Map discovery
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Seeing a map tile, gaining a location marker, and actually opening a location are three separate processes. Entering a world-map tile reveals the current tile and by default checks a 3×3 square for markable locations; it does not reveal every surrounding tile on every step.
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Three separate processes
The table separates fog reveal, gaining a lead, and opening a location in their actual execution order. A location marker alone does not prove that the player has entered it.
| Process | Common trigger | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Reveal the current tile | Enter or load a world-map tile | The current tile changes from hidden to revealed; some adjacent tiles meeting a special condition and special terrain can also update. |
| Mark nearby locations | Runs with a tile update by default; dialogue, paper maps, or reconnaissance can also trigger it | Checks still-hidden points of interest, dungeons, and random encounters without an existing rumor marker in a square area. This adds a map lead; it does not open the location. |
| Open the location | Enter the relevant area or encounter; an area entrance must also allow opening | The first opening records the location as open and removes its rumor marker. The usual experience base is 50, then character XP modifiers apply; Abandoned Carts and Roadside Altars skip this XP award. |
How to plan exploration
While exploring on foot, read 3×3 as the nearby location-marker check. Usually the current tile is the direct fog reveal; adjacent tiles meeting a dedicated condition and special terrain may also reveal, so the visible edge can sometimes expand farther.
For example, if the current tile is (10,10), (11,11) is inside the ordinary location-check area, while (12,10) is outside it. Being in range is not enough: the tile must still be fogged, have an eligible location type, and lack an existing rumor marker; near a map edge, only valid map tiles can meet those conditions.
Dialogue and paper maps use different defaults: a 5×5 square for location checks and an actual 3×3 paper-map reveal. Reconnaissance is an exception that checks a 13×13 square around the player for locations without revealing paper-map tiles through that call.
Dialogue rumors and leads generated by approaching a location use the same map rumor marker. Reaching and opening the location for the first time clears that rumor marker and records it as open; the character's current XP modifiers still apply before the reward is awarded.
The site's interactive map shows example placements under the same-release rules. Use it to recognise possible wilderness-event types, rather than treating example coordinates as fixed across every save.
Boundaries not yet closed
This page does not assign the dedicated adjacent-tile value to a named terrain type or expand the generation classes behind linked special-terrain reveals; those identity mappings still need same-release verification (documented gap).
This page verifies how the current map state writes and clears records, but does not claim that location markers persist permanently across separate saves (documented gap).