The island of Hispaniola with the 11 game nodes and their connections.
Each world is based on a real location in the Dominican Republic.
The Pomier Caves (San Cristóbal) are the largest cave art system in the Caribbean, with over 6,000 Taíno petroglyphs. This is the first level: a dark cave where you discover the Taíno heritage while dodging dangers.
Appears near the exit. Explains that the Taínos adorned their cemís with guanín — an alloy of gold, silver, and copper — especially on the eyes and sensory organs. Gives you Magnoboot, your first robot companion.
Expands your light radius in the darkness.
Parchment with clues about the island.
A cemí with golden guanín details on its eyes and sensory organs.
A Taíno village with circular bohíos, a caney (chief's house), and a batey (ceremonial plaza). Learn about daily life: fishing, pottery, cassava, and the social structure of the yucayeque.
Teaches about the yucayeques, Taíno social organization, and the role of the cacique.
Expert in Taíno ceramics. Teaches about pottery and cassava preparation. Gives you a healing vessel (+35 health) usable from inventory.
Talks about fishing with canoes, nets, and bone hooks.
Points north. Helps you not get lost in large areas.
🐕 Viralata — stray dog you adopt near the village entrance.
A maroon settlement in the mountains, inspired by the real palenques founded by enslaved Africans who escaped colonial plantations. Sebastián Lemba led one of the first slave rebellions in the Americas (~1540s), resisting for over 15 years in the southern mountains.
Cimarrones (maroons) were enslaved people who escaped to the mountains and established free communities called palenques. These settlements had defensive structures, lookouts, and their own social organization inspired by African traditions.
Dwellings with conical thatched roofs in African style.
Observation point to spot maroon hunters.
Gathering place for the maroon community.
Vegetation from the Dominican Central Mountain Range.
Historical leader of the maroon rebellion. Tells about resistance, freedom, and the African heritage on the island. Rotative dialogue with multiple topics.
Forges tools and weapons for the community. Gives you the Maroon Machete (+2 attack).
Guardian of African musical traditions. Gives you the War Drum (+2 attack).
Traditional African medicine with mountain plants.
Guards the palenque entrance. When you talk to him, he spots a Maroon Hunter and combat begins.
A colonial tracker sent to capture maroons, accompanied by a tracking hound that can bite the player during combat (35% chance each turn). Can be defeated by force or convinced with arguments about freedom and humanity.
Forged by Kofi. +2 attack in non-pacifist combat.
African ceremonial instrument. +2 attack in non-pacifist combat.
An agricultural village with conucos (crop mounds), a river, a ceremonial dujo, and a caney for rituals. Learn about agriculture, natural medicine, and the areíto ceremony.
Natural medicine, cohoba ceremony, healing plants. Grants you the Cemí Murciélago. Fully heals you (100 HP) every time you visit.
Expert in conucos: growing techniques for yuca, corn, sweet potato, chili pepper, and tobacco. Gives you soursop leaves (+30 health) usable from inventory.
Teaches about the areíto and Taíno instruments. On the second conversation, challenges you to a game of batú — the Taíno ball game played with hips, shoulders, and head.
Replica of an archaeological artifact created with 3D printing.
🦇 Cemí Murciélago — protective spirit with 6 power levels.
The ruins of La Isabela (Puerto Plata), founded in 1494 by Christopher Columbus as the first permanent European city in the Americas. Here you have your first combat and meet Roberto Cassá.
Ruins with arch and cross. First European church in the Americas.
The Admiral's residence with a tile roof.
Colony provisions warehouse.
Tower with battlements to watch over the sea.
Colonial cemetery with stone crosses.
Guards the ruins. Initiates the first combat. Can be pacified through diplomacy.
Wrote the first work on Taíno customs. Talks about his historical work.
Talks about indigenous resistance and the survival of Taíno culture.
Gives you the Colonial Map in exchange for the arquebus. His first appearance as a mentor.
Detects metallic objects buried underground. Appears by the church after the combat.
15th-century firearm used by the conquistadors. Trade it with Roberto Cassá for the Colonial Map.
The Zona Colonial of Santo Domingo, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1990. Contains the first permanent European constructions in the Americas. Here you face Constructor Méndez with civic activism tools.
First cathedral of the New World (1512-1540). Isabelline Gothic style with rose window and twin towers.
15 halls in the restored Real Cárcel. 16th-20th century treasures: Columbus' portapaz, Bicephalous Eagle, Lower Choir.
First hospital in the Americas (1503). Ruins with round arches.
First monastery in the Americas (1508). Cloister with columns, now ruins for concerts.
Neoclassical facade with columns and eternal flame. Guards from the First Regiment.
First paved street in the Americas (1502). Colonial lanterns with flickering light.
One of the oldest in the Americas (16th century). Slowly rotating gnomon.
Wants to demolish historical ruins to build a hotel. Faced with civic activism tools.
Mathematician who discovered her mission: transforming the Cathedral Museum into reality. "A museum is a journey through a past full of art and devotion."
From the Museum of the Dominican Man. Explains how to use Magnoboot to detect buried treasures.
Narrates the history of each monument.
Researches colonial techniques: fossilized coral as a building material.
Recurring mentor. Each conversation covers a different topic.
4 guards from the First Dominican Regiment guard the National Pantheon. Every 45 seconds they perform a ceremonial guard change.
Gold coin with a crown, buried in the streets.
Decorated tile with geometric patterns.
Forged key with ring and teeth.
Original blueprint of the Catedral Primada de América. Invaluable historical document.
Returning to La Isabela, a fisherman offers Pepito a ride in his canoe. He takes him over the shipwreck of the Santa María, Columbus's flagship that ran aground near Cap-Haïtien on Christmas Eve 1492 (whose timbers were used to build Fort Navidad).
Hawksbill (critically endangered), Leatherback (largest), Green (herbivore), Loggerhead (shell-crusher).
Migrate from December to March to the north coast to mate.
Common Caribbean species. Seen year-round.
Pre-Columbian species endangered.
Vital for reefs. Produces the white sand of beaches.
Invasive species. Combat encounter with 4 ecological options.
Passive obstacle: damage + slowness effect + avatar shake.
Tells how the Santa María ran aground on Christmas Eve 1492 and was dismantled to build Fort Navidad.
Swims in an oval circuit. Teaches about its conservation status.
Documents the island's 400+ shipwrecks.
Nail from the hull of the Santa María. Resisted saltwater corrosion. Appears after the combat.
A sub-level accessible from the right edge of the Aquatic World (1800x1200px). The player discovers a manatee trapped in fishing nets and a damaged coral reef.
Completing both actions unlocks the Full Metal Archeologist sidequest discovery (robot programming at LFSD).
Interior of Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ). Pepito discovers a trafficker trying to smuggle archaeological artifacts out of the country. The combat is resolved with real legal tools. After defeating Torres, an arrest cutscene plays: airport security arrives, the artifacts are confiscated, and the trafficker is taken into custody.
Detects suspicious activity and alerts Pepito.
Works cases of international antiquities trafficking.
5 rotating legal topics: Law 318, UNESCO 1970, seizure, chain of custody, legal framework.
"Evidence:" meter instead of "Convinced:" because legal evidence is accumulated.
Official customs document with anomalies detected in Torres' shipments.
Court order authorizing the confiscation of trafficked artifacts.
The final world. Pepito brings the recovered artifacts to the museum lab for authentication. No combat: authentication happens through dialogues with scientists and curators.
Receives the artifacts and coordinates authentication.
Analyzes pieces with C-14 to determine their age.
Analyzes materials, techniques, and condition.
Reappears as mentor for the last time.
A visitor with overly specific questions.
Official document certifying the authenticity of the artifacts.
Complete catalog of the Royal Shipyards.
Lake Enriquillo is the largest lake in the Caribbean and the lowest point in the Antilles (40 meters below sea level). Its waters are hypersaline — up to 3 times saltier than the sea. At its center lies Isla Cabritos (Taíno name: Guarizacca), home to American crocodiles, rhinoceros iguanas, and flamingos. On the northern cliffs sits Las Caritas, an archaeological site with Taíno petroglyphs carved into the rock.
Cacique Enriquillo (Guarocuya) led the longest Taíno rebellion against the Spanish (1519-1533), taking refuge in the Bahoruco mountains near the lake that now bears his name. His love story with Mencía and his alliance with Tamayo are a fundamental part of Dominican identity.
Arid island in the center of the lake, modeled as an irregular polygon of 36 points reflecting its real dimensions (12 km × 2.5 km, ~5:1 ratio). Jagged coastline with bays and protrusions. Xerophytic vegetation (columnar cacti, pitahaya, guayacán). Habitat of American crocodiles.
Archaeological site on the northern cliff with 7 Taíno petroglyphs (faces carved in rock).
Patrol the lake waters. 8 damage per bite with procedural sound (jaw snap + deep thump + descending scream + guttural growl). Player shake + death roll animation. Movement slowed to 60% in water.
Cyclura cornuta — recognizable by its 3 snout horns. Yellow eyes, triangular dorsal crest.
Cyclura ricordii — critically endangered. Distinguished by its red eyes and gray-blue coloration.
Walk slowly and take flight with flapping wings when the player approaches within 80 px. Return after 3 seconds.
Haitiophis anomalus — the largest colubrid snake in the Americas (up to 2m). Sinuous movement with forked tongue.
Tells the story of the 13-year rebellion (1519-1533), his love for Mencía, negotiations with the Spanish, and the legacy of Taíno resistance.
The love story that inspired the rebellion. Talks about life in the Bahoruco mountains and peaceful resistance.
Enriquillo's brother-in-arms. Talks about guerrilla tactics and the alliance between caciques.
Anacaona (Yucayeque de Marién) asks you to deliver a sacred cemí idol to Enriquillo. Completing the delivery grants +15 reputation.
After delivering the sacred idol to Enriquillo and receiving the Sword of Enriquillo, a hidden pedestal appears behind a bush on Isla Cabritos. Activating it triggers a bullet hell fight against the Divine Spirit of the Cemí.
Sacred Taíno cenote in Cotubanamá National Park, near Bayahíbe. The most important underwater archaeology site in the Caribbean.
Rhythm-based descent down the vertical shaft. Press matching arrows in the sweet zone. Grip meter depletes on misses.
Top-down exploration with lantern (120px radius). Stalactites, water pools, 3 archaeological notes.
1400px vertical cenote. O₂ system (120s), air pockets, currents. 3 artifacts: Ceremonial Duho, Wooden Cemí, Taíno Pottery.
Complete Full Metal Archeologist and deliver the submarine robot to Dra. Sofía → receive Diving Gear.
Collect all 3 artifacts → deliver to Museo del Hombre Dominicano (Dr. Veloz) → +20 reputation.
The Caribbean's main anthropological museum in Santo Domingo. Over 5,000 Taíno pieces.
Receives the 3 cenote artifacts. Completes the Cenote Offerings sidequest (+20 reputation).
Worked on the Manantial de la Aleta excavations. Explains how anoxic water preserved the artifacts.
7 optional side quests spread across the game world. 3 of them are completed in the robotics class at the Lycée Français de Saint-Domingue.
An interior level with Prof. Nicolas Droulers and the "les fous du robot" student NPCs. Three quest-givers offer mini-games. LFSD is automatically unlocked when any sidequest mentioning it is discovered.