Finding story locations without doing the story?

[CastIronFabric]

Is it even theoretically possible to find, lets say, the Village without even knowing the map location as a challenge?

I know the RA could be impossible becasue the one in my play is literally inside a mountain with the entry not exposed but the village perhaps?

To be clear, I am not asking this becasue I want to avoid the storyline I am just curious if it could theoretically be possible as a hard core challenge.

 

Edited Sunday at 12:44 AM by CastIronFabric

[PoisonedPawn777]

It's possible, I stumbled upon the Lazaret by accident before even going to the RA in my current world. Wasn't looking for it, just ran over it on my way to get chalk.

[LadyWYT]

It's possible, though somewhat improbable due to the distance from spawn. I'm pretty sure this is partly why the Chapter Two locations are so far away; at least two of them are easily spotted from a distance, especially with the map enabled. It's also possible, but not ideal, to skip Chapter One entirely as well as skip most of Chapter Two, though this is improbable as well unless one really knows what to look for.

56 minutes ago, CastIronFabric said:

I am just curious if it could theoretically be possible as a hard core challenge.

It does make for a pretty fun challenge for a world you really want to take your time on. That being said, it may be necessary to "cheat" a bit to get some pointers due to what you already mentioned about the RA entrance being buried. This is what happened to my friend and I the one time we attempted this kind of challenge, lol.

[williams_482]

Every once in a while somebody on Reddit posts a picture of the RA front door or the Devastation fog and asks what the heck is going on, so it's definitely possible to stumble into them by accident if you wander far enough.