Help: GPS Discovery Usage gps discover GPS Discovery is the player-driven mapping system for the Far Reaches and all zones numbered 7000 or higher. New Far Reaches zones begin as uncharted GPS territory. Until a player maps enough of the zone and establishes the first permanent GPS pin, the destination appears in GPS as: ???? Exploration Progress Your exploration progress is based on unique rooms personally visited inside the current zone. To qualify to discover a zone, you must visit at least: 25 percent of that zone's rooms The requirement is based on the zone's actual room count and rounds up. Examples: 100 rooms -> 25 unique rooms required 150 rooms -> 38 unique rooms required 37 rooms -> 10 unique rooms required Your exploration progress is persistent. Revisiting the same room does not increase the count again. Planting the GPS Pin Once you reach the required exploration threshold in an undiscovered zone, you receive a large notification that the area can now be charted. While standing inside that zone, use: gps discover The room where the successful discovery is made becomes the permanent GPS destination room for that zone. First Discoverer Only the first player to successfully establish the GPS pin receives first-discovery credit. When the claim succeeds: - The zone becomes permanently known to the global GPS system. - Its real name replaces ????. - The discoverer's name is recorded permanently. - A world-wide announcement announces the discovery. - The zone can then be routed to normally through GPS. If another player has already claimed the zone, it cannot be discovered again. Discovery Cache The first discoverer receives: 50 Silver Discs 30 Ember Cores 20 Dinosaur Brains There is also a 25 percent chance to receive one eligible item that actually loads in that zone. Discovery rewards are created through the normal reward path and are handled correctly for SSF characters. Far Reaches GPS Policy All loaded zones numbered 7000 and above participate in this system. Until more detailed difficulty overrides are assigned, undiscovered and new Far Reaches destinations use the current high-end GPS difficulty classification. Notes Exploration credit is personal, but the completed discovery is global. Once one player establishes the permanent GPS pin, the zone remains known across reboots and for all future players. See Also: gps, gpsdifficulty, bigmap, zinfo, materials, ssf