The Frontier Explained

One of the questions we get asked most often is: "How does the gold actually work?"

The answer is simple: every Expedition begins with all gold already buried beneath the Frontier.

Nothing appears because you dug in the "right spot" at the "right time." Before your Expedition begins, the entire landscape is generated and every gold deposit is placed in advance.

That means every dig is a search for gold that already exists.

The infographic below shows exactly how the system works.

Whether you strike it rich or come up empty depends on your exploration, judgement, and prospecting skill—not random chance.

Happy prospecting, Pioneer.