2026-07-31
Undead Patch Notes — Scout (Adjacent Intel)
New Scout action: gather environment and search hints on the same or adjacent tile without standing on it. No explore quota use, no loot. Orthogonal to full Explore.
Date: 31 July 2026
Status: Live on production (31 July 2026; includes DB migration
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This pass adds a tactical action Scout (scout): read a tile’s environment and search summary without walking onto it first. Real loot and discovery reveals still use Explore.
Live site (after deploy): https://undead.punkcan.art Updates index: https://undead.punkcan.art/docs/updates Player guide: Player guide §6.2b
1. How Scout works
- 1 AP, queued for the world Tick.
- Target must be the same tile or an adjacent cell (Chebyshev ≤ 1) relative to your projected position (current tile, or the end of queued moves).
- Focus a tile on the map (when in range), then press Scout under Survival on the action panel.
- At resolve time you must still be within distance ≤ 1 of the target, or the action fails and refunds AP.
Results may include:
- Heat, scent, and dog-pressure summary
- Whether the tile seems to still have unrevealed clues (confirm only by exploring on-site)
- Outdoors: remaining explore attempts / base chance hints for your character on that tile
- Scavengers get an extra line of outdoor read
2. Scout vs Explore
| Explore | Scout | |
|---|---|---|
| -- | --------- | ------- |
| Position | Must stand on the target (queue move first if needed) | Same or adjacent is enough |
| Loot / discoveries | Can reveal and grant | No |
| Tile “explored” flag | Yes | No |
| Outdoor 24h explore quota | Consumes | Does not |
| Dog encounter / anomaly / border expand | Possible | No combat encounter or expansion (high pressure may still record dog environment signals) |
Scout is intel; Explore is scavenging.
3. Out of scope
- No 3×3 area sweep
- Scout never drops supplies on a lucky roll
- Explore rules and refresh counts are unchanged
Try this
- Open
/gameoutdoors, focus an adjacent tile. - Press Scout, wait for a Tick, read the result.
- Confirm explore quota was not spent, then walk there and Explore for real loot.