Exploration

Exploration is the process through which new Locations are revealed on the World map. It is progressed through Adventures to the specified location.
==Exploration requirements==
Every Region or Location available on the World Map has an exploration progress score in percent. This number is calculated based on the requirements defined in the game code for each individual RegionSettings\World\Places\Level1.xml,Settings\World\Places\Level2.xml. All locations not listed below do not have any applicable location unlocks through Exploration.
Region 	Distance	Total Adventures	Total Distance cost	Name
Mt. Sunshade 	1674 	15 	50208 	Supreme Clarity Cave
Mt. Sunshade 	1674 	15 	50208 	Sunshade Precipice
Mt. Sunshade 	1674 	15 	50208 	Five Dragons Pond
Mt. Kunlun 	3103 	24 	148962 	Immortal Summit
Mt. Kunlun 	3103 	24 	148962 	Drake Cave
Heavenstep Peak 	3123 	18 	112415 	Nimbus Ravine
Heavenstep Peak 	3123 	18 	112415 	Celeste Pass
Mt. Lucian 	983 	19 	37364 	Lucian Village
Mt. Lucian 	983 	19 	37364 	Wyvern Pool
Mt. Lucian 	983 	19 	37364 	Phoenix Cliff
Mt. Tiger Paw 	1902 	20 	76078 	Skypass Falls
Mt. Tiger Paw 	1902 	20 	76078 	Mistwood Forest
Mt. Shu 	836 	35 	58546 	Jadestone Cliff
Mt. Shu 	836 	35 	58546 	Thunderclap Cave
Mt. Shu 	836 	35 	58546 	Glimmer Cave
Mt. Shu 	836 	35 	58546 	Gemspring Cave
Mt. Shu 	836 	35 	58546 	Bladesmith Tomb
Mt. Nelumbo 	906 	14 	25371 	Celestial Pool
Mt. Nelumbo 	906 	14 	25371 	Pearlwood Rainforest
Mt. Hundred Insects	3333 	9 	59992 	Deathknell Cave
Mt. Hundred Insects	3333 	9 	59992 	Serpent Pit
Mt. Pitfall 	3588 	7 	50226 	Abyss
Mt. Blackstone 	2507 	54 	270783 	Millspine Forest
Exultant Isle 	1757 	22 	77328 	Safeward Seas
Exultant Isle 	1757 	22 	77328 	Poison Dragon Lake
Great Desert 	2784 	36 	200452 	Mirage Wastelands
Great Desert 	2784 	36 	200452 	Blazenest
Great Desert 	2784 	36 	200452 	Village of Dunes
Wild South 	66817 	18 	127713 	Perennial Miasma
Wild South 	66817 	18 	127713 	The Demon Emperor's Tomb
Wild South 	66817 	18 	127713 	Wormwrought Valley
The Great Snowland 	2569 	33 	169546 	Skye Conch Valley
The Great Snowland 	2569 	33 	169546 	Lake Jadestone
The Great Snowland 	2569 	33 	169546 	Blizzard Plains
Riverbank Plains 	2232 	15 	66961 	Galepeak Town
Riverbank Plains 	2232 	15 	66961 	Sunstop Town
Riverbank Plains 	2232 	15 	66961 	Ratoon Village
Riverbank Plains 	2232 	15 	66961 	Mt. Cassia
Riverbank Plains 	2232 	15 	66961 	Mt. Rue
Central Plain 	1925 	12 	46207 	Mt. Cloudsreach
Central Plain 	1925 	12 	46207 	Alchemist's Peak
Central Plain 	1925 	12 	46207 	Mt. Mesa
Central Plain 	1925 	12 	46207 	Blossomfall
Central Plain 	1925 	12 	46207 	Reed Village
Drake Cave 	3201 	20 	128055 	Mystic Cavern
Golden PeakDLC 	1449 	19 	55067 	Reattainment TempleDLC
Golden PeakDLC 	1449 	19 	55067 	Southrock PalaceDLC
Golden PeakDLC 	1449 	19 	55067 	Purple Cloud PalaceDLC
The distance cost is assumed with an Adventure Exploration Speed of 1. Remember that the game rounds down that value so if you're using a with a tier 4 or below, you'll still have an Adventure Exploration Speed of 1 despite what the Talisman indicates.
==Exploration Progress==
Each time an Adventure occurs at the given region (either through regular Adventures or through Camp), progress is made towards Exploration depending on the Adventure Exploration Speed of the Cultivator visiting that location. This value is rounded down before use in the codeXiaWorld.PlacesMgr.Step, and therefore fractional values are discarded.
===Unlocking locations===
If the location is not yet fully unlocked, the following occursXiaWorld.PlacesMgr.TryUnlock:
*Increment Adventure Count by 1+Adventure Exploration Speed.
*Depending on the number of locations that can be unlocked from the visited location, tries to unlock a random unlocked locationSettings/MapStories/MapStory_System.xml [sys_openplace] & XiaWorld.ThingLuaHelperBase.UnlockRandomChild() at the following exploration percentages: 
**1: 100%
**2: 50%, 100%
**3: 33%, 67%, 100%
**4: 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%
**5: 20%, 40%, 60%, 80%, 100%
*For example, exploring to 40% in Central Plain (5 Exploration unlockable locations) can unlock two locations.
*if the game tries to unlock X locations, following the order set in the table above, if all the locations up to X are already unlocked (for example through a Location Manual), nothing happens. For example:
**exploring to 20% in Central Plain can unlock one randomly unlocked location between: Mt. Cloudsreach, Mt. Mesa, Blossomfall and Reed Village. Assuming Mt. Cloudsreach isn't unlocked, any of the 4 is unlocked
**exploring to 40% in Central Plain can unlock another randomly unlocked location. However, since Alchemist's Peak (2nd in the Central Plain order) is always unlocked, if the location unlocked at 20% was Mt. Cloudsreach, then no new location is unlocked this time.
**exploring to 60% in Central Plain can unlock another randomly unlocked location, and if no location was unlocked at 40%, it is unlocked at this point.
*It is possible to fully unlock a Region before it is explored to 100%, at this point further Adventures to the main location do not have any effect for Exploration purposes.
==References==
Category:World
Category:Game Mechanics