside the six melee Unique cards and the rest of the current roster. Far Far West Jokers Tier List: All 149 Cards Ranked →

2. Combat, Story, and Difficulty, kill counts, questlines, and win conditions: The Combat category (13 to 17 challenges, depending on the source) tracks enemy kill thresholds: specific enemy types, specific weapon kills, that sort of counting task. Story challenges (5 to 8 challenges) track questline completion, and this is where 4 of the original 7 regions get gated: finishing Willy Billy's questline opens Woodlands, finishing Dr. Spark-Twist's questline opens Area 41, finishing Trackman's questline opens Jungle, and recovering three trainwreck black boxes across Far West, Canyon, and Area 41 opens Far Far North. Frostburn added Hellfire separately as an eighth combat region. Difficulty challenges (a consistent 5 across every source checked for this guide) track clearing contracts at specific difficulty tiers, from Easy up through Nightmare.

That region breakdown only scratches the surface of what each unlock actually requires in practice: exact NPC locations, quest step order, and the specific detail that trips people up on the Far Far North and Jungle chains. The Far Far West maps guide covers the original 7-region walkthrough and links to the separate Hellfire unlock details.

3. Secrets, Spells, and Gravekeeper, the categories that reward exploration over grinding: Secrets challenges (6 to 15, the widest spread of any category between sources) cover hidden discoveries: the kind of thing you stumble into while exploring rather than actively farm. Spells challenges (a consistent 7) track specific spell-cast conditions, tying directly into the reaction system covered in the Far Far West spells guide. The current Frost spells guide covers the post-Frostburn school that can change which spell challenges are practical. Gravekeeper challenges (7 to 8) are soul-release missions, a distinct side activity from the main contract loop.

None of these three categories unlock Unique Jokers the way Weapon Mastery does, but they're where a meaningful share of the 22 hero skins come from. Skins unlock through a mix of specific challenge completions (kill thresholds, questline finishes, soul collection totals) and direct shop purchases with in-run currency, not one single uniform method. That mixed system is confirmed by community trackers rather than Evil Raptor's own patch notes directly, so treat the exact skin-to-challenge mapping as generally reliable but not officially documented line by line.

Secrets and Combat challenges reward the kind of exploration-plus-fighting loop this canyon scene represents: not every challenge is a pure kill-counter.

4. Misc, everything else, including the two emotes: The Misc category (8 to 14 challenges) is the catch-all: miscellaneous one-off tasks that don't fit the other seven buckets cleanly. This is also where the game's two confirmed emotes, Dead Weight and Prisiadki, unlock. Titles (Sheriff, Warlock, Discounted Roomba, Angry Toaster, Slopmancer, Socially Inept, Dehydrated Weed, and Cryptic Reaper among them) are scattered across several categories rather than concentrated in one, which is consistent with titles being a flavor reward layered on top of whatever task actually triggers them.

Tips

Chase Weapon Mastery first, everything else second. It's the only category with a direct build-power payoff. A Combat or Secrets challenge nets you cosmetics and XP; a Weapon Mastery challenge nets you a Unique Joker that changes how your build actually plays.

Pick one weapon per run and stick with it. Since weapon level tracks damage dealt while a weapon is active, not kills, splitting your damage output across three weapons in the same run slows down every one of their mastery timers simultaneously. Commit to a primary and a secondary, and level both together rather than rotating through the full 10-weapon roster.

Don't treat any single tracker's total as gospel. If you're the type of player chasing 100% completion, cross-reference at least two sources before assuming you're missing tasks a tracker simply doesn't list. The 90-to-99 spread means a completionist relying on just one wiki could genuinely be missing rows that exist, or chasing rows that were merged into a different category on a more current build.

Hero XP rewards scale with challenge difficulty, from roughly 600 up to 4,000 per task. Late-game Difficulty and Story challenges pay out meaningfully more than early Combat kill-counters, so don't assume all challenge rewards are interchangeable filler.

Expect the list to shift after August 27. Evil Raptor's Frostburn update is a major content patch, and Early Access updates have added and restructured systems before (the weapon unlock method itself changed entirely during the pre-launch demo build). If a specific challenge you're tracking behaves differently after Frostburn ships, that's the most likely explanation.

GODEEPER: How weapon level XP actually accrues, and why focusing one weapon beats splitting XP across several for hitting mastery thresholds faster. Far Far West Weapon Leveling: How to Level Up Fast →

Common Mistakes

Assuming weapon level and Weapon Mastery challenge tier are two separate systems. They're the same stat. The mastery-gated Joker unlocks at 30/35/40/55 are checkpoints on the exact same 0-to-100 level track covered in the weapon leveling guide, not a hidden second progression bar.

Ignoring secondaries because primaries feel stronger early. Secondary weapons hit their first Unique Joker unlock at level 30, a full 5 levels before any primary does. If you're chasing Unique Jokers specifically, a secondary you commit to gets there faster.

Buying every hero skin from the shop without checking if a challenge unlocks it for free first. Since the unlock method for skins mixes challenges and direct purchases, spending currency on a skin that a nearly-finished challenge would have handed you free is a real, avoidable waste.

Trusting a single wiki's category boundaries as the definitive structure. As this guide covers above, the 6-category official wiki split and the 8-category community tracker split organize the same underlying tasks differently. A challenge that looks "missing" under one taxonomy is often just filed under a different category name in another.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many challenges are in Far Far West? Sources disagree. The official wiki lists 90, a community challenge tracker lists 94, and a second tracker lists 99. All three name the same reward types (Jokers, skins, titles, map unlocks), just split into categories differently.

How do challenges unlock Unique Jokers in Far Far West? The current Challenges page lists 20 Weapon Mastery entries for 10 ranged weapons: secondaries (Boomerang, Bow, Dual Revolver, Revolver, Sheriff Star) unlock their two cards at weapon levels 30 and 40, while primaries (Leveredge, Long Ranger, Minigun, Quad Cylinder, Shotgun) unlock theirs at levels 35 and 55. Six melee Unique cards are listed separately in the current Joker database.

How many hero skins are in Far Far West? 22 total, and they're purely cosmetic. Skins unlock through a mix of challenge completion (kill thresholds, questlines, soul collection) and direct shop purchases, not one single method.

What do Far Far West challenges reward besides Jokers and skins? Hero XP (600 to 4,000 per task), Element XP, titles like Sheriff and Warlock, two emotes (Dead Weight and Prisiadki), and 4 of the original 7 region unlocks via Story challenges. Hellfire was added separately as an eighth combat region.

Which Far Far West challenge category should I prioritize first? Weapon Mastery. It's the only category that gates Unique Jokers, the game's strongest ability-modifying cards, so mastery progress on your main weapon compounds into real build power faster than any other category.

Do Story challenges unlock every region in Far Far West? The four unlockable regions from the original seven, yes. Willy Billy's questline opens Woodlands, Dr. Spark-Twist's opens Area 41, Trackman's opens Jungle, and recovering trainwreck black boxes on 3 maps opens Far Far North. Far West, Desert, and Canyon start open; Hellfire was added separately by Frostburn.

What did Frostburn change for the Far Far West challenge and Joker systems? Frostburn added melee-specific Unique Jokers and the Hellfire region. The current Challenges page still lists 20 Weapon Mastery entries for the 10 ranged weapons, while the current Joker database lists 26 Unique cards overall. Future Early Access patches can still change both lists.

Related Reading

• Far Far West Maps Guide: All 7 Regions and NPC Unlocks: The exact NPC and questline that unlocks the original 4 regions gated by Story challenges, plus the Hellfire update link.
• Far Far West Best Weapons: Tier List and Loadout Picks: Full weapon tier list, useful for deciding which weapon to level first toward its Weapon Mastery unlocks.
• Far Far West Complete Guide 2026: Builds, Bosses & Spells: The hub for every other Far Far West system, from spell reactions to co-op role setup.
• Far Far West Boss Guide: All Four Bosses and Strategies: Contract-based boss encounters, which reward loot separately from the Challenges system covered here.
• Far Far West Co-op Guide: Multiplayer Setup and Team Tips: Role assignments for parties splitting up Story questlines and Weapon Mastery grinding together.

References

• Far Far West on Steam: store page, current price, and Early Access roadmap
• Evil Raptor on Steam: developer page for patch history
• Far Far West Challenges, official wiki: the 90-total, 6-category breakdown referenced throughout this guide
• Far Far West Jokers, community wiki: current rarity totals, including 26 Unique cards
• Evil Raptor's own August 2026 Steam announcement confirms the Frostburn update arrives August 27, without detailing contents in advance: "On August 27th, our next major update for FFW arrives."