🗺️ Cartography

Survey the coast and draw the charts that open new sea routes.

Type: Artisan skill · Levels: 1–99 (XP table) · Ledger area: Navigator's Hall

Actions

Base time and XP, before tools, Expertise and other bonuses. XP/h assumes no bonuses.

Action	Level	Time	XP	XP/h	Needs	Makes
Survey: Coastal Run	1	2.5 s	5	7,200	—	1 × 📜 Chart Fragment
Survey: Reef Islands	15	4.5 s	22	17,600	—	1 × 📜 Chart Fragment
Chart: Reef Islands	19	4 s	18	16,200	4 × 📜 Chart Fragment, 1 × 🧻 Linen	1 × 🗺️ Chart: Reef Islands
Survey: Storm Banks	30	5 s	34	24,480	—	1 × 📜 Chart Fragment
Chart: Storm Banks	34	5 s	35	25,200	6 × 📜 Chart Fragment, 1 × 🎐 Silkcloth	1 × 🗺️ Chart: Storm Banks
Chart: Ledger Reef Passage 💠 Ledger	40	6 s	58	34,800	8 × 📜 Chart Fragment, 1 × 🟡 Sunpearl	1 × 🗺️ Chart: Ledger Reef Passage
Survey: Misty Archipelago	45	6 s	56	33,600	—	1 × 📜 Chart Fragment
Chart: Misty Archipelago	49	6 s	58	34,800	8 × 📜 Chart Fragment, 1 × 🏳️ Mistcloth	1 × 🗺️ Chart: Misty Archipelago
Survey: Thunder Straits	60	7 s	49	25,200	—	1 × 📜 Chart Fragment
Chart: Thunder Straits	64	7 s	54	27,771	10 × 📜 Chart Fragment, 1 × 🌩️ Stormsail	1 × 🗺️ Chart: Thunder Straits
Survey: Moonlit Reach	70	7.5 s	52	24,960	—	1 × 📜 Chart Fragment
Chart: Moonlit Reach	74	7.5 s	58	27,840	12 × 📜 Chart Fragment, 1 × 🎑 Lunar Weave	1 × 🗺️ Chart: Moonlit Reach
Survey: Drowned Trench	80	8 s	56	25,200	—	1 × 📜 Chart Fragment
Chart: Drowned Trench	84	8 s	62	27,900	14 × 📜 Chart Fragment, 1 × 🖤 Gloomsilk	1 × 🗺️ Chart: Drowned Trench
Survey: Leviathan Deep	90	9 s	61	24,400	—	1 × 📜 Chart Fragment
Chart: Leviathan Deep	94	9 s	68	27,200	16 × 📜 Chart Fragment, 1 × 🪡 Tideweave	1 × 🗺️ Chart: Leviathan Deep

Tools

One tool slot. Tools are smithed from bars and a Carpentry handle (see tools); the tier 1 tool is also sold in the shop for 150 gold.

Tier	Tool	Level	Speed	Sell value
1	🧭 Tidecopper Compass	1	+5%	30
2	🧭 Saltiron Compass	15	+10%	80
3	🧭 Coralsilver Compass	30	+15%	170
4	🧭 Duskiron Compass	45	+20%	260
5	🧭 Stormglass Compass	60	+25%	420
6	🧭 Moonsteel Compass	70	+30%	650
7	🧭 Deepbone Compass	80	+35%	1,000
8	🧭 Tidesteel Compass	90	+40%	1,600

Ledger area: Navigator's Hall

Good light, steady tables and a library of old surveys.

Applies automatically for Ledger Pass holders: +10% XP, 10% chance to save materials.

Ledger exclusives (never needed by free players): Chart: Ledger Reef Passage (level 40).

Expertise

Every action earns its own Expertise level (1–50) as you repeat it. Milestones for Cartography:

Expertise	Completions	Perk
10	1,300	+5% speed
20	5,379	+5% chance to save materials
30	12,011	+5% double output
40	21,089	+10% XP
50	32,539	Expert title

Full curve: Expertise.

Curios

Cartography can turn up curios from the ⚓ Wreck Treasures set: 1 in 3,000 per action, before rare-find bonuses. Only curios you are still missing can drop.