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Everland
June 8, 2026 at 10:51 PM
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Everland is the world in which Of Peaks and Tides takes place. Once a thriving civilization where mortals lived alongside divine forces, Everland was shattered by The War Between Heaven and Man. The remnants of that conflict have left behind a fractured landscape where ancient ruins sit alongside wild, untamed terrain.
Everland is an expansive open world with varied terrain types. The environment ranges from lush green forests teeming with creatures to stony cold island sections, sandy beach areas, mountainsides, and valleys that can be flooded by weather events. Each biome presents distinct survival challenges, resource availability, and creature populations.
Location | Description |
|---|---|
Lushland | The starting area, a relatively sheltered region of rolling green hills and scattered ruins. This is where the forebears of the Nolands forged their civilization. Lushland is the player's introduction to Everland's core mechanics before they venture into harsher regions. |
The Ascent | A mysterious remnant structure that silently watches over the fading embers of civilization. Its purpose and origins are tied to the pre-war era. |
A verdant woodland region tied to the Spring God Goumang. Detailed below. |
The Forest is a region of dense, verdant woodland in Everland. According to the game's official lore, it was once watched over by Goumang, the Spring God. Goumang abandoned the land, and his golden mask still rests upon an ancient tree deep within the woods, along with the echo of his wrath. The evergrowing seed he left behind erupted into choking vines that writhe like serpents, coiling around the land like a noose, tightening and devouring until the lives trapped within are left twisted and struggling.
This corruption-by-overgrowth fits the wider theme of calamities born from the fall of the gods during The War Between Heaven and Man. The verdant woods are also home to small creatures such as the Owler, which thrives among the realm's harsher denizens.
Everland's architecture, flora, and creature design draw heavily from East Asian mythology and traditional aesthetics. Pagoda-style structures dot the ruins, and many of the creatures are reinterpretations of figures from Chinese folklore, including beasts like the Qiongqi and Zhuyan.
The land itself is a hazard. Everland experiences dynamic Seasons and Weather patterns, including flooding rivers, sandstorms, blizzards, and tidal surges that reshape coastal areas. Calamities, residual divine forces from the ancient war, also strike unpredictably, bringing wind storms, lightning barrages, firestorms, and water surges that can devastate player-built structures.
Exploration in Everland is nonlinear. Players can travel on foot, ride tamed creatures (including flying mounts), and use crafted vehicles and gliders to traverse the terrain. Climbing is always available as a traversal option, and players can earn gliding by completing a flying trial minigame. Bouncy fauna and large bubbles scattered throughout the world serve as traversal aids, launching players to otherwise inaccessible areas. The Physics System interacts with the environment: falling rocks can block paths, fire can clear dense brush, and rising tides can open or close water routes.
Before the war, Everland's mortal inhabitants built a civilization under the protection of four elemental deities. That civilization is now in ruins. The Nolands, the surviving human faction, scrape by in small settlements, scavenging ancient technology and materials. The player begins as one of the Nolands, working to reclaim and rebuild within this broken world.
The game's official description frames Everland's geography in three deliberate registers, all of which appear in the official copy:
Phrase | Usage |
|---|---|
Lush valleys | Habitable regions where vegetation thrives. Source of food, building materials, and most starter resources. |
Rugged peaks | High-altitude regions home to |
Fractured landscapes | Mid-altitude regions hollowed out or sheared apart by the cataclysm. The remains of fallen civilization sit here. |
The game's official copy refers to "the shattered Ascent" as a landmark that "silently watches over the fading embers of what once was." The Ascent is described as the last surviving piece of pre-war infrastructure, a place where the divine relics of the old era persist in ruined form. No gameplay specifics for the Ascent have been published yet, so its role as either an explorable location, a narrative hub, or a thematic motif remains unconfirmed. It is recorded here as the confirmed name for the central pre-war remnant in Everland's geography.
