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The Pilot’s Book · Exploring

The fog of war

Exploring

The sea is dark until you see it; once seen, it stays on your chart.

  1. A new captain's chart is mostly fog: only the start port (6 km around) and what she has sailed past. Unknown ports show as dim signs without a name.
    1A new captain's chart is mostly fog: only the start port (6 km around) and what she has sailed past. Unknown ports show as dim signs without a name.
  2. Your ship sees 2.4 km around (less in rain and fog, at least 1.5 km); every port visited opens 3.5 km. Lookouts and buoys chart more.
    2Your ship sees 2.4 km around (less in rain and fog, at least 1.5 km); every port visited opens 3.5 km. Lookouts and buoys chart more.
  3. Your island sees 4 km plus 1 km per Town Hall level; a lighthouse and a signal tower add 1.5 km each, a chart house 2 km. Up to 3 scouts sail out to 30 km.
    3Your island sees 4 km plus 1 km per Town Hall level; a lighthouse and a signal tower add 1.5 km each, a chart house 2 km. Up to 3 scouts sail out to 30 km.

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See also

The chart of the known seaKey M. Layers pick what is drawn; «Key» explains every mark; buttons find you, your island and a foe.4 stepsLookouts and lighthousesClimb a lookout to chart 5 km of sea; a lit lighthouse shows the shoals at night.3 steps