Tropical swamp
Tropical Swamp
A plant-choked, steamy swamp seething with parasites and pathogens. Much of the land is too marshy to build on. Difficult movement, aggressive animals, and rampant disease make living here a nightmare.
Base Stats
- Type
- Biome
- Texture on World Map
- Allows colonies
- Yes
- Allows Roads and Rivers
- Yes
- Animal Density
- 6.5
- Plant Density
- 0.99
- Disease MTB Days
- 30 days
- Movement Difficulty
- 4[Note]
- Forageability
- 75%
- Wild Plant Regrow Days
- 13 days
- Min Temperature
- 15 °C (59 °F)
- Max Temperature
- 55 °C (131 °F)
- Rainfall range
- 2000mm – 65535mm
- Swampiness range
- 0.5 – 1
- Max Fish Population
- 780
- Clear
- 18
- Fog
- 1
- Rain
- 2
- Foggy rain
- 1
- Dry Thunderstorm
- 0.3
- Rainy Thunderstorm
- 1.7
- Soft snow
- 4
- Hard snow
- 4
- Gray Pall
- 1
- Blind fog
- 1
- Overcast
- 2
- Torrential rain
- 0.5
Tropical swamp is a hot and wet biome in RimWorld.
Summary[edit]
Tropical swamp are famous for having many diseases, including Sleeping sickness: a slow-progressing, long-lasting disease that is exclusive to the tropics. Many trees make it difficult to clear land and rapid plant growth makes it difficult to keep it clear.
In the lists below the number in brackets represents the relative commonality.
Flora[edit]
Alocasia (0.8)
Berry bush (0.05)
Bush (0.15)
Chokevine (0.8)
Clivia (0.07)
Cypress tree (1.72)
Giant rafflesia (0.0008)
Low shrubs (2)
Maple tree (1.72)
Tall grass (4.8)
Willow tree (1.72)
Rat palm tree 
(1.5)
Lily pad (0.1)
Lotus (0.1)
Reeds (1.2)
Fauna[edit]
Alpaca (0.5)
Boomalope (0.5)
Capybara (0.5)
Cassowary (0.5)
Chinchilla (0.5)
Cobra (0.15)
Elephant (0.5)
Guinea pig (0.18)
Monkey (1)
Panther (0.15)
Rat (1)
Rhinoceros (0.5)
Tortoise (0.5)
Wild boar (0.5)
Alligator (0.07)
Colossus toad (0.1)
Flamingo (0.5)
Gorilla (0.02)
Hippo (0.1)
Macaw (0.25)
Panda (0.05)
Peafowl (0.5)
Tiger (0.05)
Additionally, these animals can spawn in coastal maps:
Hermit crab (0.1)
Sea turtle (0.1)
Seal (0.1)
Stone crab (0.1)
If the map is polluted, then the game may choose to spawn in wild animals from this list instead:
Diseases[edit]
Tropical swamp has a disease MTB of 30 days. The following diseases can occur in a Tropical swamp:
| Disease | Commonality |
|---|---|
| Malaria | 160 |
| Sleeping sickness | 140 |
| Flu | 100 |
| Plague | 100 |
| Gut worms | 80 |
| Muscle parasites | 80 |
| Fibrous mechanites | 30 |
| Sensory mechanites | 30 |
| Animal flu | 100 |
| Animal plague | 100 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tilapia | Freshwater | Common |
| Catfish | Freshwater | Uncommon |
| Piranha | Freshwater | Uncommon |
| Bluefish | Saltwater | Common |
| Tuna | Saltwater | Uncommon |
| Flounder | Saltwater | Uncommon |
Analysis[edit]
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Gallery[edit]
A Tropical Swamp
Tropical swamp's texture on the world map
Version history[edit]
- 0.18.1722 - Added
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