Map suggestions?

[Kala]

I am going to host my own server to play with couple of friends, we are wondering which map has most of the DLC content in it as im not planning to host multiple maps and travel between them for now.

And which map do you recommend to play exploration wise, and nice visuals.

We played on the island but it got un-interesting after a while, because we played it before years ago.

[Serangel]

Extinction probably has the most content with all of the titan fights for a single map, but the map isn't all that great for exploration and visuals. Abberation doesn't have as much content as Extinction, but visually and exploration wise it's the best map available.

Extinction probably covers more of your wants than abberation does because it has more content and it's not like the map isn't explorable, but only the wasteland and city is unique.

[BKJ7]

Ragnarok is a good map. It's got wyverns and Griffins. It also has a desert area and extreme cold area. It's got a bit of everything and very nice visuals.

[Lordbufu]

The only "official" map with the most DLC content that i know, would be Valguero as it features aspects of both SE and AB on the same map (not all of it though). I recon this i what the OP means anyways. Lots of mixed opinions on this map though, have not yet played it myself, so dunno if its worth it.

Extinction does have some SE parts in it, but not that much, and while it does feature an underground aberration like area (well fertile zone like anyways). It does not have creatures you can tame from that DLC (unlike Valguero).

Aberration is simply stunning in my opinion, but with friends the content is a bit limited. So far this is the map i had the most fun on myself, but that is entirely subjective as its a personal taste.

Otherwhise as mentioned Ragnarok is the way to go.

In terms of modded i dunno, there might be more options there.

[L3wt]

I got extremely bored with Ragnarok after a few hours of all the monotonous landscape and endless water. Then I tried Valguero and my mind was blown. Perfect size, perfect landscape, sooo many hidden treasures, and if you add the dino and map extension you get a lot of the other dinos from various DLC!

[Liralen]

Ditto on Valguero. I play on a cluster that has The Island, The Center, Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Aberration, Extinction, and Valguero maps.

It's a beautiful map, with water in the middle and land on the outside edges (i.e., completely opposite of The Island). There are paths, which if followed, usually lead to something interesting.

Organic polymer, chitin, and sap are found as ground spawns, mostly in newbie areas (and the map is the most newbie friendly map of all I've played).

The gamepedia resource map is incomplete, which is fine. There are a lot more resources than displayed there, and it's fun trying to find to find them.

Since you specified what has the most DLC content:

Unmodded, it has some Scorched Earth resources/dinos and some wyverns.

When WC adopted the map, it removed some features that made some of its paid DLC less valuable.

If you add the mods, made by the Valguero devs:

https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=1787443195
and
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1786522940

You'll have some Aberration and Extinction content, plus the ability to make element that's the easiest of all maps. Although I'm not sure if that's only true because we have all the maps clustered.

[Marshall_maz]

Originally posted by Liralen:

Ditto on Valguero. I play on a cluster that has The Island, The Center, Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Aberration, Extinction, and Valguero maps.

It's a beautiful map, with water in the middle and land on the outside edges (i.e., completely opposite of The Island). There are paths, which if followed, usually lead to something interesting.

Organic polymer, chitin, and sap are found as ground spawns, mostly in newbie areas (and the map is the most newbie friendly map of all I've played).

The gamepedia resource map is incomplete, which is fine. There are a lot more resources than displayed there, and it's fun trying to find to find them.

Since you specified what has the most DLC content:

Unmodded, it has some Scorched Earth resources/dinos and some wyverns.

When WC adopted the map, it removed some features that made some of its paid DLC less valuable.

If you add the mods, made by the Valguero devs:

https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=1787443195
and
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1786522940

You'll have some Aberration and Extinction content, plus the ability to make element that's the easiest of all maps. Although I'm not sure if that's only true because we have all the maps clustered.

Can I ask something about those two mods. I never installed and played the original Valguero and only installed and played it once WC made it available as part of the game's free DLC. Can I just add those two mods with that version of the map , or do I have to install the original non-WC version of the map ?

[Liralen]

I only installed Valguero after WC made it available as part of the free DLC. I didn't install the two mods until later.

[Marshall_maz]

Originally posted by Liralen:

I only installed Valguero after WC made it available as part of the free DLC. I didn't install the two mods until later.

Ok thanx. I never knew about Valguero untill WC made it official. And then I heard about dinos that was removed but can be put back with mods and it all got a bit confusing to me.

[Liralen]

Originally posted by Marshall_maz:

Originally posted by Liralen:

I only installed Valguero after WC made it available as part of the free DLC. I didn't install the two mods until later.

Ok thanx. I never knew about Valguero untill WC made it official. And then I heard about dinos that was removed but can be put back with mods and it all got a bit confusing to me.

Same here. I loved it from the git go, with a brand new toon, then replaced it with my main when it got to the level grinding stage.

Then I added the Valguero mods, and loved it even more.

[Marshall_maz]

Originally posted by Liralen:

Originally posted by Marshall_maz:

Ok thanx. I never knew about Valguero untill WC made it official. And then I heard about dinos that was removed but can be put back with mods and it all got a bit confusing to me.

Same here. I loved it from the git go, with a brand new toon, then replaced it with my main when it got to the level grinding stage.

Then I added the Valguero mods, and loved it even more.

Will defnitely check it out thanx for the info. I always liked the map but was disappointed in how empty the Abberation area is.

@OP , sorry for the hijack

[Liralen]

Originally posted by Marshall_maz:

Originally posted by Liralen:

Same here. I loved it from the git go, with a brand new toon, then replaced it with my main when it got to the level grinding stage.

Then I added the Valguero mods, and loved it even more.

Will defnitely check it out thanx for the info. I always liked the map but was disappointed in how empty the Abberation area is.

As was I, but the two mods filled it out wonderfully.

[Kala]

Thanks for suggestions, will install Valguero with the mods for a start.