Block Explorers & Traveling

our Block Explorer is your avatar on the map. Customisable. Collectible. Required.

What Block Explorers do

  • Wander cities and discover treasures.
  • Carry your identity across the map.
  • Get assigned to specific cities to maximize discovery range.

Block Explorer Trails

Block explorers leave a marked trail that indicates the properties they visit as they traverse the map. This trail will start to appear after your block explorer starts moving. These trails also give you the chance to take a look at the properties your block explorer has discovered. After a certain period of time, the trail will vanish.

Customisation

  • Visitors start with one default Block Explorer.
  • Uplanders can collect more, change appearance, and assign different Block Explorers per city.
  • Pro and above unlock more exclusive Block Explorers — wearable status across the map.

Getting from A to B in Upland matters. Travel is part of the strategy.

Two ways to travel

  • Let your Block Explorer wander. Automatic, free, but slow and random.
  • Use a Send. Direct your Block Explorer to a specific minted property. You can chain multiple sends to cover longer distances.

Travel within your city

If you own property across a city, you get free traversal between your own properties — a real competitive advantage for treasure hunting and Trove collection.

Travel Between Cities

Whether players are looking for a change of scenery or are chasing challenges across the map, traveling from one city to another is a big part of the Upland experience.

Air Travel

‍Flights are the main mode of travel between San Francisco and New York. To board a flight, send your explorer either to any plane terminal. Please note that some terminals are domestic terminals are marked with a white icon, while international terminals are marked with a yellow icon.

Each airport has several Terminals. When you head to an airport, select a Terminal in the popup window when Sending your Block Explorer to the airport. Capacity at terminals is limited every day.

Once you have reached the airport, click the terminal icon nearest to you to open the Flights Menu. This will display available flights by type and destination.

Please note that flights take time. The longer the distance, the more time it takes. Travel is not instant. This is a part of the real-world simulation Upland strives for. ‍

Train Travel

Trains function similarly to airplanes, but are slower and less expensive (like the real world). Also, there may be less routes available at a bus Terminal. For example, the bus in Arlington only travels to Dallas.

To travel on a train, first send your explorer to a train Terminal on the map. A popup window will prompt you to choose which station you wish to travel to. Select the station, then sit back and relax and enjoy the journey!

Buses

These are the slowest forms of transportation, but are often cheaper. Busses only travel to select cities. Look for the bus icon on the map to discover routes and other information before traveling.

Car travel

Players can drive personal vehicles to travel between cities on the same landmass. Car travel requires players to fuel their vehicles by staking $SPARKLET, select a destination property, and wait out a real-time travel duration based on distance.