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After Funcom’s recent retirement of the ARK programme and the dissapointment this has caused among the community, I’d like to present a small tribute to our beloved Advisors of Rubi-Ka who have done so much for us players. Based on an idea by @Trousers, I’ve made a special version of my planet map where I’ve named many previously unnamed landmarks after ARKs, to show our appreciation of them.
I’ve talked with as many ARKs as I’ve been able to contact to ask them about their favourite places, and I’ve tried to come up with good spots for others. Working from mine and other people’s memory, it’s inevitable my list is not going to be complete, but my intention is to make this a tribute to all the ARKs past and present and I thank you all for the joy you have brought to Anarchy Online over the years.
Download
You can download this special edition of the map here. Or if you prefer, you can instead also download the regular version here.
Installation
To install the map, extract the contents of the zip file to the following location:
<your AO install directory>\cd_image\textures\PlanetMap\SaavicksMap
Please make sure the directory name is correct, or it won’t work. The directory should already be there, since a previous version of my map comes pre-installed with the game.
Changes
For a complete list of all the new named locations, have a look below. Besides the ARK landmarks, I’ve also added a missing shop at the Omni Research area in Eastern Fouls Plains.
- All ARKs: ICC square ARK memorial
- Acelithiel: Acelithiel Island (Upper Stret East Bank, east)
- Alaen: Alaen Skerries (Deep Artery Valley, southwest)
- Anarrina: Anarrina Island (Upper Stret East Bank, east)
- Asheal: Asheal Forest (Coast of Peace, north)
- Bekrowe: Mount Bekrowe (Eastern Fouls Plains, southeast)
- Belaroth: Mount Belaroth (Eastern Fouls Plains, southwest)
- Belphamun: Belphamun Oasis (Wailing Wastes, north)
- Cassiwary: Cassiwary Oasis (Newland Desert, southeast)
- Cupkees: Cupkees Island (Upper Stret East Bank, east)
- Deshia: Lake Deshia (The Longest Road, south)
- Eponyx: Eponyx Bay (Southern Fouls Hills, southwest)
- Fairwolf: Fairwolf Square (Old Athen, middle)
- Gendrix: Cape Gendrix (Coast of Peace, south)
- Kethend: Kethend Pass (Galway County, south)
- Laithorum: Laithorum Notum Crystal (4 Holes, northwest)
- Lantean: Lantean Bridge (Pleasant Meadows, east)
- Luminescent: Lake Luminescent (The Longest Road, southeast)
- Mardack: Lake Mardack (Southern Artery Valley, southeast)
- Marvillious: Marvillious Oasis (Newland Desert, northeast)
- Menumorut: Menumorut Crater (Mort, middle)
- Nabha: Nabha Dam (Clondyke, middle)
- Naevix: Naevix Bay (Coast of Tranquility, southwest)
- Nertania: Nertania’s Dig Site (Milky Way, southeast)
- Ninoshka: Ninoshka Cover (Coast of Tranquility, east)
- Niylah: Niylah Island (Deep Artery Valley, north)
- Prunus: Prunus Notum Crystal (4 Holes, northeast)
- Rainys: Lake Rainys (Newland, middle)
- Rajdoke: Rajdoke Cave (Clondyke, middle)
- Scintillant: Scintillant Salt Plains (Greater Tir County, northwest)
- Shahla: Lake Shahla (The Longest Road, northwest)
- Shamorty: Shamorty Salt Plains (Greater Tir County, northeast)
- Silvergarde: Silvergarde’s Couch (Greater Tir County middle, back of the shop)
- Spacequest: Spacequest Deep Space Observatory (Clondyke, north)
- Starluna: Cape Starluna (Coast of Tranquility, south)
- Squance: Squance Island (Stret River, northwest)
- Sywyyn: Sywyyn’s Knoll (Old Athen, north)
- Theowyn: Theowyn Crater (Mort, middle)
- Trapelty: Trapelty Flower Fields (Clondyke, northeast)
- Wenetia: Mount Wenetia (Eastern Fouls Plains, southwest)
- Whiterazor: Whiterazor Volcano (Avalon, northwest)
- Yarkona: Mount Yarkona (Eastern Fouls Plains, southwest)
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