The world map
Pan, zoom and read the realm: find settlements, set a waypoint, see your group, and read cities, armies, roads, territory, magic and dungeons.
Press M to open the map, and again to close it. It remembers where you left it.
- Left Mouse drag, or the arrow keys / W A S D
- Pan.
- Mouse Wheel or + / −
- Zoom.
- Double-click
- Zoom in on that spot.
- Centre button
- Jump back to where you stand.
- Hover a marker
- Read about a settlement, city, route or dungeon.
- Click a marker
- Pin its details in the side panel.
- Right Mouse
- Set a waypoint there. Right-click the waypoint itself to remove it.
Type a name into Find a settlement at the top of the side panel and pick a result (or press Enter for the first) to fly the map there and read its account. The same search sits over the map when you choose a hometown.
With nothing selected, the side panel tells you where you are: your province, who holds it, and the nearest settlement (click its name to find it). Below that are the world coordinates under your cursor and your own, so you can tell others exactly where a place is. The bar at the bottom right shows the map's scale.
Town plans
Zoom right in on a settlement and the map draws its plan: walls, with the gates picked out in gold, its buildings, streets and squares, bridges, quays and the ships moored at them. Once you are that close the shields step aside and every settlement's name stands in its place; click the name to read its account.
Waypoints
A waypoint is a gold diamond on the map and on your minimap. While it is beyond the minimap's reach the diamond rides the minimap's rim, pointing the way, with the distance written underneath. It clears itself when you arrive, or use Clear waypoint in the side panel.
Share in chat puts the waypoint into your chat line as a location link (Share my position does the same for where you stand); send it in whichever channel you like, and anyone who clicks it gets it as their own waypoint. If you lead a group, your waypoint is your group's: members see it as a blue diamond on their map and minimap, named in their side panel.
Home and city
A green ring marks where death returns you: the Heartwood you are bound to, else your guild's, else your hometown. The side panel's where you are says which, and how far. Your own guild's city wears a gold ring around its crest.
Your group
Members of your group appear as light blue dots with their names, the leader in gold, wherever they are in the realm. A dot fades when its news is a few seconds old and disappears if no word comes for a while.
Layers
The layer buttons switch overlays on and off:
| Layer | Shows | At first |
|---|---|---|
| Settlements | Every town, village and camp, flying its coat of arms, with its name and account. | On |
| Route names | The names of the great roads. | On |
| Cities | Player cities, flying their guild's arms. | On |
| Armies | Your guild's and nation's armies, listed under Your armies in the side panel: click a name to fly to it. Click an army to give it orders; see Ordering armies from afar. | On |
| Roads | The road and trail network. Roads are faster; see Roads and trails. | Off |
| Territory | Provinces and who holds them. See Territory and outposts. | Off |
| Magic | Low (violet) and dead (crimson) magic ground. See Magic zones: low and dead ground. | Off |
| Dungeons | The surface entrance of every dungeon. See Dungeons and portals. | Off |
| Farportals | The eight Farportals, the great gates between the far corners of the realm. See Farportals. | Off |
| Weather | Current weather across the realm. | Off |
Bigger places fly bigger shields: a capital's is the largest, then a city's. With the whole realm in view only capitals and cities are drawn, and capitals are named. Zoom in and the cities are named too, then the towns appear, then the villages and forts. A settlement you have pinned stays on the map at any zoom. Hover a shield for its kind, rough population and features (port, walls, citadel, temple).