Locations
Prominent locations on Shartak include several villages, a wrecked ship, many ruins, and countless fruit trees. The island itself, about 67.4 km from east to west and 26.8 km from north to south according to GPS figures, is composed of a wide variety of terrain types.
Hometowns
- Main article: Hometown
Hometowns are locations on Shartak that serve as starting and respawning points. They feature specific resource huts for medical supplies, ammunition, and trading.
Natural landmarks
- Cave
- Mountain
- Waterfall
- Western Islets
Terrain types
- Main article: Terrain
The terrain of Shartak is diverse, consisting of types such as jungle, swamp, and beaches. Each type of terrain affects the movement and searches of players differently.
Details
A detail appears as a separate icon over the underlying terrain color. There can only be one detail in any location. For example, if there is a tree or bush or ruins or hut in your current location, then you cannot construct a signpost.
Heavy jungle conceals detail features. If you chop down enough jungle to reveal a tree, bush, hut, or other detail, you receive an XP reward.
Trees and bushes
All trees and bushes use the same icon, and thus look the same from a distance.
When you search at a tree or bush, you attempt to find fruits or berries rather than searching the surrounding jungle. Either you find a ripe fruit/berry, or you find nothing (flavor text is not ripe enough...).
It is unknown whether different trees have different find rates. It is unknown whether the density of the jungle affects the find rate (some believe that clearing the jungle slightly increases the find rate). Please submit data to Search Odds Condensed.
- Search cost: 1 AP
- Approx find rates (55%): fruit/berry (55%)
Berry bushes
Outsiders see "a bush covered in berries." For natives (or outsiders with Native Knowledge), the bush is revealed as either a tasty berry bush (where each berry heals 2 HP) or a poisonous berry bush (where each berry inflicts 2 HP damage). This information can also be gleaned by eating a berry. Searching provides a ready source of berries.
Known locations of poisonous bushes: [-70.479,+26.453], [-70.481,+26.452], [-70.501,+26.502], [-70.362,+26.387], [-70.435,+26.409], [-70.408,+26.453], [-70.394,+26.443], [-70.394,+26.444]
Mango tree
Searching provides mangos, predictably.
Known locations: [-70.380,+26.369], [-70.189,+26.429], [-70.094,+26.376], [-70.450,+26.408], [-70.384,+26.437], [-70.383,+26.439]
Banana tree
A banana tree is a reliable source of bananas.
Known locations: [-70.421,+26.408], [-70.500,+26.469] [-70.087,+26.377] (no icon)
Unknown trees
These are trees/bushes with known locations but unknown fruit.
Known locations: [-70.401,+26.502], [-70.435,+26.486], [-70.316,+26.504], [-70.119,+26.378], [-70.654,+26.361], [-70.666,+26.373], [-70.667,+26.372], [-70.094,+26.376], [-70.082,+26.393], [-70.083,+26.390], [-70.111,+26.407], [-70.123,+26.389], [-70.129,+26.392]
Hut
- Main article: Hut
Buildings that players can enter and leave. Certain huts provide specific items.
Ruins
On the west bank of the river that runs south from the mountain. Not very impressive at the moment.
Known locations: [-70.391,+26.480], [-70.111,+26.378], [-70.666,+26.354], [-70.357,+26.406], [-70.331,+26.380]
Temple ruins
At [-70.540,+26.530], 16 paces south and 1 pace east of the shipwreck, are the ruins of a temple which is populated by monkeys and stalked by elephants.
