World Map
The World Map
The World Map is an important part of Elvenar, so you will visit it quite frequently.
It consists of many different Provinces and other player's cities which surround your town. Elvenar is a mysterious world full of secrets, but it is also peaceful. So don’t hesitate to get in touch with your neighbors and the area around you. Actually, you can visit any city, right from the start.
Provinces
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Scouting Provinces
When you enter the World Map for the first time, you will immediately notice that most of the world is still unknown to you. In fact, the World Map is not much more than a rough draft, at the beginning. However, you can frequently send Scouts to bordering Provinces in order to gain more information about them. The Scouts demand a lot of Coins for their efforts, but they are definitely worth the price.
Once their work is done, the Province on the Map gets a lot more details (and colour!) but most importantly, you can take a look inside and search for Relics.
In addition, all neighboring cities of that Province will become discovered too. This will make trading with those neighbours cheaper and will allow you to start giving Neighborly Help.
When you enter a Province, you previously scouted, you can see more detailed information of it. Your scouts have marked interesting spots in the Province, where they spotted some people, with an exclamation mark. You should check them out!
Each Province type has its own special terrain! If you take a closer look, you will be able to identify it just by looking at the Map. You will also find different types of Units on each one, so, be prepared!
Collecting Relics
On each Province, you will meet a trader, who may offer you a Relic. You can’t have enough of these magical objects! But of course, they will come at a price. Maybe, you can also find a way to use your troops to get the Relic and save your resources. It’s up to you!
No matter how you get the Relic, it will always increase your knowledge. Or, in other words: You will receive a Knowledge Point you can spend in the Research Tree, to unlock technologies faster. The World Map is a great source of knowledge!
Province Expansions
You will receive a Province Expansion as a reward, when you complete all encounters of a certain amount of Provinces. A tooltip in the Buildings Menu, on the Province Expansion, will show you how many “Completed Provinces” you have and how many are “Required for the next Expansion.”
Surrounding Cities
As it has been noted, you can always pay a visit to every player, to get some inspiration for your own city.
However, neighbors within a certain area are also your natural trading partners. You can exchange Goods with them using your Trader, but the Trader will put a fee on top of the offering for the ones you haven't discover yet. As a result, trading with your unknown neighbors can be a bit expensive at first.
Once you have scouted a Province next to a neighbor, things become more interesting. The neighboor, then, becomes “discovered” to you, and that will give you the opportunity to help each other more effectively.
Firstly, you can now give him Neighborly Help once a day.You will receive some Coins for your work, and, in case your neighbor also helped you within the last 23 hours, you will also receive supplies. In fact, if both of you do this regularly, you will both receive additional supplies all the time.
The second effect of discovering a neighbor, is the ability to trade with him without paying a fee. The Trader will not demand you a fee, if you take an offer from a discovered neighbor. So, keep on scouting and discovering others!