Hello explores, Explorer# 11 here. So, you’ve been exploring the Forest but weren’t paying attention to the tide or just need a quick jump to where you want to go. Thankfully the radius has a nifty teleporter network to help make exploring the Forest a less daunting task. Once you become familiar with the network you’ll be zipping around in no time. Word of warning though, not all portals are active at all security levels and might be invisible until you’ve progressed your security level. Safety is also not guaranteed upon arrival at your portal destination so stay safe jumping.

Another helpful fast travel portal can be found in the southeastern swamp area. This portal will teleport you to an outlook west of the railyard with easy access to a safehouse to the north and potential SKS stash. Easily one of the more helpful jumps to save some time, but the return trip will still be fraught with danger so make sure you are prepared if you decide to use it.

This portal is located next to the small pond on the southern side of the Forest and is directly tied to a quest. Useful for getting artifacts from the Industrial Anomaly Field but not so much for travelling around the zone.

Here is another portal just southwest of the industrial Anomaly this will take you straight to the western safehouse. Good safe escape if you need to rest up until the next day after a failed trainyard raid.

As a followup to the previous entry this portal will take you straight from the railyard to just north of John Radius (the white specter that helps us navigate this strange place). Useful for getting back after using the previous portal but in order to actually use it you will have to clear the area of mimics if you don't want to be filled with lead. Had to jump from the top of the railcar to the roof to reach it but still useful for crossing the map.

This portal is located on the roof of the lighting anomaly house and will take you straight to the portals anomaly. Not the most practical jump in my opinion but can help you bypass the checkpoint leading to it (getting back afterwards might be more difficult). I don’t particularly like using it due to the danger of reaching it in the first place.

This is one of the more dangerous portals in the Forest. This will take you from the roof of the house on the eastern edge of the map to the house west of here. ALERT DANGER!!! most likely this will send you into an occupied house with three mimics and two spawns. Almost got myself killed testing this portal and would have if I wasn't quick on the draw and had a stim at the ready. It exists, but practical use case of the portal is questionable at best.

Here is the first good jump if you are looking to cross back over the river to the southern side of the Forest. Useful for getting around put do be aware of hostiles on the road when using this if you haven't cleared the exit area. You will also be in the middle of an anomaly field so watch your step.

Here in the northwestern corner after taking a look at the blood sea before you you can a quick trip back west to hopefully save some time on the return trip back to base. Do watch out for guards at the boarding house if you didn't clear the area though as they do love to poke their heads out and fire at you if you didn't.

A bit better of a portal jump then the previous entry only caveat being you will be dumped into the middle of an anomaly field and if the bridge isn't clear yet you are going to have to test your luck running out of the field before you get filled with lead.

Towards the northern edge of the Forest is a gravity anomaly with a portal in it. This will take you inside the boarding house compound and is dangerous to get to. You will have to take a leap of faith so hopefully you've mastered jumping or you are not going to have a good day. Necessary for unlocking Security Level 3 but still not an easy journey so make sure you are well prepared.

Found this portal in the forest northwest of the western bridge, takes you straight back to the house next to the bridge so hopefully you cleared the area around the bridge. Otherwise you are going to be in for a firefight.

This portal is neccessary to unlock the next portal and is found on the north side of the broken bridge on the western side of the map. Fun fact, you can jump down into the portal from the top of the bridge and cancel your fall damage. So do with that what you will.

After unlocking the portal south you will find this portal that'll take you back back north over the river. It will put you at the top of the bridge though so don't be too loud or you will attract some unwanted attention from the mimics manning the bridge to the east of you.

Here is my complete portal network map, not the best I know but it's best I can make with my limited knowledge of image editing with the software the UNPSC allows in here. Green is for entrances and blue are the exits connected to where they go. Hope it helps someone out there with navigating this place.

Also found a stray SKS hiding out on top of one of concrete barricades in the southwestern corner of the map. Appears to be a stash of some kind but was unable to find a magazine or ammo and will have to scrounge for both around the radius if you want to use this below security level 3. But useful for long range engagements. WARNING have not tested to see if this is consistent or was a one time thing on my end. But thought I would leave this here in case it works for others.

With that hopefully you can use these portals to help you navigate the forest better. Though the radius has been known to change from time to time. So make sure to practice good preparedness and safety practices when using portals for fast traveling around the Forest.

Best of luck,
Explorer# 11