Age of Wonders: Planetfall – Landmarks
Fog of War
The Fog of War represents the area outside the vision range of units and cities. Units can be detected through the Fog of War by structures and units which project Scan Range. Structure guards and NPC faction units that aren’t hostile will appear as yellow spots while while enemy and marauder units will appear as red spots. Initially only the location of units will be detected but research can allow Scan Range to reveal more information such as the commander or faction a unit belongs to.
Pickups
Pickups are one-time packages of resources that are scattered across the map and may be defended or undefended. In addition to its standard reward a Pickup will sometimes trigger a bonus event themes around its resource. These bonuses include items, map locations, units and events affecting relations with NPC factions.
Hazards
Some sectors will feature hazards, crater locations guarded by a strong enemy that drastically debuff both the sector’s economic output of sectors and the units positioned in it. Hazards can be removed after researching the Hazard Removal technology. Late game factions are able to create new hazards.