Asciilands Map, Regions & Materials

Updated October 22, 2026

⟳ Synced from the official game files at Oct 22, 16:46 UTC (build c7ba7029d359)

The Asciilands world is one connected map split into regions, and each kind of land has its own materials. Use this table to know where to go for what.

Which region has which material

Region type	Material	What it's for
Highlands	Copper seams, iron ore	Copper needs a stone pickaxe; iron needs bronze or better. Highland streams also carry more tin for panning.
Limestone Karst	Tin ore	Karst streams are also good for panning tin.
Cypress Swamp	Bog iron	Smelts into iron ingots like iron ore (2 bog iron + 1 charcoal).
Volcanic Wastes	Obsidian, emberstone	Emberstone works as smelter fuel.
Snowy Alpine	Frost crystals	A stonecutter turns frost crystals into quartz.
Tropical Coast	Pearls	Pearls make a Wayfinder Lens.
Plains	Quartz	Quartz is the base of the Wayfinder Lens.
Forest	Glowcaps	The mushrooms open from 18:00 to 06:00 game time; they give a Mend inscription.
Desert	Gypsum	A stonecutter turns gypsum into cut stone.
Savanna	Resin	Burns into charcoal at a campfire.
Bamboo Forest	Bamboo	A workbench splits bamboo into sticks.

A deposit holds a few units and slowly refills. Some regions have none of a material, so explore or trade for it.
Finding a new material reveals its recipes and adds a Journal discovery.
Wood, stone and fiber are the basics you can gather by hand; trees can drop apples and fiber plants berries.

Maps and travel

Press M for the local map; choose World for the atlas. Drag to pan and scroll to zoom.
Peach diamonds on the map mark wildlife.
To travel, walk to the edge of a region. A hint near the edge names the next region.
Meeting friends? Their region names are listed in Social (N).
When you first join you choose to start together (near other settlers; busy start regions spread new arrivals into nearby woodland and plains) or farther away (a remote patch of forest or plains, more often coastal).

The Wayfinder Lens

Carry a Wayfinder Lens and the map marks the five nearest hidden finds in gold. Make it at a workbench: 2× Quartz + 1× Silver Ingot + 1× Amber or 2× Pearl + 1× Quartz. The recipe appears once you have found quartz.

Meteorites and Star Iron

Meteorites fall in the wilderness, days apart. Watch for the streak across the sky. A glowing crater holds 3 Star Iron and is gone once mined out. Star Iron is the hardest metal and needs a steel pickaxe to mine. Smelt it (1 Star Iron + 1 charcoal = 2 steel ingots) or forge Star Iron heads. See smithing.

Servers

There are two servers at the time of writing: Europe and North America. When we checked on Oct 22, 2026, the login screen showed a cap of 110 players per server, and Europe was full with a short queue.

More Asciilands guides

Beginner guideTutorial, first tools, survival Controls & keybindsEvery key and menu shortcut Crafting recipesEvery recipe by station Smithing & metalsOres, ingots, forging, tool tiers Magic & spells12 spells, inscriptions, mana Building housesPieces, costs, storeys, decay Towns & plotsTown Hall, plots, upkeep Farming & cookingCrops, compost, dish buffs Fishing & panningRod, casting, tin panning CompanionsTaming, talents, saddlebags

Sources

Asciilands in-game Field guide (Help menu, H); numbers on this page re-read from it automatically on every game update
Asciilands game data sent by the game server to a guest player (build c7ba7029d359), first read Oct 22, 2026 and re-checked unchanged on Oct 23, 2026; flagged above when the game ships a newer build
Our own guest session on the North America server, Oct 22, 2026

Spotted something out of date? Email lliu07113@gmail.com and we will re-check it in the game.