Can You Reveal a Whole Area of the Map?

[Jamamio]

Hi everyone.

I'm wondering if there is a way to reveal the area on the map? I thought visiting all the viewpoints might remove the fog of war for an area, but (unless I have missed one) that doesn't seem to work.

There's no real importance of it to me, I just like the feeling of accomplishment of showing everything, but so far it seems you can only reveal a small radius around you.

I tried googling the answer, but there are so many results for ACS Maps, that I couldn't narrow it down to what I was after.

I appreciate any information :)

Jam

[Bimbim]

don't waste your time on this. This game is mostly jungle, hills... absolutely nothing to interact with. Just go to places (?) you can see on the map

[halfmonkey]

I've been obsessively choosing uncleared areas and using the guide feature to plot routes through them. Nearly all of the map interior can be cleared of fog by travelling every roadway. The taller peaks and map edges require some creative "climbing" and sometimes the horse (who does not have a slipping animation for the steep slopes that send the player skidding.)

There are a handful of hidden '?' areas (Not viewable from any sync point) off in these hard to reach areas, but they are more like easter eggs than additional content. A hidden monkey shrine, an all-female bandit camp, the island of a thousand cats, etc.,

[AdahnGorion]

Yes.. you either do tiresome exploration or pay for it in the mtx shop.

I recommend skipping most and just doing mq.

[Harris]

You have to manually travel through every single uncleared spot on the map.

This might sound like a chore (and it is), but on the bright side you'll meet plenty of ronin who serve as money pinatas, discover easter eggs, stumble upon Jizo shrines for the quest to honor 69 (nice!) shrines.

And last but not least, there are plenty of "keys" scattered across the map, that let you get otherwise paid gear though the exchange.

[GurneyH]

$10 on the micro transaction Ubisoft shadows store page for the map pack I believe.

[Shin Happens]

If explore all the question marks the sync points reveal via horse (no fast travel) all the meaningful parts of the map will be revealed, The rest is usually just dense forest or mountainous terrain. I ventured into a few areas that had no question marks at all and found... nothing but trees and hills, but no actual content.

[katzenkrimis]

Originally posted by Jamamio:

Seems you can only reveal a small radius around you.

I appreciate any information :)

That's what I've been doing since release.

100% cleared the fog of war in five provinces. Izumi Settsu, Yamato, Iga, Yamashiro, and Omi.

Only Wakasa, Tamba, Harima and Kii remain.

As you can see by my hours, it's not as difficult as you may think. The fog of war distance that is cleared around you is quite large compared to other games.

I start by doing the perimeter of a province's borders, then work my way inward. Don't do it in the winter or the snow will slow you down. You tend to run into enemy camps out there which are easy to clear for resources. Otherwise, there isn't much on the outskirts.

Exploring everywhere will land you a lot of Ubisoft keys, animal paintings, base-building loot, and people to kill as you explore inward. I'm sure that I've found more Ubisoft keys than anyone else.

Looks like a 250-300 hour game the way that I play.

116 hours and counting.

[Jamamio]

Thank you all for your replies. It looks like I've got some walking to do! :)