Extreme desert
Extreme desert
An extremely hot, dry area, devoid of almost all life. Searing heat and a near total lack of arable land make it very difficult to survive here.
Searing heat and a near total lack of arable land make survival here a challenge.
Base Stats
- Type
- Biome
- Texture on World Map
- Allows colonies
- Yes
- Allows Roads and Rivers
- Yes
- Animal Density
- 0.1
- Plant Density
- 0.002
- Disease MTB Days
- 90 days
- Movement Difficulty
- 1[Note]
- Forageability
- 0%
- Wild Plant Regrow Days
- 35 days
- Min Temperature
- N/A
- Max Temperature
- N/A
- Rainfall range
- 0mm – 340mm
- Swampiness range
- N/A
- Max Fish Population
- 240
- Clear
- 18
- Rain
- 1
- Dry Thunderstorm
- 1
- Rainy Thunderstorm
- 1
- Soft snow
- 1.5
- Hard snow
- 1
- Gray Pall
- 1
- Sandstorm
- 2
Extreme desert is a hot and dry biome in RimWorld.
Summary[edit]
The hot temperatures can cause problems for colonists and tamed animals. Its warm enough for growing plants outdoors, but it has to be done in stony patches around hills and mountains. Even though potatoes grow better in stony soil, you need to plant rice first so you will not starve while waiting for potatoes. Strawberries are also a good idea since there is no wood for cooking. Later hydroponics can be used instead of ground. This biome has patches of soft sand which prevent building, but can be removed with moisture pumps. Animal migrations may occur, about once every other year.
In the lists below the number in brackets represents the relative commonality.
Flora[edit]
Agave (0.25)
Grass (6)
Saguaro cactus (1)
Gray grass 
(5)
Pebble cactus (1)
Fauna[edit]
Donkey (0.2)
Dromedary (0.2)
Fennec fox (0.1)
Guinea pig (0.002)
Iguana (1.5)
Vulture (1)
Additionally, these animals can spawn in coastal maps:
Hermit crab (0.1)
If the map is polluted, then the game may choose to spawn in wild animals from this list instead:
- Iguana (1)
Megascarab (1)
Diseases[edit]
Extreme Desert has a disease MTB of 90 days. The following diseases can occur in a Extreme Desert:
| Disease | Commonality |
|---|---|
| Flu | 100 |
| Plague | 80 |
| Gut worms | 40 |
| Muscle parasites | 40 |
| Fibrous mechanites | 30 |
| Sensory mechanites | 30 |
| Animal flu | 100 |
| Animal plague | 80 |
| Organ decay | 10 |
Fish[edit]
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This section relates to content added by Odyssey (DLC). Please note that it will not be present without the DLC enabled. |
The table below contains the list of all of the fish that can be caught - as well as where they can be caught.
| Fish | Water body | Rarity |
|---|---|---|
| Guppy | Freshwater | Common |
| Tilapia | Freshwater | Uncommon |
| Bluefish | Saltwater | Common |
| Tuna | Saltwater | Uncommon |
Analysis[edit]
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Gallery[edit]
An Extreme Desert
Extreme desert's texture on the world map
Version history[edit]
- 0.13.1135 - Added
- Temperate
- Temperate forest • Temperate swamp • Scarlands
- Hot
- Tropical rainforest • Tropical swamp • Arid shrubland • Desert • Extreme desert • Glowforest • Grassland • Lava field
- Cold
- Boreal forest • Cold bog • Tundra • Ice sheet • Sea ice • Glacial plain • Orbit
- Water
- Lake • Ocean
- Pocket map
- Underground • Labyrinth • Metal hell • Undercave • Insect lair