Skewed Asteroid guide: the fixed map and every geyser
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The Klei Fest 2023 asteroid is the same in every game; here is its full map with every geyser located.
The Skewed Asteroid is the one start in Oxygen Not Included that is the same in every game. Its cluster has a fixed coordinate, KF23-C-7-0-0-0, so whatever seed you type, the asteroid, its geysers and its neighbours come out identical. The game describes it as a tilted world, strange and strangely familiar. It is a wide 380 × 240 cell asteroid built from the classic biomes, with the Geodes trait always applied.

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Size | 380 × 240 cells, wider than tall |
| Survival chance | Ideal |
| Where you find it | Start asteroid of the Skewed Asteroid cluster in Spaced Out!, released for Klei Fest 2023. |
| Starting biome | Sandstone: Mealwood, Bristle Blossom, Muckroot, Hatches and Shine Bugs. |
| Other biomes | Sandstone pockets, five or more marshes, jungles, tundras and oceans, an oil field and the magma core, all in their tilted variants. |
| World traits | Geodes, always. |
| Neighbours | The Radioactive Swamp Asteroid three hexes away and linked by a teleporter pair, and the Tundra, Marshy, Superconductive, Moo, Water and Regolith asteroids. |
Strengths
- Shared knowledge: every player gets the same map, so every geyser position below is valid for every game.
- A Cool Steam Vent 32 cells from the Printing Pod at (169, 147) and a Cool Slush Geyser 59 cells away.
- Metal volcanoes: two Gold Volcano, a Iron Volcano and a Copper Volcano.
- Three Volcano on the far left edge for steam turbine power, well away from the start.
- Two Neural Vacillators, one in a marsh and one in a tundra, and two Anti Entropy Thermo-Nullifier heat sinks in the tundra.
Weaknesses
- Wide and flat: a lot of horizontal travel, which slows Duplicants on a base that grows sideways.
- Natural gas is far away: the two Natural Gas Geysers sit 119 and 125 cells from the pod.
- No seed variety: once you know the map, there are no surprises left.
What to target first
- Cycle 1: Research Station, Outhouse, Oxygen Diffuser, Mealwood.
- Cycle 3 to 10: the Cool Steam Vent at (169, 147), up and to the left of the pod.
- Cycle 10 to 30: Electrolyzer, then the Hydrogen Vent at (171, 183) for a hydrogen generator.
- Cycle 30 onward: the Gold Volcanoes at (194, 46) and (206, 40), below the base, and the teleporter to the Radioactive Swamp Asteroid.
Surviving the Skewed Asteroid
Plan transport early. Build the base in vertical layers around the pod, and run a transit tube or long ladders to the outer geysers once the colony expands.
The fixed map: KF23-C-7-0-0-0
The whole asteroid with all 15 geysers. The water vents spread across the map: steam at (169, 147) and (82, 138), slush at (228, 78), salt water at (272, 128) and polluted water at (272, 169).


| Geyser | Cell (x, y) | Average output | Temperature |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polluted Water Vent | 272, 169 | 3.04 kg/s | 30 ºC |
| Salt Water Geyser | 272, 128 | 2.03 kg/s | 95 ºC |
| Cool Steam Vent | 82, 138 | 1.97 kg/s | 110 ºC |
| Cool Slush Geyser | 228, 78 | 1.75 kg/s | -10 ºC |
| Cool Steam Vent | 169, 147 | 1.24 kg/s | 110 ºC |
| Volcano | 22, 111 | 1.23 kg/s | 1727 ºC |
| Volcano | 20, 161 | 1.15 kg/s | 1727 ºC |
| Volcano | 15, 52 | 1.06 kg/s | 1727 ºC |
| Copper Volcano | 270, 43 | 332 g/s | 2227 ºC |
| Gold Volcano | 194, 46 | 328 g/s | 2627 ºC |
| Iron Volcano | 129, 37 | 317 g/s | 2527 ºC |
| Gold Volcano | 206, 40 | 310 g/s | 2627 ºC |
| Hydrogen Vent | 171, 183 | 122 g/s | 500 ºC |
| Natural Gas Geyser | 72, 71 | 97 g/s | 150 ºC |
| Natural Gas Geyser | 82, 176 | 86 g/s | 150 ºC |
The neighbour: Radioactive Swamp Asteroid
The Radioactive Swamp Asteroid of the Skewed cluster, three hexes away, is fixed as well: Small Boulders and Metal Poor, two Iron Volcanoes, an Aluminum Volcano, a Salt Water Geyser, a Cool Steam Vent and two slush geysers.

| Geyser | Cell (x, y) | Average output | Temperature |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Water Geyser | 131, 74 | 3.18 kg/s | 95 ºC |
| Cool Slush Geyser | 17, 129 | 1.88 kg/s | -10 ºC |
| Cool Salt Slush Geyser | 64, 124 | 1.80 kg/s | -10 ºC |
| Cool Steam Vent | 138, 115 | 1.49 kg/s | 110 ºC |
| Iron Volcano | 23, 50 | 370 g/s | 2527 ºC |
| Iron Volcano | 82, 94 | 301 g/s | 2527 ºC |
| Aluminum Volcano | 114, 84 | 244 g/s | 1727 ºC |
| Carbon Dioxide Geyser | 68, 13 | 173 g/s | -55 ºC |
| Carbon Dioxide Geyser | 22, 21 | 126 g/s | -55 ºC |
| Hot Polluted Oxygen Vent | 90, 32 | 87 g/s | 500 ºC |
| Hydrogen Vent | 91, 42 | 76 g/s | 500 ºC |
Long-term plan
Because the map never changes, the Skewed Asteroid rewards planning ahead: place the industrial wing below the base near the gold volcanoes, the power plant on the big volcanoes at the left edge, and the farm next to the steam vent.