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11 Confirmed biome types
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33 The following environments have been identified from the reveal trailer and official materials. Because the planet is Earth-sized, there is room for far more biome variety than what has been shown publicly.
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55 Forests and temperate woodlands
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77 Dense green forests with tall trees and thick underbrush appear frequently in the trailer. These look like temperate or mild-climate regions with plenty of vegetation.
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99 Grasslands
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1111 Open grassy plains are visible in several shots, with wide sight lines and scattered trees. These areas seem well-suited for ground mount travel.
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1313 Deserts
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1515 Arid landscapes with sandy terrain and palm-like vegetation. At least one desert region is clearly visible in the trailer footage.
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1717 Frozen and snowy regions
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1919 Ice-covered terrain and snow-blanketed mountain peaks appear in the trailer. These likely represent high-altitude or polar environments. Survival mechanics probably differ here compared to temperate zones.
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2121 Mountain ranges
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2323 Sean Murray described the mountains as "real mountains, not videogame mountains, but mountains that are miles high, taller than Everest." The trailer confirms massive mountain formations that tower over the surrounding terrain. Murray also stated that "every mountain can be climbed."
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25+River valleys and canyons
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27+Sean Murray described the planet's geography in vivid terms: "You can see rivers and canyons and continents." The trailer shows deep canyon formations and river systems cutting through varied terrain. One shot shows a dragon diving between narrow canyon walls, giving a sense of the vertical scale.
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2529 Oceans and coastlines
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27-Oceans are a full biome category, not just boundaries. The trailer shows coastal areas where land meets water, and underwater sequences with aquatic life and coral formations.
31+Oceans are a full biome category, not just boundaries. The trailer shows coastal areas where land meets water, and underwater sequences with aquatic life and coral formations. Murray described the oceans as "as dark and deep as our own."
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2933 Volcanic regions
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3135 A volcanic environment is visible in the trailer footage, with what appears to be active lava or geothermal activity.
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3337 Biome transitions
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3539 The trailer shows continuous movement between biome types without hard boundaries. Forests gradually thin into grasslands; grasslands give way to desert. This suggests procedural blending between biome zones rather than the abrupt cutoffs seen in many open-world games.
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3741 Unique resources and creatures
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3943 The Steam page describes "unique enemies and valuable resources to discover" within the biomes. Different environments almost certainly contain different material types, creature populations, and environmental hazards. The specifics of which resources appear where have not been detailed.
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45+The trailer shows a variety of creatures across biome types: flying creatures in mountain regions, aquatic life in the oceans, and ground-dwelling fauna in forests and grasslands. Boss-scale creatures also appear, dwarfing the player character in scale. Whether specific bosses are tied to specific biomes is unknown.