Possible Map Additions thread

[ivarblaauw]

11 minutes ago, ghostsoap01 said:

That high plains area north of New Austin looks really nice. Its got the red sand with fir trees, makes me think of parts of Utah. You can see it really well in Hennigan's Stead. I'd love to see that added!

East bank of the Lanahechee would be nice, but really it just looks like more Roanoke Ridge type of area.

Yeah, High Plains would be absolutely epic. Some locations from Red Dead Revolver could be featured here as well. I mentioned Stoakes' ranch, but Rogue Valley could be north of Pikes Basin aswell.

 

The snowy locations could very well be west of the Grizzlies (northern part of the Highplains).

[ghostsoap01]

1 minute ago, ivarblaauw said:

Yeah, High Plains would be absolutely epic. Some locations from Red Dead Revolver could be featured here as well. I mentioned Stoakes' ranch, but Rogue Valley could be north of Pikes Basin aswell.

 

The snowy locations could very well be west of the Grizzlies (northern part of the Highplains).

 

Also, if you check out the leak from December (of course its to be taken with a grain of salt), there is mention of a mormon area, which in real life was Utah. Imagine having some sort of hyper-religious town bigger than Blackwater but smaller than Saint-Denis, kinda like Ogden or Salt-Lake City. It would certainly be an interesting addition to the map. Kinda makes me think of Zion Valley from Fallout New Vegas' Honest Hearts dlc.

[ivarblaauw]

1 hour ago, ghostsoap01 said:

 

Also, if you check out the leak from December (of course its to be taken with a grain of salt), there is mention of a mormon area, which in real life was Utah. Imagine having some sort of hyper-religious town bigger than Blackwater but smaller than Saint-Denis, kinda like Ogden or Salt-Lake City. It would certainly be an interesting addition to the map. Kinda makes me think of Zion Valley from Fallout New Vegas' Honest Hearts dlc.

I try to take it with a sh*tload of salt, but it would explain some things. 

 

It's funny that you mentioned a hyper religious town; especially since I spoke about Brimstone earlier. Which gained more popularity in name by the western: Brimstone. 

 

However, Brimstone in the red dead universe is set in a desert region, while religious towns would most likely be set more north.

If it was up to me, I would love to eventually see a smaller religious town (Valentine size) in the northern Highplains, whereas Brimstone could be somewhere just north of New Austin or on the west of the Coronado Sea.

[Jabalous]

It always feels nice to speculate and, mostly, fantasize about how the map can be developed further. Until R* hints at any map expansions, I'm not holding my breath for it. The developer needs to show an initiative first and I'd happily pay for more land to explore. R* is arguably the best at creating landmasses that are believable, fun to explore and easy to admire just by looking at the horizon. I guess if they don't talk about such a thing by Summer 2020, then it's better to even stop fantasizing about it. 

[ivarblaauw]

I have created a map to show what regions we know of (lore wise) and the boundaries in place. All locations featured in the map are already in the game in one way or the other. 

- The High Plains are located north of New Austin and has the same climate as the Great Plains (according to the Legendary maps in RDRII). 
- East Elizabeth (name not certain), features southern plains, and has the same climate as the Heartlands.

- Nuevo Paraiso, I added the fourth region, which is featured between East Elizabeth (again name not certain) and Diez Corona.

- New Austin, features a fourth region, based on leaks and lore wise. This would be the location of the infamous Canyon City. 

- Northern Grizzlies features well... a huge valley, Native territory and some mountainous canyons.

- Grizzlies, I have redrawn the borders, since there have been cut significant regions. As you can see Ambarino is significantly larger in the north west, while West Elizabeth gains an entire mountainous region (The Redemption Mountains). Ambarino now features the Avalanche valley and the Glaciers, cut from our exploration by a few boulders... 

 

 

For some speculation I added the locations from Red Dead Revolver to the new map:

This would mean that the High Plains and the unnamed region north of it would feature all of those regions, which fit perfectly. 

East Elizabeth features two locations, which have been mentioned, but never shown ingame.

9 minutes ago, Jabalous said:

It always feels nice to speculate and, mostly, fantasize about how the map can be developed further. Until R* hints at any map expansions, I'm not holding my breath for it. The developer needs to show an initiative first and I'd happily pay for more land to explore. R* is arguably the best at creating landmasses that are believable, fun to explore and easy to admire just by looking at the horizon. I guess if they don't talk about such a thing by Summer 2020, then it's better to even stop fantasizing about it. 

Agreed, but we still can look at what they gave us, and what we can do with it We didn't get any map expansion in GTA Online, although Red Dead has a much higher chance due to it already being landlocked. 

Edited May 20, 2019 by ivarblaauw

[Mastah]

On 5/19/2019 at 4:40 PM, ivarblaauw said:

@Mastah that is not necessarily true. I have a minor in Gamedesign/gameconcepting and during my study I have seen people create (from scratch, with the necessary assets in library) a map about the size of Tall Trees in a matter of 3-4 hours. Detail would be on par with that of Kingdom Come. 

 

This was one, not super skilled, guy, working with Unity. The trees, houses etc. were already premade ofcourse, so it was 100% leveldesign. But no, it does not take 2 years for a region to be build, especially not for a skilled team of designers. If you have a good team of what? 10 people, they could recreate Nuevo Paraiso in 3 months or less. They already have an npc creator and the clothing styles. 

 

The most important one would be to inhabit the region with missions, but Online already has some sort of radiant system created for that.

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"We always start with the roads then we build out the city, then the terrain, then the ocean floor," Garbut tells us. "We get the roads in first so we get an idea of the districts and how they flow together and get a feel for how the scale feels as you drive around the world. Then a small team blocks in each area - this is our pre-production - and it took the best part of nine months this time."

 

"Firstly we are distilling massive areas down so we remove repetition," says Garbut. "We obsess over each district and look at what looks good, what looks fun, what could provide good dramatic backdrops to action or cutscenes.

"Our goal is to take a city and pick out the key bits that define it, whether that's a key building, a street or a district. That gives us the flavour of the city and helps us to capture the feel.

"Then we try to make sure that everything we add flows together well and feels natural. While we are doing that we just make sure what we're adding works to build sightlines and skylines in a more sculptural sense. Creating interesting shapes and framing views.

"Then finally from a playability viewpoint we want to make sure it feels good to drive through, to climb over, and then we can play about with the details."

Rockstar aren't your random developers. Their creation has to be the best it can be and it has to fit in plans for the game. So no, it wouldn't take only few months and as I said, you take core design team away from working on GTA VI right now.

 

I absolutely agree with @Jabalous - let's see even the vaguest hint of it by Rockstar first, because for now it has the same status as DLC for single player, it simply doesn't exist.

[BUT THE BENZ]

vaguest hint? CHUPAROSA poncho

[-LN-]

I spend the majority of my time in Lemoyne, so I'd love to see whatever it is on the other side of the Lannaheche River become accessible; I'm guessing that's all considered East Elizabeth. I also very much would love to see Mexico added; it feels so off that hasn't been, so I kinda hope that its addition comes first. Guarma would be nice as well, but it's located off the primary map, so that could be a bit of a long shot. All of the other areas seem more likely to be added first, if at all.

 

Honestly though, I love exploring and it just kills me sometimes that I cannot get to whatever unlabelled land that is blocked off on the other side. There's a lot of potential here, let's hope they use it! Awesome ideas thus far! ☺

Edited May 20, 2019 by -LN-

[ivarblaauw]

18 hours ago, -LN- said:

I spend the majority of my time in Lemoyne, so I'd love to see whatever it is on the other side of the Lannaheche River become accessible; I'm guessing that's all considered East Elizabeth. I also very much would love to see Mexico added; it feels so off that hasn't been, so I kinda hope that its addition comes first. Guarma would be nice as well, but it's located off the primary map, so that could be a bit of a long shot. All of the other areas seem more likely to be added first, if at all.

 

Honestly though, I love exploring and it just kills me sometimes that I cannot get to whatever unlabelled land that is blocked off on the other side. There's a lot of potential here, let's hope they use it! Awesome ideas thus far! ☺

Well its quite hard to know for sure. @SneakyDeaky mentioned that North Elizabeth is also canon lorewise. Sean joined the gang there... 

 

I checked the official guide just to be sure, and it indeed says North Elizabeth. With capital N and E, so no typo there. No mention of the city name there tho, but there is a city for sure. Dutch caught Sean robbing him in an alleyway in North Elizabeth. 

 

Anyhow; I would love Mexico first, with East Elizabeth later on, to really get that old western feeling. 

[ivarblaauw]

On ‎5‎/‎19‎/‎2019 at 4:54 PM, ghostsoap01 said:

That high plains area north of New Austin looks really nice. Its got the red sand with fir trees, makes me think of parts of Utah. You can see it really well in Hennigan's Stead. I'd love to see that added!

East bank of the Lanahechee would be nice, but really it just looks like more Roanoke Ridge type of area.

I checked the area when I was out of bounds and the Legendary Animals map also spoke of the area. It is indeed more like Utah/Nevada/California/Arizona, whereas the north and east are more closely to Wyoming/Montana (from what I can see as a non US citizen). 

Weird part is, that we can clearly see that the slopes are easily traversable and are still 'bounced back' by an invisible wall. This is present throughout the entire north and western 'border', but much more noticeable in New Austin. 

 

I wondered why, and I do think I have a (for me it is) satisfying answer: They can easily create map additions IF they wanted to do so, because they don't have to change the terrain (much). If they don't add map additions, no one is hurt by it, except a few die hard fans who constantly try to go out of bounds. 

 

 

I feel like I didn't spent much time 'researching' the East bank. However, I do know that south and east of Saint Denis, the east bank is still Bayou area, which is cool. I would love to see this expanded and the bayou's touching (or near) each other just south of Sisika island. This would make the bayou much more present and 'dangerous', even with a steady boat. East Elisabeth could feature another Plantation in the east, while the west would have the Southern Plains, and thus the Flat Iron Lake is entirely encircled by playable area.
Imo, I would love to see mountains south of East Elizabeth, so the entire map is encircled by a natural border, instead of the invisible walls we have now. Perhaps in RDR3, perhaps via add ons, but just have some faith . 

Edited May 23, 2019 by ivarblaauw

[JumpingKentFlash]

Have R* ever added land to a map other than Midnight Club?

[El Diablo 702]

I would love to see Mexico, Guarma or any map expansion for that matter.  But as for the what is cannon timeline I don’t remember marston having been to mexico before the story line of redemption 1.  But R* fudges timelines so a story mode might be questionable,  but we can all hope for a online expansion and after all it’s just a game. 

[Red Lynx 23]

To be able to go north beyond the Grizzlies West into Canada. Preferably with a town or trading post, and some random houses.

[ivarblaauw]

12 hours ago, JumpingKentFlash said:

Have R* ever added land to a map other than Midnight Club?

Not sure, they added within the map boundaries though. But this game is a first in a long time which uses a landlocked map, with lore already created for the surrounding areas.

Also thanks MrBossFTW for using my map with credits

@Red Lynx 23; there definitely is some room for that within the current map state. However, if we count in the lowpoly maps, there are countless valleys and mountain ranges north of the Grizzlies. If we don't count those, there are one/two valleys between that 'low poly' border and the current map border. 
 

SPOILERS for the story ahead:

@El Diablo 702; he never went to New Austin either, but we still got a mission with him and Sadie there... So they are known to bend the timelines a bit.

 

Some new info I got from Indo-J: There is a dialogue between Arthur and Hosea, and they are talking about the town of Deer Creek. I have no idea where that town should be, but some users told me it would be the northern grizzlies. 

 

Edited May 28, 2019 by ivarblaauw

[simmun]

I would love to see the southwestern territory with Canyon City. That would open up lands west of New Austin and I think by doing that they would also have to open up what you call High Plains. These regions fit with the RDR lore as the gang travelled from the west over the mountains to the current map. This is probably more relevant for a potential RDR3 that depicts how the gang was formed and how they ended up in Blackwater and probably the Heidi McCourt incident will finally be revealed. 

 

However, I think we will see Mexico before that. I think Guarana is a lost cause as it didn't really fit the story at all... 

On 5/20/2019 at 1:57 PM, ivarblaauw said:

I have created a map to show what regions we know of (lore wise) and the boundaries in place. All locations featured in the map are already in the game in one way or the other. 

- The High Plains are located north of New Austin and has the same climate as the Great Plains (according to the Legendary maps in RDRII). 
- East Elizabeth (name not certain), features southern plains, and has the same climate as the Heartlands.

- Nuevo Paraiso, I added the fourth region, which is featured between East Elizabeth (again name not certain) and Diez Corona.

- New Austin, features a fourth region, based on leaks and lore wise. This would be the location of the infamous Canyon City. 

- Northern Grizzlies features well... a huge valley, Native territory and some mountainous canyons.

- Grizzlies, I have redrawn the borders, since there have been cut significant regions. As you can see Ambarino is significantly larger in the north west, while West Elizabeth gains an entire mountainous region (The Redemption Mountains). Ambarino now features the Avalanche valley and the Glaciers, cut from our exploration by a few boulders... 

 

 

For some speculation I added the locations from Red Dead Revolver to the new map:

This would mean that the High Plains and the unnamed region north of it would feature all of those regions, which fit perfectly. 

East Elizabeth features two locations, which have been mentioned, but never shown ingame.

Agreed, but we still can look at what they gave us, and what we can do with it We didn't get any map expansion in GTA Online, although Red Dead has a much higher chance due to it already being landlocked. 

Where do you think the Southwestern territory is and how do you imagine it look like? Canyon City and Southwestern territory is the most interesting undiscovered area in my opinion!

[ivarblaauw]

1 hour ago, simmun said:

I would love to see the southwestern territory with Canyon City. That would open up lands west of New Austin and I think by doing that they would also have to open up what you call High Plains. These regions fit with the RDR lore as the gang travelled from the west over the mountains to the current map. This is probably more relevant for a potential RDR3 that depicts how the gang was formed and how they ended up in Blackwater and probably the Heidi McCourt incident will finally be revealed. 

 

However, I think we will see Mexico before that. I think Guarma is a lost cause as it didn't really fit the story at all... 

Where do you think the Southwestern territory is and how do you imagine it look like? Canyon City and Southwestern territory is the most interesting undiscovered area in my opinion!

To give a good answer on this question, you'll first have to take a look at the updated map. It is featured below my reply. 

 

The only southwestern region in the Red Dead universe at this point unnamed would be what I call Coronado, and perhaps the salt flats west of them. Remember that during 1899-1900s the only territories which weren't a state yet were Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona. North of New Austin would be the North western area, which consist of the High Plains and most likely North Elizabeth!

The Southwestern territory would most likely consist of New Mexico and/or Arizona, but Red Dead has it's own states. Since New Austin is the only state which features the regions based on Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona, it wouldn't be strange to think of New Austin is in fact the Southwestern territory, before it was renamed to New Austin. This would result in Coronado being within the state of New Austin, including Canyon City as the major settlement. 

 

I actually have some proof for this as well:

Quotes from Red Dead Wikia:
The terrain of New Austin resembles aspects of several real Southwestern U.S. states. Cholla Springs resembles Arizona's desert with its saguaro cactus, desert scrub, and prickly pears. The scrub desert of Rio Bravo is strongly reminiscent of New Mexico. Gaptooth Ridge is more like Southern California, Nevada, and western Arizona with its tan rocks and Joshua trees, and Hennigan's Stead resembles the western parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, central Colorado.

 

A map of three different territories presented to you, the player, in Red Dead Redemption a section at a time after completion of certain missions. The three different territories are New Austin, modeled after the South-Western states, West Elizabeth, modeled after the Great Plains and western mountains, Nuevo Paraiso, modeled after Mexican terrain.

 

Quote from the official RDR1 map:

The Western Border States.

 

TL;DR:
New Austin = the Southwestern Territory. Coronado is the 5th region of New Austin (I know, the map says 4th, ignore this) and includes Canyon City.

 

Here is the updated map:

[simmun]

18 hours ago, ivarblaauw said:

To give a good answer on this question, you'll first have to take a look at the updated map. It is featured below my reply. 

 

The only southwestern region in the Red Dead universe at this point unnamed would be what I call Coronado, and perhaps the salt flats west of them. Remember that during 1899-1900s the only territories which weren't a state yet were Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona. North of New Austin would be the North western area, which consist of the High Plains and most likely North Elizabeth!

The Southwestern territory would most likely consist of New Mexico and/or Arizona, but Red Dead has it's own states. Since New Austin is the only state which features the regions based on Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona, it wouldn't be strange to think of New Austin is in fact the Southwestern territory, before it was renamed to New Austin. This would result in Coronado being within the state of New Austin, including Canyon City as the major settlement. 

 

I actually have some proof for this as well:

Quotes from Red Dead Wikia:
The terrain of New Austin resembles aspects of several real Southwestern U.S. states. Cholla Springs resembles Arizona's desert with its saguaro cactus, desert scrub, and prickly pears. The scrub desert of Rio Bravo is strongly reminiscent of New Mexico. Gaptooth Ridge is more like Southern California, Nevada, and western Arizona with its tan rocks and Joshua trees, and Hennigan's Stead resembles the western parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, central Colorado.

 

A map of three different territories presented to you, the player, in Red Dead Redemption a section at a time after completion of certain missions. The three different territories are New Austin, modeled after the South-Western states, West Elizabeth, modeled after the Great Plains and western mountains, Nuevo Paraiso, modeled after Mexican terrain.

 

Quote from the official RDR1 map:

The Western Border States.

 

TL;DR:
New Austin = the Southwestern Territory. Coronado is the 5th region of New Austin (I know, the map says 4th, ignore this) and includes Canyon City.

 

Here is the updated map:

That's very interesting reasoning. In one way it wouldn't make sense to create a New "New Austin" west of New Austin with more of the same terrain. I guess if you think about terrain, Californian biomes and terrain would be the next terrain-type going west beyond the Coronado region. And the lands in the western US was called territory before they became proper states. But again, the Southwestern territory was mentioned in at least two separate posters in RDR1 which give evidence it existed at the same time, or potentially the posters were old. 

 

That leaves me with one question, where did the gang originate from? Surely they don't come from California, and they wanted to go back out west, and from my understanding more west then they ever have been. maybe they originate from what you call high Plains and they dream of going to Coronado/California. 

[CMCSAVAGE]

On 5/17/2019 at 6:11 PM, ivarblaauw said:

Mexico is meshed fully, no buildings are present though. It would make the most sense to be added first imo

 

I love all the ideas, speculations and wishes, but this is the only one that makes sense and would be most likely to be added.

 

North: We already have a northern section that's pretty barren as it is, more of the same wouldn't really be interesting.

West/East: How far do you go before it's totally different? For me you'd have to to either coast, which probably won't happen.

South/SE/SW: Let's start with the obvious, Mexico. Pretty much a no brainer there. What I'd love to see, is Mexico being expanded in either the SE or SW direction to include the Gulf of California and maybe the Baja Peninsula or the Gulf of Mexico. 

Spoiler

 

Give me this and I'll be a happy camper.

 

 

 

[ivarblaauw]

4 hours ago, simmun said:

That's very interesting reasoning. In one way it wouldn't make sense to create a New "New Austin" west of New Austin with more of the same terrain. I guess if you think about terrain, Californian biomes and terrain would be the next terrain-type going west beyond the Coronado region. And the lands in the western US was called territory before they became proper states. But again, the Southwestern territory was mentioned in at least two separate posters in RDR1 which give evidence it existed at the same time, or potentially the posters were old. 

 

That leaves me with one question, where did the gang originate from? Surely they don't come from California, and they wanted to go back out west, and from my understanding more west then they ever have been. maybe they originate from what you call high Plains and they dream of going to Coronado/California. 

From ingame dialogue, we know Hosea and Arthur were in Montana not that long ago, so the gang was in Montana at one point. California is also named and Micah has family there. The gang could very easily have been in New Austin at one point, just John hasn't been there with the gang, but that is explained since he was absent for a year+. Members of the gang also have origins in St. Louis, Chicago and New York. Sean joined the gang in North Elizabeth, where he tried to rob Dutch. 

 

Where the gang came from? They were chased over the mountains, so North Elizabeth or the High Plains seem the most likely candidates.

About the territory name/state. In the era of young states, the state name or territory location were interchanged quite often. South Western territory can also be a name for the combination of New Austin and (for example) the High Plains... 

 

1 hour ago, CMCSAVAGE said:

 

I love all the ideas, speculations and wishes, but this is the only one that makes sense and would be most likely to be added.

 

North: We already have a northern section that's pretty barren as it is, more of the same wouldn't really be interesting.

West/East: How far do you go before it's totally different? For me you'd have to to either coast, which probably won't happen.

South/SE/SW: Let's start with the obvious, Mexico. Pretty much a no brainer there. What I'd love to see, is Mexico being expanded in either the SE or SW direction to include the Gulf of California and maybe the Baja Peninsula or the Gulf of Mexico. 

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Give me this and I'll be a happy camper.

 

 

 

While the north has a few locations already fully modelled, Nuevo Paraiso has the largest chance of returning. Southern Great Plains also have quite the chance, since they are just as (or even more) finished than Nuevo Paraiso.

[HockeyMike24]

9 hours ago, CMCSAVAGE said:

North: We already have a northern section that's pretty barren as it is, more of the same wouldn't really be interesting.

I think that's why adding a northern winter town would also be a good addition because we could get a little Valentine sized town in the mountains which would be really cool.

[CMCSAVAGE]

10 minutes ago, HockeyMike24 said:

I think that's why adding a northern winter town would also be a good addition because we could get a little Valentine sized town in the mountains which would be really cool.

I hate winter and snow lol.

[HockeyMike24]

5 minutes ago, CMCSAVAGE said:

I hate winter and snow lol.

Same lol. 

 

However R* snow is nice and fluffy and doesn't make me cold and uncomfortable.

[ivarblaauw]

14 hours ago, CMCSAVAGE said:

I hate winter and snow lol.

Really? I love it! Especially how ingame it changes the entire pace of the game and makes the gameplay entirely different!

 

I would love to see atleast one butcher and store there, since well, it just takes way too long to hunt, with way to less in profits. I find it weird that they literally took out finished map parts of the snowy area, which could have been used to introduce another town somewhere up north. Would make the trip north much more fun and logical. 
A big plus for the einzelgangers is that the north has almost no players, so there is almost no chance someone will try to kill you there. 

 

I have spent a bit more time finetuning the map and changed some boundaries to reflect the ingame counterparts much more better. I hope I can show you these changes somewhere this week.

 

14 hours ago, HockeyMike24 said:

I think that's why adding a northern winter town would also be a good addition because we could get a little Valentine sized town in the mountains which would be really cool.

read my reply above

[CMCSAVAGE]

6 minutes ago, ivarblaauw said:

Really? I love it! Especially how ingame it changes the entire pace of the game and makes the gameplay entirely different!

 

I would love to see atleast one butcher and store there, since well, it just takes way too long to hunt, with way to less in profits. I find it weird that they literally took out finished map parts of the snowy area, which could have been used to introduce another town somewhere up north. Would make the trip north much more fun and logical. 

I meant IRL. In game, I actually find the snowy area peacefully secluded. Would I want to see more? Not really, unless they added a trading post which doubled as a store/butcher. Funny thing is, Colter is abandoned, yet the one cabin has a fire going on inside? 

[ivarblaauw]

18 hours ago, CMCSAVAGE said:

I meant IRL. In game, I actually find the snowy area peacefully secluded. Would I want to see more? Not really, unless they added a trading post which doubled as a store/butcher. Funny thing is, Colter is abandoned, yet the one cabin has a fire going on inside? 

It shows more signs of life than it should do... I really hope they'll add a butcher and a store there for online. 

 

I understand that it wouldn't make sense for singleplayer, but online is a different game. I mean, in online you play entirely different than in singleplayer, thus the game should reflect this as well. 

 

I think (scrap that; I KNOW) that by giving Colter some life, it would give the entire region a boost in playability. 

 

I don't think they should add much new things to the map though. I rather see them expanding it, since I am afraid that by filling the map too much, it will destroy the current vibe (which is perfect).

[Red Lynx 23]

On 5/20/2019 at 5:17 PM, -LN- said:

I spend the majority of my time in Lemoyne, so I'd love to see whatever it is on the other side of the Lannaheche River become accessible; I'm guessing that's all considered East Elizabeth. I also very much would love to see Mexico added; it feels so off that hasn't been, so I kinda hope that its addition comes first. Guarma would be nice as well, but it's located off the primary map, so that could be a bit of a long shot. All of the other areas seem more likely to be added first, if at all.

 

Honestly though, I love exploring and it just kills me sometimes that I cannot get to whatever unlabelled land that is blocked off on the other side. There's a lot of potential here, let's hope they use it! Awesome ideas thus far! ☺

I explored that area while out of the map last night/this morning. It had what look like cyprus trees, but isn't a swamp. Skunks, raccoons, rabbits, squirrels, wolves and Cougars can be found there. 

[-LN-]

2 hours ago, Red Lynx 23 said:

I explored that area while out of the map last night/this morning. It had what look like cyprus trees, but isn't a swamp. Skunks, raccoons, rabbits, squirrels, wolves and Cougars can be found there. 

Very cool, thank you for posting it! ☺ I very much want to go there! The fact that animals already spawn there has to be good sign, right? Looks wonderful though! Do you remember where exactly on the map this was captured?

[Red Lynx 23]

East of Sisika Prison. But watch out for the map border. I slid down it and was trapped on the shore between the map border and the death zone, which killed me when I attempted to swim to Sisika.

[CarlyRaeJepsen]

I would like to travel to a eastern country like Japan or the phillipenes. It would be interesting to see what life was like there’s in the 1890s 

[-LN-]

2 hours ago, Red Lynx 23 said:

East of Sisika Prison. But watch out for the map border. I slid down it and was trapped on the shore between the map border and the death zone, which killed me when I attempted to swim to Sisika.

If you don't mind me asking; how do you do this? I've never had much luck with going outside the map; except for that little area south of the Sea of Coronado.