The Swamp High
The Swamp will rot your boots, poison your rain and pay you handsomely for the privilege.
A toxic wetland of acid rain and Blood Spiders — and the heart of the wasteland's drug economy.
Environment
A dark, waterlogged region in the south-west with frequent acid rain that damages unprotected characters. Murky, dense and oppressive.
Threats
Blood Spiders hunt in packs, Swamp Ninjas and bandits roam, and the acid rain itself is a slow environmental killer without proper coverage.
Loot & Resources
The Swamp is the centre of the hashish trade — hemp grows well and the drug economy is lucrative. Towns like Mud Town and Shark anchor a grey-market boom.
Best Uses
Hashish farming and trading, an outlaw economy base, and a foothold for anti-Holy-Nation play with the Flotsam Ninjas.
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- Climate
- Acid rain, wet
- Main threat
- Blood Spiders, acid
- Economy
- Hashish / hemp
- Key towns
- Mud Town, Shark
- Recommended
- Mid game