Freeplay Landmark

This page shows landmark options in freeplay.

## **Generic landmarks**

Landmarks are special locations on the surface that can take form of a variety of things.

If landmark randomization is disabled, landmarks are generated based on the default map designs.

If landmark randomization is enabled, landmarks are generated based on your choices. New landmarks appear every 150 seconds and remaining landmarks will disappear over time.

### **Small resources**

Small resources are only available if randomization is disabled. They include seeds and sand fleas, which grant 5 to 15 food each.

### **Large resources**

Large resources include:

* Fish: 1500 [8]

* Pinecone: 600 [12] or 1500 [12]

Following ants come from nearby spawners to harvest large resources only if randomization is enabled. They gather anything edible on the way. Number and level of following ants is affected by environmental difficulty.

Each location can only generate level 1 and level 2 soldiers of the same species. They can be either black ants, wood ants, fire ants, trap-jaw ants, army ants, little black ants or big-headed ants.

### **Poppy plants**

Poppy plants drop seeds, which grant 5 to 15 food each.

### **Funnel-web spiders**

Funnel-web spiders set up their lairs on the surface. Web generates meat chunks, which grant 5 to 15 food each. Funnel-web spiders can only attack ant colonies.

Funnel-web spiders come from nearby spawners to populate each lair every 30 seconds. Lairs disappear faster the longer they stay empty.

Maximum population increases along with environmental difficulty. Overpopulating hosts will be dead when difficulty suddenly decreases.

### **Root aphids**

Root aphids secrete honeydew, which grant 10 food per droplet. A new aphid appears every 60 seconds.

Ladybird beetles land and eat aphids over time. Attack frequency is affected by environmental dificulty.

### **Milkweed aphids**

Milkweed aphids secrete honeydew, which grants 6 to 10 food per droplet. New aphids appear on random host plants across the map over time.

Ant colonies can relocate milkweed aphids to the designated host plants near their nests. Each plant can house up to 50 aphids.

Beach maps have rosemary plants while other maps have milkweed plants.

### **Caterpillars**

Magnolia saplings generate caterpillars. Caterpillars grow every 60 seconds and grant 1 more food, up to 15 food each.

### **Carnivorous plants**

Venus flytraps and dwarf sundews don't grant food. Each leaf can only kill one ant at a time. They reopen a single leaf every 60 seconds.

### **Titans**

Titans include huge whip spiders, American bullfrogs and great blue skimmers. Each landmakr location can only house a single level 1 titan.

Great blue skimmers fly across the map and only land to fight when you discover their landmarks. Other titans stay in the same place.

Titans can only attack ant colonies.

### **Infestation**

Enemies of the same kind come from nearby spawners to populate each location every 80 seconds. Enemies are generated based on your settings.

Maximum population increases along with environmental difficulty. Overpopulating enemies will be dead when difficulty suddenly decreases.

## **Exclusive landmarks**

### **Harvestable plants**

If you choose to play with or against leafcutter ants, harvestable plants automatically become available on the map as extra landmarks. Landmarks will appear over time faster by 25%.

* Small plant: 20 [1] or 40 [2] or 60 [3]

* Medium plant: 615 [24]

* Large plant: 1230 [26]

Leaves are regenerated every 5 minutes. Small plants can regrow 100 food for each patch. Medium plants can regrow 300 food and large plants can regrow 200 food respectively.

## **Community screenshots**

Fish and poppy plant (by Antbzk64)Root aphids, caterpillars and flytraps (by Antbzk64)Infestation (by TheRealStormCZE)Titans and harvestable plants (by Antbzk64)

## **References**

1. ↑ https://forum.slugdisco.com/index.php?threads/freeplay-beta-patch-0-122-released.1971/
2. ↑ https://forum.slugdisco.com/index.php?threads/v0-213-update-changes-fixes.4529/
3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1RqsDfWpHU
4. ↑ https://forum.slugdisco.com/index.php?threads/beta-testing-0-2112-balance-in-all-things-freeplay.3872/
5. ↑ https://forum.slugdisco.com/index.php?threads/beta-test-0-21142-freeplay-changes-fixes.4164/