Exchange Zone

Gothic 1 Remake guide · intro sequence after being cast into the Colony

This is the intake post where convicts are cast beneath the magical Barrier and supplies from the kingdom are processed into the Colony. After being knocked down and rescued by Diego following your arrival, you can explore the surrounding structures and sheds before walking the road toward the Old Camp. Your main tasks here are interrogating Diego for survival advice, finding initial starting equipment, and getting your bearings before facing hostile fauna down the trail.

Region: Valley of Mines
Levels: 1
Getting there: immediately at the starting lake beneath the Barrier where the Nameless Hero is thrown in
Connects to: Path to the Old Camp, Abandoned Campfire trail
Services and people: Diego
Enemy types: Meatbugs

Items

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Exchange Zone key: in the Exchange Zone structure near the starting lakeHow: steal it from inside the main shed or nearby tableShortbow: from Diego's landing point, turn left toward the Exchange Zone settlement into the locked storage cage inside the shedHow: unlock the Exchange Zone loot cage using the Exchange Zone keyBeer: near the Exchange Zone structureHow: pick it up directly off the groundPipe: beside the Exchange Zone outhouse structureHow: pick it up from the ground

Tips

Note the coloration of item names when scavenging: objects displayed in tan are free to take, whereas those highlighted in red belong to other convicts and picking them up counts as a crime.

Not listed for this area: secrets, enemies, shops and people.

Valley of Mines

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