Asciilands

Asciilands Charting the frontier...

Open beta

The Horizon Update

What's new

Sail rafts, dhows and cogs
Winds you can learn to read
Piers and town dockyards
New continents and sea islands
Jadesteel gear
Regional foods and crops
Rare deposits to find
A lawless jungle isle
Trade face to face
Town upgrades
Play on phones and tablets
New music and art
All patch notes

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A whole world, drawn in text.

Characters

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World progress is saved on the server. Credits

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Towns
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Unknown Zone

zone-id | biome | teleport

Territory: unknown

Facing N 000°

Zone Minimap

Unknown Zone

starter-01 | click for world map

No nearby players.

Frontier Field Guide 0 / 7

Enter the frontier

Join the persistent world and establish your character.

Construction

Choose a location

Click placeR rotateX salvageEsc finish

Inventory

No items.

Ground Items

Dropped items appear directly in the world.

Recipes

Craft

Select a recipe.

Select an item for quantity, split, equip, and drop actions. Drag stacks between Pack and Ground Items. Crafting uses materials from your pack when you press Make.

Direct construction

Build Catalog

Material Pieces

Select a construction.

Workbench

Select a workbench recipe.

Workbench steps reserve materials when started.

Town & Territory

No claimed towns in this zone yet.

Town

Expand Territory

Current chunk unavailable until movement pose syncs.

Territory

Officers can build Residents can build Visitors can build Nation members can build and use doors

Member Role

World Map & Travel

Known World

155%

N E S W

No zone selected

SCOUT REPORT

Select a revealed hex to inspect routes, terrain character, and available travel actions.

Legend

Current ZoneActive position

VisitedKnown and traversed

DiscoveredSeen on frontier

UnknownUncharted frontier

Settings

Press ESC to close this menu.

Display

Display Scale

Adjusts display and glyph scale for readability.

70%

Ascii Density

Controls the maximum ASCII grid density. Higher settings render more cells and can cost performance.

HIGH

Audio

Master volume

100%

Mute all audio

Silences the game without changing your volume levels.

Controls

Click a binding, then press a key. Escape cancels.

Interface

Extended HUD details

Region and territory details and the compass heading at the top of the screen.

Player names

Names above nearby players.

Speech bubbles

Chat messages above whoever said them. Chat keeps every message either way.

World

Session Health

Report is ready to copy.

The report contains runtime and connection state, but never authentication tokens.

Your character

Name

Height

Build

Hairstyle

Expression

Face

Features

Skin

Hair color

Tunic

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