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1 Tile Colors
2 Legend
- 2.1 Sites
- 2.2 Other

[edit] Tile Colors

The colors of a map tile may give information about that region's predominant biome: its temperature, alignment, and other handy things. Cyan or blue means the area is "good" aligned. Purple and grey/red areas have "evil" alignment. Light grey, brown, and yellow areas usually are dry and have sparse vegetation. Green tiles have vegetation and are usually moist. White tiles indicate snow.

[edit] Legend

Tiles are listed in by alignment, with regular tiles first, then haunted, then good aligned tiles, and then evil tiles.

Name Regular Good Evil

Forests

Broadleaf Forest

Broadleaf forests change tiles with the seasons.

`♠`	`♣`
`♣`	`♠`

`♠`	`♣`
`♣`	`♠`

`╞`	`╡`
`╡`	`╞`

`♠`	`♣`
`♣`	`♠`

`♠`	`♣`
`♣`	`♠`

`♠`	`♣`
`♣`	`♠`

`♠`	`♣`
`♣`	`♠`

Tropical Broadleaf Rainforest

`♠`	`Γ`
`Γ`	`♠`

`♠`	`Γ`
`Γ`	`♠`

`♠`	`Γ`
`Γ`	`♠`

`♠`	`Γ`
`Γ`	`♠`

Conifer Forest

`↑`	`↨`
`↨`	`↑`

`↑`	`↨`
`↨`	`↑`

`↑`	`↨`
`↨`	`↑`

`↑`	`↨`
`↨`	`↑`

Mountains

Hills

`n`	`∩`
`∩`	`n`

`n`	`∩`
`∩`	`n`

`n`	`∩`
`∩`	`n`

Low Mountain

`∆`	`∆`
`∆`	`∆`

`∆`	`∆`
`∆`	`∆`

`∆`	`∆`
`∆`	`∆`

`∆`	`∆`
`∆`	`∆`

Mountain

`▲`	`▲`
`▲`	`▲`

`▲`	`▲`
`▲`	`▲`

`▲`	`▲`
`▲`	`▲`

`▲`	`▲`
`▲`	`▲`

High Mountain

`▲`	`▲`
`▲`	`▲`

`▲`	`▲`
`▲`	`▲`

`▲`	`▲`
`▲`	`▲`

`▲`	`▲`
`▲`	`▲`

Peak

^ ^

^

^ ^

Volcano

^

Plains

Grassland

`.`	`ⁿ`
`ⁿ`	`.`

`.`	`ⁿ`
`ⁿ`	`.`

`.`	`ⁿ`
`ⁿ`	`.`

`.`	`ⁿ`
`ⁿ`	`.`

`.`	`ⁿ`
`ⁿ`	`.`

Savanna

`"`	`ⁿ`
`ⁿ`	`"`

`"`	`ⁿ`
`ⁿ`	`"`

`"`	`ⁿ`
`ⁿ`	`"`

`"`	`ⁿ`
`ⁿ`	`"`

`"`	`ⁿ`
`ⁿ`	`"`

Shrubland

`"`	`γ`
`γ`	`"`

`"`	`γ`
`γ`	`"`

`"`	`γ`
`γ`	`"`

`"`	`γ`
`γ`	`"`

`"`	`γ`
`γ`	`"`

Deserts

Sand Desert

`~`	`≈`
`≈`	`~`

`~`	`≈`
`≈`	`~`

`~`	`≈`
`≈`	`~`

Rock Desert

`,`	`´`
`´`	`,`

`,`	`´`
`´`	`,`

`,`	`´`
`´`	`,`

Desert Badlands

`V`	`√`
`√`	`V`

`n`	`∩`
`∩`	`n`

`V`	`√`
`√`	`V`

`V`	`√`
`√`	`V`

Wetlands

Swamp

`"`	`⌠`
`⌠`	`"`

`"`	`⌠`
`⌠`	`"`

`"`	`⌠`
`⌠`	`"`

Marsh

`"`	`ⁿ`
`ⁿ`	`"`

`"`	`ⁿ`
`ⁿ`	`"`

`"`	`ⁿ`
`ⁿ`	`"`

Ice Biomes

Tundra

`·`	`●`
`●`	`·`

`·`	`●`
`●`	`·`

`·`	`●`
`●`	`·`

Glacier

`▒`	`░`
`░`	`▒`

`▒`	`▓`
`▓`	`▒`

`▒`	`▓`
`▓`	`▒`

Water

River

─┐

┌┘

─┐

┌┘

─┐

┌┘

Ocean

`≈`	`≈`
`≈`	`≈`

Pond

`~`	`~`
`~`	`~`

Delta

≈─

[edit] Sites

Elven retreats

î ¶

Human cities and towns

+ * # ☼

Dwarven mountainhomes and fortresses

Lighter colored fortresses and towns are more populous.

Ω Ω Ω

Goblin fortresses

Pink ones are more heavily populated than the gray ones.

Π Π

Cave

●

Ruins

μ

[edit] Other

Migrants

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