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Lykortha Expanse
🕑 Added 2025-04-28 16:49:08 +0000 UTCHello all!
The Lykortha Expanse is the final location found in the 5E module, Candlekeep Mysteries. It's been a long time coming, some version of it as a work-in-progress existing on my computer for well over a year now. I'm very pleased to say that with this location's completion that also means that we've mapped every location from Candlekeep Mysteries! Meaning that I may now choose to focus more solely on either Dragon of Icespire Peak, Dragon Heist, or put out a poll to determine the next book we'll delve into.
The map here is full of high-density textures, gradients, and little details which in combination with its scale (it measures 81x71 grid squares!) make the resulting file sizes rather cumbersome. In the ZIP downloads below you'll find the standard grid/no grid variants alongside a completely unfurnished version of the location. However, you'll also find two different compressions options, VTT1 and VTT2:
VTT2: map is 20% of original resolution
VTT1: map is 40% of original resolution
No VTT suffix: map is 80% of original resolution
You'll note from the above that I've chosen to compress even the 'base' version slightly because the raw, full resolution file comes out to ~120mb per map. In a cross-comparison with the original, I believe the difference between it and the 80% resolution featured in the base is negligible. If however you would still like those full resolution map files, I've also included them here as a separate download.
Lykortha Expanse - Full Resolution ZIP Download
As you might imagine from just the JPEGs of this location, the PSD files are exponentially more ridiculous. The raw version of this map clocks in at about 4.5GB, meaning that it has to be saved as a particular kind of photoshop extension (PSB) as regular 'ol photoshop doesn't play around with that. The download link below is to the unfurnished Photoshop file, which still manages to measure at about 1.5GB. If there are any of you who would like that 4.5GB PSB file, please send me a DM or email and I'll generate a download link for you off of patreon (who shockingly, will not host a 4.5GB PSB file).
Enjoy!
Comments
Laura
I’d love to see more DoIP or Waterdeep Dragon Heist! 🎉 Polls are always fun, too 🙂
Venatus Maps
Yeah! Pixel dimensions should remain the same throughout, has more to do with how the visual data is compressed. If you zoom in on each of them you'll definitely notice a loss of quality on the most compressed version
Michael Hermann
Pixel wise all three options have the same size, is that intended? The file sizes differ however, so there must be some loss of information / compression
Scott Miller
This looks fantastic! Selfishly I'd love to see you work on the Planescape adventure, Turn of Fortune's Wheel, but DoIP is also great if only because it adds more around Phandalin.
