WORLD

Zones and PvP

The map is three rings. Which one your Crawler is standing in decides whether another player can attack it.

The three rings

• Frontier. Your Crawler cannot be attacked here. This is the only safe ring.
• Wastes. PvP. Your Crawler can be attacked.
• Deep Wastes. PvP, and the richest ground on the map.

There is no toggleable shield. Safety is a property of where you are parked, not a button you press.

The rule people get wrong

An occupied extraction site is contestable in every zone, including the Frontier. The Frontier protects your Crawler. It does not protect a squad you have deployed onto a site, and it never has.

Crossing the border

Zone changes take effect at the crossing, not on arrival. Drive out of the Frontier and you are exposed part way through the march. Drive in and your unbanked haul banks at the border.

One consequence is worth planning around: the moment your Crawler crosses into the Frontier, every squad you have deployed in a PvP zone is recalled. The client warns you before a move that would do that. It is not a penalty, it follows from the rule that you cannot hold PvP ground from safety.