This article is about training the Cartography skill. For the skill itself, see Cartography.
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Cartography

Before Starting Cartography

There are a few bonuses that come from other skills that can boost Cartography. Due to Cartography's 5s Base Interval, it's advised to grab as many of the Interval and Survey reductions as possible to minimize the amount of time you spend surveying. The Superior Cartography Skillcape gives -30% Survey Interval which makes Skill XP boosts very valuable as well if you wish to go for full map mastery as well.

  • Nysa, unlocked at Astrology Level 45, provides upwards of +8% Skill XP and -5% Survey Interval at Mastery Level 60.
  • River Crossing, unlocked at Agility Level 10 and requiring Cartography Level 15, provides -5% Survey Interval and +5% Skill XP.
  • Ocean Drifting, unlocked at Agility Level 80 and requiring Cartography Level 70 and Archaeology Level 70, provides -5% Cartography Interval.

Cartography has 8 Temporary -2% Survey Interval Points of Interest that last for 10 moves. It's important that you know where these are located since they can only be discovered once. Do not discover these POIs until later. These are The Western Lighthouse at (1, 18), The Pink Kraken at (4, 16), The Southern Lighthouse at (12, 18), A Sadge Kraken at (12, 21), The Watchful Ship at (14, 20), The Sea Noodle at (23, 25), Capital City Lighthouse at (27, 13), and The Pushy Sailor at (29, 9).

You may want to gather the materials required to purchase all (SHIP TABLE) Ship Upgrades from the Shop before starting. It is not necessary to do so however it may reduce the amount of times you need to swap obstacles.

Training Cartography

Since Skill XP boosts will change the pathing of this guide. This guide will be using the following to setup. Note this is not the most optimal setup. Check the (XP TABLE) and (INTERVAL TABLE) below for other boosts.

This gives a total of 26% Skill XP out of the maximum 54% in the Base Game and 57% with .

First Goal: Get the Old Spyglass and Cartographer's Enhancement

Visual Representation for Steps 1-4

An image has been supplied as a visual aid on where to go.

The first step will be taking the Red Diamond Path to the port at (12, 19). Survey this hex until you are level 10. Make sure to Discover Old Village at (13, 17).

The second step will be following the Blue Hexagon Path until you Discover Monuments at (6, 11) and reach at least Cartography Level 50. At Cartography Level 15 you will be able to build River Crossing. At levels 20, 35, and 50 you will be able to purchase Ship Hull Upgrade, Ship Mast Upgrade, and Ship Sails Upgrade respectively.

For the third step, travel back South and use the Green Star Path and Discover Coral Wreckage at (7, 22). This will unlock the ability to get Old Spyglass. You can train at Old Village until Archaeology Level 24 then switch to Monuments until Archaeology Level 48. You will want to get 8 Golden Leaf at Monuments which upgrade into Golden Wreath. If travel costs are an issue, you may get Sailor's Compass at Coral Wreckage while you wait for the Old Spyglass. It is recommended to upgrade the starting Coral Wreckage map to Perfect and if you have the GP to do so, refine it to reduce the Medium Artefact value to maximize the chance of getting the Old Spyglass. If you wish to spend the extra time to reduce travel costs, there is a port at (12, 19) which you can discover before moving onto the next step.

The fourth and final step towards the first goal will be Discovering The Jagged Labyrinth which will unlock the ability to purchase Cartographer's Enhancement for 3,000,000GP. Upon reaching Cartography Level 60, you will be able to purchase Ship Anchor Upgrade.

Second Goal: Fully Survey all of the Temporary POI Hexes

Is it important that you do not step on the following hexes. The goal is to fully Survey them, not Discover them.

If you wish to reduce travel costs, you can survey the Port at (4, 10).

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Boosters

Ship Upgrades

Other Shop Purchases

Upgrade Name Level Cost Purchase Requirement X Y Modifiers
Cartographer's Enhancement 0 3,000,000GP Discover The Jagged Labyrinth 5 7 +2% Cartography Skill XP
-5% Cartography survey interval
-5% Cartography travel costs
Cartographer's Knowledge 100 50,000,000GP Discover The Edge of Darkness 31 0 +2% Cartography Skill XP
-5% Cartography survey interval
-5% Cartography travel costs
Travel Token Archaeology Level 80 100,000 Donate 150 Artefacts to the Museum -10% Cartography travel costs

XP

The following things can be used to increase the amount of Archaeology XP received.

Action Time

This table lists most sources of boosts to the speed of Dig Site excavation.


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For beginners, the method with the least amount of required skills for its maximum rate is the Fishing method. The Skill requirements listed in each method are the minimum required, and you will often struggle to reach the maximum rates without higher levels in the respective skills for things like Skillcapes, or the ability to make boosts from other Skills.


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  • Expansion Boosts at the end

Thieving

  This strategy was calculated for v1.2.1 and may have changed in newer updates.

Thieving Fisherman with Leprechaun + Monkey Synergy (Min 4.7m/h ~ Max 10.4m/hr)

Minimum Requirements

These are the minimum requirements achieve the Min GP/h on the Fisherman and the following Thieving money makers. To reach the Max GP/h, you will need all of the additional GP boosts in the Improving GP Rates section. Unless Success Chance is less than 100%, no Stealth boosts are required to reach Max GP/h. Rates can be improved beyond the Max with Expansion Boosts
Name Effect
10% Thieving Mastery Pool Checkpoint +30 Stealth
25% Thieving Mastery Pool Checkpoint -0.2s Thieving Interval
  Gloves of Silence -0.1s Thieving Interval
+150 Flat GP from Thieving
+50 Stealth
  Golbin Mask +20 Flat GP from Thieving
+20 Stealth
  Sneak-Ers +5% Global GP
+40 Stealth
  Cargo Net 3% Global GP
  Rooftop Run -0.2s Thieving Interval
+20% GP from Thieving
+35 Stealth

Minimum Level Requirements

Method

This method relies on the increased sell values of common drops from the   Leprechaun+  Monkey synergy: "Upon receiving a Common Drop from Thieving, automatically sell it for 1500% of its base sale price".

  1.   Craft   Leprechaun and   Monkey Tablets and equip them
  2.   Steal from the   Fisherman
  3. Sell all   Shipwheel.

These rates were calculated with this spreadsheet. A huge thanks to Nomeru for creating the spreadsheet and Geedunk for updating the spreadsheet!

  This strategy was calculated for v1.2.1 and may have changed in newer updates.

Thieving Knight with Leprechaun + Monkey Synergy (x/h min ~ y/hr max)

Required Boosts

To reach the Min GP/h you will need BOTH these requirements AND the Minimum Requirements from the Fisherman. To reach the Max GP/h, you will need all of the additional boosts in the Improving GP Rates section.

If you are unable to obtain these items, the Fisherman will provide better rates.

Name Effect
  Thieving Skillcape -0.5s Thieving Interval
+100% GP from Thieving
+150 Stealth
95% Thieving Mastery Pool Checkpoint +100 Stealth
3x chance to gain unique area items
    Level 99 +100% GP from Knight
+174 Stealth vs Knight

Skill Level Requirements


Method

This method relies on the increased sell values of common drops from the   Leprechaun+  Monkey synergy: "Upon receiving a Common Drop from Thieving, automatically sell it for 1500% of its base sale price".

  1.   Craft   Leprechaun and   Monkey Tablets and equip them
  2.   Steal from the   Knight
  3. Sell all unsold drops. Use   Item Alchemy III along with any available GP boosts on drops worth more than 10,000 

Without most of the buffs, earnings can be lower than 5,000,000  per hour. If you are lacking in stealth for a high success rate on   Knight, the   Leprechaun+  Monkey synergy may be more effective on the   Fisherman.

These rates were calculated with this spreadsheet. A huge thanks to Nomeru for creating the spreadsheet and Geedunk for updating the spreadsheet!

Thieving Princess and Fletching Jadebolts (x/h min ~ y/hr max)

Skill Level Requirements

  •   Level 15
  •   Level 10
  •   Level 99
  •   Level 99

Required Requirements

These boosts are in addition to the ones above and are specifically for this method.

Name Effect
    Level 99 +100% GP from Princess
+174 Stealth vs Princess
  Fletching Skillcape (  Level 99) Doubles items received from Fletching
  Leprechaun+  Devil (  Level 90) +50 Flat GP from Thieving
50% Chance for 2x GP
35% Chance for 4x Items
15% Chance for nothing
  Crown of Rhaelyx and its   Charge Stones +25% Resource Preservation
  Pipe Balance 3% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills
  Coal Stones 3% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills

Method

  1.   Steal   Jadestones from the   Princess
  2.   Mine   Iron Ore
  3.   Smith   Iron Bars
  4.   Forge   Headless Bolts
  5.   Fletch   Jadestone Bolts
  6. Sell common drops. Use   Item Alchemy III along with any available GP boosts on drops worth more than 15,000 

Thieving is not better than the   Dragon Javelin method by default. Both methods heavily depend on the buffs from items, passives, and skills. The most important boosts for this method are all buffs to Stealth and   Thieving Interval Reductions. Although princess is unlocked at level 92, it likely will take until level 99 for the   Thieving Skillcape and the 95% mastery pool bonus to have sufficient stealth bonuses for a high thieving success rate. Once   Princess is survivable, the next most important boost is the   Leprechaun+  Devil synergy to increase the number of   Jadestones gathered.

High resource preservation and item doubling during   Fletching is very beneficial. Using   Crown of Rhaelyx and its   Charge Stones is strongly recommended here. Without most of the buffs, earnings can be as low as 4,000,000  per hour.

With the   Throne of the Herald expansion, the items   Grappling Hook and   Thieving Shorts are available at level 100 from the   Explorer which provide substantial buffs for this method.

With the   Atlas of Discovery expansion,   Bandit Hideout point of interest in   Cartography provides several useful buffs to this method.

These rates were calculated with this spreadsheet. A huge thanks to Nomeru for creating the spreadsheet and Geedunk for updating the spreadsheet!

Improving GP Rates

Name Effect
  Thieving Skillcape -0.5s Thieving Interval
+100% GP from Thieving
+150 Stealth
50% Thieving Mastery Pool Checkpoint +100% GP from Thieving
95% Thieving Mastery Pool Checkpoint +100 Stealth
3x chance to gain unique area items
  Thieving Gloves +75 Stealth
  Thiefs Moneysack II +30% of Maximum GP added to Minimum GP
  Jeweled Necklace +5% Global GP
  Fine Coinpurse +10% Global GP
  Gentle Hands Potion IV +75 Stealth
  Aorpheat's Signet Ring +100% Global GP
+5% Global Doubling
  Snek +50% GP from Thieving
  Ice Jump +5% Global Doubling
  Pillar of Skilling +3% Global Doubling
  Slayer Platebody (Master)
  Slayer Leather Body (Master)
  Slayer Wizard Robes (Master)
+3% Thieving Doubling
  Aquarias +1% Global Doubling
  Ko +8% Thieving Doubling
-5% Thieving Interval
+50 Stealth

Expansion Boosts

Name Effect
    Grappling Hook idk fix this
    Thieving Shorts idk fix this
    Rooftop Climb idk fix this
    Masquerade Mask idk fix this
    Bandit Hideout idk fix this