diff --git a/app/styles/play/world-map-view.sass b/app/styles/play/world-map-view.sass
index 13b17e790..1f838ec96 100644
--- a/app/styles/play/world-map-view.sass
+++ b/app/styles/play/world-map-view.sass
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ $mapHeight: 1536
 $forestMapWidth: 2500
 $dungeonMapWidth: 2350
 $forestMapSeaBackground: #71bad0
-$dungeonMapCaveBackground: rgb(54, 43, 34)
+$dungeonMapCaveBackground: rgba(68, 54, 45, 1)
+$dungeonMapCaveBackgroundTransparent: rgba(68, 54, 45, 0)
 $levelDotWidth: 2%
 $levelDotHeight: $levelDotWidth * $forestMapWidth / $mapHeight
 $levelDotZ: $levelDotHeight * 0.25
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ $gameControlMargin: 30px
 #world-map-view
   width: 100%
   height: 100%
+  position: absolute
 
   &.forest
     background-color: $forestMapSeaBackground
@@ -37,6 +39,36 @@ $gameControlMargin: 30px
   &.dungeon
     background-color: $dungeonMapCaveBackground
 
+    .gradient
+      position: absolute
+      z-index: 0
+
+      &.horizontal-gradient
+        left: 0
+        right: 0
+        height: 3%
+
+      &.vertical-gradient
+        top: 0
+        bottom: 0
+        width: 3%
+
+      &.top-gradient
+        top: 0
+        background: linear-gradient(to bottom, $dungeonMapCaveBackground 0%, $dungeonMapCaveBackgroundTransparent 100%)
+  
+      &.right-gradient
+        right: 0
+        background: linear-gradient(to left, $dungeonMapCaveBackground 0%, $dungeonMapCaveBackgroundTransparent 100%)
+
+      &.bottom-gradient
+        bottom: 0
+        background: linear-gradient(to top, $dungeonMapCaveBackground 0%, $dungeonMapCaveBackgroundTransparent 100%)
+  
+      &.left-gradient
+        left: 0
+        background: linear-gradient(to right, $dungeonMapCaveBackground 0%, $dungeonMapCaveBackgroundTransparent 100%)
+
   .map
     position: relative
 
diff --git a/app/templates/play/world-map-view.jade b/app/templates/play/world-map-view.jade
index 12cd121c4..c7c88f85f 100644
--- a/app/templates/play/world-map-view.jade
+++ b/app/templates/play/world-map-view.jade
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 .map
+  .gradient.horizontal-gradient.top-gradient
+  .gradient.vertical-gradient.right-gradient
+  .gradient.horizontal-gradient.bottom-gradient
+  .gradient.vertical-gradient.left-gradient
   img.map-background(src="/images/pages/play/map_" + mapType + ".jpg", alt="")
 
   - var seenNext = false;
diff --git a/app/views/play/WorldMapView.coffee b/app/views/play/WorldMapView.coffee
index 4520b851a..60e65aa5e 100644
--- a/app/views/play/WorldMapView.coffee
+++ b/app/views/play/WorldMapView.coffee
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class LevelSessionsCollection extends CocoCollection
 module.exports = class WorldMapView extends RootView
   id: 'world-map-view'
   template: template
+  terrain: 'Dungeon'  # or Grass
 
   events:
     'click .map-background': 'onClickMap'
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ module.exports = class WorldMapView extends RootView
     context.levelStatusMap = @levelStatusMap
     context.levelPlayCountMap = @levelPlayCountMap
     context.isIPadApp = application.isIPadApp
-    context.mapType = 'dungeon'
+    context.mapType = _.string.slugify @terrain
     context
 
   afterRender: ->
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ module.exports = class WorldMapView extends RootView
     unless application.isIPadApp
       _.defer => @$el.find('.game-controls .btn').tooltip()  # Have to defer or i18n doesn't take effect.
       @$el.find('.level').tooltip()
+    @$el.addClass _.string.slugify @terrain
 
   onSessionsLoaded: (e) ->
     for session in @sessions.models
@@ -149,28 +151,45 @@ module.exports = class WorldMapView extends RootView
     @$levelInfo.css('top', top)
 
   onWindowResize: (e) =>
-    mapHeight = 1536
-    mapWidth = 2350  # 2500 for forest
+    mapHeight = iPadHeight = 1536
+    mapWidth = if @terrain is 'Dungeon' then 2350 else 2500
+    iPadWidth = 2048
     aspectRatio = mapWidth / mapHeight
+    iPadAspectRatio = iPadWidth / iPadHeight
     pageWidth = $(window).width()
     pageHeight = $(window).height()
     widthRatio = pageWidth / mapWidth
     heightRatio = pageHeight / mapHeight
-    if widthRatio > heightRatio
-      resultingWidth = pageWidth
-      resultingHeight = resultingWidth / aspectRatio
+    iPadWidthRatio = pageWidth / iPadWidth
+    if @terrain is 'Dungeon'
+      # Make sure we can see almost the whole map, fading to background in one dimension.
+      if heightRatio <= iPadWidthRatio
+        # Full width, full height, left and right margin
+        resultingHeight = pageHeight
+        resultingWidth = resultingHeight * aspectRatio
+      else if iPadWidthRatio < heightRatio * (iPadAspectRatio / aspectRatio)
+        # Cropped width, full height, left and right margin
+        resultingWidth = pageWidth
+        resultingHeight = resultingWidth / aspectRatio
+      else
+        # Cropped width, full height, top and bottom margin
+        resultingWidth = pageWidth * aspectRatio / iPadAspectRatio
+        resultingHeight = resultingWidth / aspectRatio
     else
-      resultingHeight = pageHeight
-      resultingWidth = resultingHeight * aspectRatio
+      # Scale it in either dimension so that we're always full on one of the dimensions.
+      if heightRatio > widthRatio
+        resultingHeight = pageHeight
+        resultingWidth = resultingHeight * aspectRatio
+      else
+        resultingWidth = pageWidth
+        resultingHeight = resultingWidth / aspectRatio
     resultingMarginX = (pageWidth - resultingWidth) / 2
     resultingMarginY = (pageHeight - resultingHeight) / 2
     @$el.find('.map').css(width: resultingWidth, height: resultingHeight, 'margin-left': resultingMarginX, 'margin-top': resultingMarginY)
 
   playAmbientSound: ->
     return if @ambientSound
-    #terrain = 'Grass'
-    terrain = 'Dungeon'
-    return unless file = {Dungeon: 'ambient-dungeon', Grass: 'ambient-map-grass'}[terrain]
+    return unless file = {Dungeon: 'ambient-dungeon', Grass: 'ambient-map-grass'}[@terrain]
     src = "/file/interface/#{file}#{AudioPlayer.ext}"
     unless AudioPlayer.getStatus(src)?.loaded
       AudioPlayer.preloadSound src