Does the map change when your captain dies?

[marcraft15]

I had one question about the changing maps. namenly if it changes after every captain, unless you decide to keep your map progress of course, or only for each new game?

[Johari]

Choosing the appropriate legacy option preserves not only the cartographer's map but also the physical map. You won't get fragments for visiting places that you've visited in your previous, now-retired captain's playthrough if you choose this option.

Likewise, not choosing a legacy option that preserves the map will reset the cartographer's map and the game world itself. You will be able to get fragments for exploring places you've been to in the previous playthrough.

[sigmafhqwhgad]

How much does the world change? Does it just shift a few islands around? Or does it move things around a lot? Are there any islands that may or may not be present at all on some playthroughs?

[this first-draft dream of mine]

All ports appear in every single playthrough; however, from what I have heard, some island formations that can't be docked at may not appear in every playthrough. What's shuffled in each playthrough isn't actually the islands themselves, but rather the 36 tiles of the map -- each tile may contain more than one island, and the entire western and southern coasts are always fixed. Certain tiles are always somewhere in the far north (but their longitude randomized), or always in the far east (but their latitude randomized). The rest can be anywhere.

[N0xling]

the salt lions keeps moving on me but the rest stay the same

[King Banhammer]

The west edge is alwyas locked. The south edge is either locked or -mostly- locked. The north and eastern edges shuffle some (Irem is always the northeast corner, and Kingeater's is always the southeast corner).

Past that, the Zee is divided up into a few chunks which shuffle in some tiles. Most of them have one tile that has a few "generic" options, as well. The ports are, so far as I can tell, all always there, and always in their chunk, but not necessarily in the same place unless you chose that legacy.

[txh0881]

Here is a map with the section borders drawn in. It's from the wiki.

http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/4/43/Map.png

The left edge, the bottom edge, ant the top right corner are constant. The rest shuffle withing their section. For example, Port Cecil will never be closer to London than Pigmore Island, but you don't know if you will reach the Sea of Lilies or Godfall first.

If you get the Cartogropher's Legacy, the map stays the same for the next captain, but you lose discovery bonuses. If you don't get the Cartographer's Legacy, tiles move around and you get Fragments for finding islands.