Tip: Max Path to Search By

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In some terrain types it is unnecessary to do a level 4 search. Here are the max paths that can exist per terrain type. Thanks to Edi for his DB, where this data came from.

If there are multiple terrain types in a single province, then any site for any of those terrain types is possible. Please note that on random maps at least, Deep Sea is always Sea too, so you should max search Deep Sea as Sea too.

plains
A3:2 A4:1
S4:1
F4:0

mount
A4:0

This means there are 2 unique A3 sites possible in plains and one unique A4 site possible in plains. Everything else is A0 to A2. There is possibly one unique S4 site in plains. There are no F4 sites at all in plains. There are unlimited possible A3 sites in mountains, but no A4 sites at all.

There are two ways to use this info:
1) Don't bother searching anywhere except waste for F4, and plains for A4, unless you're using rituals for speed. Don't search water for N3/N4/D3/D4/S4/F2/F3/F4/A4/W4/E4, unless you're using rituals for speed or efficiency (Tiamat).

2) In addition to (1), pay attention to the unique sites. If you find a unique level 4 site, there's a chance you don't need to bother searching a particular set of terrain types at level 4 for that path any more.

If you see any errors, please post corrections, thanks!


plains
A3:2 A4:1
S4:1
B4:1
D4:1
E4:1
F4:0
N4:1
W4:1

forest
A3:2 A4:0
S4:1
B4:1
D4:1
E4:1
F4:0
N4:2
W4:1

mount
A4:0
S4:2
B4:1
D4:2
E4:1
F4:0
N4:1
W4:1

waste
A4:0
S4:3
B4:1
D4:1
E4:1
F4:2
N4:2
W4:1

farm
A3:2 A4:0
S4:1
B4:1
D4:1
E4:1
F4:0
N4:1
W4:1

coast
A3:2 A4:0
S4:1
B4:1
D4:1
E4:1
F4:0
N4:1
W4:1

swamp
A3:2 A4:0
S4:1
B4:1
D4:1
E4:1
F4:0
N4:1
W4:1

sea
deepsea
A4:0
S4:0
Blood: 0
D2:1 D3:0 D4:0
E4:0
F2:0 F3:0 F4:0
N3:0 N4:0
W4:0
H2:0 H3:0 H4:0


NOTE: Deepsea provinces also have the 'sea' attribute. So any site that can be found in 'seas' can also be found in 'deepseas'. Since there are no higher additional paths to be found in 'deepsea', use 'seas', above.
deepsea
A3:0 A4:0
S4:0
Blood: 0
D2:0 D3:0 D4:0
E4:0
F2:0 F3:0 F4:0
N2:0 N3:0 N4:0
W3:0 W4:0
H2:0 H3:0 H4:0

cave
A4:0
S4:0
B2:1 B3:0 B4:0
D4:1
E4:0
F4:1
N2:1 N3:0 N4:0
W4:1
H3:2 H4:0

The unique sites are below. You know not to search if you've found all of these for the terrain type. For example, if you've found The Rainbow Shroud and The Inverted Tower, you only need to search forest for Air up to A2. If you've found Hall of Flayed Skins, then there's no need to search B4 anymore anywhere.


A3: The Rainbow Shroud, The Inverted Tower
A4: Palace of Dreams

S4: Library of Time
S4 (mount only): Throne of Enlightenment
S4 (waste only): The Mountain of the Past, The Endless Field of Cubes

B4: Hall of Flayed Skins

D2 (sea only): Dying Ground of the Whales
D4: The Shadow Furnace
D4 (mount only): Crown of Darkness

E4: The Factory

F4: The Sun Below
F4 (waste only): Prison of the Desert Sun

N4 (waste only): The Previous Forest
N4 (forest only): The Vale of Unicorns
N4: Soul of the Wild

W4: The Sea Underneath