Originally posted by OneEye:

Only areas that you havnt explored will populate with the stuff in the mistlands. If you charted most of your seed then it wouldn’t be a bad idea. You won’t need to make a new Character at all.

To build upon what is stated about this. its also not limited to what's only been explored. There is a render distance beyond the explored places that can affect this. It is best to think on it as being a situation that goes beyond the fog'd/unexplored area. So if there is a mistlands area near where you've explored, but is primarily fog'd as unexplored on the map, potentially part of that will be counted as explored. If you read on threads back in the spring when mountain caves were added, you'll see how that played out/was explained.


So if that is the case with the map that you've been playing on, you've got a few options.

1. Use the same seed with a new name and start building now in areas very very far from where you've explored on your old map so as to not trigger losses.

2. Similar to point 1, wait until Mistlands is added and then do it. At the very least most of the map you'll be familiar with.

3. Use the web based map seed generator to find a completely new map that has intriguing or good mistlands and other options for you to do similar to points 1 or 2.

No matter your considerations, good luck to you.