Maps are items in Kenshi which can be used in order to reveal unknown locations on the player's Map. After use, these items disappear from whichever inventory they were in. Players cannot use a map item if they already know all the locations which that map can reveal.
All maps are either obtained through purchasing them, or through looting them from Ancient Locations, such as ruins. All of the obtainable maps can be found in the lists below, or in the Map Items category page.
Purchasable Maps[]
These maps can be purchased in various shops, including the Travel Gear shop. They unlock a number of locations on the world map. Purchasable Maps generally deal with locations of the "new world", settlements that are known to the general public.
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Glorious Holy Map - shows locations of the Holy Nation - Holy Farms, both Holy Military Bases, Holy Mines, and the cities of Bad Teeth, Blister Hill and Stack.
Map of the Border Zone - unlocks locations of The Hub, a Waystation (not necessarily in the Border Zone) and a Tiny Settlement.
Map of the Shek Kingdom - unlocks all of their locations: Admag, The Great Fortress, Last Stand and Squin.
Map of the Swamps - unlocks the locations of Shark and the swamp villages: Grayflayer Village, Mud Town, Red Sabre Hideout, Rot, Stone Rat Village, two Swamp Villages.
Map of the United Cities (Central Territories) - unlocks many of the UC locations in the Eastern side of the map: Heft, Heng, Eyesocket, Port North, Port South, Stone Camp, Brink, Farming Village, Fishing Village (of Deadcat faction), Black Scratch, Bark, Sho-Battai, Stoat, Drin, Bast, Endin.
Map of the United Cities (Extended Territories) - unlocks the outer UC territories, located mostly in the South: Sho-Battai, Drifter's Last, Clownsteady, Slave Farm, Slave Markets, Catun, Mourn (formerly of UC).
Map of Vain - unlocks the Hive Villages.
Map to Mongrel - yes. It shows the location of Mongrel.
Map to World's End - similarly, it shows where World's End is.
Tech Hunters Library Map - unlocks a location of a Lost Library.
Tech Hunters Map - unlocks a location of any of the Ancient Labs, any Lab Ruins, Tower of Goats, Tower of Spiders, Flats Lagoon, Tower Of Ninjas.
Looted Maps[]
These maps can be found in many ancient locations themselves and they unlock sites of a number of other ancient locations (to be visible on player's map).
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Ancient Military Documents - can unlock a location of any Lost Armoury.
Bugmaster's Map - unlocks the location of his eternal enemy, the Cat-Lon's Exile.
Engineers Map - unlocks locations of any of the workshops - Dead Workshop, Deadland Workshop, Post-Ancient Workshop and Workshop Complex.
Map of the Ashlands - unlocks any of the Ashland Domes and Cat-Lon's Exile.
Old Treasure Map - can unlock an item from a variety of these locations: an Ancient Tech Lab, an Ancient Lab, the Spider Factory, the Reprogramming Workshop, Ashland Domes I and III, Ashland Dome Ruin, Scraphouse and Southern Hive (Location).
Secret Holy Nation Documents - unlocks the Holy Nation's military secret - Narko's Trap.