Biomes

Biomes are the different ecological areas on the surface of a planet or moon, denoted by different background colours on the minimap. Different biomes have different abundances of resources, wildlife, events and possible discoveries, and different planets have varying ratios of these biomes, making each planet unique.

Major planet biomes include: standard underwater biome, desert biome, forest biome, jungle biome and mountain biome.

Some biomes, such as fungal zone biome or volcanic biome may contain dangerous effects and should be approached with caution. The LOOK command can be helpful here, as they are usually only 1 square in size and thus easy to identify on the map.

Other biomes, such as pink desert biome, may contain special resources not available elsewhere.