Star Atlas is the new UWO feature released along with the Polaris patch update.
The official phrase is ‘Star Atlas’ as shown in game.
Some people call it ‘Sky Charting’ or ‘Star Charting’.
All words will be used in this guide, and both have the same meaning.
This is the guide on how to do star atlas based on my experience in clearing all of the first 20/20 of the star atlas investigation in a matter of 2-3 days.
Requirement to start
You can start by talking to Galileo Galilei in Pisa
after completing the following requirements:
1. Have discovered Ursa Minor
2. Have done North Sea
sea charting and reported to Mercator
Starting the sky charting investigation
Upon clearing the requirements above, talk to Galileo.
He will ask you to complete the Ursa Minor investigation. This is mandatory to complete before you can complete the other stars.
If you talk to him, you will get this message: “You can proceed after the completion of the Ursa Minor investigation”.
To choose the star to chart, go to the top menu: Journal > Star Atlas
Then choose the sky option, and the star option, then click the Research button at the bottom right of the window.
You can choose any star you want. There is no required order.
Rewards
Similar to sea or land charting, you can report to Galileo after completing certain numbers of investigations for reward.
Talk to Galileo after finishing Star Atlas: Ursa Minor investigation for details.
In addition, there is a time-limited Polaris event currently happening.
Recommendations
- HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!! Do this in Astronomer
job along with Boston skill: Astronomer Wisdom.
This skill ignores the chrono time requirement to discover stars. - Use high rank of Recognition
and Astronomy
.
The higher the better as some stars require high ranks of these skills to discover. Use item booster if you must. - Use items with Enhanced Cartography effect to increase the % completion of each entry: Faded Map
Swan Feather Pen
- Report all astronomy discoveries related to this to any noble before you start your star charting journey.
Preferred choice is Galileo for bonus Adventure fame and Quest Mediation Permit
These discoveries are from Map and from doing Recognition in sea region with any astronomy discovery.
Here is the list: - You can chart more than one star in one journey
The key here is to plan accordingly based on the Star Atlas List
For example:
Star Atlas: Puppis
and Star Atlas: Pyxis
Both require to do a quest from San Francisco and both stars are located in Peru Sea Basin
In my case, I took both quests, targetting to finish Star Atlas: Puppis first.
Then I sailed to Lima to discover Puppis, finished that star investigation, then started the Pyxis and finished that one by sitting outside the port
Be careful not to discover the other one before finishing the first star and starting the other until the required discovery entry appears.
Another long chain run plan that I did was this:
Started with Star Atlas: Pavo
which ends at The Tasman Sea, while holding the maps required for Star Atlas: Carina
then started Star Atlas: Carina, stopping at Anping and Hanyang to get the required maps for Star Atlas: Vela
then finished Star Atlas: Carina and Star Atlas: Vela while sailing toward Antilles, Open Sea to continue with Star Atlas: Cetus
and so on. I hope you get what I mean here
You might also want to check this page: Sky Charting FAQ
Good luck and have fun with sky charting!
