SkimsandsReport
English：Skimsands · Locations
Rocky desert. No man's land. Main settlements: Tengu's Vault.
The Holy Nation's patrol lines and the United Cities' overlap on this rock and sand; both sides send troops, neither will found a town, and the front has stayed frozen that way for fifteen years. What actually rules here are the Skimmer packs that climb out of the sand after dark.
Terrain
The terrain is Rocky desert.
Who holds it
No man's land
- The Holy Nation Patrols
- United Cities Patrols
- Rebel Farmers Roaming
- Manhunters Roaming
- Mercenary Guild Present
Settlements
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Tengu's Vault | Outpost |
Inhabitants
Races: Greenlander, Scorchlander
Faiths: Faith of Okran
Wildlife
Notable units
| Name | Type | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Vault Warden | Hostile boss | Tengu's Vault | A high-level boss carrying a Meitou-grade Jitte, and the biggest obstacle to any jailbreak plan. He carries no bounty himself. |
| Luquin | Recruitable | Tengu's Vault cell block | A Scorchlander fifteen years inside for assassinating Lord Kurusaga. Free him and he joins for nothing — or turn him in the other way for 30,000 Cats. |
| Espher | Recruitable | Tengu's Vault cell block | The only guaranteed Southern Hive Worker Drone in the game. Once freed he has to be escorted clear of the prison before he formally joins. |
| Sinklyde | Recruitable | Tengu's Vault cell block | A Shek of the madman type. Once recruited he runs the "Villain" dialogue pack and has no lines of his own. |
| Hex | Hostile | Tengu's Vault cell block | An anti-Empire Scorchlander fugitive. Let her out and she only runs off looking for a farm that stopped existing long ago. She cannot be recruited, and her value is exactly those 25,000 Cats. |
| Screamy | Hostile | Tengu's Vault cell block | A prisoner whose mind is gone: near 0 in every stat, yet carrying a 20,000 Cats bounty — the easiest head in the whole Vault. |
| Psycho | Hostile | Tengu's Vault cell block | A Greenlander fugitive with very high Martial Arts. He has a bounty, but the official data does not list the amount. Let him out and he simply runs off on his own. |
| Yabuta of the Sands | Quest-related | Tengu's Vault cell block | Let him escape alive and the "Yabuta Outlaws" come into being; from then on 5–9-strong Yabuta Outlaw patrols show up in the zone. |
History
- Fifteen years ago the Holy Nation punched through the border defences in one push, and the line froze about here — today the two armies only patrol the sand, and neither will take another step forward.
- The assassin Luquin killed several nobles, was paraded through the streets, and was locked into Tengu's Vault at the southern end of this zone — fifteen years ago and counting.
- A Behemoth's hand juts out of the sand — those oversized First Empire weapons did not even get to pick where they were buried.
Getting there
Resupply inside the region: Tengu's Vault.
The nearest city is World's End (Arm of Okran), just across the border.
Regions you can walk into directly from here:
| Region |
|---|
| Arm of Okran |
| Bast |
| Heng |
| Iron Valleys |
| Spine Canyon |
| The Black Desert |
| The Eye |
| The Great Desert |
NoteThis article is assembled from the region dossier; facts come from the Kenshi Fandom Wiki and in-game data, and the navigation section is computed from the 72-region adjacency graph.