Skimsands

Skimsands
Neighboring Zones	Bast, Spine Canyon, The Great Desert, Heng, The Eye, The Black Desert, Iron Valleys, Arm of Okran

Skimsands acts like a buffer zone between the United Cities and The Holy Nation as both sides send out a small portion of their patrols to the area (though The Holy Nation dominates this region more), the relative calmness of this area stands in stark contrast to the much more heated conflict zone in Bast.

As its name suggests, this place is infested with packs of Skimmers, making it harder for players to traverse the area. Other than Skimmers, this place is present with groups of Rebel Farmers, Manhunters and Mercenaries. Rarely, one can also see Escaped Slaves, Wandering Assassins and Lost Drones in this area.

Sand Ninjas have their hideout nearby this area. It's also the location of a prison, Tengu's Vault, which houses a group of Unique Recruits as well as other dangerous criminals.

Inhabitants

There are no Major Towns or Ancient Locations in Skimsands. This zone does not spawn Camps.

Minor Outposts

These locations are typically small towns, villages, or faction bases.

• Tengu's Vault

Nests

Nests are temporary locations which can spawn randomly and typically belong to Animals. This zone has a max number nest of 0.

• Skimmer Nest {100}
• Small Skimmer Nest {200}

Homeless Spawns

These are squads which spawn without being tied to a location, camp, or nest. (2.2x multiplier) This list is in order of likelihood.

• Skimmers
  • Skimmer Patrol Group Nocturnal (3 ~ 6 Skimmers aged 70) {100}
  • Skimmer Solo 24hr (1 Skimmer aged 100) {50}
• Rebel Farmers
  • Empire Rebel Farmers (1 ~ 6 Outlaw Swordsmen, 3 ~ 10 Outlaw Farmers, 0 ~ 2 Bonedogs aged 70) {10} (Simion and Tengu alive)
• Manhunters
  • Manhunter Patrol (5 ~ 14 Manhunters) (Unless Kana, Haga, Wada, Ruben, Ren, Grande and Longen are all dead) {7}
• The Holy Nation
  • Holy Army Force (3 ~ 5 Paladins, 6 ~ 8 Holy Sentinels, 30 ~ 45 Holy Chosen) (Valtena alive) {3}
  • Holy Army Patrol (1 High Paladin, 4 ~ 6 Paladins, 6 ~ 10 Holy Servants) (Valtena alive) {2}
• United Cities
  • Empire Army (1 Samurai Sergeant, 1 ~ 3 Samurai Scouts, 5 ~ 8 Samurais, 1 ~ 4 Samurai Conscripts) {3} (Yoshinaga alive)
• Mercenary Guild
  • Mercenary Wanderers (1 Mercenary Captain, 1 ~ 3 Mercenary Heavies, 3 ~ 5 Mercenaries) {3}
• Empire Peasants
  • UC Escaped Slave (1 ~ 2 Escaped Slaves) {2}
• Wandering Assassin
  • Wandering Assassin (1 Wandering Assassin) {2}
• Lost Drone
  • Lost Drone (1 Lost Drone) {1}

These squads can potentially spawn in this zone if certain World States have been reached

• Kral's Chosen
  • Krals Chosen (HN destroyed) (6 ~ 14 Kral's Chosen) {5} (Phoenix, Seta, Valtena all dead, Flying Bull alive)
• Rebel Swordsmen
  • Empire Rebel Farmers Heavy (1 Rebel Captain, 1 ~ 5 Rebel Swordsmen, 7 ~ 16 Rebel Fighters) {5} (Tengu dead)
• Samurai Rogue
  • Empire Guard Bandits (Diaspora) (4 ~ 13 Samurai Rogues) {1} (Inaba, Yoshinaga, Nagata, Sanda, Tengu all dead)
  • Empire Guard Bandits (Diaspora) (4 ~ 13 Samurai Rogues) (Malnourished S) {1} (Ren and Ruben dead, Tengu alive)
• Slave Traders
  • Slave Trader Caravan (1 Slaver Caravan Boss, 0 ~ 1 Slaver Heavy Guard, 7 ~ 14 Slaver Caravan Guards) {5} (Longen alive, Tinfist dead)
• Yabuta Outlaws
  • Yabuta Outlaw Roaming (5 ~ 9 Yabuta Outlaws) {10} (Yabuta alive)

Environment

Skimsands
These are the modifiers which are linked to this zone on FCS.
Water	Unknown		Fertility	Unknown
Environment			Resources
Arid	Unknown		Stone	Unknown
Green	Unknown		Iron	Unknown
Swamp	Unknown		Copper	Unknown
Before building an outpost, players should find information about specific areas through Prospecting.

Weather

This zone has the 'great desert small' season. Seasons may cause harmful Weather Effects or be purely aesthetic.

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Gallery

Tips

• Due to high numbers of Skimmers roaming the area, players need to exercise caution when traversing the Skimsands, especially the weaker player characters. Skimmers tend to move and attack in packs and is not uncommon for travelers to be attacked by more than one group of Skimmers.
• The Skimsands has none, if very little natural resources for players to exploit and is thus unsuitable for constructing a self-sustaining outpost. The constant presence of Skimmer packs in the area makes the Skimsands even more dangerous for would-be settlers.

Trivia

• Skimsands contains at least one Behemoth body, whose hand sticks out from the sand. It is located somewhere above Okran's Shield.
• Despite having nests assigned to this area, the nest spawn limit is set to "0" (no nests will spawn). Presumably because the homeless Skimmers spawns are already prevalent enough.