Also, there's the danger of inhaling the volcanic ash on Scadrial. The books mentioned that the Lord Ruler changed the population of Scadrial to be resistant to it, but odds are a random person that lands there isn't going to have that.
Well the only visitors confirmed during the age of ash are Elantrians, who tend to the durable side. Also the southern continents outside the final empire where we run into those worldhoppers (not called Hoid) tend to the safe during that period - and frozen wasteland afterwards
Weren't the Pits of Hathsin Ruin's? If so, all of the perpendicularities would be accounted for. (Unless there were some Shard on Scadrial that we didn't know about. Which is really unlikely)
You may want to note that if you try to worldhop to Sel, you're probably going to die before you ever GET to Sel because of its weird Cognitive Realm and the massive chaotic reservoir of Investiture that was once Devotion and Dominion. Also, if you show up to The Lord Ruler's Scadrial, you're probably fine on the koloss front, they were pretty well controlled until he died. I'd say Roshar is a bit more dangerous than you made it out to be, because of the whole gradually/not-so-gradually approaching apocalypse thing.
You might get stabbed by an alethi warrior, or another alethi warrior, or a parshendi warrior, or a Veden warrior, or a Theylan pirate, or an alethi or veden bandit. Generaly not the safest place to live without an understanding of the customs. For example if you visit a Vorin city and you're a woman, particularly a left handed one, you're gonna have some problems.
Obviously, in Threnody, that all happens if you show up near where the main story takes place. It's the REST of the planet everyone is running away from.
Great video! Enjoyed the style of the guide for travellers of the Cosmere, quite fitting since they all seem to be! Should be broadcast on Scadrian TV in Era 3
There's only one training island, Sori, in the pantheon, it's just that Patji is the Father where investiture is distributed to the birds from other islands. The other islands are all trapped according to Dusk.
@@mr_noob5931 I don't know if you have read Oathbringer, but if so, the planet were humans lived before Roshar was Ashyn, they destroyed it with their surges and went to Roshar
Read war breaker, storm light and mistborn era 1. Loved all of them with storm light being my fav. Although now the sheer complexity of it all makes my brain hurt. Haven’t wanted to dig this deep since lord of the rings. I need a Sanderson silmarillian!
I've got the audiobook of Elantris didn't pay attention to who written it and didn't know it was in apart of the thing your talking about which is weird for me because I've listened to it multiple times.
3:33 Not to be that guy, but if you just randomly showed up on Scadrial before the end of the first 3 books you would 100% die. ***SPOILERS*** The book says that The Lord Ruler had to change the bodies of all of the people living on Scadrial after he messed the planet up. I'm pretty sure that Sazed changed everyone's bodies back to normal at the end of the 3rd book. So a random human could probably live in the new world. But this was a really good video! I watched a few of your other videos too & really liked them. :D
That's totally true! However, the fact that there's a thriving economy of worldhoppers must mean it's possible to survive even without the Lord Ruler's changes. You'd probably have to eat more than normal in order to get the nutrients you need, and you'd probably end up getting sick a lot more often, but I don't think it'd be insta-death by any means. Thanks for the input!
In the Rosharan system There’s also Ashyn and Damnation. Ashyn is called the burning planet but does have inhabited areas and disease based investiture so that sounds less than fun. But a planet called Damnation is probably not a good time even if there were no vengeful fused ready to torture you for a few thousand years.
It's called the burning planet in the Arcanum Unbounded essay on the Rosharan system. The disease based magic is from The Silence Divine, a story based on Ashyn that Brandon has teased about before.
Roshar isn't that dangerous. The highstorms are mostly diminished by the unclaimed hills, and are mentioned several times to be far more powerful in the shattered plains. Alethkar, which is the easternmost country grows wheat. There are forests with good lumber. While shinovar is basically the place completely safe from highstorms, they have been able to take those plants to other places.
Sure, that kinda sucks. But it's far less powerful, and only hits hard in certain places, and leaves mostly untouched. For two months it only hit thaylan city hard, and they were able to rebuild while it hit every 9 days.
The highstorms hit hardest in the Unclaimed Hills, but they're still incredibly powerful all the way across the continent; that's why Shinovar is the only place that has actual soil. We can see the strength of the highstorms is still overwhelming on the other side of Roshar by looking at Edgedancer: Lift is in Yeddaw, a city in Tashikk, on the southwestern edge of the continent, but it's still bare stone, adaptive plants, and a devastating highstorm at the end of the book. Also, Alethkar doesn't grow wheat. They grow lavis, which is a type of grain cultivated in rockbuds. It's true that there are forests with good lumber, even just outside the Shattered Plains, but those are presumably similar to stumpweights and other adapted plants and not Earth-like trees. The only time we've seen an Earth-like or Shinovar plant outside of actual Shinovar is with Rysn's pot of grass, which is considered odd by virtually everyone who sees it. If there was soil or similar plants outside of Shinovar, even elsewhere in the west, this wouldn't be the case.
Playing a cosmere world hopping homebrew pathfinder game. On a lark our DM dropped us onto Threnody, was even nice enough to put us on a path between outposts... Don't go to Threnody.
I don't know why I thought this, but as soon as I saw this video on the up next thing RUclips does, I thought "You are what I imagine Hoid to look like in our world." I want to say it's because of the hat, but I'm really not sure. Also, great video.
Well, depending on what area of the planet you end up on. But yeah, the Elendel basin is probably one of the safest places in the Cosmere at that point.
Can you do an introductory video to the Cosmere and Brandon Sandersons books, I read the Mistborn trilogy and will get into his other books as soon as I finish Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time and then find Sanderson’s other books. But I feel like I haven’t found videos that have an introduction to the world. You talk about survival on these planets, and a little bit about a few of the books that occur on these planets, but I would like to know what all the planets are and what book goes to them.
Definitely! I'm working through doing videos for each book right now. All of the standalone Cosmere short stories are done, and as soon as I finish the one on Roshar I'll head to a different planet/series. Which one should I do next?
Read And Find Out. I'm not sure, I'm still learning the basics of the Cosmere universe. Maybe Mistborn since it's what I've read so far, and because I don't remember exactly what books are in the Cosmere besides the Stormlight Archives. I know you glossed over them and I'll have to watch it again. Loving the videos can't wait to watch more!
@@TheCosmerenaut true that there hasn't been a "story" on it, though it is mentioned by name from nin to szeth in oathbringer. It's acknowledged as the place the rosharan's call damnation, which has been explained in pretty much all but terrain of the land. Would that not still need consideration then to add to the list, even lacking a "lay of the land", if you will?
Fair point. I chose to leave it out and stick to the main canon for the same reason I didn't include the southern continent of Scadrial, the Threnody Homeland, Ashyn, Yolen, or further info about Darkside on Taldain. But you're right, when we get enough info for a follow-up video to this, I'll definitely include Braize.
@@TheCosmerenaut Just checked Arcanum Unbounded, my bad. I was thinking the the diameter was 1.5 times, making it a little more than double Cosmere Standard. Thanks for replying!
There is another big issue with travelling to any of these planets if you're native to earth. Language. Good luck finding someone that can speak your native language. You'd be better off just staying in the cognitive realm.
@@TheCosmerenaut I assumed you'd have better luck in the cognitive realm because in secret history Kelsier can understand the Ire but at my current progress through the cosmere that's really my only exposure to the cognitive realm, with a tiny bit of Shadesmar and a bit I've learned from my brother.
That's a really good point actually, and one that I hadn't really thought about. Are there different languages in the Cognitive Realm? That's going on my list to ask Brandon!
@@TheCosmerenaut I went through secret history again fairly recently so it's fairly fresh. Kel could tell they were speaking a different language but he was able to understand them. Maybe shenanigans with connection?
Also, there's the danger of inhaling the volcanic ash on Scadrial. The books mentioned that the Lord Ruler changed the population of Scadrial to be resistant to it, but odds are a random person that lands there isn't going to have that.
That's totally true! Makes me wonder how the apparently vibrant secret worldhopping economy was able to prevent illness...
Well the only visitors confirmed during the age of ash are Elantrians, who tend to the durable side.
Also the southern continents outside the final empire where we run into those worldhoppers (not called Hoid) tend to the safe during that period - and frozen wasteland afterwards
So do could there be a perpendicularity somewhere in Southern Scadrial?
Well the Well of Ascension is noted to be Preservation's, and so one to the south representing Ruin would not be unlikely.
Weren't the Pits of Hathsin Ruin's? If so, all of the perpendicularities would be accounted for. (Unless there were some Shard on Scadrial that we didn't know about. Which is really unlikely)
You forgot to mention that the Forests of Hell are actually the safest place on Threnody.
We just don't know enough about the Homeland for me to conjecture very much about it.
@@TheCosmerenaut suffice to say the FORESTS OF HELL are where people managed to stay alive longest, the rest of the world must be pretty awful.
Yeah, it got bad over there.
Yea isn't the forests of hell a safe haven?
If that place is considered safe then the rest of the world must be particularly dodgy
You may want to note that if you try to worldhop to Sel, you're probably going to die before you ever GET to Sel because of its weird Cognitive Realm and the massive chaotic reservoir of Investiture that was once Devotion and Dominion. Also, if you show up to The Lord Ruler's Scadrial, you're probably fine on the koloss front, they were pretty well controlled until he died. I'd say Roshar is a bit more dangerous than you made it out to be, because of the whole gradually/not-so-gradually approaching apocalypse thing.
That's true. I actually talk about the Dor in my most recent video!
Although there still are ways to get to sel. Hoid makes his way there at least once
Don't forget, If you show up on Threnody on the OTHER, larger continent, you automatically get consumed by 'The Evil'
True. You're screwed wherever you go on that planet.
We have no idea what happens when ya go over there
At least not until we get that new Threnody novel.
When the safest part of that planet is called "The Forests of Hell" you know you're screwed
You might get stabbed by an alethi warrior, or another alethi warrior, or a parshendi warrior, or a Veden warrior, or a Theylan pirate, or an alethi or veden bandit. Generaly not the safest place to live without an understanding of the customs. For example if you visit a Vorin city and you're a woman, particularly a left handed one, you're gonna have some problems.
That's a great point! Plus there's apparently wandering Unmade which could really wreck your day.
Or a man from any civilized society. What with the reading and all.
Obviously, in Threnody, that all happens if you show up near where the main story takes place. It's the REST of the planet everyone is running away from.
Right! That's why I think Threnody is more dangerous than First of the Sun, because no matter where you are, you'll get wrecked.
Unless you have desert survival training, people with Lupus should avoid Taldain entirely. Apparently, Darkside is absolutely bathed in UV radiation.
That's true. That's why everything is all glowy glowy over there.
I think we have a new contender! Lumar might take the #2 slot!
It's fine if you don't spit or pee or cry or sweat. Ever.
The Cognitive Realm on Sel is extremely dangerous. So Worldhopping there would probably be the most dangerous trip of them all.
Yeah, ironically the Dor is really hard to get through.
Pajit is like Australia on steroids.
Love your videos!
Haha, totally! Thanks!
So Catachan
Not quite at that level, but close!
Haha “That pretty much... EAT PEOPLE.”
I mean, I'm not wrong!
Great video! Enjoyed the style of the guide for travellers of the Cosmere, quite fitting since they all seem to be! Should be broadcast on Scadrian TV in Era 3
Thanks! Maybe I'll get a transcription put in a broadsheet for Wax to read.
There's only one training island, Sori, in the pantheon, it's just that Patji is the Father where investiture is distributed to the birds from other islands. The other islands are all trapped according to Dusk.
Excellent points. I'll be sure to mention that when I do my FotS video!
What about Braize? Y'know.... Damnation?
We haven't gotten a specific story on that planet, so I didn't include it.
If you reach Braize, maybe your dead already.
I believe braize might have been home planet of rohar-rian humans before they migrated to roshar....
You know Mr. Noob, you might be on to something there.
@@mr_noob5931 I don't know if you have read Oathbringer, but if so, the planet were humans lived before Roshar was Ashyn, they destroyed it with their surges and went to Roshar
Read war breaker, storm light and mistborn era 1. Loved all of them with storm light being my fav. Although now the sheer complexity of it all makes my brain hurt. Haven’t wanted to dig this deep since lord of the rings. I need a Sanderson silmarillian!
The best thing we've got to a Sandersilmarillion is his master's thesis, but the only way you can read that is by going to the BYU library.
@@TheCosmerenaut his thesis what??????
Yup! It's pretty good.
First of the Sun might actually be one of the more safe planets. Although we haven't seen the mainland at all, it seems pretty safe.
If you're not on one of the islands on the Pantheon, you'd probably be pretty ok.
Nice video,i am huge fan of Brandon and his books. You got new sub, keep up good work.
Thanks!
I've got the audiobook of Elantris didn't pay attention to who written it and didn't know it was in apart of the thing your talking about which is weird for me because I've listened to it multiple times.
It's a Sanderson! *Everything's connected.*
I hope you make keep making videos, these are entertaining and you get right to the information
Got a new one out today!
3:33 Not to be that guy, but if you just randomly showed up on Scadrial before the end of the first 3 books you would 100% die.
***SPOILERS***
The book says that The Lord Ruler had to change the bodies of all of the people living on Scadrial after he messed the planet up. I'm pretty sure that Sazed changed everyone's bodies back to normal at the end of the 3rd book. So a random human could probably live in the new world.
But this was a really good video! I watched a few of your other videos too & really liked them. :D
That's totally true! However, the fact that there's a thriving economy of worldhoppers must mean it's possible to survive even without the Lord Ruler's changes. You'd probably have to eat more than normal in order to get the nutrients you need, and you'd probably end up getting sick a lot more often, but I don't think it'd be insta-death by any means.
Thanks for the input!
In the Rosharan system There’s also Ashyn and Damnation. Ashyn is called the burning planet but does have inhabited areas and disease based investiture so that sounds less than fun. But a planet called Damnation is probably not a good time even if there were no vengeful fused ready to torture you for a few thousand years.
True. Do your best to avoid those.
In which book is mentioned Ashyn as The Burning planet and it having a disease-based investiture? O:
Or was it in a Words of Brandon?
It's called the burning planet in the Arcanum Unbounded essay on the Rosharan system. The disease based magic is from The Silence Divine, a story based on Ashyn that Brandon has teased about before.
Roshar is such a crazy planet
So alien and familiar at the same time. It's nuts.
Artritis due to the extra gravity may happen too in Sel maybe?
Valid point!
Roshar isn't that dangerous. The highstorms are mostly diminished by the unclaimed hills, and are mentioned several times to be far more powerful in the shattered plains. Alethkar, which is the easternmost country grows wheat. There are forests with good lumber.
While shinovar is basically the place completely safe from highstorms, they have been able to take those plants to other places.
Yeah, but now there's the Everstorm to worry about
Sure, that kinda sucks. But it's far less powerful, and only hits hard in certain places, and leaves mostly untouched. For two months it only hit thaylan city hard, and they were able to rebuild while it hit every 9 days.
The highstorms hit hardest in the Unclaimed Hills, but they're still incredibly powerful all the way across the continent; that's why Shinovar is the only place that has actual soil. We can see the strength of the highstorms is still overwhelming on the other side of Roshar by looking at Edgedancer: Lift is in Yeddaw, a city in Tashikk, on the southwestern edge of the continent, but it's still bare stone, adaptive plants, and a devastating highstorm at the end of the book.
Also, Alethkar doesn't grow wheat. They grow lavis, which is a type of grain cultivated in rockbuds. It's true that there are forests with good lumber, even just outside the Shattered Plains, but those are presumably similar to stumpweights and other adapted plants and not Earth-like trees.
The only time we've seen an Earth-like or Shinovar plant outside of actual Shinovar is with Rysn's pot of grass, which is considered odd by virtually everyone who sees it. If there was soil or similar plants outside of Shinovar, even elsewhere in the west, this wouldn't be the case.
Wow, thanks for the info! Roshar still seems safe in comparison to many others.
It's definitely not the most dangerous, that's for sure.
Good video! Glad I subscribed, keep up the good work.
Thank you! I should have a new video every week.
Playing a cosmere world hopping homebrew pathfinder game. On a lark our DM dropped us onto Threnody, was even nice enough to put us on a path between outposts... Don't go to Threnody.
It's a good place to get dead quick.
I’ll be fine so long as I have Hemalurgy at my disposal.
Pokey pokey, stabby stabby!
@@TheCosmerenaut We're more shooty shooty, whacky whacky around these parts
As long as you're not one of those axalacious blokes!
@@TheCosmerenaut All hail the Diagram!!!!!!
For Roshar you forgot "Making romantic advances on Jasnah Kholin".
That will get you both emotionally and physically destroyed.
Roshar is just so good.
One of the best, for sure.
... I still want to visit Roshar!
Just bring a really strong umbrella.
@@TheCosmerenaut I somehow doubt that would help in a Highstorm XD
Ok, like a *REAAAALLY* STRONG umbrella. Made of metal. That bolts to the ground.
@@TheCosmerenaut Okay, that would help. Thanks for the tip!
I would argue Braize (which is damnation) is the most dangerous planet
3lirex Both Braize and Ashyn are definitely up there, but we haven't gotten published works from those planets yet, so I didn't include them.
I don't know why I thought this, but as soon as I saw this video on the up next thing RUclips does, I thought "You are what I imagine Hoid to look like in our world." I want to say it's because of the hat, but I'm really not sure.
Also, great video.
That's amazing and I love it! Thank you so much!
Pajit is giving Catachan a run a for its money.
Luckily it's just an island and not an entire planet.
Nitpick - you can't be conned out of your Breath if you worldhop to Nalthis. Only Nalthis native humans are born with innate Breath
Correct. I had already finished filming when I found that out, so there's a note about it in the description. Thanks!
They eat ships that eat people?!?
Om nom nom!
Love this
Love you!
I mean, without you there'd be no rest of the cosmere.
@@TheCosmerenaut 😂😂😂 working on editing my first cosmere video now. You’re a big inspiration
This is awesome
on scadrail the lord ruler changed humans to survive there so if you just show up there you will get sick and die because of the ash
Fair point!
Isn't Defending Elysium set in the same universe as Skywar-oh wait this video isnt recent
Yes, and yes.
Now we also have Lumar
Just don't cry or sweat or breathe and you'll be fine!
Defending elysium has a series, skyward
Correct! We didn't know that when this video was first released.
that's worth a sub
Thanks! Hope you enjoy!
i think post-catecendre scadriel is safer i think..
Well, depending on what area of the planet you end up on. But yeah, the Elendel basin is probably one of the safest places in the Cosmere at that point.
Great background, woody
That's the 70's for ya.
pretty sure you would also die pretty quick if you showed up on braze
Yeah, that would be an unpleasant time.
I love Sanderson but giving him sole credit for Wheel of Time was very incorrect information.
I wasn't giving him sole credit for Wheel of Time. I was saying Wheel of Time is in a distinct universe, separate from his other works.
@@TheCosmerenaut fair enough
A large part of Scadrial is too hot to live in...
Yeah, I only included Mistborn Era 1 in this, to avoid spoilers.
As a human on Era 1 Scadrial your body wouldn't be able to survive the atmosphere
You probably could, but not for an extended period of time, and you wouldn't be happy about it.
Can you do an introductory video to the Cosmere and Brandon Sandersons books, I read the Mistborn trilogy and will get into his other books as soon as I finish Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time and then find Sanderson’s other books. But I feel like I haven’t found videos that have an introduction to the world. You talk about survival on these planets, and a little bit about a few of the books that occur on these planets, but I would like to know what all the planets are and what book goes to them.
Definitely! I'm working through doing videos for each book right now. All of the standalone Cosmere short stories are done, and as soon as I finish the one on Roshar I'll head to a different planet/series. Which one should I do next?
Read And Find Out. I'm not sure, I'm still learning the basics of the Cosmere universe. Maybe Mistborn since it's what I've read so far, and because I don't remember exactly what books are in the Cosmere besides the Stormlight Archives. I know you glossed over them and I'll have to watch it again. Loving the videos can't wait to watch more!
Ok to summarise, I'm probably gonna die...
Just limit your worldhopping for the time being.
Scadrial era 2 should be on here. It's basically earth.
You're right; the big danger in Era 2 is just getting shot. However, I chose not to include Era 2 simply for spoiler's sake.
Good point. If anywhere, it's safest.
How is Braize not the most dangerous??????????
Oh it totally is. We just haven't had a story on it yet, so I didn't include it.
@@TheCosmerenaut true that there hasn't been a "story" on it, though it is mentioned by name from nin to szeth in oathbringer. It's acknowledged as the place the rosharan's call damnation, which has been explained in pretty much all but terrain of the land. Would that not still need consideration then to add to the list, even lacking a "lay of the land", if you will?
Fair point. I chose to leave it out and stick to the main canon for the same reason I didn't include the southern continent of Scadrial, the Threnody Homeland, Ashyn, Yolen, or further info about Darkside on Taldain. But you're right, when we get enough info for a follow-up video to this, I'll definitely include Braize.
Wait. Wheel of time and Alcatraz are on the same word? Eh?
No, they're both in the category of "Individual Series' With Their Own Separate Worlds."
I know i'm late but Sel is twice as big as Earth, so you'd be crushed by you own weight (I think)
edit: spelling
Sel's actually just 1.5 times Earth's size, and while their gravity is greater than here, it's only 1.2 compared to us.
@@TheCosmerenaut Just checked Arcanum Unbounded, my bad. I was thinking the the diameter was 1.5 times, making it a little more than double Cosmere Standard. Thanks for replying!
I mean I personally don't like the idea of being able to get killed by a nickel because a steel pusher thinks it would be funny
On no other planet is spare change considered a deadly weapon.
@@TheCosmerenaut the greatist weapon to all of humanity is the 47 cent lose change of a steel pusher
The fewest coins that could be is 5: one quarter, two dimes, and two pennies. 5 reusable projectiles is plenty for an angry coinshot.
Braize?
We don't have a story set on Braize yet so I didn't put it in.
@@TheCosmerenaut that makes sense. Definitely a contender for deadliest when it comes up
Oh for sure. I'm planning on doing an updated version of this once we get more planets.
It’s Cosmeir, or Cosmier imo
But it's not though...
There is another big issue with travelling to any of these planets if you're native to earth. Language. Good luck finding someone that can speak your native language. You'd be better off just staying in the cognitive realm.
No promises in the Cognitive Realm even!
@@TheCosmerenaut I assumed you'd have better luck in the cognitive realm because in secret history Kelsier can understand the Ire but at my current progress through the cosmere that's really my only exposure to the cognitive realm, with a tiny bit of Shadesmar and a bit I've learned from my brother.
That's a really good point actually, and one that I hadn't really thought about. Are there different languages in the Cognitive Realm? That's going on my list to ask Brandon!
@@TheCosmerenaut I went through secret history again fairly recently so it's fairly fresh. Kel could tell they were speaking a different language but he was able to understand them. Maybe shenanigans with connection?
Definitely shenanigans with Connection. Maybe because he was more Invested at that point? I dunno.
I was the 666th like on this video 😈😈😈😈
*Maniacal laugh!!!*