Mapping Sprawling Fantasy Continents One Quest at a Time
Tanta writers chart the open worlds, hidden lore, and forgotten questlines that make sprawling adventure games worth losing yourself in.
Explore the MapsWhat Drives Our Coverage
Three principles guide every world we map and every quest we retrace
We chart entire game worlds region by region, tracking how geography, factions, and questlines connect across sprawling maps.
Every write-up digs past the surface quest log to trace the thematic threads that tie a fantasy continent together.
Written by longtime open-world explorers in Tanta, Egypt, not marketing teams — every article reflects genuine hours logged in-world.
Our field notes cover side content, hidden regions, and missable arcs that most casual playthroughs never uncover.
Worlds We're Currently Mapping
A rotating shortlist of the open-world adventures getting the deep-dive treatment this season
Elden Ring: The Lands Between
We trace the fractured geography of the Lands Between and how its overlapping regions quietly narrate a fallen dynasty.
Xenoblade Chronicles' Living Titans
An underrated open-world structure where the terrain itself is a character — we map how the titan bodies shape exploration.
Dragon's Dogma's Gransys Wilderness
A lesser-discussed continent whose day-night ecosystem and pawn system reward explorers who read the land closely.
Outer Wilds' Solar System Loop
Not a fantasy continent in the traditional sense, but a cosmic one — we unpack how its time-loop world design rewards memory over maps.
Ni no Kuni's Dual Worlds
A hand-painted fantasy continent split across two realms, with regional folklore that rewards close reading of side content.
Divinity: Original Sin II's Rivellon
A sprawling isometric continent where faction politics and elemental terrain design intersect in ways few open worlds attempt.
Ready to Get Lost in Another Continent?
New region breakdowns and quest maps go up regularly — pick a world and start exploring the lore with us.
Reader Questions We Get Often
A few things our Tanta readers ask before diving into a new world guide
Do you cover every region of a game or just the main story path?
We map full continents where possible — main story zones, optional regions, and side content included — since open-world games often hide their best lore in areas the main quest skips entirely.
Are these guides spoiler-heavy?
Most world-mapping articles flag major spoiler sections clearly, so readers who just want geography and mechanics can skip past story-critical reveals if they choose.
Do you focus only on fantasy settings?
Fantasy continents are our core focus, but we occasionally cover sci-fi or hybrid open worlds when their regional design and lore density fit the same deep-dive treatment.
How is this different from a standard walkthrough site?
We're less concerned with step-by-step completion and more interested in how a world's geography, factions, and history fit together — think regional lore essays rather than checklists.
Who writes these breakdowns?
A small group of open-world enthusiasts based in Tanta, Egypt, who spend considerable time in-game tracing map details before writing anything up.