World Structure

Geographic Model

Use a layered structure:

• Continent: one major landmass at launch.
• Region: large biome-driven territory with culture, climate, monsters, and trade identity.
• Area: sub-region containing routes, fields, ruins, caves, and settlements.
• Site: exact mission or gathering location.

This supports exploration, regional markets, and knowledge accumulation without needing a fully simulated open world.

Starting World Principles

• Regions should feel meaningfully different in resources, hazards, and monsters.
• Travel time between regions should matter economically.
• Not every town should produce the same goods.
• Local monster knowledge should be easier to build where the character lives.

Spawn Logic

Characters should begin in a homeland region selected during creation. The origin choice should influence:

• starting town
• beginner contacts
• climate affinity
• starting codex knowledge
• starter recipes or supplies

Suggested Starting Regions

• Frontier Marches: temperate borderlands, farms, goblins, wolves, ruins.
• Frost Tundra: cold settlements, fur trade, undead barrows, ice beasts.
• Sunscar Desert: caravans, oases, tomb delves, dust predators.
• Storm Coast: fishing ports, cliffs, elementals, raiders, sea-caves.
• Ashwood Wilds: deep forests, fae borders, herbs, beasts, cursed groves.

Biome Effects

Climate should influence food and water consumption, route risk, disease chance, gear demand, and expedition planning.