Silver Palace Exploration & Traversal Guide: Mounts, Grapples, and Silvercraft Collection

Silver Palace's metropolis of Silvernia is designed with verticality in mind. The radial city layout, centered on the Silver Palace, creates a dense urban environment where rooftops, alleyways, and hidden nooks contain some of the game's most valuable resources. This guide covers every traversal mechanic and exploration technique to ensure you don't miss a single chest, clue, or collectable.

The Layout of Silvernia

Silvernia follows a radial segment pattern centered on the Central Silver Palace. This design channels the flow of energy and social hierarchy from the core to the periphery, creating distinct districts that range from industrial districts to affluent suburbs.

City Zones Overview

Zone	Elevation Level	Key Features	Exploration Density
Central Silver Palace	Core	Royal seat, energy nexus	High
Industrial District	Street Level	Reactors, Spinotrodes	Medium
High Peers Suburbs	Elevated	Abandoned warehouses, vantage points	High
Crossroads	Mixed	Syndicate activity, markets	Medium-High
Periphery	Outer Ring	Decay zones, hidden areas	Variable

Pro Tip: The verticality of Silvernia means that the most valuable chests are often at the highest points. Always look upward when exploring a new district.

Traversal Mechanics

Horseback Riding and Mounts

Mounts are Silver Palace's primary method of horizontal travel across the city's radial segments. Unlike many open-world games where mounts are restricted to outdoor areas, Silver Palace's mounts can navigate the full urban environment.

Mount Types and Capabilities:

Mount Type	Speed	Special Ability	Best Use Case
Standard Horse	Medium	Urban navigation	General city travel
Aerial Capable Mount	High	Short-range glide	Reaching rooftops
Armored Mount	Low	Combat resistant	Syndicate-heavy areas

Key Features:

• Mounts are not ground-restricted — some versions can achieve limited flight or gliding
• Aerial mounts can reach high-altitude rooftops that are inaccessible by foot
• Mount stamina may be limited, requiring careful management during extended aerial traversal

Pro Tip: If a chest or collectable is on a rooftop that seems unreachable, check if you have an aerial-capable mount. The game occasionally places the rarest items at heights that require gliding to access.

Aerial Wire-Grappling

The grappling hook is Silver Palace's vertical mobility solution. It allows the Detective to rapidly ascend to elevated positions, making it essential for reaching the High Peers suburbs and investigating abandoned warehouses with roofs significantly higher than typical residences.

Grappling Hook Mechanics:

• Activation: Aim at anchor points (visible ledges, hooks, or structural features) and activate the grapple
• Range: Moderate — effective for building-to-building and street-to-rooftop ascents
• Cooldown: Brief recovery period after each grapple — spamming is not possible
• Combo Potential: Can be chained with free-running for seamless multi-level traversal

Best Practices:

1. Always scan rooftops from street level before engaging — identify anchor points first
2. Use grappling to escape combat situations where enemies outnumber you
3. Combine with your mount's aerial ability for maximum vertical reach
4. Practice the timing — early runs may feel imprecise, but the window becomes forgiving with experience

Free-Running

The free-running system enables fluid movement over obstacles, fitting the fast-paced nature of an urban investigation. This mechanic is particularly relevant for the Detective character, whose narrative role as a predator of truth demands mobility.

Free-Running Features:

• Obstacle Clearance: Automatically vaults over barriers, railings, and low walls
• Wall Running: Limited wall-running along building facades during grapple chains
• Momentum Conservation: Maintains speed across consecutive obstacles
• Combat Integration: Free-running can be used to quickly reposition during fights

Investigation Tools

The Sherlock Scan

The Sherlock Scan is Silver Palace's environmental investigation mechanic. It allows the Detective to identify clues, hidden interactables, and enemies within the immediate area. This tool is central to the game's detective gameplay pillar.

What the Sherlock Scan Detects:

Scan Target	Visual Indicator	Gameplay Purpose
Clues	Glowing highlight	Case files and story progression
Hidden Chests	Radar flash	Collectables and resources
Hidden Enemies	Danger indicator	Pre-emptive strike opportunity
Environmental Anomalies	Temperature/magic signatures	Lore and world-building

Advanced Scan Techniques:

• Temperature Analysis: The Detective can note that a fire's temperature was too high for a standard Reactor, suggesting unauthorized technology
• Case File Reconstruction: Multiple clues in a single area can be cross-referenced to piece together events
• Hidden Enemy Exposure: Scanning before entering a contested area gives you the advantage of pre-emptive strikes

The Danger Radar

The Danger Radar provides early warning of nearby threats. It flashes to indicate the direction of nearby ambushes or hidden enemies.

Radar Behavior:

• Solid Flash: Immediate threat — enemy is very close
• Intermittent Flash: Moderate threat — enemy is within scanning range
• No Signal: Area is clear (or enemies are beyond radar range)

Pro Tip: Use the radar before entering enclosed spaces. Syndicate-controlled areas often contain hidden enemies that will ambush you if you enter unprepared.

Collectables and Rewards

Chests

Chests are hidden throughout Silvernia's "nooks and crannies" — on rooftops, in abandoned buildings, behind breakable walls, and at the end of traversal challenges. They contain:

• Silvercraft parts and crafting materials
• Character progression resources (XP items, skill materials)
• Reactor components and equipment upgrades
• Lore fragments and story notes

Chest Rarity Tiers:

Rarity	Location Type	Reward Quality
Common	Street level, easy access	Basic materials
Uncommon	Rooftops, moderate traversal	Enhanced materials
Rare	Hidden areas, complex traversal	High-tier gear, Silvercraft
Legendary	Extreme positions, multi-step puzzles	Top-tier resources

Silvercraft: Combat Pets

Silvercraft are hovering combat pets scattered throughout Silvernia. They can be found near streetlamps, on ceilings, and in other elevated or hidden positions.

Collecting Silvercraft:

1. Activate the Detective's radar — it flashes when a Silvercraft is nearby
2. Scan the area — Silvercraft glow when detected
3. Approach and interact — manual collection required
4. Deploy in combat — Silvercraft provide tactical support during battles

Silvercraft Types:

• Different Silvercraft offer different combat support abilities
• Some may provide damage amplification, others may offer utility effects
• Collecting more Silvercraft expands your tactical options in combat

Pro Tip: Silvercraft are among the game's most rewarding collectables. Prioritize finding them during your first playthrough, as they provide permanent combat enhancements.

Exploration Strategy by Zone

Zone 1: Central Silver Palace

Priority: Highest — contains rare chests and story-critical clues
Traversal Needed: Grappling hook essential
Key Targets: Royal records, energy nexus clues, high-tier chests

Zone 2: Industrial District

Priority: High — Reactor anomalies and corporate secrets
Traversal Needed: Mount recommended for speed
Key Targets: Temperature anomalies, unauthorized tech, syndicate caches

Zone 3: High Peers Suburbs

Priority: Medium-High — abandoned warehouses and elevated chests
Traversal Needed: Grappling hook and free-running
Key Targets: Hidden vantage points, story notes, rare Silvercraft

Zone 4: The Crossroads

Priority: Medium — syndicate activity and black-market clues
Traversal Needed: Mount for quick escape
Key Targets: Underground caches, informant locations, faction-related items

Zone 5: Periphery

Priority: Variable — depends on player progression
Traversal Needed: All tools recommended
Key Targets: Environmental storytelling, lore fragments, hidden areas

FAQ

Which traversal tool should I unlock first?

The grappling hook provides the most immediate benefit for exploration, as it unlocks rooftop chests and elevated collectables that are otherwise inaccessible. Mounts can be acquired early through story progression, but the aerial-capable variants may require additional effort.

How do I find hidden Silvercraft?

Activate your radar in each zone and look for flashing indicators. The radar will alert you to nearby Silvercraft, which you can then locate using the Sherlock Scan. Focus on areas near streetlamps and elevated surfaces.

Are all chests required for 100% completion?

This depends on the game's completion metrics. Chests contain progression resources, so missing some may make character leveling more difficult. However, the game appears to have a resource management system (Stabilizers/stamina) that gates progression regardless of chest completion.

Can I revisit areas after the story progresses?

Early playtest reports suggest that Silvernia remains explorable throughout the main story. The chronological displacement mechanic (the Detective "wakes up" three weeks prior to the train crash) implies that the city is fully accessible for exploration at multiple story points.

What's the best exploration route?

Start from the Central Silver Palace and work outward, using the grappling hook for rooftop chests and the mount for horizontal speed. Prioritize High Peers suburbs for rare collectables, then sweep the Industrial District for lore and reactor anomalies.

Conclusion

Exploration in Silver Palace is designed to reward the same qualities the Detective embodies: curiosity, patience, and tactical awareness. The traversal tools — grappling hook, mounts, and free-running — create a movement system that makes navigating Silvernia feel like an extension of the investigative process itself.

The Sherlock Scan and Danger Radar integrate exploration with the core detective gameplay loop, turning every alleyway and rooftop into a potential discovery. Silvercraft add an additional layer of incentive, as these combat pets provide permanent tactical advantages that compound throughout your playthrough.

Key Takeaways:

• Silvernia's radial design and verticality make upward exploration essential for finding the best rewards
• The grappling hook is your most important tool for reaching rooftop chests and elevated collectables
• Sherlock Scan and Danger Radar are core to the detective experience — use them before entering new areas
• Silvercraft are high-value collectables that provide permanent combat benefits — prioritize finding them
• The combination of mounts, grappling, and free-running creates a traversal system that rewards skilled movement

Sources

• Official Silver Palace Website
• Silver Palace Wiki - Silvernia Map
• CBT1 Community Exploration Thread
• Reddit r/SilverPalaceOfficial - Collectable Guide