Ways of re-tracing steps?

[Ayuna 331]

I haven't been using the community Xanadu map while exploring and ending up in an area I haven't been to before. I found something I want to get back to with a wagon, but I am not positive where exactly I am. Do any of you employ ways of retracing your steps? Medieval "flares", as they were? Something you already have on hand or could forage for?

[MrCoolMan 261]

Hey there i can share my experience in this area, when i loose things ill use this  and i follow the event logs, if u know what it was and where u can search trough the logs, hope it helps 😃

 

[TheTrickster 2,284]

I do it the old-fashioned way.  I look for landmarks, compare with the map and generally try to get an idea of where I am on the map.  I move around the area a bit and take careful note of surrounding landmarks, so that if I can get back to the general area I can navigate to the spot I am looking for.  When moving away from the spot, I often look so that I can note what it looks like to be approaching it (rather than what it looks like to be leaving).  I kind of spiral out for a bit to learn the immediate area so I can easily recognize it.

 

Map-based navigation is a learned skill, though, so if you haven't had much experience with that it may be hard to start cold.  

 

If I am coming back very soon, I will built a little pen with a roundpole fence or crude wooden fence, as they are not particularly common and are easily seen.  I also light and fuel a campfire, for the smoke (maybe that is WU, do WO campfires smoke?).

 

Also, seriously, if you have the materials make pointer signs.

[Brash_Endeavors 4,735]

sometimes packing dirt tiles, like pack every 10th or 20th tile, as long as you can find one of them you can usually scout in a circle and find the next, then scout for the next... it does however require a shovel.

Edited January 8, 2021 by Brash_Endeavors