PAX HINTS

Things you can (and should!) bring: 

• Water bottle – not only is it eco-friendly, but it’s important to stay hydrated when you spend your day walking around a dry convention center.
• Stamina Items: Whether this is food from home, or something you can pick up around the convention center, outside food is allowed in with you. There will also be food trucks between the convention center buildings, and there are various food stands throughout the show.
• Armor: With conventions comes walking. Pick out your most comfortable footwear from your stash or see if Sonic will let you borrow his kicks for the weekend. Either way, be prepared!
• MP Refresh: While entertainment will be all around you, you may also want to bring your Steam Deck, Nintendo Switch, PSP, Game Boy Advance, or heck, even your Game & Watch, making sure you stay juiced up could be a challenge. If you have a portable battery/power bank we highly recommend putting them in your bag just in case.

Things you cannot bring:

• While we could recite the rules for you here, it’s best to just check this page out.

Your PAX Badge – the key to all things at PAX West –  grants you access to everything you can experience at the show. Browse our features page for all the special rooms, events, tournaments, Omegathons, and gameplay of it all. 

•  Like a trusty Pip-Boy, PAX Nav holds the key to many of the things you can do at PAX. Want to see who has a panel coming up, where it is, and how to get there? PAX Nav is at your service. Curious what exhibitors have special show deals? PAX Nav knows. PAX Nav also includes a handful of FAQs, maps, badge activation, and more that should be easier to use than our website inside convention halls.
• Activate Your Badge for very cool reasons! Your PAX Badge not only gives you access to the show, but you can scan it at special towers throughout the show to participate in PAX Arcadia, our special show scavenger hunt, and PAX XP, where you can win prizes from sponsors and exhibitors at our show. Controllers, PC towers, game codes for Marvel Snap and League of Legends, and way more.
• Did you know: there are also special loot drops (aka digital deals) inside PAX Nav that are only available during the show? It’s true! Don’t miss out on discounts and other exciting giveaways.

•  Maps! In the APP! PAX Nav is going to be your most up-to-date space for navigating the show. We have separate floor maps for our expo halls and content rooms, with handy keys to help you find bathrooms, ATMs and XP stops. We also have the maps available on our website, but during the show we highly recommend using the mobile app.
• PAX West takes place in the Seattle Convention Center (SCC). That encompasses three buildings.
  • The Annex (Level 3, 800 Pike St.) will only be used for Badge Pickup. There is a secret passage to the Arch building’s expo hall from here, but that will only be open during show hours.
  • The Arch building (on Pike St.) will be the home of our main expo hall. This is where you’ll see many developer booths, PAX Rising, demo booths, and one of our PAX Merch booths!
  • The Summit building (on Pine St.) is where most of the show content is happening. From freeplay areas, an additional exhibitor hall curated for Tabletop content, and special rooms and stages dedicated to all kinds of gaming. Check the features page for more.
• A good amount of PAX fans come in from other areas of the country, even the world. Our local partners at Visit Seattle help us collect and curate additional things to do around Seattle so you can appreciate the home of PAX beyond the convention center too. 

•  If there’s one thing we love about PAX, it’s the community. Fans come from all over the world to share in our excitement and celebration of games, but the best part of Discord is that we can keep it going all year long. Ask questions to other fans, enforcers, PAX staff, and city locals to make sure you have the best experience possible. PAX is better together.
• Play games with other fans! Start with a digital keep-up game with ALL HAIL BALL, prove your prowess with typing challenge, !roll and #line-simulator will surely entertain for seconds on end! You can even bring it back around and ask to see if anyone is looking for another player for a game or get word on an impromptu meetup at the show. Anything is possible. 🌈