When is it possible to go to Rookie village?

[Wille Wilse]

Im not long into the game yet just did a mission on main story and a few side quest. I went to the guide in the first safe village I came to Za.... something. He doesnt want to take me anywhere.
So, when will this guide actually going to guide me somewhere?
Is it possible to walk to Rookie village or is it locked?

Edit: Typos

[DarK]

Originally posted by Wille Wilse:

Im not long into the game yet just did a mission on main story and a few side quest. I went to the guide in the first safe village I came to Za.... something. He doesnt want to take me anywhere.
So, when will this guide actually going to guide me somewhere?
Is it possible to walk to Rookie village or is it locked?

You can just walk. It's not far.

[KiarLV]

Guides will only take you to the settlements that you have been at before, so to unlock Rookie Village you need to go there on foot first, then you can talk to their Guide and he will be able take you back to Zalissia if needed .

[Vivianite]

you can physically go there yes, guides are just fast travels with a fee

[zpc]

Guides only can lead you to places you already discovered (and are not "unavailable" due to main story).

As soon as you can leave the Lesser Zone you can walk everywhere. (even to Prypiat if you cheese a bit - it's normally only accessible late into the main story)

[Wille Wilse]

Thank you all. Very helpful!

[Serpiko82]

From the starting area (Lesser Zone) there are 2 ways to reach directly the Cordon: the road heading east from Zalissya (main village) will lead you to the northern end of the Cordon, while heading to the southeastern corner of the Lesser Zone will let you access the Cordon near the Rookie Village.

In both cases, though, you need to cross a guarded military checkpoint, so you must either be very sneaky (and lucky), or be geared up enough to deal with a squad of hostile soldiers.

If you make it, though, then the Cordon is pretty chill. Aside from the occasional bandits spawning directly in your pants, there are very few threats roaming around, unless you go deliberately looking for them.

[Wille Wilse]

Thank you Serpiko82 - that was useful information :)

[fraxMANN]

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