Cartography

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Cartography

Cartography is a skill in which the player can explore the map of Melvor, uncovering hidden areas and secrets throughout their journey.

Undiscovered Hexes

These icons will appear on undiscovered Hexes if there is something to discover underneath.

Icon Description
! icon
Denotes an
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Archaeology
Dig Site exists underneath.
? icon
Denotes a Point of Interest underneath.
A cat
If "Toggle Cat" is enabled in Settings, then this icon will denote a hidden
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Archaeology
Dig Site. It will display only when you locate a required Dig Site item in
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Archaeology
.

Types of "Points of Interest"

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

Icon Description
Dig Site
An
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Archaeology
Dig Site.
Standard Point of Interest
A standard "Point of Interest" which will some times provide Item rewards.
Port
Provides powerful permanent modifiers. Requires you to be located on the Hex to become active.
Active point of interest
Used when traveling to significantly reduce GP cost to get to a location. These are automatically used when traveling.

Skillcapes

The Cartography Skillcape can be purchased from the store for 1,000,000GP after the player reaches

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Level 99

. The Superior Cartography Skillcape can be purchased from the store for 10,000,000GP after the player reaches

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Level 120

.

Regular Skillcape

The Cartography Skillcape is the skillcape for the Cartography skill. It can be purchased for 1,000,000GP from the Shop once the player reaches

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Level 99

in the Cartography skill. The Cartography Skillcape offers the following benefits when worn:

-20% Cartography Dig Site Map upgrade interval, -10% dig site map refinement cost, and +10% Chance to Preserve Resources in Cartography

Superior Skillcape

The Superior Cartography Skillcape is the superior skillcape for the Cartography skill. It can be purchased for 10,000,000GP from the Shop once the player reaches

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Level 120

in the Cartography skill.

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Level 120

can only be reached if the player owns the Throne of the Herald expansion. Likewise, the superior skillcape can only be purchased if the player owns this expansion. The superior skillcape offers the following benefits when worn:

-30% Cartography survey interval, -50% Cartography Dig Site Map upgrade interval, -20% dig site map refinement cost, and +20% Chance to Preserve Resources in Cartography

Pets

Skye is unlocked at random by performing any Cartography action.
Hex is unlocked by surveying the entire map to the intial maximum Hex level.
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).

PetNameDLCEffect
SkyeSkyeAoD.png -5% Cartography travel costs
HexHexAoD.png +3% Mastery XP in all Skills
CarthuluCarthuluAoD.png Doubles the effects of all Active Modifiers from Point of Interests in Cartography

Skill Boosts

This table lists most sources of Cartography-specific modifier boosts. For a list of boosts that apply to all skills, see the Skill Boosts page. This list does not contain boosts provided from

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Mastery

rewards.