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Points of Interest - Version 10 vs Version 11
Aug 18, 2026, 02:55 AM
Replaced generic screenshots with subject-matched ones and rewrote alt text to describe what each picture shows
Aug 26, 2026, 01:33 PM
Added the procedural residential house generator and the assembly rulebook it is built on
11Overview22Points of interest are major locations on the Rooted map that anchor exploration, salvaging, and progression. The world is divided into a forest starting area, transitional villages, and contaminated downtown zones. When Alpha Phase 2 launched in January 2025 the studio described the map as covering 30 square kilometers, but it has since stopped quoting a figure, saying instead that the map grows as players unlock new zones and that what each area contains matters more than its size. Each named location offers a unique mix of resources, threats, and lore.55A New World In Development77As of the move into full production, the alpha map has been wiped to make way for a brand new world, built around the biomes found in Oregon. This work is in development and not yet in the public build. The goal is a world where exploring means moving through genuinely different places rather than one flat landscape, with every stretch of the map having its own character. The locations documented below were established on the earlier alpha map; expect the named points of interest and the zone layout to be rebuilt for the new world as it takes shape, while the forest-to-village-to-contaminated-city progression remains the intended structure.99Confirmed Locations1111LocationTypeStatusNotesThe MansionHubImplementedMulti-room building with a Manor Memorial lore section and a training range for firearms.Communication TowerLore landmarkRedesigned in Phase 3Ravaged by past conflict; tied to the world's backstory and the war's aftermath.MonasterySalvage siteImplementedRuined religious complex confirmed as a point of interest. Development entries cover its kitchen, catacombs, secondary rooms, exterior environment design, and post-apocalyptic dressing layer.Gas StationSalvage siteImplementedRefueling-era ruin with vehicle parts and consumables to scavenge.BunkerSalvage siteImplementedUnderground military or civil-defense facility with distinct visual design and salvage.1313Zone Layout1414The map follows the three-tier contamination structure used throughout the game: forests are safe starting areas, villages serve as transitional zones with moderate spore presence, and downtown areas contain heavily contaminated city centers with the densest salvage. Players are expected to push deeper into contaminated zones over the course of a playthrough as crafting tiers and protective gear improve.1616Travel Between Locations1818Because the playable area is large enough that crossing it on foot is slow, vehicles and ziplines play an important role in moving between distant points of interest. The Forklift is a physics-based traversal vehicle useful for reaching elevated locations, while carts are used to haul salvaged goods between camps. Swimming has been confirmed since the Alpha Phase 2 preview, allowing players to cross water gaps directly.2020Salvage And Reward2222Each major location is built to support the salvaging loop. Buildings contain breakable junk that yields construction materials, electronics components, and equipment fragments. Heavily contaminated locations tend to contain rarer items, including pre-war firearms and ROTOR-era electronics, but require a respirator or antidote before extended exposure.2424Tips2626Scout new locations with a deployable drone before committing on foot, especially in heavily contaminated zones.Establish a secondary outpost in a village before moving on to downtown areas to shorten travel time and resupply runs.Locations marked as partial in this list will receive additional content in future updates, so revisiting them after major patches is worthwhile.2828Confirmed Points of Interest3030LocationZoneNotesMansionVillage ringHosts training range added in Dec 2025; established POI from Alpha 2.MonasteryVillage ringLong-standing POI featured in the Alpha 1 gameplay video.Gas StationForest / village edgeSalvage-relevant pre-war structure.BunkerContaminated zone-adjacentHigher-tier salvage potential; gear required.Communication TowerLore landmarkHigh-poly redesign in v0.0.2.319; Phase 3 narrative anchor.3333Exploration Ladder3434Players naturally progress through the POIs as gear allows. The Mansion and the Gas Station are reachable in early sessions with light loadouts. The Monastery and the Communication Tower demand more preparation: a working firearm, protective gear, and a fallback route. The Bunker rewards a well-equipped survivor with rarer salvage.3636Salvage Profile3838Each POI biases toward different salvage categories. Civilian POIs lean into household and basic electrical salvage; specialty sites carry pre-war hardware that feeds the late-game crafting tree. The salvage loop applies consistently: gather, transport, decide repair versus break-down, distribute to base storage.4040Future Additions4242The studio has indicated continued world expansion through Phase 3 and toward Early Access in 2027. Additional POIs and environmental storytelling beats will land in patches across the rest of the alpha window.4444Urban Environment Development4646A June 2026 update reported progress on the dense, overgrown town at the heart of the new world, work that is in development rather than present in the current build. The road network is the furthest along: the layout, and the rules that lay roads down and dress them out, form the backbone the rest of the urban space hangs off.4848The studio describes the world-building side of the project as well advanced. Specific districts and named city locations have not yet been detailed, so this remains confirmed development direction rather than shipped content.5050Procedural Urban Environment (In Development)5252A June 12, 2026 development update detailed procedural work on a dense urban environment, work that is in development and not yet in the public build. The team extracted assembly rules from reference housing: how walls and corners add up, where windows and doors can sit, how the roof system works including the tricky L-shaped roofs and their valleys, and how interior plans are laid out.5454From those rules the system generates multi-storey rectangles, L-shapes with proper roof valleys, attached garages, and porches. The same update described enemy camps, built from sandbags, tents, crates, and fires with guards on rotating posts, as encounters placed in the world. This urban work is confirmed development direction.5656Generating Houses You Can Enter58+The road network was the first half of the urban problem; residential buildings are the second. Hand-placing every house in a city would take years the studio does not have, so the work moved to generating them. The starting point was measurement rather than invention: an assembly rulebook was extracted from a reference housing kit by working out how real houses actually go together, how walls and corners add up, where windows and doors can sit, how the roof system resolves including the awkward case of L-shaped roofs and their valleys, and how interior plans are laid out.60+Seeded layout generators run on top of that rulebook and produce house plans rather than facades: multi-storey rectangles, L-shapes with proper roof valleys, attached garages and porches. Generated layouts are validated against the same checks the reference houses pass, and the roofs are scanned to confirm they are watertight. The stated goal is streets of houses you can actually walk into, generated rather than painted. This is world-building work in the unreleased build, not a system that exists in the public alpha.62+Locations Confirmed On The Public Roadmap5864The studio's public roadmap tracks environment work card by card, and its completed column names a wider set of locations and prop sets than the alpha build has surfaced so far. The entries below are recorded as finished development work; several have not appeared in a public patch yet, so treat them as confirmed content rather than as places you can already visit.6066LocationStatus on the roadmapNotesStarter IslandCompletedThe starting zone, with its outdoor environment and a yoga studio garden logged as separate completed cards. A survivor house for the island is still in the planned column.MonasteryCompletedTracked across several cards: the main structure, secondary rooms, a kitchen, exterior environment design, and a dedicated post-apocalyptic layer pass.CatacombsCompletedBlockout and props both logged as finished, tying the underground level to the monastery above it.The MansionCompletedOne of the earliest fleshed-out interiors, with a shooting range added nearby in the December 2025 firearms patch.Military hospitalCompletedStructure, laboratory props, and general props logged separately. A clear fit for the pre-war medical research thread in the game's lore.ChurchCompletedBlockout and props both complete.Underground bunkerCompletedA sealed pre-war facility, one of the higher-voted environment cards on the board.Lakeside cabinCompletedPart of the forest tier of locations, alongside a modular luxury forest cabin pack and a rustic shelter pack.Gas stationCompletedBuilt as a modular pack so the layout can be reused across the road network.Communication TowerCompletedExterior and interiors logged as separate cards; upgraded to high-poly geometry in the October 2025 engine update.6268Supporting prop libraries are tracked the same way, including military tents and modular military props, mechanic workshop props, library props, and a flyer generator that scatters printed material through interiors as environmental storytelling.6369Locations With Completed Development Entries6571The studio's public roadmap tracks world building as individual cards. The entries below are all marked completed, which means the location or its art pass exists in the project, not that it is reachable in the public alpha.6874Location or asset passNotesStarter IslandThe starting island itself, plus separate completed entries for its outdoor environment and a yoga studio garden. A survivor house for the same island is still on the planned list.MonasteryLogged as a point of interest, with further completed entries for its kitchen, secondary rooms, exterior environmental design, and a post-apocalyptic dressing layer.Military HospitalSeparate completed entries cover the building structure and its laboratory props.ChurchBlockout and props both marked completed.CatacombsBlockout and props both marked completed.Underground BunkerCompleted, matching the bunker added to the live world in the January 2025 patch.Lakeside CabinCompleted cabin by the water.Communication TowerCompleted as three entries: the landmark itself, its exterior, and its interiors.The MansionCompleted.Modular Gas Station PackCompleted asset pack behind the gas station location.7076Two location cards remain on the planned list rather than the completed one: a survivor house on the starter island, and lakes of varying size with their own ecosystems. Aggressive storm events sit alongside them and carry the highest community vote count of any planned world card.7177How New Locations Are Built7379Two in-progress roadmap cards describe how the location count is meant to grow. A procedural building generator is being stood up to scatter varied cabins, farmhouses, hangars, and outposts across the world, with each structure shaped uniquely but authored to read as hand-placed. Alongside it, a procedural city street system is generating the road network, intersections, and blocks that the ruined downtown will be built into. A biome framework sits underneath both, giving each region its own resource mix, weather behaviour, and enemy presence. Lakes of varying size with their own ecosystems sit in the planned column and would add water-based locations to the current land-only set.
