Dark Sun 2e Distance Calculator

A long time ago we did a distance calculator, it was a mess of tables. Then Gab converted it to a quick little webapp. Now, we've brought it back. Please note that these are only distances for 2e Dark Sun, not the much larger 4th edition map. Dark Sun 2e Distance Calculator


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at http://athas.org/news/395
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This is awesome. Thank you.

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This works so much better than me having to measure the map with my ruler. Thank you

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Nifty little calculator, very helpful!

Thanks for sharing!
And thank you to the people who poured so much time into making it! We appreciate it!

Hi! Do you think it would be possible to have a new version with 4e distances and/or more places? If it helps, I would provide a table with the different distances.

At the moment I have a spreadsheet with the distances between different places, but it doesn’t calculate the distance between places that have intermediate points (ex. Tyr to Fort Skonz, ok; Tyr to Altaruk ko)

I realize this is a reply two and a half years later, but for what it’s worth, here is a portion of the original table that was used to generate the distances with the miles used in the program.
I added a x3 multiplier to get the 4e distances which seems to be consistent with the 4e map. YMMV.

Journey/Terrain Type 2e Miles 4e Miles
Abalath to Silver Spring 20 60
Altaruk to Abalath 27 81
Altaruk to Fort Adros 74 222
Altaruk to Fort Klavis 49 147
Altaruk to Grak’s Pool 28 84
Azeth’s Rest to Kurn 167 501
Azeth’s Rest to Silt Side 194 582
Azeth’s Rest to South Guard 140 420
Bitter Well to Ket 80 240
Draj to Bitter Well 27 81
Fort Adros to Walis 87 261
Fort Amber to Altaruk 25 75
Fort Ebon to Draj 32 96
Fort Galmis to Celik 116 348
Fort Glamis to Balic 35 105
Fort Isus to Nibenay 37 111
Fort Klavis to Gulg 24 72
Fort Klavis to N Ledopolus 47 141
Fort Protector to New Kurn 27 81
Fort Ral to Azeth’s Rest 83 249
Fort Skonz to Altaruk 31 93
Fort Skonz to Fort Amber 10 30
Fort Skonz to Silver Spring 42 126
Fort Thetis to Fort Glamis 82 246
Fort Xalis to Raam 23 69
Grak’s Pool to S Ledopolus 27 81
Ket to Fort Ral 74 222
Kurn to Fort Protector 20 60
Raam to Fort Ebon 25 75
Raam to Fort Isus 60 180
S Ledopolus to Fort Glamis 16 48
Shazlim to Fort Isus 37 111
Shazlim to Raam 55 165
Silver Spring to Shazlim 40 120
Silver Spring to Urik 63 189
Tyr to Fort Skonz 26 78
Urik to Fort Xalis 50 150
Walis to Fort Thetis 59 177
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I’ve also noticed that sometimes the calculator won’t always give the the shortest distance between two locations. For example Raam to Urik gives a different path and thus different overall distance result than Urik to Raam.

Same with Altaruk to Draj and Draj to Altaruk.

Also, from what I understand, this calculator only considers the paths that link two points of useable trade routes with a “road” per the map. Which is why a distance from Nibenay to Gulg is like 234 miles and not more like 30 miles.

And one last thing.

Here is a table of distances of major cities and trade hubs. In the case of the same locations that had different from/to distances, as mentioned above, I went with the shortest.

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I’ve spent a lot of time out in the desert; everything is further than it looks.

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