Overlooks are traditional places where Freelancers kept records of the area to warn other allies. Since the advent of Archives, Amplifiers, and Survey Beacon, this has become obsolete and Freelancers use these structures to write about their adventures for others to read. Overlooks are a type of special locations.

Cortex

Check Cortex Entry: Overlooks for More Information

A Freelancer tradition of documenting travels through the wild for those who follow. In the days before cyphers, overlooks were a useful way to track the happenings of Freelancers, and became a vital source for understanding an area. Now that technology can document Freelancer activity, overlooks are more often used as a record of when the area was last visited.

For a Collection of similar Cortex Entries, See: Overlooks (Library)

Features and Seasonal Changes

Each Subregion has exactly one overlook located at a prime location. All overlooks look the same. They have a stepped balcony-like structure, likely made of gold. There is a book placed at its center inside a box. They may be survey beacons placed around. When first interacted with the box to open it, the overlook will show a special vista in its front. Afterwards, the two braziers on the structure will light up.

Interacting with an overlook will reward the Freelancer with 2 Freelancer Reputation.

During Various Seasons, different vistas can be seen when interacted with the overlooks. However, Since overlook vistas can only be seen once during each playthrough, a new pilot must be created during each season to witness this. Luckily, Anthem allows the creation of multiple pilots.

List of Overlooks

Currently, only the Subregions of Northern Bastion have revealed Overlooks:

• Shadowmark Overlook
• Valley of Tarsis Overlook
• The High Road Overlook
• Academy Ruins Overlook
• Eastern Reach Overlook
• Fortress Overlook
• Great Falls Canyon Overlook
• Monument Watch Overlook
• Skystone Overlook
• The Emerald Overlook

Trivia

• The cutscene found in the Emerald Overlook was created in 2 weeks, according to Bioware Devs. They were testing how fast they could create such scenes for future cataclysms.
• The music that plays during the first interaction of each overlook is called First Flight.