Polaroids

Polaroids are collectible items that were added in the Fearless Navigator update. They are polaroid photographs with an inscription on the back informing the player which region each Polaroid belongs to. They are most commonly found on bodies or in backpacks of past survivors.

Polaroids are purely used for surveying. After collecting a Polaroid, an icon will appear on the player's map to show where the Vista the Polaroid corresponds to is located. If the player stands at the Vista location shown in the Polaroid and surveys the location with Charcoal (provided that the weather is clear), a large area of the Map will be revealed.

- Note that the only regions without Polaroids are Broken Railroad, Desolation Point, Transfer Pass, and Transition Regions, likely due to their small sizes. There are a total of 27 Polaroids:

• Vista Polaroid: Some regions (Some have 2 Polaroids, instead of 1).
• Tales Polaroids: Some are part of Tales progression Collectibles.

Vista Polaroids

There are currently a total of 21 Vista Polaroids.

Polaroid	Region	Locations	Vista
	Ash Canyon	In a Hidden Cache located next to the rope rock holding first of three ropes leading up to the Gold Mine, in the northwest part of the map. In a Plastic Container south of Miner's Folly and east of Foreman's Retreat, in an open ended cave with a pine bed. In Trunk at the southern edge of the map, right in the middle. To get there you need to jump down from the plateau on the way to the Prepper Cache. Just north of the previous spawn point, after heading down a one-way drop, just before a log bridge a metal container containing a polaroid may spawn. In a Plastic Container northwest of Fire Overlook, in the dead-end behind the birch saplings. In a Plastic Container south of Stone Shelf Cave, across a fallen tree bridge on the western side of the map. In a Plastic Container north of Wolf's Jaw Overlook, where the path takes a sharp turn west, next to the wooden sign. In a Metal Container where you head north along the mountain wall from the Climber's Cave and hit a cliff. Under the cliff is the area where the Angler's Den is located.	High Meadow, Wolf's Jaw Overlook
	Blackrock	Attached to the large sign just outside of the Blackrock Penitentiary entrance. Inside the Whistling Perch hunter's blind	Ledge overlooking the ravine on the path to Last Prospect Mine, Pylon southeast of the Prison
	Bleak Inlet	In the southwestern Hunter's Blind, west of Washed Out Trailers. In a green box hidden amongst scrub brushes surrounded by large rocks, east of the rope climb. At the end of the Secret Mountain Path. Plastic container, rear base of island with Fallen Lighthouse.	Echo One Radio Tower
	Coastal Highway	On a hill northwest of Rockfall, in a backpack or on a Corpse. In a backpack between Misanthrope's Homestead and Jackrabbit Island In a backpack near the cabin northwest of The Tooth On a body next to a fallen tree north of Fishing Camp In a backpack on the ledge beneath the Abandoned Lookout On a corpse south of Jackrabbit Island, sitting at the base of the cliff In a backpack next to The Tooth	Abandoned Lookout
	Forlorn Muskeg	In the Low Blind, near where the Abandoned Camp sometimes spawns At the High Blind On a dead body north of Old Spence Family Homestead, around the storage room with barrel In the shallow cave in Marsh Ridge In a briefcase near the Bunkhouses In Metal Container in a Cave west of Old Spence Family Homestead In a Bear Cave south of the Broken Railroad entrance Plastic container up the hill south of and overlooking Old Spence Family Homestead (down in a dip, difficult to see unless next to the rocks)	Shortwave Tower, Muskeg Overlook
	Forsaken Airfield	On a table in Island Cottage In a car's visor near Junker's Paddock	Cliffside south of Field 31,Mindful Cabin
	Hushed River Valley	In a metal container near the Landslide In a briefcase next to a body at the Moose Overlook In a briefcase on ledge across a fallen tree in southeastern corner of the map, south of southern Mysterious Signal Fire In a plastic container on a hill between the bear cave and ice cave in the northwest region of the map In a plastic container on the Valley View Point hill	Pensive Vista
	Mountain Town	Next to a backpack at Rocky Refuge In a backpack next to a body, on a small hill about 100 meters north of the Paradise Meadows Farm In the car across from the Bear cave east of the Spruce Falls Bridge In a briefcase by the cave below the Crashed Plane	Radio Tower
	Mystery Lake	On the steps leading up to the Destroyed Lookout In the cave at the plateau with Lake Overlook On a body north of the isolated cabin south of the Clearcut and north of the Unnamed Pond Under the door of the Isolated Cabin north of Unnamed Pond In a backpack in the cave near the top of the Mystery Lake (Western Access) mountaineering rope In a backpack in the bear's den on Mystery Lake north of the Lone Lake Cabin On a body Northwest of Clearcut On a body Northeast of Logging Camp	Forestry Lookout, Lake Overlook
	Pleasant Valley	Under a chair in the front section of the plane at the Crash Site Next to a backpack In the Burned Ridge Cave In a backpack surrounded by the large rocks near the Pleasant Valley Farmstead In the metal container in the wrecked house near the Prepper's Abandoned Cache On a dead body east of Three Strikes Farmstead	Signal Hill
	Sundered Pass	On the bunk/shelf of Final Refuge Cabin (Sundered Pass) at Old Settlement, partially hidden beneath two paintings on the upstairs. Cabin (Sundered Pass) at Old Settlement, leaning against a painting on a shelf downstairs. On a Frozen Corpse close to the ruined Basement (Sundered Pass) building at the Old Settlement	Cliff near Prayerful Window overlooking the Old Settlement, Cliff overlooking Perilous Crossing and Ogre's Teardrop
	Timberwolf Mountain	In a cave at the Summit, on a frozen corpse or in a plastic container. In the Forest Cave in the southeast corner of the map. Two possible spawns exist here, one in a briefcase, another in a backpack On a hill north of Forest Cave, east of the Wing in a backpack In a cave on the eastern edge of the map, to the north across the fallen tree over the transition to Ash Canyon. Two spawns exist here, one in a briefcase, another in a backpack. On a corpse next to the unnamed waterfall near Andre's Peak In a plastic container on Andre's Peak In a backpack on Echo Peak West In a plastic container on Echo Peak East On a corpse, South of Eric's Falls and just North of the falls with no rope	Andre's Peak, Summit
	Zone of Contamination	On the train station office corkboard in Indolent Hoppers On the dashboard of an Haul Truck parked in the mining pit.	Cliff near Boss's Settlement, Cliff near Welkin's Window

Tales Polaroids

The following items are photos found while progressing the Tales in Tales from the Far Territory. They do not give a Polaroid Vista but instead are a hint meant to lead the player to a location. They are stored in the Polaroids Collections menu when found.

Photo	Name	Location	Leads to
	Faded Photograph	Found inside Security Chief's Log (illegible)	Leads to Enduring Waterfall
	Foreman's Polaroid 1	Found inside Foreman's Technical Log 1	Leads to Last Lonely House
	Foreman's Polaroid 2	Found inside Foreman's Technical Log 2	Leads to a ruined building housing Basement (Sundered Pass)
	Foreman's Polaroid 3	Found inside Foreman's Technical Log 3	Leads to a closet in Bunker Omega
	Foreman's Polaroid 4	Found inside Foreman's Technical Log 4	Just a Collectible
	Foreman's Polaroid 5	Found inside Basement (Sundered Pass)	Leads to the stairs near Roamer's Cave

Examine Text

Photo	Item Name	Item Text	Examine Text
	PostCard AC CentralSpire	An old Polaroid photo. There is text scribbled on the back with details of a Great Bear Island Vista location.	All the way up this high plateau. Only to spot a half dozen more more towers to climb! What a day!
	PostCard AC TopShelf	An old Polaroid photo. There is text scribbled on the back with details of a Great Bear Island Vista location.	Can't believe I have to go BACK over that dang bridge. View was worth it!
	PostCard BR Canyon	An old Polaroid photo. There is text scribbled on the back with details of a Blackrock Vista location.	Had a nice look at Mule Bridge and the falls, but from the other side. What a climb.
	PostCard BR Prison	An old Polaroid photo. There is text scribbled on the back with details of a Blackrock Vista location.	Found a higher spot to get a shot of the prison for you. Tried to make it scenic. Are power lines scenic?
	BI EchoOne RadioTower	An old Polaroid photo. There is text scribbled on the back with details of a Bleak Inlet Vista location.	Snapped a pic, thought you might like one. Hard to believe how long we stuck it out in that damn fish biz. I swear I can still smell it sometimes! - J.
	PostCard CR AbandonedLookout	An old Polaroid photo. There is text scribbled on the back with details of a Great Bear Island Vista location.	WAAA-HOOOO!! Great Bear isn't what I expected. It's even better. The locals look at me funny when I tell them my hobby, but I make do. So many ruins to pick through. I found this empty lookout tower near the coast that made for some spooky photos. - B.
	PostCard AF Plateau	An old Polaroid photo. There is text scribbled on the back with details of a Great Bear Island Vista location.	Bleak, desolate, sublime. A memory I [...smugged...]
	PostCard AF Cabin	An old Polaroid photo. There is text scribbled on the back with details of a Great Bear Island Vista location.	What a shot, can't believe we got up there!
	PostCard FM ShortwaveTower	An old Polaroid photo. There is text scribbled on the back with details of a Timberwolf Mountain Vista location.	These lousy towers keep me so busy that I snapped a pic just for you. This is what keeps me away from home all these weeks! But I'm almost done. - L.
	PostCard FM MuskegOverlook	An old Polaroid photo. There is text scribbled on the back with details of a Timberwolf Mountain Vista location.	Some wandering soul last winter took me to the strangest, most desolate part of Great Bear. Looking out over this broken marshland, I couldn't help but think of you. What a time we had! - C.
	PostCard RV Pensive	An old Polaroid photo. There is text scribbled on the back with details of a Hushed River Valley Vista location.	Look at this spot! Had to climb like hell to get all the way up there, but it was worth it. Even saw a rainbow. :) - N.
	PostCard MT RadioTower	An old Polaroid photo. There is text scribbled on the back with details of a Mountain Town Vista location.	Hey bud! I was up and about the other day finally. Got all the way up above Milton, near the tower up there. Leg's feeling great! - Dad
	PostCard ML ForestryLookout	An old Polaroid photo. There is text scribbled on the back with details of a Mystery Lake Vista location.	A ranger let me into this old Forestry Lookout near Mystery Lake. Didn't stay long. The wind sure howls up there at night! - H.
	PostCard ML LakeOverlook	An old Polaroid photo. There is text scribbled on the back with details of a Mystery Lake Vista location.	The view up here is amazing! You can see the entire Lake region almost. A tough climb up all those ropes, but so worth it. I'll show you the spot next time we are out here. - B.
	PostCard PV SignalHill	An old Polaroid photo. There is text scribbled on the back with details of a Pleasant Valley Vista location.	This is what I see every day at work! Weather service radio, with a touch of music when I get the chance. Who needs the Mainland? - S.
	PostCard MP BrokenRoad	An old Polaroid photo. There is text scribbled on the back with details of a Great Bear Island Vista location.	Incredible to see the high snowfield from up here -- and the avalanches!
	PostCard MP OgresTeardrop	An old Polaroid photo. There is text scribbled on the back with details of a Great Bear Island Vista location.	Scouting a new approach to the Teardrop - - what a view!
	PostCard TM AndresPeak	An old Polaroid photo. There is text scribbled on the back with details of a Timberwolf Mountain Vista location.	I found a special place today. It's not the highest peak near Timberwolf, but it might have the sweetest view of Crystal Lake I've found up there. Just stunning. - L.
	PostCard TM TailSection	An old Polaroid photo. There is text scribbled on the back with details of a Timberwolf Mountain Vista location.	You wouldn't believe it if I told you where I've been today!!:) All the way up Timberwolf. A slog, but I made it. Can't believe how clear the sky is at night. -A.
	PostCard MR Settlement	An old Polaroid photo. There is text scribbled on the back with details of a Great Bear Island Vista location.	Just past these old, rotting foundations up there, near the edge. One hell of a view. - H
	PostCard MR Window	An old Polaroid photo. There is text scribbled on the back with details of a Great Bear Island Vista location.	Took a wrong turn after leaving the Airfield. Found myself a little spot little cave with a distant waterfall in sight. Peaceful. - S

Gallery

The front and back of several Polaroids

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