Irradiated Forest Asteroid guide: aluminium, gold and radiation
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What the Terrania Cluster rocket target holds, how to land safely and what to mine first, with three in-game seeds.
The Irradiated Forest Asteroid is the second asteroid of the Terrania Cluster, three hexes from Terrania. The game describes it as a sandstone and forest world with significant radiation and an abundance of metal. Its landing site is a wide barren chasm; around it lie forest, ocean, renewable metallic biomes, radioactive biomes and uranium fields, some of them extremely cold.
Every sample seed below carried the same four metal volcanoes: two Aluminum Volcano and two Gold Volcano. That makes it the aluminium source of the Terrania Cluster.
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Size | 128 × 153 cells |
| Where you find it | Terrania Cluster, three hexes from the start asteroid; reached by rocket. |
| Biomes | Barren chasm landing site, forest, ocean, four or more renewable metallic biomes, three or more radioactive biomes, uranium fields and frozen uranium fields. |
| Guaranteed vents | A Gold Volcano and an Aluminum Volcano, with a second try of each, Carbon Dioxide Geysers in the uranium fields, and three random geysers. The ocean tries a Salt Water Geyser. |
| Peak light and radiation | 30,000 lux of sunlight and 125 rads of cosmic radiation at the surface; the radiation hazard is the uranium inside. |
| World traits | One or two random traits. |
Strengths
- Two Aluminum Volcanoes and two Gold Volcanoes on every sample seed, about 300 g/s each on average.
- Uranium Ore for the Uranium Centrifuge and radbolt research: 70 to 85 tonnes per sample seed.
- Wolframite, about 50 to 120 tonnes, the ore for tungsten.
- A forest and an ocean give Duplicants Arbor Trees, Pacu, Pokeshells, Pips and Beeta hives to work with.
Weaknesses
- Radiation. The uranium fields and radioactive biomes expose Duplicants quickly; suits and short shifts are needed there.
- Extremely cold frozen uranium fields freeze pipes and Duplicants without insulation.
- Beeta hives (Beeta) sit in the radioactive biomes; leave them in place until the colony is ready to work with radiation.
What to target first after landing
- Land in the chasm and wall off the radioactive biomes before anyone works near them.
- Use the boon rooms the world may spawn (beds, a farm or a kitchen) for the first crew.
- Tap one Aluminum Volcano with a cooling setup and ship aluminium home by rocket.
- Mine uranium ore in short trips with Lead Suit Checkpoint lead suit checkpoints once the research allows.
- Build a Radbolt Generator near the uranium for radbolt research.
Surviving the asteroid
Treat this asteroid as an outpost, not a second home. Keep the crew small, rotate Duplicants out before radiation sickness builds up, and bring food until a farm runs in the forest part.
Seed SNDST-C-1234567-0-0-0
Medium Boulders. Besides the four metal volcanoes it has a Salt Water Geyser at (90, 74), a Minor Volcano and a Hydrogen Vent for local power.
| Geyser | Cell (x, y) | Average output | Temperature |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Water Geyser | 90, 74 | 2.60 kg/s | 95 ºC |
| Minor Volcano | 16, 98 | 807 g/s | 1727 ºC |
| Aluminum Volcano | 37, 52 | 346 g/s | 1727 ºC |
| Gold Volcano | 114, 64 | 312 g/s | 2627 ºC |
| Gold Volcano | 26, 39 | 308 g/s | 2627 ºC |
| Aluminum Volcano | 86, 53 | 225 g/s | 1727 ºC |
| Carbon Dioxide Geyser | 97, 36 | 166 g/s | -55 ºC |
| Carbon Dioxide Geyser | 74, 29 | 156 g/s | -55 ºC |
| Chlorine Gas Vent | 84, 93 | 112 g/s | 60 ºC |
| Hydrogen Vent | 45, 30 | 101 g/s | 500 ºC |
Seed SNDST-C-2468024-0-0-0
Geodes. The random rolls added a Hydrogen Vent and a Hot Polluted Oxygen Vent; the Salt Water Geyser at (93, 84) is the water source.
| Geyser | Cell (x, y) | Average output | Temperature |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Water Geyser | 93, 84 | 2.57 kg/s | 95 ºC |
| Aluminum Volcano | 49, 53 | 346 g/s | 1727 ºC |
| Gold Volcano | 30, 50 | 309 g/s | 2627 ºC |
| Aluminum Volcano | 18, 32 | 291 g/s | 1727 ºC |
| Gold Volcano | 68, 33 | 270 g/s | 2627 ºC |
| Carbon Dioxide Geyser | 77, 14 | 141 g/s | -55 ºC |
| Chlorine Gas Vent | 113, 60 | 132 g/s | 60 ºC |
| Carbon Dioxide Geyser | 51, 19 | 127 g/s | -55 ºC |
| Hydrogen Vent | 111, 90 | 104 g/s | 500 ºC |
| Hot Polluted Oxygen Vent | 80, 52 | 99 g/s | 500 ºC |
Seed SNDST-C-31415926-0-0-0
Slime Molds. A Polluted Water Vent at (111, 36) adds 3.2 kg/s of polluted water next to the usual Salt Water Geyser at (71, 62).
| Geyser | Cell (x, y) | Average output | Temperature |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Water Geyser | 71, 62 | 3.40 kg/s | 95 ºC |
| Polluted Water Vent | 111, 36 | 3.17 kg/s | 30 ºC |
| Gold Volcano | 43, 62 | 338 g/s | 2627 ºC |
| Aluminum Volcano | 28, 42 | 321 g/s | 1727 ºC |
| Gold Volcano | 93, 51 | 314 g/s | 2627 ºC |
| Aluminum Volcano | 48, 38 | 281 g/s | 1727 ºC |
| Carbon Dioxide Geyser | 63, 29 | 131 g/s | -55 ºC |
| Carbon Dioxide Geyser | 83, 18 | 124 g/s | -55 ºC |
| Chlorine Gas Vent | 116, 55 | 118 g/s | 60 ºC |
| Hot Polluted Oxygen Vent | 15, 82 | 87 g/s | 500 ºC |
Role in the colony
The Irradiated Forest Asteroid turns Terrania's colony into a metal and radiation colony. Aluminium and gold come from its volcanoes, uranium feeds radbolt research and later a Research Reactor, and the forest can host a small farm for a permanent crew.