4. World Map

The world map is a persistent, real-time battlefield where players interact, explore, conquer, and form large-scale strategies. Player bases, AI camps, guild territory, and trade routes are all visible in real time.

🧭 Core Map Components

• Tiles: Grid-based land with terrain attributes like sand, oasis, rock, and ruins.
• Regions: Zones like desert valleys, trade crossroads, and highland cliffs define resource rarity and AI strength.
• Player Camps: Player bases are visible on the map with power level, guild flag, and online status.
• Oases: Strategic zones that generate water, rare herbs, and serve as guild control points.
• Ancient Sites: Special PvE points that offer timed dungeons, buffs, or relic hunts.
• Bandit Camps: Dynamic enemy locations that respawn and drop gear, silver, and XP.
• Trade Routes: Caravans pass through here; players may escort, tax, or ambush them.

🏃 Movement Rules

• Marching: Players send troops to targets (PvP, PvE, gathering). Time is based on unit speed and terrain.
• Camels: Move faster on desert and are immune to sandstorm slow debuffs.
• March Slots: Number of simultaneous movements a player can have. Increases with HQ and research.

🌫️ Scouting & Fog of War

• Unexplored Tiles: Covered by fog. Players must scout or travel to reveal them.
• Scouting Missions: Reveal enemy composition, activity, and nearby resources.

⚔️ Territory Control

• Guild Zones: Claimed when a guild owns the majority of tiles in a region.
• Bonuses: Faster healing, bonus resource gathering, reduced marching costs in owned territory.
• War Zones: Appear when territories are contested between two or more guilds.

🌪️ Dynamic Map Events

• Nomad Invasions: Random AI horde attacks on central map zones or high-value landmarks.
• Sandstorms: Reduce vision radius, slow movement by 50%, and last for 3–5 minutes.
• Relic Hunts: Random timed spawns of rare loot guarded by PvE bosses.

📡 Server Logic

• Map is tick-updated every 5 seconds.
• Movement, scouting, combat, and events are fully synced across all players.
• Map replay and battle history logs are accessible from world interaction panels.