Directions to the new world- how to get to America?

**slippybee** · 11-13-2006, 14:37

Hi

looooong time player, first time poster.

Played the game far too much over the weekend. Playing English VH/VH.

Loving it so far, despite the odd niggle, another really fine addition to the series.

Played beyond the end of the campaign as the English, which I lost due to some turtling early on and a prolonged fight with the Danes and the French (who were replaced by the Milanese).

I've carried on playing partly because it's an engaging struggle but also to see if I could reach the New World. Has anybody got there yet ? Did you need the Explorer guild ? What triggered the Guild being offered to you ?

Played a couple of custom battles yesterday on the Myan Jungle map as the Spanish on VH as a substitute. Got an absolute pasting both times.

I'm no expert, despite many years of playing the series, but it was genuinely refreshing to be absolutely overwhelmed by the Aztec infrantry despite my technological superiority.

So..............any directions anyone ?

Thanks

**Shadow_Wolf33** · 11-13-2006, 16:34

well, I'm not 100% sure, but I'm betting you probably have to go west, somewhere around the 1400s...it might be east, I'm not sure though.

**TanOrpheus** · 11-13-2006, 17:25

Sometime towards the end of the campain (turn 180 ish?) Sorry don't know exactly when, you will notice that the minimap in the bottom left of the campain gets an extra 20% of black nothingness added to it. I'm fairly sure there's a message at this time to hint that it's there. When that black area appears you just need to send a boat directly west from Lisbon or directly west from Ireland and you'll find it, eventually.