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''The nights are freezing cold in the desert... A thick dust cloud engulfs everything and you can hear mournful groaning all around you. Occasionally you make out an indistinct figure moving in the shadows. let's hope that it's just your imagination...''

== Shifting Sands ==
The World Beyond is pretty much desert, desert, and more desert. As it is, you'd expect to become [[Thirsty]] while exploring. Save your [[Water Ration|water]] for towards the end of the day after you've walked around the desert, because sleeping [[Thirsty]] means you'll wake up [[Dehydrated]].

== Map ==
The map is your friend. While it doesn't display the people on each square like the one in town does, it does show rough estimates of zombie numbers in zones explored by your fellow townspeople (by color), special locations (a solid small square within the square), as well as expeditions planned by your townspeople. Also, it shows you how to get home.

== Exploring and Scavenging ==
Taking one step in the World Beyond costs 1 [[Action Points|Action Point]]. When you're out of [[Action Points|AP]], you will be unable to move.

At every sector, even depleted ones, you can search the area for materials (free [[Action Points|AP]] action). Doing this will put you into autoscavenge mode, where you will be able to search for an item every two hours. Even in a non-depleted zone, some searches will turn up nothing. You can only search a sector once a day. Consequently, you can only be on autoscavenge mode while you are in the sector and haven't moved. Losing [[Control Points|control]] of the area to zombies also disrupts autoscavenge.

== Trapped ==
* If you're out of AP, you're trapped and cannot move. You can still scavenge the area and proceed to autoscavenge.
* If there are more zombies than human control points (each [[Resident]] generates two control points; the heroic [[Guardian]] generates four), you cannot move. You cannot scavenge or autoscavenge the area.
e.g. There are 3 zombies in your sector, and you are the only human there. You generate 2 control points, the zombies generate 1 each. 3 zombie control points > 2 human control points, you are trapped. 
* If you are in the World Beyond when the zombie horde descends upon the town at 23:00 game time, you will automatically die.

== Special Locations ==
Certain locations will allow a second free action aside from searching the area; you will be allowed to search a special structure or building. However, like areas get depleted, buildings will get emptied out. Unlike depleted areas, which still give the chance of a low-quality material being found, emptied structures may yield nothing.

Some structures will be hidden by undergrowth or debris and require clearing before they can be explored. This can be done using [[Action Points] (10? AP needed) or [[Ness-Quick Weedkiller]]. The latter is naturally preferable.

* [[Burnt School]]
* [[Cave]]
* [[Citizen's Home]]
* [[Construction Site Shelter]]
* [[Cosmetics Lab]]
* [[Derelict Villa]]
* [[Destroyed Pharmacy]]
* [[Disused Car Park]]
* [[Disused Warehouse]]
* [[Equipped Trench]]
* [[Fairground Stall]]
* [[Family Tomb]]
* [[Fast Food Restaurant]]
* [[Fraser D's Kibib Ish]]
* [[Home Depot]]
* [[Indian Burial Ground]]
* [[Mac's Atomic Cafe]]
* [[Old Bicycle Hire Shop]]
* [[Old Hydraulic Pump]]
* [[Old Water Processing Plant]]
* [[Plane Crash Site]]
* [[Small House]]
* [[Smuggler's Cache]]
* [[Wrecked Transporter]]