So I get that if we go closer / further from the center the number changes, but say at Level (elevation) 100 how many plots are there?
That being said has anyone ever figured out how many plots there are on every level? Example…Level 1 - 62 plots…Level 256 - 598 plots.
Total the levels = total the plots.
Actually the way I am thinking about it might be wrong. Even though the planet is “round” visually, it might just be a flat surface in the computer and the plots would be consistent across the entire place. You run west to a point and then magically you are on the east side.
Perhaps a Dev can answer this? @james @lucadeltodecso or others?
The maps are flat and are just represented as round. Additionally, each plot effectively takes up an 8x8 pillar from mamtle to top limit as only 1 person can plot in that pillar. The game Star Wars Galaxies did it the exact same way, actually SWG has a huge number of similarities to Boundless…
Kind of what I figured once I thought about it.
So that answer is done. Now have to get the original one answered.
You can basically count each plot as 1 plot for the whole mantle to sky limit pillar as only 1 person can plot in it. Would love to know the actual size of the maps, random ass guess would be 50kish blacks across. There is the one guy who built a ring around a planet, he would know the exact number of plots.
I’m sure someone has done the math. @Simoyd (think it was you) might know because of the mapping program he did. Once we have the size of the map we can use the height and get the number.
331, 776ish? I may be off by a few.
Edit: per layer
Going to say 336 as it is dividable by 8 336 / 8 = 42
776 / 8 = 97
256 / 8 = 32
So 42 x 97 = 4074 per plot level
4074 x 32 = 130,368 plots per planet
This tread from EA has some answers
That made it more confusing for me and really never answer the question. Or if it did I did not see it.
Do you mean character level or planet level?
The planet is a cube. The plots are the same horizontally for each level from what I understand. The circle is just a graphic tweak.
Honestly, your question should not be “how many plots are on a planet” but instead should be “can I plot the planet and how long will that take” 
Quickly followed up by, “if I plot that planet, how many players will be pissed off at me that I annexed their settlement and took all the land”
here you go
current static planets are 4608x4608x256 blocks so 576x576x32 plots. This means 331,776 plots for 1 layer (at any altitude) and 10,616,832 plots for everything on the planet.
Oh man, im just shy of that number
Sadly, I don’t think a payer would actually be allowed to plot a whole planet. Just throwing this out there in case it was a plan. Might as well get the disappointment out of the way early.
Challenge accepted.
Edit: Only 320k more plots to go!
Only 330k plots to own an entire planet? I think I have a new long term goal in mind…
That was not why I asked. I just wanted to know how big a planet was, plot wise…but now that you bring it up…
Doing some hypothetical math…lets say there are 500 regular players with an average of 2 alts. That gives us 1000. Each character has an average of 300 plots. 1000 x 300 = 300,000 plots. If we all decided to plot a T6 world that would just about cover it. At what point would it spawn a new T6? Is there a % of plots covered that triggers this? Not sure if this has been answered somewhere before.
I do think it is possible to plot an entire planet with the current player base. Be a great experiment to try.
