Cartography
Exploration · Skill guide
Draw maps, decode treasure maps and record exploration. Maximum skill: 120 with Power Scrolls; useful alongside Lockpicking and Remove Trap.
Summary
- Use: Use cartography tools to draw maps; double-click a treasure map in your backpack to attempt decoding.
- Treasure maps have their own Cartography requirements.
- Only one decoded treasure hunt can be active at a time.
Training
Set Cartography to Up ↑ and leave room under your 720 total skill cap.
| Skill Range | Recommended Activity |
|---|---|
| 0–50 | Buy an optional lesson from a Mapmaker for 300 gold; it raises this skill directly to 50.0. |
| 50–120 | Draw World Maps: 1 Blank Map per attempt. Continue exploration in fresh areas if preferred. |
Above 100, use matching Power Scrolls in order: 105, 110, 115, then 120. They unlock caps without granting skill points.
Right-click the teacher NPC, select the skill’s training entry, then give 300 gold. You need a skill cap of at least 50 and room for the entire lesson under your total cap.
Mechanics & Scaling
World Map requires 39.5 Cartography and remains chance-based at the 120.0 skill cap. Treasure Maps retain decode requirements of 0/40/65/90/110; Common uses an exact pin, Uncommon and Rare use surveys, and Epic and Legendary use landmark clues. Repeating a recorded exploration sector cannot produce another exploration gain check.
Additional rules & notes
- Opening a World Map repeatedly in the same recorded sector does not keep training the skill.
Location & Instructors
- Trainer NPC: Mapmaker NPC to 50.0.
- Academy: Craft Local, City, Sea and World Maps appropriate to current skill.