Discoveries

Discoveries are special areas found around the world of Atlas that give a small number of discovery points each. Gaining more discovery points will add more levels to the soft level cap after 51. A full list of points needed per level can be found on the Level page.

Every named island gives 2 discovery points, but often other areas can be found on islands as well and they are worth more. Using a spyglass helps locate them, as discovery points appear as blue dome energy shields when looking through it. Sometimes doing a lap around an island while looking through the spyglass from an elevated point will make it easier to locate them from afar.

As of the last Major patch v406.7 there are now 552 obtainable from islands and discovery points.
 * Obtaining Discovery Zone points are also tied to the following quests
 * Veteran Explorer 25% (Season 4: 414) - +250% Encumbered Speed Bonus
 * Master Cartographer 40% (662.4) - Feat: Instant Equip

Discovery Count by Sector
The first number is the total discovery points in the grid. The second is the total excluding islands. The third number is just the number of islands.

C4
Freeport.

D9
Freeport.

H3
Freeport.

I8
Freeport.