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22 Windrose mixes procedural island generation with hand-crafted points of interest. The live Steam store description says the Early Access launch build contains over 90 hand-crafted points of interest, while the About This Game section rounds that broader exploration pitch up to over 100 hand-crafted dungeons and points of interest. The key idea is the same in both descriptions: the world layout changes, but the important sites are authored spaces rather than random noise.
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44 What Counts as a POI
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66 POI FamilyWhat You Usually Find ThereRuinsLore, loot, treasure clues, puzzles, or combat encountersCaves and minesOre, darkness, tighter combat spaces, and occasional side rewardsPirate campsHuman enemies, chests, trade goods, and Blackbeard-aligned lootShipwrecksRepair materials, chests, salvage, and sometimes quest progressionHidden cachesSmaller secret rewards that encourage cutting foliage, platforming, or reading the environmentBoss or quest spacesMajor story fights, sealed interiors, and chapter-gating encounters
77 Known Launch-Build Examples
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99 ExampleTypeAncient RuinsRuinsSmuggler's CacheHidden cachePirate CampsEnemy camp networkDungeonsBroader catch-all for caves, ruins, boss interiors, and other curated spacesBuried TreasureTreasure-note destinations and dig sites
1010 How POIs Work Inside a Procedural World
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1212 Island layouts and travel routes vary between worlds.The major sites themselves are designed by hand, so their encounter logic and purpose stay recognizable even when world geography shifts around them.This is why discovery still matters: the map is not just empty filler between fixed towns. Your world asks you to go find the authored spaces.
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1414 Why POIs Matter More Than Simple Loot Runs
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1616 They drive quest progression and boss routes.They are where many named treasure notes, plans, and unique or semi-unique rewards enter the game.They teach the difference between surface survival and Windrose's deeper exploration game, especially once you move beyond the starter coastline.
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1818 How POIs Scale by Biome
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2020 The same POI families appear across every region, but their difficulty and loot tier climb as you move outward from the starter coast. Early sites cluster on the Coastal Jungle islands where the Starting Island sits, mid-game ruins and caves fill the Foothills, and the toughest curated spaces, gated bosses, and rarest caches wait in the Cursed Swamps and the Ashlands. A ruin you can clear in the Foothills will be a far deadlier encounter once the same template spawns in a late-game biome.
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2222 What to Bring
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2424 Food buffs and healingOil Lamp or another reliable light plan for darker interiorsFast Travel Bell or a tent plan if you expect multiple runsEnough inventory space that one good chest does not force an immediate retreat
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2626 See Also
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2828 Dungeons - the deeper breakdown of dungeon-scale spacesCoastal Jungle - where many players first learn Windrose's POI rhythmFoothills - where POIs begin to feel more like mid-game content than tutorial landmarksBosses - how major encounters fit into the world's curated spaces
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3030 All POI Categories
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3232 CategoryExamplesTypical ContentsAncient RuinAncient RuinsIngots, Tumbaga, Ancient ChalicesTemple / DungeonGhost Captain temple, Israel Hands templeBosses, unique lootPirate CampPirate CampsCrew rescues, Letters of FavorBuccaneer CampAbandoned Buccaneer Camp, Abandoned Buccaneer Warehouse, Destroyed Buccaneer FortGlorious Hunters quest lootBlackbeard OutpostSee Buried Treasure and main story chainsPirate bosses, maps, Gunpowder cachesShipwreckCoastal and open-sea wrecksStarter ammo, Copper, starting-island curiosCave / Copper CaveResource caves; fast-travel-gatedCopper Ore, Hewn StoneExcavation SiteBlackbeard Ruins ExcavationTumbaga Ingots, quest items, Gunpowder CratesTraveler's CampTraveler's CampsTraveler's Journal chain notes (see Twist of Fancy)Pirate RemainsPirate RemainsBuried treasure nodes (shovel required)Abandoned / Hidden HideoutHidden Smuggler Base, Smugglers CacheSmuggler vendor, contraband trade
3333 POI Discovery Tips
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3535 Procedurally generated islands scatter POIs per save; exact coordinates vary.Drop a Fast Travel Bell at every high-value POI to shortcut return trips. See Fast Travel Bell.Green-striped waters indicate Smugglers-adjacent islands; a concealed cave usually follows.