Planets

Planets are astronomical bodies in space that the player can travel to, explore, and build bases on.

In the gameplay, the planets can be displayed via StarMap, and their information can be seen with the Telescope.

There are many types of planets that can be found within the game. The following types of planets that are currently in a game and will always be located on stars are: Earthlike, Terra, Forest, Ocean, Desert, Barren, Exotic, Tundra, and Gas

Each planet has unique characteristics, with different gravity, day-night cycle, tidally lockable, flora, biomes, and resources. As shown by the Telescope, more than half of all planets in the universe also have breathable atmospheres, making it highly recommended to use AirSupply on all planets that don't have breathable atmospheres, which is marked as "false" in one of the information of the telescope.

Earthlike


Earthlikes planets are planets that appears on the menu. Despite this, they only contain basic metallic resources, which are Iron, Copper and Coal. While the resources found on them are quite useful, they do not contain the resources required for more advanced technology. As such, it is advised that earthlikes are left as soon as possible, in order to gain access to mid-game technology.

There are five spawn planets available on the main menu for any player to choose from. There will always be earthlike planets, and any earthlike can become a starter planet.


 * A spawn planet will stay on the menu for three days. After that, a new one will be selected based on these conditions:
 * The planet must be an earthlike.
 * The planet must not orbit a black hole.
 * The planet must not be tidally locked.[requires confirmation]
 * Spawn planets usually have the highest player count in the game, making them a good place to recruit people to join your faction, or just to make friends.

Terra
Terra planets are planets that look similar to Earthlike planets except for the colors of their mountains, grounds, and trees. In contrast to Earthlike, they used Iron, Copper, Stone harvested from mountains, and other random resources. They usually have good decisions for players to go to and build bases in order to easily obtain Grass, Stick, Rubber, and so on.

Forest
Forest planets are similar to Terra planets, but they have a large number of trees around them, making them good choices for players to hide in, but not completely.

Barren
Barren planets are rocky planets that don't have oceans or any sustainable life objects like trees, unlike Terra, Earthlike and Forest. Barren planets are the only planets that have Beryllium, making them useful for making warheads.

Exotic
Exotic planets are unique planets that share the same characteristics as Terra, but they do not have oceans to let players obtain water with the Pump. Exotic planets also have grounds which are being harvestable to drop Stone and other resources.

Desert
Desert planets are planets that have the ground covered by sand, which is harvestable. They do not have oceans to let players obtain water due to their type.

Tundra
Tundra planets are completely covered in Snow, allowing players to develop advanced snow-extraction technology. They almost always have oceans, so water is readily obtainable.

Ocean
Ocean planets are planets that are surrounded by oceans. They still have ore deposits and mountains underwater to make players obtain materials with the harvest tool, or extractors. They also have a good decision for players to hide in and make ocean bases, but they barely see anything while underwater, so ScubaMask is advised.

Gas
Gas planets, which are gas giants, are planets that usually have a frigid temperature as shown by the telescope. Gas planets do not have the ground to let the objects fall to disappear while in the inside. They are rarely good choices for players to hide in and build bases in. The heaters are advised to enter them safely.

Volcanic
Volcanic planets were a removed type of planet that were similar to barren planets. They were never close to being fully implemented, as they were nearly an exact clone of barren planets, and did not even contain any lava. Volcanic planets were scrapped in late 2020 due to the lack of progression in their development.