Walk from cradle to volcano.

Eleven zones follow one another, each with its own level band. The band belongs to the region: no level here is adjusted to you.

A planet of hexagons seen from space, its zones one against the next.

Walk to the sea, not into it.

More than half the planet is under water, and the open sea is not walked: it carries no level band and no creature, and nothing comes of searching it. A lake is an ordinary hex.

Read the lean of the ground.

Ground leans towards an element and never declares one. A coastline takes any element: there is nothing to read there.

The ground sheet: one hex, its level band, and what there is to do on it.

Go back to the stable whenever you like.

You occupy one hex, you can see which, and the way back to the stable is always offered. So a long walk stays a choice instead of a trap.