The Limbo Archipelago — Islands & Map
Five named islands plus a late-game stop. You still fly the seaplane by hand; Autopilot unlocks per island after you repair that island's radio tower.
Facts last checked: September 14, 2026 · full-game source review completed September 14, 2026
Full-game source review completed on September 14, 2026. Facts tagged demo still come from the free demo.
Known Islands
| Island | People | What we know |
|---|---|---|
| Lou's Island | — | Hub: Lab, Refinery, Jackie's boat, Job Board, the fenced build plot, cargo hold (silo still planned). Beach, jungle, waterfall, cliffs plus a western islet and a southern isle (demo map). 12 treasure chests. Heavy Ore in the cave. Gold Potato with the Scooper. |
| Tangle Bloom | The Charneys | Liveliest town, due south of Lou's Island — stone streets, Mayor Bubo, balloons and airships (demo). First flight; Jane researches nearby. First radio-tower stop after you can fly. |
| Norleaf | — | A full-game early island, not demo-only. Gondo's boat. Waterberry grows giant plants you jump to reach Bobster's broken tower. Circuitry is dug here. This guide uses Norleaf, the name found in the cited walkthroughs and the official demo announcement. The German name shown in the current game UI has not been verified here. |
| Gleam Reef | The Vooi | North-northeast on the map. Need the Glider to progress. Groove Herb opens fan updrafts. Pink bowl coral yields Pulsitium. Pirate den and goo. Outlined in GameSpew, TheXboxHub and Into Indie Games. |
| Boulderia | The Gorplins | Northwest. Sugar-crystal mines, minecarts to the heights, Scooper tires. GameSpew + TheXboxHub review. |
Official copy still says each island hides treasures and unique problems. The demo added Norleaf to the four originally named islands. A screenshot treasure map is not published.
Single-source: GameSpew is currently the only full walkthrough that names a last stop, Island of Soussom, reached through Tangle Bloom Town. No separate card here until a second write-up exists. Check in-game.
Radio towers and how islands stack
Each island has a damaged radio tower. Repair it, and finish the conversation with Hefti about the function, to unlock Autopilot to that island and more jobs (GameSpew, TheXboxHub, Into Indie Games, Gamer Social Club). TheXboxHub's review also treats the islands as vertical: wooden bridges on Lou's Island, gliding on Gleam Reef, minecarts on Boulderia.
Single-source: GameSpew's Norleaf tower list is 6× Refined Wood + 4× Refined Metal. That count is only in their walkthrough — we keep it on the walkthrough with their name on it. Check in-game.
The Community Hub on Lou's Island
- Refinery — converts raw scoops into refined materials, with a 2× output multiplier per run (demo);
- Jane's Lab — the blue atom-signed “LAB” building for gear upgrades (Jane herself is away in the demo);
- Jackie's Treasures — boathouse shop for quest items and goods;
- Job Board — side jobs for Spark Cores (GameSpew + TheXboxHub);
- Plus a windmill and the rebuild projects your materials feed into.
Treasure, potatoes, ore
The in-game map shows 12 chests on Lou's Island; hands-on reports have verified the contents of four so far — clothing items, an extra inventory slot and a shellings stash — so treat 12 as the map's total and four as what's been opened and documented. Chests can also hold coins (press preview).
Gold Potato is a Scooper find on Lou's Island (GameSpew + TheXboxHub). Heavy Ore is in Lou's cave (same two).
Single-source: TheXboxHub currently writes Gold Potato at about 15 Shellings each and TheXboxHub claims that 84 Gold Potatoes can be collected and sold in under a minute. The article does not establish a reproducible collection rate for all players, and that Heavy Ore respawns after a few days. Only their tips page. Check in-game.
The world runs a full day-night cycle (24-hour in-game clock), you can swim, and beaches collect floating debris worth scooping (demo).
How the Map Helps
The in-game map is your island checklist: Lou's Island shows 12 treasure chests, and each island's resource dex keeps undiscovered entries as “???”. Those counts come from the demo map, not a complete published coordinate guide.
To travel, select an island on the map after its radio tower is repaired and you have finished Hefti's Autopilot conversation. Before that unlock, you must fly the seaplane manually. A full screenshot treasure map with every chest location is not published, so do not treat the chest count as a route.