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Biomes are types of area on a planet, characterized by their terrain properties, climate, flora and fauna, diseases and special challenges. Each world tile has one particular biome.

Oceans and lakes appears as world tiles but are not playable biomes.

There are twelve playable biomes types in RimWorld, divided into three categories: Warm, Hot and Cold.

The following table is a simple summary of the biomes by difficulty, overall cold biomes are more challenging than their hot counterparts. You can use this table to help decide which biome best suits your experience or playstyle:

Warm Biomes

These biomes are rich in flora and fauna, and also have a slightly elevated rate of disease. They generally have year-round growing periods, or longer growing periods at the very least. Traveling speed is usually average but is slower in more dense forests and in cold seasons if they have one.

Temperate Forest

A friendly biome dominated by forests of deciduous trees interspersed with fertile clearings. Many species of animals move around in the trees and on the plains.

Season, Temperature and Plant Growth Cycle

Season: Varies considerably, can be year-round or just 11th of Spring - 1st of Fall.
Temperature: An annual average of just above 0 °C (32 °F) is possible, up to an average of 20 °C (68 °F) in warmer climates.
Plant Growth Cycle: Depending on location, plant growth may stop during winter.

Temperate Swamp

A more wet version of the Temperate Forest, like in all swamps diseases are more common, the marshy soil greatly restricts building and the terrain is really slow to travel, but they also have more fertile soil.

Season, Temperature and Plant Growth Cycle

Season: Varies considerably, can be year-round or just 11th of Spring - 1st of Fall.
Temperature: An annual average of just above 0 °C (32 °F) is possible, up to an average of 20 °C (68 °F) in warmer climates.
Plant Growth Cycle: Depending on location, plant growth may stop during winter.

Tropical Rainforest

A thick, moist jungle. Dense overgrowth and aggressive wildlife make construction and survival difficult. Tropical Rainforests are also notorious for sweltering summers and diabolical diseases, including Sleeping Sickness: a slow-progressing, long-lasting disease that is exclusive to the tropics.

Season, Temperature and Plant Growth Cycle

Season: Year-round.
Temperature: Averages 20 °C (68 °F) to 30 °C (86 °F) over the course of the whole year.
Plant Growth Cycle: Plants thrive throughout the year.

Tropical Swamp

A more wet version of the Tropical Rainforest, like in all swamps diseases are more common, the marshy soil greatly restricts building and the terrain is really slow to travel, but they also have more fertile soil.

Diseases are more constant here than any other biome, making it difficult to live in unless you have enough skilled doctors.

Season, Temperature and Plant Growth Cycle

Season: Year-round.
Temperature: Averages 20 °C (68 °F) to 30 °C (86 °F) over the course of the whole year.
Plant Growth Cycle: Plants thrive throughout the year.

Hot Biomes

These biomes become progressively dry as they become more arid. Moderate amount of flora and fauna, which drops off as you pick a more extreme biome. Mostly year-round growing periods, except in cold deserts. Traveling in those biomes is faster than any other biomes.

Arid shrubland

A dry region, but not dry enough to become a true desert. Open plains with grasses and bushes give way to scattered groves of trees. Plants are hardy and there is a moderate density of animals.

Season, Temperature and Plant Growth Cycle

Season: Year-round.
Temperature: Ranges from an annual average of 20 °C (68 °F) to over 30 °C (86 °F).
Plant Growth Cycle: Plants thrive throughout the year.

Desert

A very dry area which supports little life. There are scattered areas of dirt which crops can be grown on. Unlike the other arid biomes Deserts can also be cold.

Season, Temperature and Plant Growth Cycle

Season: Varies considerably. Can be year-round, or 1st of Summer to 11th of Summer.
Temperature: An annual average of over 20 °C (68 °F) is possible. In colder climates this can plummet to an annual average just above 0 °C (32 °F).
Plant Growth Cycle: Depending on location, plant growth may stop during winter.

Extreme desert

An extremely hot and dry area which is hostile to most life. Fertile land is nonexistent and wildlife is extremely scarce. Even cactus are hard to find. Its warm enough for growing plants outdoors but it has to be done in stony patches around hills and mountains. Potatoes grows better in stony soil, but berries can also be a good idea since there is no wood for cooking.

Season, Temperature and Plant Growth Cycle

Season: Year-round.
Temperature: Annual averages generally from 20 °C (68 °F) to 30 °C (86 °F).
Plant Growth Cycle: Plants thrive throughout the year.

Cold Biomes

These biomes become progressively colder and hostile as they become more intense. Flora and fauna becomes more scarce as you pick a more extreme biome. Mostly seasonal growing periods but may go down to no growing period in more extreme biomes. Traveling in those biomes is very slow on winter which can be very long.

Boreal Forest

Northern forests of coniferous trees. Despite the harsh winters, boreal forests sustain a diverse population of small and large animals, and somewhat dense flora. You can find many raspberry bushes scattered around, and also a few large bogs.

Season, Temperature and Plant Growth Cycle

Season: Anywhere from 6th of Spring - 6th of Fall. Generally 11th of Spring - 1st of Fall or 1st of Summer - 11th of Summer.
Temperature: from 20 °C (68 °F) to 10 °C (50 °F) in summer, from -10 °C (14 °F) to -30 °C (-22 °F) in winter
Plant Growth Cycle: Plant growth usually is restricted to summer but may also happen in spring and fall.

Cold Bog

A more wet version of the Boreal Forest, like in all swamps diseases are more common, the marshy soil greatly restricts building and the terrain is really slow to travel, but they also have more fertile soil.

Season, Temperature and Plant Growth Cycle

Season: Anywhere from 6th of Spring - 6th of Fall. Generally 11th of Spring - 1st of Fall or 1st of Summer - 11th of Summer.
Temperature: from 20 °C (68 °F) to 10 °C (50 °F) in summer, from -10 °C (14 °F) to -30 °C (-22 °F) in winter
Plant Growth Cycle: Plant growth usually is restricted to summer but may also happen in spring and fall.

Tundra

These mostly-frozen plains bear almost no trees and little vegetation. There are a few small animals interspersed with large herds of migratory grazers and their predators. Growing periods are generally very short or non-existent. This makes Tundra a challenging biome to survive on.

Season, Temperature and Plant Growth Cycle

Season: usually 1st of Summer - 11th of Summer or Never.
Temperature: Taken as an average through the year, can be as mild as 0 °C (32 °F) or as severe as -20 °C (-4 °F).
Plant Growth Cycle: Plant growth is restricted to summer or nonexistent.

Ice sheet

The surface is covered with sheets of ice which can be kilometers thick. There is no access to soil so there are no plants. The only animals seen here are migrating to somewhere else. Surviving is very difficult because hydroponics and stony patches around hills and mountains can be used to growing but need they to be heated indoors with sun lamps or roof openings. Potatoes grows better in stony soil. Geothermal vents can be used for free heating.

Season, Temperature and Plant Growth Cycle

Season: Never
Temperature: from 1 °C (33.8 °F) to -40 °C (-40 °F) in summer, from -40 °C (-40 °F) to -120 °C (-184 °F) in winter
Plant Growth Cycle: Never.

Sea Ice

This is where the sea has frozen over to the point where a thick ice sheet is formed, theoretically making it habitable. For those that thought Ice Sheet wasn't difficult enough: no flora, fauna or rocks - everything must be done via trading, or cannibalism, until you can eventually get hydroponics. Later moisture pumps allow for turning the few shallow pools into patches of soil, allowing you to build greenhouses over them. It is worth mentioning that Sea Ice even though possible was not designed at all to allow colony building, only to allow traveling in the area.

Season, Temperature and Plant Growth Cycle

Season: Never
Temperature: Sub-zero at all times except mid-day in the peak of summer.
Plant Growth Cycle: Never.

Wild Inhabitants

Flora

Biome	Agave	Birch tree	Bush	Cecropia tree	Dandelions	Grass	Moss	Oak tree	Pincushion cactus	Pine tree	Poplar tree	Raspberry bush	Saguaro cactus	Tall grass	Wild Healroot
Arid Shrubland	✓	✗	✓	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗
Boreal Forest	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓
Desert	✓	✗	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗
Temperate Forest	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓
Tropical Rainforest	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	✗
Tundra	✗	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓

Fauna

Biome	Alpaca	Arctic fox	Arctic wolf	Boar	Boomalope	Boomrat	Capybara	Caribou	Cassowary	Chicken	Chinchilla	Cobra	Cougar	Cow	Deer	Dromedary	Elephant
Arid Shrubland	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Boreal Forest	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Desert	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Extreme Desert	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Ice Sheet	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Sea Ice	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Temperate Forest	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Tropical Rainforest	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Tundra	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗

Biome	Elk	Emu	Fennec fox	Gazelle	Grizzly bear	Hare	Husky	Ibex	Iguana	Labrador retriever	Lynx	Megascarab	Megasloth	Monkey	Muffalo	Ostrich
Arid Shrubland	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Boreal Forest	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Desert	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Extreme Desert	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Ice Sheet	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Sea Ice	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Temperate Forest	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Tropical Rainforest	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Tundra	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗

Biome	Panther	Pig	Polar bear	Raccoon	Rat	Red fox	Rhinoceros	Snowhare	Squirrel	Thrumbo	Timber wolf	Tortoise	Turkey	Warg	Yorkshire terrier
Arid Shrubland	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Boreal Forest	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Desert	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Extreme Desert	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Ice Sheet	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Sea Ice	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Temperate Forest	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Tropical Rainforest	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Tundra	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗

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 </onlyinclude>
 ==Warm Biomes==
-These biomes are rich in flora and fauna, and also have a slightly elevated rate of disease. They generally have year-round growing periods, or longer growing periods at the very least.
+These biomes are rich in flora and fauna, and also have a slightly elevated rate of disease. They generally have year-round growing periods, or longer growing periods at the very least. Traveling speed is usually average but is slower in more dense forests and in cold seasons if they have one.
-===Temperate forest===
+===Temperate Forest===
 A friendly biome dominated by forests of deciduous trees interspersed with fertile clearings. Many species of animals move around in the trees and on the plains.
 ====Season, Temperature and Plant Growth Cycle====
 * Season: Varies considerably, can be year-round or just 11th of Spring - 1st of Fall.
 * Temperature: An annual average of just above {{Temperature|0}} is possible, up to an average of {{Temperature|20}} in warmer climates.
-* Plant Growth Cycle: Depending on location, plant growth may slow during autumn and stop during winter.
+* Plant Growth Cycle: Depending on location, plant growth may stop during winter.
 [[File:TemperateForest.png|400px|Temperate Forest Small Hills]]
-----
-===Tropical rainforest===
-A thick, moist jungle. Dense overgrowth and aggressive wildlife make construction and survival difficult. Tropical Rainforests are also notorious for sweltering summers and diabolical diseases, including [[Disease#Sleeping_Sickness|Sleeping Sickness]]: a slow-progressing, long-lasting disease that is exclusive to the tropics.
-====Season, Temperature and Plant Growth Cycle====
-* Season: Year-round.
-* Temperature: Averages {{Temperature|20}} to {{Temperature|30}} over the course of the whole year. Heat waves generally push temperatures up to the {{Temperature|50}} - {{Temperature|60}} range.
-* Plant Growth Cycle: Plants thrive throughout the year. Heat waves can slow plant growth though.
-[[File:TropicalRainforest.png|400px|Tropical Rainforest Large Hills]]
 ----
 ===Temperate Swamp===
-Temperate swamps have lots of plants. Marshy soil on this map will impose great building restrictions.
+A more wet version of the Temperate Forest, like in all swamps diseases are more common, the marshy soil greatly restricts building and the terrain is really slow to travel, but they also have more fertile soil.
-Most habitable of the swamp biomes, but is nevertheless still challenging to live in.
 ====Season, Temperature and Plant Growth Cycle====
 * Season: Varies considerably, can be year-round or just 11th of Spring - 1st of Fall.
 * Temperature: An annual average of just above {{Temperature|0}} is possible, up to an average of {{Temperature|20}} in warmer climates.
-* Plant Growth Cycle: Depending on location, plant growth may slow during autumn and stop during winter.
+* Plant Growth Cycle: Depending on location, plant growth may stop during winter.
+----
+===Tropical Rainforest===
+A thick, moist jungle. Dense overgrowth and aggressive wildlife make construction and survival difficult. Tropical Rainforests are also notorious for sweltering summers and diabolical diseases, including [[Disease#Sleeping_Sickness|Sleeping Sickness]]: a slow-progressing, long-lasting disease that is exclusive to the tropics.
+====Season, Temperature and Plant Growth Cycle====
+* Season: Year-round.
+* Temperature: Averages {{Temperature|20}} to {{Temperature|30}} over the course of the whole year.
+* Plant Growth Cycle: Plants thrive throughout the year.
+[[File:TropicalRainforest.png|400px|Tropical Rainforest Large Hills]]
 ----
 ===Tropical Swamp===
-Tropical swamps are blanketed by large amount of plants. Lots of marshy soil slows down movement greatly and makes it hard to find suitable places to build.  Tropical Swamps are also notorious for sweltering summers and diabolical diseases, including [[Disease#Sleeping_Sickness|Sleeping Sickness]]: a slow-progressing, long-lasting disease that is exclusive to the tropics.  The good news is that rich soil is in abundance for growing crops here.
+A more wet version of the Tropical Rainforest, like in all swamps diseases are more common, the marshy soil greatly restricts building and the terrain is really slow to travel, but they also have more fertile soil.
-High temperature and frequent diseases makes it difficult to live in unless you have enough skilled doctors.
+Diseases are more constant here than any other biome, making it difficult to live in unless you have enough skilled doctors.
 ====Season, Temperature and Plant Growth Cycle====
 * Season: Year-round.
-* Temperature: Averages {{Temperature|20}} to {{Temperature|30}} over the course of the whole year. Heat waves generally push temperatures up to the {{Temperature|50}} - {{Temperature|60}} range.
+* Temperature: Averages {{Temperature|20}} to {{Temperature|30}} over the course of the whole year.
-* Plant Growth Cycle: Plants thrive throughout the year. Heat waves can slow plant growth though.
+* Plant Growth Cycle: Plants thrive throughout the year.
 ==Hot Biomes==
-These biomes become progressively dry as they become more arid. Moderate amount of flora and fauna, which drops off as you pick a more extreme biome. Mostly year-round growing periods, though the heat can slow or even stop plants from growing in summer.
+These biomes become progressively dry as they become more arid. Moderate amount of flora and fauna, which drops off as you pick a more extreme biome. Mostly year-round growing periods, except in cold deserts. Traveling in those biomes is faster than any other biomes.
 ===Arid shrubland===
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 ====Season, Temperature and Plant Growth Cycle====
 * Season: Year-round.
-* Temperature: Ranges from an annual average of {{Temperature|20}} to over {{Temperature|30}}. Heat waves during summer can push temperatures fairly above {{Temperature|60}}
+* Temperature: Ranges from an annual average of {{Temperature|20}} to over {{Temperature|30}}.
-* Plant Growth Cycle: The hardy plants of this biome grow well throughout the year.
+* Plant Growth Cycle: Plants thrive throughout the year.
 [[File:AridShrubland.png|400px|Arid Shrubland Small Hills]]
 ----
 ===Desert===
-A very dry area which supports little life. There are scattered areas of dirt which crops can be grown on.
+A very dry area which supports little life. There are scattered areas of dirt which crops can be grown on. Unlike the other arid biomes Deserts can also be cold.
 ====Season, Temperature and Plant Growth Cycle====
 * Season: Varies considerably. Can be year-round, or 1st of Summer to 11th of Summer.
 * Temperature: An annual average of over {{Temperature|20}} is possible. In colder climates this can plummet to an annual average just above {{Temperature|0}}.
-* Plant Growth Cycle: Growth can slow during autumn and winter.
+* Plant Growth Cycle: Depending on location, plant growth may stop during winter.
 [[File:Desert.png|400px|Desert Mountainous]]
 ----
 ===Extreme desert===
-An extremely hot and dry area which is hostile to most life. Both sufficiently fertile land and wildlife are extremely scarce, much like in Ice Sheets. However, you may still get the occasional saguaro cactus and agave plant blown in, and it's warm enough for growing plants outdoors. However, there is only gravel in patches here.  [[Potatoes]] can grow in gravel, while [[Rice|rice]] isn't so bad in less fertile land.
+An extremely hot and dry area which is hostile to most life. Fertile land is nonexistent and wildlife is extremely scarce. Even cactus are hard to find. Its warm enough for growing plants outdoors but it has to be done in stony patches around hills and mountains. [[Potatoes]] grows better in stony soil, but [[Berries|berries]] can also be a good idea since there is no wood for cooking.
 ====Season, Temperature and Plant Growth Cycle====
-*Season: From year-round to 11th of Winter - 1st of Winter.
+*Season: Year-round.
 *Temperature: Annual averages generally from {{Temperature|20}} to {{Temperature|30}}.
-*Plant Growth Cycle: Not quite as tight as ice sheets, but very few crops can be grown on the various areas of gravel around hills and mountains.
+*Plant Growth Cycle: Plants thrive throughout the year.
 [[File:ExtremeDesert.png|400px|Extreme Desert Flat]]
 ==Cold Biomes==
-These biomes become progressively colder and hostile as they become more intense. Flora and fauna becomes more scarce as you pick a more extreme biome. Disease rate is also lower in more extreme biomes, being almost non-existent on Ice Sheet.
+These biomes become progressively colder and hostile as they become more intense. Flora and fauna becomes more scarce as you pick a more extreme biome. Mostly seasonal growing periods but may go down to no growing period in more extreme biomes. Traveling in those biomes is very slow on winter which can be very long.
-===Boreal forest===
+===Boreal Forest===
-Northern forests of coniferous trees. Despite the harsh winters, boreal forests sustain a diverse population of small and large animals, and somewhat dense flora. You can find many raspberry bushes scattered around, and also a few large bogs which are 'fun' to traverse.
+Northern forests of coniferous trees. Despite the harsh winters, boreal forests sustain a diverse population of small and large animals, and somewhat dense flora. You can find many raspberry bushes scattered around, and also a few large bogs.
 ====Season, Temperature and Plant Growth Cycle====
-* Season: Anywhere from 6th of Spring - 6th of Fall or occasionally Never when bordering Tundras. Generally 11th of Spring - 1st of Fall or 1st of Summer - 11th of Summer.
+* Season: Anywhere from 6th of Spring - 6th of Fall. Generally 11th of Spring - 1st of Fall or 1st of Summer - 11th of Summer.
 * Temperature: from {{Temperature|20}} to {{Temperature|10}} in summer, from {{Temperature|-10}} to {{Temperature|-30}} in winter
-* Plant Growth Cycle: Reasonably hospitable for flora during the late spring months to early fall months.
+* Plant Growth Cycle: Plant growth usually is restricted to summer but may also happen in spring and fall.
 [[File:BorealForest.png|400px|Boreal Forest Flat]]
 ----
+===Cold Bog===
+A more wet version of the Boreal Forest, like in all swamps diseases are more common, the marshy soil greatly restricts building and the terrain is really slow to travel, but they also have more fertile soil.
+====Season, Temperature and Plant Growth Cycle====
+* Season: Anywhere from 6th of Spring - 6th of Fall. Generally 11th of Spring - 1st of Fall or 1st of Summer - 11th of Summer.
+* Temperature: from {{Temperature|20}} to {{Temperature|10}} in summer, from {{Temperature|-10}} to {{Temperature|-30}} in winter
+* Plant Growth Cycle: Plant growth usually is restricted to summer but may also happen in spring and fall.
+[[File:Cold Bog.png|400px]]
+----
 ===Tundra===
 These mostly-frozen plains bear almost no trees and little vegetation. There are a few small animals interspersed with large herds of migratory grazers and their predators. Growing periods are generally very short or non-existent. This makes Tundra a challenging biome to survive on.
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 * Season: usually 1st of Summer - 11th of Summer or Never.
 * Temperature: Taken as an average through the year, can be as mild as {{Temperature|0}} or as severe as {{Temperature|-20}}.
-* Plant Growth Cycle: Plants flourish briefly in the summer months.
+* Plant Growth Cycle: Plant growth is restricted to summer or nonexistent.
 [[File:Tundra.png|400px|Tundra Small Hills]]
-----
-===Cold Bog===
-A cold, marshy area.  Diseases are less frequent and there are less plants than the other swamp biomes here.  It can get very cold during the winter, so beware.  Trees can only grow and reseed themselves when it's warm enough, so consider any tree harvested here a goner forever.  Such slow seasonal growth also applies to the undergrowth here.  Large numbers of livestock can rapidly strip the landscape bare.  There is much marshy soil, mud and shallow water about, making [[moisture pump]]s a necessity for building large bases.  Boggy soil makes for slow travel, so caravans sent from and returning to here will have long travel times.  On the plus side, wild healroot and raspberries will grow here during the warmer months.  Also, like most swampy biomes, there is much rich soil.
-[[File:Cold Bog.png|400px]]
 ----
 ===Ice sheet===
-The surface is covered with sheets of ice which can be kilometers thick. There is no access to soil or rock, so there are no plants. The only animals seen here are migrating to somewhere else - or badly lost. Surviving is very difficult and dependent on unreliable hydroponic farming, and utilisation of gravel patches around rocky outcrops. Geothermal vents and potatoes are your best friends here, and should trust them with your life - not that there's much of a choice.
+The surface is covered with sheets of ice which can be kilometers thick. There is no access to soil so there are no plants. The only animals seen here are migrating to somewhere else. Surviving is very difficult because [[Hydroponics basin|hydroponics]] and stony patches around hills and mountains can be used to growing but need they to be heated indoors with sun lamps or roof openings. [[Potatoes]] grows better in stony soil. Geothermal vents can be used for free heating.
-Still, the inhospitable environment works both ways: Human enemies rarely show up due to the cold, and parasitic diseases are very rare.
 ====Season, Temperature and Plant Growth Cycle====
 * Season: Never
 * Temperature: from {{Temperature|1}} to {{Temperature|-40}} in summer, from {{Temperature|-40}} to {{Temperature|-120}} in winter
-* Plant Growth Cycle: In very mild ice sheets, some plants can be grown on areas of gravel during summer where temperatures can peak into low-mid double figures during the day.
+* Plant Growth Cycle: Never.
 [[File:IceSheet.png|400px|Ice Sheet Large Hills]]
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 ===Sea Ice===
-This is where the sea has frozen over to the point where a thick ice sheet is formed, theoretically making it habitable. For those that thought Ice Sheet wasn't difficult enough: no flora, fauna or rocks - everything must be done via trading, or cannibalism, until you can eventually get hydroponics. Moisture pumps allow for turning the few shallow pools into patches of gravel, allowing you to build greenhouses over them. Only for the true Bear Grylls' of the RimWorlders.
+This is where the sea has frozen over to the point where a thick ice sheet is formed, theoretically making it habitable. For those that thought Ice Sheet wasn't difficult enough: no flora, fauna or rocks - everything must be done via trading, or cannibalism, until you can eventually get [[Hydroponics basin|hydroponics]]. Later [[Moisture pump|moisture pumps]] allow for turning the few shallow pools into patches of soil, allowing you to build greenhouses over them. It is worth mentioning that Sea Ice even though possible was not designed at all to allow colony building, only to allow traveling in the area.
 ====Season, Temperature and Plant Growth Cycle====
 * Season: Never
-* Temperature: Unknown - presumably sub-zero at all times except mid-day in the peak of summer.
+* Temperature: Sub-zero at all times except mid-day in the peak of summer.
-* Plant Growth Cycle: Non-existent: initially there is no fertile soil.  You can only grow using hydroponics until moisture pumps allow for turning shallow pools into gravel patches and you build a greenhouse over them.
+* Plant Growth Cycle: Never.
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Warm Biomes

Temperate Forest

Season, Temperature and Plant Growth Cycle

Temperate Swamp

Season, Temperature and Plant Growth Cycle

Tropical Rainforest

Season, Temperature and Plant Growth Cycle

Tropical Swamp

Season, Temperature and Plant Growth Cycle

Hot Biomes

Arid shrubland

Season, Temperature and Plant Growth Cycle

Desert

Season, Temperature and Plant Growth Cycle

Extreme desert

Season, Temperature and Plant Growth Cycle

Cold Biomes

Boreal Forest

Season, Temperature and Plant Growth Cycle

Cold Bog

Season, Temperature and Plant Growth Cycle

Tundra

Season, Temperature and Plant Growth Cycle

Ice sheet

Season, Temperature and Plant Growth Cycle

Sea Ice

Season, Temperature and Plant Growth Cycle

Wild Inhabitants

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