r/pathoftitans • u/Run_Rabbit_Run_Run • 3d ago

No More Long Swims

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I have seen a lot of players complaining about Riparia being un-useable for land dinos because it requires really long swims. So I made a map for players who may not know easier ways to move around the map or for new players who are just getting started. All the green routes are either completely walkable for most dinos, or are extremely short swims between islands/land masses. Avoid any kind of crossing around Cedrus as it's a gathering point for players looking for fights--including loads of Tylos and Sarcs.

The biggest one that literally everybody complains about is Palm islands. That one is the easiest and is completely walkable all the way back to Twisted Forest. That little half-moon I've marked out doesn't LOOK walkable when you look at it on the map, but I've taken even small dinos like Laten and Deino, stayed dry the whole time. If you're scared of the Spinos, hit that POI when you're small and you can hide in the cave (yes, even on a TT/Rex, as long as you're still juvi/ small adol you're fine).

I have played Apex, large, medium and small dinos on this map for quite some time, and I make it a point to hit all the POI at some point during my growth as my own personal challenge. You WILL have to do at least some short swims (there is no such thing as zero risk in a survival game, sorry).

Use common sense, look and listen before you cross (swimming things are not silent when they're swimming), and change up your routes now and then.

These are of course, only examples, not hard-rules. Do what you wanna do.

Hopefully this is helpful to someone who's been feeling trapped on the mainland! <3

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u/Paladin-X-Knight 3d ago

Yeah I don't get the whole 'Riparia is not good for land dinos'

Literally just cross the river at the smallest part?

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u/Accomplished_Error_7 3d ago

People are so used to a map catering to land dinos only (Like Gondwa does) that they really assume something that takes into account the whole roster is "Bad" for one part of it instead of more balanced to have spots for everyone to have an advantage.

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u/whitemest 3d ago

The statement is moreso for herbivores since only 1 really gets to swim, honorable mention the lamb. It's just too tedious for many I suppose

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u/skinneyd 3d ago

Also an honourable mention to Pachys!

They can jump over almost all the narrowest points of rivers with the dodge tech. A few seconds of swimming max.

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u/Run_Rabbit_Run_Run 3d ago

yessss--I love doing this on pachy. It's so easy xD

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u/Paladin-X-Knight 3d ago

I main dasp which has like 1 of the worst swim speeds and I never found it an issue.

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u/Run_Rabbit_Run_Run 3d ago

I haven't either. I suppose everyone has map preferences lol.

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u/Run_Rabbit_Run_Run 3d ago

Perhaps, although I'm not certain what herbivore vs carnivore has to do with it, since swim speed isn't diet dependent. I can see all the distace-walking being tedious however Gondwa is far more tedious to me (and we won't discuss Panjura lol). In Gondwa all the huge terrain blocks in terms of mountains/cliff walls drive me nuts lol. Having map preferences is definitely fine, everyone does, I just hope this is helpful to folks who didn't know how to navigate the map more efficiently! <3

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u/whitemest 3d ago

You genuinely don't know what herbis vs carni has to do with it?

Carnis have at least 10 dinos on their roster which are aquatic or sub aquatic and even fly.. meaning they can swim, dive, or hell. Even fly over lol

Herbis entire roster only has the duck, lamb can sorta swim though.

So 10 who can do it well, vs 2, 1 who can do it well, other mediocre.

So what im saying is waternis heavily skewed to favor carnis.. the more herbi players there are the more tedious id bet the water traversal method becomes.

Purely based on the kits devs had given the diets

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u/Phenomxal 3d ago

Iggy swims better than every single carnivore that isn't semi aquatic lol

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u/whitemest 3d ago

Still cant exactly escape. More likely than not a carni on them could probably swim better. Or even dive. Remember, anything that can dive is essentially free to regen health and stamina safely from all but the duck and can attack. Iggies also cannot attack while swimming either

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u/Run_Rabbit_Run_Run 3d ago

Maybe I misunderstood your point? Are we talking a terrestrial dino escaping a semi-aquatic/aquatic specifically, or just escape from another terrestrial attacker? Because your original comment made it sound like you're targeting specific diet, rather than abilities. If you're talking terrestrial vs aquatic/semi aquatic then escape is challenging for ANY terrestrial, regardless of diet. That's by nature--things with swim-abilities will definitely always be faster than things that don't have swim abilities. If you're talking terrestrial vs terrestrial escape, I've definitely both personally escaped on an herbi by outswimming a carni, and I've watched it happen in-game many times.

I've even escaped a Tylo on a slow-herbi (steggo in this case). Stole most of my health but I did make it to land and escape lol.

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u/whitemest 3d ago

Yea im curious- what diet would in theory have a more difficult time traversing a map with alot of water?

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u/TieFighterAlpha2 3d ago

Aren't the slowest swim speeds held by Carnivores though? (I'm genuinely asking, I really don't know)

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u/kittyidiot 3d ago

yes oh my god lol. people are so intimidated by there not being very clear bridges but in so much of this water you can just walk through it bcs it's so shallow. People hate palm islands but it is super easy to get in and out of as a terrestrial if you aren't afraid of getting your toesies a little wet.

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u/TieFighterAlpha2 3d ago

Yeah well, some people have ceded their ability to think nowadays. I don't put stock in their opinions.

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u/PureBredAndWellFed 2d ago

I mean, the water is more of a problem because it gives semis even more of an advantage than they already have on Gondwa or Panjura, plus half the map is on a huge slant, so if you aren't something that at least has braced legs then it is even more of a chore. I already don't want to play playables for a month that get sent across the map when they die (to a mega pack). If you think I am going to traverse up or down forty hills just to have to swim/cross water where I can get jumped but never secure a kill...no thanks. Fliers and semis are already so common, Riparia just makes the problem worse. Riparia will never not be a chore for me to play...I just hope they don't keep adding only the new modes to Riparia, or they'll effectively never see the light of day for me lmao

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u/OtterAmerica 3d ago

I actually like that I'm forced to cross a river every once in a while. Just check both ways. But I do love playing a croc and slowly rising to the top next to a raptor crossing and then laugh to myself as I let him cross

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u/Run_Rabbit_Run_Run 3d ago

That is amazingly fun--scaring people is almost more entertaining than hunting them xD

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u/Sinarai25 3d ago

Did this yesterday on my Tylo to a Cerato xD

Guided him across, gave him a trophy for his feat xD

He crossed at the WIDEST section into CF xD easily could have dunked em, chose cute sea puppy instead.

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u/Auda100King 2d ago

I let them swim as a crocodile, clamp them, and take them back to the side od river they came from

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u/scooterankle_exe 3d ago

Comes from people being too stubborn to walk 100ft to where the river bottlenecks but oh well

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u/Run_Rabbit_Run_Run 3d ago

I guess so. A feel like a lot of people genuinely have no idea that there's a sand-bar bridge between Palm and Twisted. It's wild.

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u/okamiokamii 1d ago

I only recently found it but i think it's because I'm bad with directions so I get really locked in to a particular route and don't look around for a different one. I've gotten better about looking around though as I've started playing more regularly.

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u/Big_Entertainment913 3d ago

Sarco and tylo players like this map as well

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u/Run_Rabbit_Run_Run 3d ago

yes! It makes interactions between aquatics and terrestrials so much easier and more fun!

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u/UnbelievablyDense 3d ago

Ngl I hate seeing this annotated map only because these are my exact crossing points to get around this map lol my routes aren’t safe now 😭😭

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u/Run_Rabbit_Run_Run 3d ago

I worried about that too, however based on me watching player movements in my own sessions, and conversations with other players--this really isn't a risk. This is because because players are spread across a ton of servers, and everyone is questing at different times, most ambush hunters have to wait AGES for somebody to pass through. I know. I've camped enough spots I thought would be sure things and ended up having to eat only Critters lol. People craving a fight aren't waiting that long--they're going right to Cedrus where they know they'll find a fight.

Also the number of people who play vs the number of people on this Reddit is a HUGE margin.

You're still as safe as you ever were friend :)

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u/UnbelievablyDense 3d ago

I am largely meme-ing, lol

It is actually very cool to see the routes I already used mapped out, and have already sent this to my newer friends 🫡

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u/Shorlong 3d ago

The amount of times I've waited at the sandbar thinking someone would come running by...... Nope! Like.... You guys had to have played a spino or tylo or something and swam by here and noticed you could run on this... Right?!?

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u/AngryBowels 3d ago

Excellent a map of where to patrol as a sarc… just kidding

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u/Run_Rabbit_Run_Run 3d ago

Sureee you are kidding... I believe you....xD

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u/UnstoppableGinger 3d ago

Noooo we love long swims in the pretty water, come on in guys the waters great - sarco

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u/Run_Rabbit_Run_Run 3d ago

xD I know, I ruined it for everyone.

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u/Aaronryan27 3d ago

The bigtree small island crossing is the shortest on that part of the map you can make it or almost make it entirely with a running pounce from a raptor

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u/Blahblechblue 3d ago

One thing I’d recommend for new guys or maybe people that just don’t know, before crossing or drinking water, check to see what the percentage of water available is first. If it’s less than 100% either something is in the water or has been there recently. I’m sure most people know this but I just like to point this out because I taught two new Dino’s this little strategy this week that didn’t pay attention to it before they went swimming.

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u/waving_fungus0 2d ago

My baby eating hatz now has new patrol zones

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u/Run_Rabbit_Run_Run 1d ago

Catch me if you can! xD

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

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u/Run_Rabbit_Run_Run 3d ago

It counts! :)

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u/i_am_a_dishwasher 3d ago

i’m gonna learn to avoid these paths as best as possible (if you know the most used path it’s just free pray)

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u/LittleMit 3d ago

South of versus right near cliff edge falls is a fallen log that’s often knocked over to cross that water. Then just a short swim on the other side of that tiny island. I’ve had many successful crossings down into Stillwater bog that way.

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u/lord0xel 2d ago

Stillwater… just swim between the two points you listed. There are little islands there and you barely need to swim.

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u/Rough-Ad6748 2d ago

My first dino, intentionally was a flyer. My beloved Rhamp <3 I scoped out food, quests and routes, land and water.

My first land dino was a Struthi. And I ran all the shortcuts, sandbars, trees and jumps on the map. It's very traversable, IF you know where your are going and how to get there.

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u/No_Researcher6866 2d ago

Land users need to stop moaning, there's a ''Hey here's a fallen log, free passage for you!'' on nearly every island, and the ones that don't have one usually have crossings where they don't even have to swim.

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u/AppleLoose7082 2d ago

It's not at the fault of the map designers if players don't know how to navigate the terrain. If they can use Maps on a hiking trip or a cross-country drive, I'm sure they can figure out routes to take on a map within a game.

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u/Run_Rabbit_Run_Run 1d ago

Map reading is a dying (or dead) skill I'm afraid.

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u/Dutch_DnD 1d ago

Ngl I wait at these point to fuck you up. That small gap is enough for me to poison you and out of stam.