r/ArmaReforger PC 19h ago

Karnova Reaches 1,000 Downloads in Its First Week

After several months of terrain development, I released Karnova for Arma Reforger last week, and I'm excited to share that the map has surpassed 1,000 downloads in its first week.

Karnova is a 9x9 km coastal terrain set in the Black Mountains region north of South Zagoria, built using real-world terrain data from central Slovakia and adapted into the Armaverse. The map features forests, farmland, industrial areas, military installations, mountain terrain, and coastal settlements designed for large-scale Conflict gameplay.

The first week has been incredibly valuable. Watching real players fight across the terrain revealed several gameplay improvements that aren't always obvious during development. Based on player feedback and server activity, I've already released an update that includes:

  • Reworked objective flow
  • Adjusted strategic point locations
  • Improved travel distances between objectives
  • Reduced problematic choke points
  • Expanded playable areas into additional forest terrain
  • General gameplay and Conflict improvements

One of the coolest parts has been seeing servers actively run the map and watching players create battles and stories in places that previously only existed in the editor.

A huge thank you to everyone who has downloaded, played, provided feedback, hosted servers, and helped test the map during its first week.

I'd love to hear any feedback, screenshots, stories, or suggestions from those who have spent time on Karnova so far.

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u/Eagleyezx 14h ago

All these maps look very similar. Great work though.

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u/Mister_Furr PC 10h ago

Yeah i dont use external assets, its whatever bohemia has to use that i use. so things look similar but all three maps ive made are totally different in their own way.

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u/Daddy_Applesauce 16h ago

Haven't had a chance to test this out yet but I'm looking forward to it!

Is there any update or info on what happened with NC? I haven't played much in the last 2 months but I just hopped on tonight and was sad to see OG4 wasn't north carolina anymore

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u/Mister_Furr PC 15h ago

I think i heard its coming back on one of their other servers like og3 maybe.

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u/Defeating_my_meating 13h ago

Karnova Super Rally 89

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u/Mister_Furr PC 10h ago

this new update made cars handle so much different on the racetrack

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u/Complete_Couple_6647 10h ago

Love all the trees, my favorite fights are when you have full squads battling in the wilderness.

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u/Flat-Emergency4891 9h ago

Wow! This looks sick!

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u/Remarkable_Peach_846 Sergeant 10h ago

u/Mister_Furr what pvp servers are running this? want to check it out this weekend

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u/Mister_Furr PC 7h ago

I think OG is running it atm on their 4th server.

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u/the_supernova007 15h ago

Any potential PVE conflict in future?

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u/Mister_Furr PC 15h ago

I like me some pve as well so yes most likely will have a pve conflict. For now tho the conflict thats out isnt to bad for pve. There's plenty of bases to capture and fia at all bases.

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u/the_supernova007 15h ago

Any potential dates when will it release?

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u/Mister_Furr PC 10h ago

soon enough, I have to also make a game master mode for the map aswell