ARK Scorched Earth Explorer Notes Route — Collect All 134 in Order (2026)

How this works: the notes are points on the map, so we ran a route optimizer (nearest-neighbor + 2-opt) over the coordinates for a near-shortest path. Start at #1 and follow the order; tap rows in the tracker to check them off. Order doesn't affect the XP buff, so skip any you have. Assumes a flyer (straight-line travel); adjust for terrain on the ground.

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Leg 1 · stops 1–30

Stops 1–30

Order	Note	Region / Zone	Coords (Lat, Lon)
1	Raia #3	Central Canyons	49.3, 50.8
2	Raia #2	Central Canyons	51.4, 49.4
3	??? #2	Manticore Arena	51.5, 49.6
4	Helena Walker #20	Central Canyons	54.8, 48.6
5	John Dahkeya #25	Southern Mountains	61.1, 46.9
6	John Dahkeya #4	Southern Mountains	71.1, 48.1
7	Sir Edmund Rockwell #25	Southern West Mountains	80.4, 39.7
8	Helena Walker #26	Oasis Dunes	85.1, 37.3
9	Raia #10	Southern West Dunes	88.7, 38.6
10	Raia #25	Southern West Dunes	84.6, 32.2
11	Helena Walker #22	Southern West Dunes	84.8, 18.9
12	Sir Edmund Rockwell #21	Southern West Dunes	83.2, 19
13	Sir Edmund Rockwell #22	Southern West Dunes	81.8, 17.9
14	John Dahkeya #22	Southern West Dunes	83.6, 15.2
15	Helena Walker #21	Southern West Dunes	85.8, 13.5
16	Sir Edmund Rockwell #3	Southern West Dunes	84.3, 13.9
17	Raia #22	Southern West Dunes	82.2, 13.6
18	Raia #21	Southern West Dunes	79.7, 15.5
19	Sir Edmund Rockwell #1	Southern West Dunes	71.8, 10.5
20	John Dahkeya #3	Southern West Dunes	66.3, 14.4
21	John Dahkeya #23	Southern West Dunes	63.7, 10.4
22	Helena Walker #27	Oasis Dunes	54.8, 13.1
23	Raia #16	Western Dunes	45.8, 9.5
24	John Dahkeya #13	Northern West Dunes	33.6, 10.7
25	John Dahkeya #14	Northern West Dunes	28.5, 12.4
26	Helena Walker #13	Northern West Dunes	23.7, 12.6
27	John Dahkeya #1	Northern West Dunes	17.7, 12.3
28	Helena Walker #11	Northern West Dunes	10.6, 19.5
29	Helena Walker #12	Northern West Mountains	15.7, 21.7
30	John Dahkeya #2	Northern West Mountains	14.8, 27.7

Leg 2 · stops 31–60

Stops 31–60

Order	Note	Region / Zone	Coords (Lat, Lon)
31	HLN-A #6	Northern West Oasis (Genesis 2 Chronicles #6)	13.7, 34.9
32	Helena Walker #15	Northern West Oasis	14.1, 35.3
33	Raia #1	Northern West Dunes	11.2, 40
34	Helena Walker #14	Northern West Dunes	15.8, 40.1
35	Helena Walker #29	Northern High Desert	21.8, 43.1
36	John Dahkeya #8	Northern High Desert	22.4, 44.2
37	Sir Edmund Rockwell #6	Northern West High Desert	24.2, 39
38	Helena Walker #28	Northern West Oasis	17.5, 34.9
39	??? #14	Northern West Mountains	24.4, 29.7
40	Helena Walker #7	Grave of the Tyrants	31.9, 29.4
41	Raia #28	Western Mountains	45.3, 30
42	Raia #29	Western Mountains	46.6, 22.1
43	Raia #17	Western Mountains	49.1, 20.3
44	HLN-A #8	The World Scar bridge (Genesis 2 Chronicles #8)	51.5, 17.1
45	Helena Walker #6	Western High Desert	50.8, 25.1
46	Helena Walker #19	Western High Desert	53, 26.5
47	John Dahkeya #20	Western High Desert	54.5, 31.7
48	??? #8	Southern West Mountains	63.3, 29.4
49	John Dahkeya #24	Southern West High Desert	72.8, 36.6
50	Raia #30	Southern West Oasis	70.2, 39.3
51	HLN-A #9	Southern West Oasis (Genesis 2 Chronicles #9)	68.6, 37.2
52	Helena Walker #23	Southern West High Desert	66, 39.7
53	Raia #23	Southern Mountains	62.7, 44.3
54	Sir Edmund Rockwell #7	Old Tunnels	58, 44.8
55	HLN-A #4	Old Tunnels (Discovery #4)	56.5, 44.7
56	John Dahkeya #5	Central Mountains	53.3, 43.7
57	John Dahkeya #19	Western High Desert	45.6, 34.6
58	Raia #18	Western High Desert	43.1, 37.3
59	John Dahkeya #15	Northern West High Desert	39.7, 41.1
60	Sir Edmund Rockwell #12	Northern High Desert	36.2, 42.2

Leg 3 · stops 61–90

Stops 61–90

Order	Note	Region / Zone	Coords (Lat, Lon)
61	Raia #27	Northern West High Desert	37.5, 40
62	John Dahkeya #16	Northern West High Desert	35.8, 37.8
63	John Dahkeya #17	Northern West High Desert	30.4, 39.7
64	John Dahkeya #18	Northern West High Desert	28.2, 41.7
65	Sir Edmund Rockwell #30	Northern Mountains	30.6, 44.1
66	Sir Edmund Rockwell #11	Northern Canyons	28.3, 49.8
67	Helena Walker #30	Northern Canyons	23.8, 48.9
68	Helena Walker #17	Northern Canyons	23.3, 52.2
69	Helena Walker #8	Northern Canyons	23.4, 53.3
70	Sir Edmund Rockwell #26	Northern Canyons	25.7, 52.7
71	Sir Edmund Rockwell #13	Northern Mountains	27.6, 55.1
72	??? #11	Northern East Badlands	30.7, 56.2
73	John Dahkeya #7	Northern Canyons	30.6, 53.8
74	Sir Edmund Rockwell #27	Northern Canyons	31.5, 51.8
75	Sir Edmund Rockwell #29	Northern Canyons	32.2, 48.9
76	Sir Edmund Rockwell #28	Northern Canyons	37.1, 50
77	HLN-A #6	Northern Canyons (Discovery #6)	40.3, 47.8
78	Helena Walker #1	Central Canyons	43.3, 45
79	Helena Walker #5	Northern Canyons	41, 54.1
80	Raia #19	Eastern Low Desert	43.7, 59.4
81	Sir Edmund Rockwell #20	Central Canyons	44.6, 63
82	John Dahkeya #21	Eastern Badlands	48.7, 64
83	Raia #20	Eastern Low Desert	54.8, 61.5
84	Sir Edmund Rockwell #19	Eastern Badlands	55, 56
85	HLN-A #7	Southern East Badlands (Discovery #7)	57, 56.2
86	Raia #24	Southern East Canyons	60.1, 59.4
87	??? #5	Southern East Badlands	63.3, 61.5
88	John Dahkeya #26	Southern High Desert	65.4, 55.5
89	Raia #5	Central Dunes	69.9, 59.3
90	Raia #12	Southern High Desert	76.1, 60.3

Leg 4 · stops 91–120

Stops 91–120

Order	Note	Region / Zone	Coords (Lat, Lon)
91	John Dahkeya #27	Southern High Desert	78.4, 55.5
92	Raia #26	Southern High Desert	75.8, 54.1
93	John Dahkeya #6	Southern Mountains	78.9, 49.9
94	John Dahkeya #30	Oasis Dunes	86.1, 51.1
95	Helena Walker #4	Southern High Desert	81.6, 63.9
96	Raia #4	South East Dunes	86.1, 68.8
97	Sir Edmund Rockwell #10	South East Dunes	86.3, 69
98	John Dahkeya #29	Oasis Dunes	83.4, 71.8
99	Raia #11	Southern East High Desert	76.8, 69.2
100	HLN-A #7	Southern East High Desert (Genesis 2 Chronicles #7)	76.7, 67.9
101	Helena Walker #25	Southern East Canyons	72.4, 70.8
102	Helena Walker #10	South East Dunes	80, 75.6
103	Raia #7	Ruins of Nosti	78.3, 76.1
104	John Dahkeya #28	South East Dunes	76.5, 76.9
105	Raia #13	South East Dunes	77.4, 77.9
106	HLN-A #5	Ruins of Nosti (Discovery #5)	76.7, 79.6
107	Sir Edmund Rockwell #4	Ruins of Nosti	78.8, 81.9
108	Sir Edmund Rockwell #2	South East Dunes	72, 85.8
109	Sir Edmund Rockwell #24	South East Dunes	66, 86.6
110	Sir Edmund Rockwell #23	South East Dunes	59.4, 86.4
111	Helena Walker #9	Eastern Badlands	51, 86.7
112	Raia #9	Eastern Badlands	50.3, 80.3
113	Sir Edmund Rockwell #9	Eastern Badlands	54.3, 76.4
114	Helena Walker #3	Eastern Badlands	57, 76.1
115	John Dahkeya #10	Eastern Badlands	61.2, 77.8
116	Helena Walker #24	Southern East Low Desert	60.2, 70.7
117	HLN-A #10	Eastern Oasis (Genesis 2 Chronicles #10)	51, 74.3
118	Helena Walker #2	Eastern Low Desert	48.8, 71.1
119	Sir Edmund Rockwell #17	Northern East Badlands	40.5, 77.4
120	John Dahkeya #9	Eastern Dunes	42.3, 88.4

Leg 5 · stops 121–134

Stops 121–134

Order	Note	Region / Zone	Coords (Lat, Lon)
121	Sir Edmund Rockwell #18	Northern East Dunes	39.9, 86.1
122	Raia #14	Northern East Dunes	33.1, 85.7
123	Raia #15	Northern East Dunes	27.6, 88.6
124	John Dahkeya #12	Northern East Dunes	17.6, 87.5
125	Sir Edmund Rockwell #5	Northern East Dunes	13.3, 77.6
126	John Dahkeya #11	Northern East Dunes	24.5, 77.6
127	Sir Edmund Rockwell #15	Northern East Dunes	31.7, 72.6
128	Sir Edmund Rockwell #14	Northern East Badlands	36.2, 68.6
129	Sir Edmund Rockwell #16	Northern East High Desert	31.3, 59.8
130	Sir Edmund Rockwell #8	Northern East Dunes	23.4, 65.1
131	Raia #6	Northern Mountains	22.2, 60.8
132	Raia #8	Northern Dunes	16.8, 56.5
133	Helena Walker #16	Northern Dunes	16.6, 56.6
134	Helena Walker #18	Northern East Dunes	10.4, 66.6

FAQ

Route Questions

What's the fastest way to collect all Scorched Earth explorer notes?

Grab a fast flyer and follow the 134-stop order on this page. It's a near-optimal loop (nearest-neighbor + 2-opt over the coordinates) that minimizes backtracking.

Do I have to collect them in order?

No — order doesn't change the XP buff or unlocks. This route just minimizes travel. Skip any you already have and keep going down the list.

What's the best flyer for collecting notes?

Any fast, high-stamina flyer — a Snow Owl, Griffin, or leveled Argentavis. Bring temperature gear for cold or hot zones, and SCUBA for any underwater stops.

Is this route exact?

It's a near-optimal straight-line order between the coordinates, so it assumes a flyer. On the ground, terrain can change the best path, but the order still keeps you moving one direction instead of crisscrossing.

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