---
key: mechanic/rpg-grind--map-completion
type: mechanic
id: rpg-grind--map-completion
lang: en
title: Map and region completion
summary: >-
  The player gradually reveals locations and records discoveries. The map shows
  where tasks, resources or unexplored areas remain.
updatedAt: '2026-10-21'
status: active
url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/rpg-grind--map-completion/'
jsonUrl: >-
  https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/rpg-grind--map-completion.json
markdownUrl: >-
  https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/rpg-grind--map-completion.md
aliases:
  - Map completion
tags:
  - RPG grinding
  - 'World, community and account'
sourceIds:
  - source-df9ed2d1b2e7ac06
sources:
  - id: source-df9ed2d1b2e7ac06
    title: Spiritfarer
    url: 'https://thunderlotusgames.com/press-kits/spiritfarer-press-kit/'
    verifiedAt: null
relations: []
placements:
  - catalogId: rpg-grind
    id: map-completion
    title: RPG grinding
    url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/rpg-grind/#map-completion'
    categoryIds:
      - world-social-progress
supersededBy: []
attributes:
  preview:
    updatedAt: '2026-10-21'
    title: Map completion
    description: >-
      The player gradually reveals locations and records discoveries. The map
      shows where tasks, resources or unexplored areas remain.
    image:
      src: images/mechanics/spiritfarer-map.webp
      width: 1440
      height: 810
      game: Spiritfarer
      sourceUrl: 'https://thunderlotusgames.com/press-kits/spiritfarer-press-kit/'
      originalUrl: >-
        https://thunderlotusgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Spiritfarer-SCREENSHOTS-05.jpg
      credit: Thunder Lotus
      rights: © Thunder Lotus. All rights reserved.
      caption: A discovered area and its resources
      alt: >-
        Spiritfarer: the map highlights Gurenu Fields and lists discovered
        resources, including sheep, oak logs and strawberries.
      markers:
        - x: 43
          'y': 46
          label: A list of discoveries in the area
        - x: 15
          'y': 72
          label: Other marked locations
    tips:
      - Match completion markers to the area’s actual requirements.
      - Distinguish required tasks from optional discoveries.
    examples:
      - title: Spiritfarer
        url: 'https://thunderlotusgames.com/press-kits/spiritfarer-press-kit/'
endsAt: null
provenance: >-
  Original editorial RPG grind taxonomy authored for gamemechanics.pro on
  2026-10-20 and expanded to cover activities, progression goals, reward rules
  and constraints. All original thirty family/branch/variant identities are
  preserved. Official developer and publisher sources support only the
  specifically described released-game observations; design variants and
  scenarios are hypothetical.
license: CC-BY-4.0
codeLicense: MIT
attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors
catalogKey: catalog/rpg-grind
---
# Map and region completion

id: rpg-grind--map-completion
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/rpg-grind--map-completion
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/rpg-grind--map-completion/

The player gradually reveals locations and records discoveries. The map shows where tasks, resources or unexplored areas remain.

## At a glance

![Spiritfarer: the map highlights Gurenu Fields and lists discovered resources, including sheep, oak logs and strawberries.](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/spiritfarer-map.webp)

[Spiritfarer](https://thunderlotusgames.com/press-kits/spiritfarer-press-kit/) · © Thunder Lotus. All rights reserved.

1. A list of discoveries in the area
2. Other marked locations

- Match completion markers to the area’s actual requirements.
- Distinguish required tasks from optional discoveries.

- [Spiritfarer](https://thunderlotusgames.com/press-kits/spiritfarer-press-kit/)

## How it works

The player completes exploration locations and earns rewards for regional coverage.

## Variants

### Variants

<a id="map-completion-options"></a>

- Discover all points of interest. <a id="map-completion-option-1"></a>
- Complete local objectives for completion percentage. <a id="map-completion-option-2"></a>
- Repeat exploration on a new character when permitted. <a id="map-completion-option-3"></a>

## Design example

A map tracks shrines, vistas and caves toward a regional reward chest.

## Context and limits

A systematic RPG grind reference: 110 mechanics and 330 variants in 18 sections. Four layers answer different questions: what the player repeats, what develops, how rewards arrive and what constrains the loop. It covers single-player RPGs, ARPGs, MMORPGs and adjacent management and accumulation systems. Every mechanic has an explanation, variants and a hypothetical example; coverage, combinations and verified game observations follow the catalog.

## Connected materials


## Sources and provenance

Original editorial RPG grind taxonomy authored for gamemechanics.pro on 2026-10-20 and expanded to cover activities, progression goals, reward rules and constraints. All original thirty family/branch/variant identities are preserved. Official developer and publisher sources support only the specifically described released-game observations; design variants and scenarios are hypothetical.

- [Spiritfarer](https://thunderlotusgames.com/press-kits/spiritfarer-press-kit/) (id: source-df9ed2d1b2e7ac06)

CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors