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The world map of Melvor consists of a grid of 944 hexagonal map tiles (called Hexes). The map layout is the same for all players and all players start on the same Hex (15, 16). The primary action for Cartography is Surveying map tiles in order to discover them. When first uncovering the map, each tile will have a level between 1 and 5 that will determine how many times it must be surveyed in order to be fully discovered. Once the map has been fully discovered once, the max level for all tiles will be increased to 5.

Once a Hex has been fully discovered, the player may travel there. Some Hexes contain Points of Interest which will be revealed upon traveling to the tile. Visiting a Point of Interest will always provide a blurb of text explaining a bit about the location, and some Points of Interest will reward the player with resources upon the first visit.

The base interval for a Survey action is 5 seconds. It can be reduced through [[Cartography#Skill Boosts|various boosts]], although "non-combat skill interval" reductions from {{PetIcon|Harold}} or the [[Agility|Elite Pillar of Expertise]] won't affect it.

| [[File:Undisc dig site.png|10px|center|alt=! icon]] || Denotes an {{Skill|Archaeology}} Dig Site exists underneath.

| [[File:undisc POI.png|35px|center|alt=? icon]] || Denotes a Point of Interest underneath.

=== Types of "Points of Interest" ===

These are the types of "Points of Interest" that can be discovered underneath a Hex.

| [[File:dig site.png|50px|center|alt=Dig Site]] || An {{Skill|Archaeology}} Dig Site.

| [[File:point of interest.png|50px|center|alt=Standard Point of Interest]] || A standard "Point of Interest" which will some times provide Item rewards.

| [[File:active poi.png|50px|center|alt=Port]] || Provides powerful permanent modifiers. Requires you to be located on the Hex to become active.

| [[File:port.png|50px|center|alt=Active point of interest]] || Used when traveling to significantly reduce GP cost to get to a location. These are automatically used when traveling.

In addition to surveying, Cartography is used to create the Dig Site Maps used in {{Skill|Archaeology}}. Creating a map has three steps:

First, the player can convert any type of [[:Category:Logs|Logs]] into {{ItemIcon|Paper}}. Higher tier logs will produce more paper. Turning logs into paper has a base interval of 5 seconds, which can be reduced by bonuses that affect non-combat skill intervals and can also be affected by chance to double items or chance to preserve resources.

Second, the player can select a dig site and create a map in one of the map slots for that dig site. If they already have a map for the selected slot, map creation actions will instead make progress on upgrading the map towards the next tier. Creating maps costs paper and has a base interval of 5 seconds, which is affected by the same interval reduction bonuses as creating paper as well as by the chance to preserve resources.

Third, the player can refine the selected map until the maximum number of refines is reached. At each step the player will be given a choice of three options to pick from which will permanently upgrade that map. Each refinement costs more than the previous one.

{{PetIcon|Hex}} is unlocked by surveying the entire map to the intial maximum Hex level.<br>

{{PetIcon|Carthulu}} is unlocked after 944 Hexes have been Mastered (Reach Level 5 on every Hex. The option to do this for Level 2 Hexes is unlocked after you survey the entire map for the first time).<br>

 

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