South WetlandsReport
English：South Wetlands · Locations
Swamp. No man's land. Main settlements: Slave Markets, Swamp Ninja Base.
One big lake, two ninja outfits that draw on sight, and a slave market that neither farms nor mines — the only industry here is sorting people, pricing them, and shipping them south. The Blood Spiders in the water will swim after you.
Terrain
The terrain is Swamp.
Who holds it
No man's land
- Swamp Ninjas Controls
- Red Sabres Hostile
- Slave Traders Controls
Settlements
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Slave Markets | Outpost |
| Swamp Ninja Base | Outpost |
Inhabitants
Races: Greenlander, Scorchlander, Shek
Wildlife
Swamp Turtle, Blood Spider, Swamp Raptor
Notable units
| Name | Type | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slave Market Master | Hostile boss | Slave Markets (noble house) | A Traders Guild noble guarded by 4 Empire noble guards and 4 Samurai Heavies; kill him or haul him off and the whole Slave Markets go to ruin. |
| Shade | Hostile boss | Swamp Ninja Base | Leader of the Swamp Ninjas, wielding a guardless katana in Standard grade armour; while she lives the zone spawns ninja patrols led by Jonin. |
| Red Sabre Boss | Hostile boss | The source of the Red Sabre patrols here (his own base, the Red Sabre Hideout, lies in the neighbouring Swamp) | The wanted poster calls him the Red Bandit; he carries a Meitou horse chopper. While he lives the zone spawns Water Clan squads of 7–11, after his death only 2–6. |
| Headshot | Recruitable | Slave Markets, slaver bar | A Shek slave hunter with 55 Turrets and 50 Crossbows, one of the best early ranged recruits in the game. |
| Ray | Recruitable | Slave Markets bar (bought from the Bar fly) | A mute Hive Soldier Drone whose tongue was cut out; buying him costs −5 Slave Traders relations, and killing the Bar fly first makes him permanently unrecruitable. |
| Bar fly | Merchant | Slave Markets bar | Ray's owner, an Empire Peasant; recruiting Ray means trading with her first, so do not swing at her. |
| Garret | Neutral | Slave Markets bar | A unique slave trader drinking in the bar with his own slave in tow, not recruitable; accused of loving slaves, he insists the man is only carrying his luggage. |
| Scarred Adventurer | Recruitable | Slave Markets | A randomly named freelance killer with a treacherous personality; the scar on his face came from opening a tin can with a knife. |
| Soldier Drone Swordslinger | Recruitable | Slave Markets | A randomly named, brave-natured Hive Soldier Drone who walked out when his owner told him to put the blade down. |
| Wall Man | Recruitable | Slave Markets | A randomly named Hive Worker Drone who specialises in walls; the South Wetlands are a popular place for a fortress on the water, which makes him worth taking along. |
| Slaver Boss | Merchant | Slave Markets, slave shop | He will buy knocked-out Starving Bandits and Rebel Farmers off you; you can also pay to buy a slave, which amounts to freeing them. |
| Swamp Ninja Jonin | Hostile | Swamp Ninja Base | The strongest Swamp Ninja rank inside the base; make sure the squad can hold against Jonin before you go in. |
History
- The Slave Markets have no industry at all — they produce nothing, they only sort and price the people the Red Sabres and the Swamp Ninjas bring in, then pass them on to Slave Farm South.
- In the game files the Red Sabres are still named the Water Clan, and their range overlaps exactly with the outlaws of the Red Rebellion — whether that is coincidence or descent, the game never says.
- The Swamp Ninjas keep their headquarters here rather than in the Swamp they are named after; the balance between them and the Red Sabres rests entirely on which boss falls first.
Getting there
Resupply inside the region: Slave Markets, Swamp Ninja Base.
The nearest city is Catun (Bonefields), just across the border.
Regions you can walk into directly from here:
| Region |
|---|
| Bonefields |
| Burning Forest |
| High Bonefields |
| The Crater |
| The Grid |
| The Hook |
| The Swamp |
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.