⛵ Expeditions
⚠ Spoiler: this opens in chapter 2.
From chapter 2: a flying airship (built by masters at the ⛵ Shipyard) carries a party of 2–4 people to a neighboring shard. The captain is a master or an elder; bread for the road — 1 per person a day. While the party is away, it isn’t in the colony.
A colony has no more than 5 airships: beyond that the shipyard doesn’t build. Free airships hover by the shipyard; a trade-route airship waits at its pier until it flies off.
| Island | Days | Bruise | Brings back | Condition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wooded shard A close island overgrown with ancient forest. Quiet and almost safe. | 1.5 | 8% | 30 Wood, 20 Wheat, skystone, items | — |
| Frozen shard Icy rocks: ore, coal and skystone in the cracks. Cold and slippery. | 2 | 18% | 14 Iron ore, 14 Coal, skystone, items | — |
| Shard of ruins An island with a city of the ancients. Many finds, but the vaults hang by a thread. | 2.5 | 25% | 20 Stone, 12 Shard dust, skystone, items | — |
| Far shard An island beyond the mist — the way to it is seen only from the lighthouse. A shard of the Heart sleeps there. | 4 | 30% | 20 Shard dust, skystone, items, a Heart shard (once — by the story) | needs the Lighthouse |
| Green island The island of the Mistress of the forest under a solid thicket. The branches let in only those who protect the forest. | 2 | 6% | 18 Herbs, 8 Saplings, 10 Wood, skystone, items | chapter 3 |
| Stone island Ratmira’s rocks and mines, a fortress on the pass. Only the armed are let in: “those who can’t defend themselves are of no use to me”. | 3 | 30% | 20 Iron ore, 10 Coal, 30 Stone, skystone, items | chapter 4, everyone armed |
| Dusky island Taisya’s island has gone underground: grey hills above, the ancients’ underground library below. The entrance answers only to runes. | 3 | 20% | 25 Shard dust, 15 Paper, 4 Books, skystone, items | chapter 5, the captain has an item with a rune |
Pace
- Careful: travel ×1.3, bruises ×0.5, loot ×1
- Bold: travel ×0.8, bruises ×1.5, loot ×1.25
On the way there are encounters with a choice.
This guide is built from the data of the game “Oskolki” — a browser colony simulator on a floating shard among the ruins of the ancients. Play for free in the browser.