Doloc Town Map: River Valley Routes & Locations

Doloc Town map quick route

1. Enter River Valley from East Doloc near Lank after the opening story makes the route available.
2. Follow the lower resource route and prepare a Copper Pickaxe for the large river blockage.
3. Clear the blockage to continue toward the Outpost and its transport connection.
4. Return with the Copper Axe for Rockwood and Bamboo, and the Copper Sickle for the Botanical Lab vines.
5. Use double jump and sprint later for upper platforms, shortcuts, and the Top Sign landmark.

How to unlock River Valley

Follow the opening main story until the route east of Doloc Town becomes available, then enter Rivervalley through East Doloc near Lank. You can explore the entrance and lower resource route before owning every Copper tool. The main progression gate is the large river blockage that requires a Copper Pickaxe; clearing it opens the deeper route toward the Outpost.

Do not confuse Rivervalley with Ridge Valley. The dry-season water-level route reported for Ridge Valley is not the unlock condition for this page. Rivervalley instead uses separate tool and movement gates: Copper Pickaxe, Copper Axe, Copper Sickle, double jump and sprint should each be marked independently.

Unlock and return-trip requirements

The Copper Pickaxe is the first major access purchase because it affects story progress and mining in the same trip. Copper Axe and Copper Sickle are not substitutes for the pickaxe: they remove different barriers on later return routes. Upgrade them when the matching Rockwood, Bamboo or Botanical Lab objective becomes useful.

River Valley map locations

The old resource route describes Rivervalley as four vertical layers. It consistently identifies Copper and Coal on the first two layers and an Iron point on the left side of the third layer, where enemies are more dangerous. A complete fourth-layer resource list is To be confirmed, so the map should not add ore icons there without an in-game capture.

Tool gates and what to mark

Use a Pickaxe icon only at the large boulder, large junk or mining gates that truly require it. The Axe icon belongs on the western Rockwood and Bamboo route, while the Sickle icon belongs near Botanical Lab vines. This prevents a player from arriving with the wrong Copper tool after a long walk.

Double jump and sprint are movement abilities rather than ore tools. Mark high ledges, long gaps and return-only shortcuts separately, and distinguish them from the first entry route. A player should be able to read the map as two layers: what is possible on the first visit and what becomes possible after movement upgrades.

Best resource routes

On the first trip, finish farm chores before leaving and use Cardboard Boxes for Stone, Wood, Fiber and ore. Boxes allow repeated pickups to stack without consuming ordinary inventory slots, which reduces emergency return trips. Food and a repaired tool are more valuable than carrying every optional machine part into the valley.

The dedicated mining route becomes much better after the Bus Station is repaired. Fast travel does not consume the same in-game walking time, so a mining day can include more collection and still leave time to unload at the farm. The reported Hidden Coal Cave is useful when Coal blocks Copper Ingot production, but its exact version 1.0 doorway remains To be confirmed.

Outpost services and rewards

The Charcoal Kiln reward is the most important planning detail. Clearing the blockage, delivering Mira's requested item and checking the next day's mail can save research points that would otherwise duplicate the same unlock. The Sleeping Bag is inexpensive compared with the time lost to a failed long route and helps prevent the late-night penalty.

Outpost trash should be searched, but the map must not promise a guaranteed Drone or attachment. The collected gameplay source describes those finds, while fixed spawn behavior in every version 1.0 save is To be confirmed. Display the point as optional loot rather than a required progression marker.

Bus Stations and travel cost

The Bus Station repair becomes available through the mayor's task list after the relevant story meeting. Repairing Farm, Town and Outpost stations creates the useful transport triangle for crops, shops and Rivervalley resources. The complete repair material list is To be confirmed because no reliable collected source provides every requirement.

Use a Bus Ticket when available. A July 2026 guide reports that travel can also be purchased for 30G when no Ticket is held, but the exact version 1.0 interface remains To be confirmed. Koi aquaculture can produce Bus Tickets, turning a fishing investment into lower long-term transport cost.

Achievement landmarks

Mayor's Glory and Doloc, Our New Home are the two direct Rivervalley completion markers. The first follows the cleanup objective, while the second requires reading the top sign rather than merely reaching the area. Double jump and sprint achievements explain access states but do not prove that any particular landmark has been visited.

What not to put on the map

Do not import Ridge Valley's dry-season water condition into Rivervalley. Do not show a fixed fourth-layer ore layout, permanent NPC position or guaranteed Outpost trash reward without a version 1.0 capture. Separate confirmed points from To be confirmed community reports so the visual route remains useful after patches.

The map should use six layers: main story, tool gates, resources, water types, transport and risk. Mark stronger enemies near the reported Iron point, distinguish one-way drops from normal paths, and show refill water only where the character can actually reach it. This is more useful than a decorative map with every icon presented at the same confidence level.