Can you Add Roads and paths to the map as we discover them.

1.2K votes

Can you add Roads and Paths to the map. It is very difficult to get to certain locations. I cannot tell you how many times I have circled a cliff area and found no way up. Had to create stairs using my pick just to get up there.

Open suggestion Feature improvement Suggested by: Sledge (29 Jan, '24) • Upvoted: today • Comments: 23

Comments: 23

31 Jan, '24
Sylvia
Yes! Maybe roads could get added to the map when we have discovered them? I have created stairs with my pick to see them gone next time i was there.
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01 Feb, '24
Marco
Maybe climbing which uses stamina could be a solution?
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03 Feb, '24
Gokai Goblin
Indeed, I too would like to see paths detailed on the map, as you follow them. This would give players some guidance in how to navigate the world without having to resort to digging bore tunnels or jump-climbing cliffsides. I've always enjoyed trotting down along a well planted path, myself. I believe this would also help people to explore and reach out better, too.
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06 Feb, '24
TheGrey08
This would be cool
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14 Feb, '24
Niclas Johansson
I really miss that the roads arent seen on the map, I find it quite strange actually
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14 Feb, '24
Wren
Oh my god, I really hope they add this in. I'm neurodivergent, so I have a hard time managing stress and frustration and I also have a hard time working out directions. Me and my partner have been playing together daily and the amount of our game time that is just backtracking, stopping to stare at our map, accidentally gliding off of cliffs and having to walk for 5 minutes just to get back to where we were, double jumping to get up cliffs in a way we aren't supposed to... The fact that there's so many tall mountains and holes, there NEEDS to be roads marked on the map. Why add in a road stamina reduction mechanic and not add the roads to the map?
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10 Mar, '24
eric_m
it's will be very useful for our journey
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26 Mar, '24
Christin
This is a great idea! I can go somewhere, and forget how I got there the last time. Seeing the roads and such on a map would help me tremendously ... great suggestion :)
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28 Mar, '24
Leslie
I would LOVE to see roads added to maps as they are discovered. I spend literally hours trying to navigate around things to try to get where I want to go, and it is frustrating. If I was able to find a road, and then have it "written" on my map as it was discovered, it would take away most of the frustration I have with the game, and I could get back to enjoying and exploring the world.
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01 Apr, '24
Yoichi
Maybe at least for the main areas then that still leaving you planning some for the quest but makes travel from region to region a little easier
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05 Jul, '24
WJS
Nobody in his right mind would draw a map and not mark roads on it. Even if they are only revealed in a very small area like a couple of meters radius so you have to walk right down them, please add this.
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06 Jul, '24
WJS
And setting aside the logical argument that nobody would draw a map without roads, there are very strong gameplay arguments too. With the roads not visible on the map, players are taught not to rely on them, and instead to use forms of transport that don't involve roads like fast travel or gliding. Travelling becomes not an issue of seeing which route to take to get where you want to go, but instead just adding the desired location as a waypoint, aiming straight for it and just bulldozing through anything in the way with a pickaxe.
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26 Jul, '24
Pandora
Yes please, show these on the map.
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24 Aug, '24
Loz
It would be best to add a cartograth char where you can draw paths or separate areas by color.
The best way to do this is to uncover the areas. maybe you can assign other tasks to the cartograth
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07 Nov, '24
Mirroriss
I would also love to see special blocks added to the game that allows the ability to place a permanent road or tunnel thru the mountains.
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09 Nov, '24
crgates23
Also to add to this, can we please make it so when we take the sparks from the flame shrine, we get a checkmark on that flame shrine on the map?
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14 Nov, '24
D
i often cannot find a way to easy to reach places because i cannot see the roads
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27 Nov, '24
Angel Avalon
A better, more detailed map WOULD be much more helpful and is a very attractive idea... ^_^;
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02 Dec, '24
N
Roads are essential for maps in open world environments such as this. They help the player understand where they should go to reach an objective. Simply heading toward the objective is almost never straightforward due to environmental obstacles like hills, and roads help players reach their objective without the frustration of having to circle around until they stumble upon way a forward. For instance, if an abandoned city is on a hill with only one route that leads to it, that route almost always has a road. I can either walk around in a circle until I find that road (which can be a problem in of itself if it's the shroud), or I can see where the road is on the map. Exploration should not be tedious. Roads would be a valuable QoL improvement that helps keep players immersed.
18 Dec, '24
Tobias
Add a minimap that you can turn on and off if you want. And as said before. The roads. =)
19 Dec, '24
Vanessa
It would be nice, if mainpaths would be added to the map, so the general pathfindig isn't so hard. I also miss the minimap :)
22 Dec, '24
RealTimeShepherd
I failed to get to the hollow halls on multiple occassions until I finally scaled the snow capped peaks first climbing the hill above the starting cinder vault, and then utilising many pickaxes and altars to get to the top of the mountain and gliding down from there. Once I finally made it, I discovered the road that would have taken me there which I could simply have walked along!
I marked the road to the hollow halls from the starting location on the map to demonstrate why I found it impossible to get there having only a marker showing the direction:
https://i.postimg.cc/gjmvcwGr/Screenshot-2024-12-22-105644.png
Please mark the roads on the map!!!
06 Jan
Andy
UPVOTE!!! It's so wierd that after travelling a road or finding a route to something, you cannot refer back to your map and find the road back to that point. Spending 30 minutes trying to get BACK to a place you've already been to is not fun.