When the Caldera is on the island
The Caldera is one half of the region-four coin flip; the other half is the Gloom. In the current 208-island pool the Caldera and the Gloom each appear on 104 days, and the Caldera always hands over to the Kiln as region five. It follows Tropics · Alpine and Roots · Mesa on 31 days each, and Tropics · Mesa and Roots · Alpine on 21 days each.
A Caldera island returns 208 days later with identical markers (how the daily map works).
What a typical Caldera map holds
The Caldera is a short list. No belltowers and no critters appear here. What you can count on:
- One Ancient Statue, every day, in the temple at the far end. It is the last statue of the run, because the Kiln has none.
- One amulet, every day. Which of the four it is changes by island.
- Regular luggage averages about 3.7 (0 to 7) and big luggage about 4.1 (1 to 8).
- Explorer’s luggage on 78 of 104 days, up to 5.
- Ancient luggage on 67 of 104 days, up to 4.
- Clown luggage on 12 of 104 days, one box when it appears.
Which markers are worth a detour
Every step off the safe rocks races the lava, so be choosy.
- The amulet. One of each per island, and on Caldera days one of them is always here.
- Explorer’s luggage. Chain launchers and pitons get a group up the Kiln. On Caldera days without one, check the Kiln page: the Kiln has explorer’s luggage on 88 of 104 days.
- Big luggage near the temple. The Kiln has no natural food and no campfire, so these are your last chance to stock up.
- Ancient luggage, if the route allows. It deals 20 Injury, so open it before you cross heated rock, not after.
- The statue is on the way anyway. Know where it is before anyone dies: using it when nobody is dead spends it on a mystical item. See how to revive.
For the Jester badge, the Caldera averages only 0.1 clown luggage. Look at the earlier regions and the Kiln.
Reading the map view
With about a dozen markers, icons rarely overlap, but the view shows no depth: two boxes that look side by side may sit on different rock towers. Open the location in the 3D map and rotate the camera to check its height and approach. Open 3D map
Stay safe on the lava
The lava lake rises and falls, glowing rocks erupt, and condors circling the hot rock towers can carry off a scout who gets close. Plan while the lava is up and move the moment it drops. Heat, gear and the full route are in the Caldera and Kiln guide.
Quick answers
Is there clown luggage in the Caldera?
Rarely. 12 of 104 Caldera days have one. The Kiln above it has clown luggage on 73 of 104 days.
Where is the Caldera’s Ancient Statue?
In the temple at the end of the region, before the tunnel to the Kiln. It is the only statue in regions four and five on Caldera days.
Is today a Caldera day or a Gloom day?
The status box at the top of this page answers that and shows the next Caldera date. The Kiln always follows the Caldera, so the answer covers both.
