Savanna

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A temperate savanna with a bunch of rhesus macaques.

Savannas are a mixed woodland-grassland biome, characterized by the sparseness of its trees - the unclosed canopy gives the ground enough light for grasses and shrubs to thrive. They occur in the narrow rainfall band that's wetter than grassland, but not enough to make shrubland or a marsh. The first few layers of savannas are soil (possibly including an aquifer), which benefits farming.

These biomes contain fewer trees than forests, although they usually have enough to get by unless you need large amounts of wood for fuel. They usually have plenty of murky pools, and often have brooks or even rivers. They tend to have less ore than mountains, but as with any biome, you can find some if you dig down a few z-levels and look hard enough.

Savannas come in temperate and tropical varieties.

Wildlife

Creatures

Name	Temperate savanna	Tropical savanna
a Aardvark		✔
a Adder	✔
a Armadillo		✔
b Badger	✔
b Barn owl	✔	✔
s Black mamba		✔
b Buzzard	✔
c Cavy		✔
c Cheetah		✔
c Coyote	✔
e Eagle	✔	✔
e Echidna	✔
g Gazelle		✔
T Giant tortoise		✔
G Giraffe		✔
l Gray langur	✔	✔
o Great horned owl	✔	✔
g Groundhog	✔
h Hare	✔
b Honey badger		✔
H Horse	✔
h Hyena		✔
i Impala		✔
j Jackal		✔
J Jaguar		✔
k Kakapo	✔
K Kangaroo	✔
k Kestrel	✔	✔
l Leopard		✔
L Lion		✔
m Mongoose		✔
M Monitor lizard		✔
o Ocelot		✔
o Opossum	✔
O Ostrich		✔
p Pangolin		✔
p Peregrine falcon	✔	✔
p Porcupine	✔
r Rabbit	✔
r Raven	✔
m Rhesus macaque	✔
R Rhinoceros		✔
s Skunk	✔
v Vulture		✔
W Warthog		✔
W Wild boar	✔	✔

In savage savannas:

Name	Temperate savanna	Tropical savanna
a Aardvark man		✔
a Adder man	✔
a Armadillo man		✔
b Badger man	✔
b Barn owl man	✔	✔
s Bark scorpion man		✔
b Bat man	✔	✔
b Beetle man	✔	✔
s Black mamba man		✔
b Bluejay man	✔
b Buzzard man	✔
c Cardinal man	✔
c Chameleon man		✔
c Cheetah man		✔
c Coyote man	✔
c Crow man	✔
e Eagle man	✔	✔
e Echidna man	✔
f Firefly man	✔	✔
f Fly man	✔	✔
g Gazelle man		✔
A Giant aardvark		✔
A Giant adder	✔
A Giant armadillo		✔
B Giant badger	✔
B Giant barn owl	✔	✔
S Giant bark scorpion		✔
B Giant bat	✔	✔
B Giant beetle	✔	✔
S Giant black mamba		✔
B Giant bluejay	✔
B Giant buzzard	✔
C Giant cardinal	✔
C Giant chameleon		✔
C Giant cheetah		✔
C Giant coyote	✔
C Giant crow	✔
E Giant eagle	✔	✔
E Giant echidna	✔
F Giant firefly	✔	✔
F Giant fly	✔	✔
G Giant gazelle		✔
G Giant giraffe		✔
G Giant grackle	✔
G Giant grasshopper	✔	✔
L Giant gray langur	✔	✔
O Giant great horned owl	✔	✔
G Giant groundhog	✔
H Giant hamster	✔	✔
H Giant hare	✔
H Giant hedgehog	✔
B Giant honey badger		✔
H Giant hyena		✔
I Giant impala		✔
J Giant jackal		✔
J Giant jaguar		✔
J Giant jumping spider	✔	✔
K Giant kakapo	✔
K Giant kangaroo	✔
K Giant kestrel	✔	✔
L Giant leopard		✔
L Giant lion		✔
L Giant lizard	✔	✔
L Giant louse	✔	✔
M Giant magpie	✔
M Giant mantis	✔	✔
B Giant monarch butterfly	✔	✔
M Giant mongoose		✔
M Giant monitor lizard		✔
M Giant mosquito	✔	✔
M Giant moth	✔	✔
O Giant ocelot		✔
O Giant opossum	✔
O Giant ostrich		✔
P Giant pangolin		✔
P Giant parakeet		✔
L Giant peach-faced lovebird	✔
P Giant peregrine falcon	✔	✔
P Giant porcupine	✔
R Giant rat	✔	✔
R Giant raven	✔
M Giant rhesus macaque	✔
R Giant rhinoceros		✔
R Giant roach	✔	✔
S Giant skink	✔	✔
S Giant skunk	✔
S Giant slug	✔	✔
S Giant snail	✔	✔
S Giant sparrow	✔	✔
T Giant thrips	✔	✔
T Giant tick	✔	✔
T Giant tortoise man		✔
V Giant vulture		✔
W Giant warthog		✔
W Giant wild boar	✔	✔
W Giant wren	✔	✔
T Gigantic tortoise		✔
G Giraffe man		✔
g Grackle man	✔
g Grasshopper man	✔	✔
l Gray langur man	✔	✔
o Great horned owl man	✔	✔
g Groundhog man	✔
h Hamster man	✔	✔
h Hare man	✔
h Hedgehog man	✔
b Honey badger man		✔
h Hyena man		✔
i Impala man		✔
j Jackal man		✔
J Jaguar man		✔
j Jumping spider man	✔	✔
k Kakapo man	✔
K Kangaroo man	✔
k Kestrel man	✔	✔
l Leopard man		✔
L Lion man		✔
l Lizard man	✔	✔
l Louse man	✔	✔
m Magpie man	✔
m Mantis man	✔	✔
b Monarch butterfly man	✔	✔
m Mongoose man		✔
M Monitor lizard man		✔
m Mosquito man	✔	✔
m Moth man	✔	✔
o Ocelot man		✔
o Opossum man	✔
O Ostrich man		✔
p Pangolin man		✔
p Parakeet man		✔
l Peach-faced lovebird man	✔
p Peregrine falcon man	✔	✔
p Porcupine man	✔
r Rat man	✔	✔
r Raven man	✔
m Rhesus macaque man	✔
R Rhinoceros man		✔
r Roach man	✔	✔
s Skink man	✔	✔
s Skunk man	✔
s Slug man	✔	✔
s Snail man	✔	✔
s Sparrow man	✔	✔
t Thrips man	✔	✔
t Tick man	✔	✔
v Vulture man		✔
W Warthog man		✔
W Wild boar man	✔	✔
w Worm man	✔	✔
w Wren man	✔	✔

In evil savannas:

Name	Temperate savanna	Tropical savanna
h Harpy	✔	✔
O Ogre	✔	✔

Vermin

Name	Temperate savanna	Tropical savanna
· Ant	✔	✔
∙ Bark scorpion		✔
∙ Bat	✔	✔
· Beetle	✔	✔
∙ Blue jay	✔
· Bumblebee	✔	✔
∙ Cardinal	✔
∙ Chameleon		✔
∙ Crow	✔
∙ Firefly	✔	✔
· Fly	✔	✔
∙ Grackle	✔
· Grasshopper	✔	✔
∙ Hamster	✔	✔
∙ Hedgehog	✔
· Honey bee	✔	✔
· Jumping spider	✔	✔
∙ Large roach	✔	✔
∙ Lizard	✔	✔
· Louse	✔	✔
∙ Magpie	✔
· Mantis	✔	✔
∙ Monarch butterfly	✔	✔
· Mosquito	✔	✔
∙ Moth	✔	✔
∙ Parakeet		✔
∙ Peach-faced lovebird	✔
∙ Rat	✔	✔
∙ Skink	✔	✔
~ Slug	✔	✔
∙ Snail	✔	✔
∙ Sparrow	✔	✔
· Termite	✔	✔
· Thrips	✔	✔
· Tick	✔	✔
~ Worm	✔	✔
∙ Wren	✔	✔

In savage savannas:

Name	Temperate savanna	Tropical savanna
∙ Two-legged rhino lizard	✔	✔

In good savannas:

Name	Temperate savanna	Tropical savanna
∙ Fairy	✔	✔
∙ Fluffy wambler	✔	✔
· Pixie	✔	✔

In evil savannas:

Name	Temperate savanna	Tropical savanna
∙ Demon rat	✔	✔
~ Knuckle worm	✔	✔

Vegetation

Shrubs

Name	Temperate savanna	Tropical savanna
" Alfalfa	✔	✔
" Asparagus	✔
" Bambara groundnut		✔
" Barley	✔	✔
" Bilberry	✔
" Bitter melon		✔
" Bitter vetch	✔
" Blackberry	✔
" Blade weed	✔	✔
" Blood amaranth		✔
" Blueberry	✔
" Broad bean	✔
" Cabbage	✔
" Cassava		✔
" Celery	✔
" Chickpea		✔
" Chicory	✔
" Cotton		✔
" Cranberry	✔
" Cucumber		✔
" Eggplant		✔
" Elephant-head amaranth		✔
" Finger millet	✔
" Fisher berry	✔	✔
" Flax		✔
" Fonio		✔
" Foxtail millet	✔
" Garden cress	✔
" Garlic	✔
" Grape	✔
" Hard wheat		✔
" Hemp	✔
" Hide root	✔	✔
" Horned melon		✔
" Jute		✔
" Kaniwa	✔
" Kenaf		✔
" Leek	✔
" Lentil	✔	✔
" Lesser yam		✔
" Lettuce	✔	✔
" Longland grass	✔	✔
" Long yam	✔
" Maize		✔
" Mung bean		✔
" Muskmelon	✔	✔
" Oats	✔
" Onion	✔
" Parsnip	✔
" Passion fruit		✔
" Pea	✔
" Peanut		✔
" Pearl millet		✔
" Pendant amaranth		✔
" Pepper		✔
" Pineapple		✔
" Potato	✔	✔
" Prickle berry	✔	✔
" Purple amaranth	✔
" Purple yam		✔
" Quinoa	✔
" Radish	✔
" Ramie		✔
" Raspberry	✔
" Rat weed	✔	✔
" Red bean	✔
" Red spinach	✔	✔
" Rope reed	✔	✔
" Rhubarb	✔	✔
" Rice		✔
" Rye	✔	✔
" Single-grain wheat		✔
" Soft wheat		✔
" Sorghum		✔
" Soybean	✔
" Spelt	✔
" Spinach	✔
" Squash		✔
" Strawberry	✔	✔
" String bean	✔
" Sweet potato		✔
" Taro		✔
" Tomatillo		✔
" Turnip	✔
" Two-grain wheat		✔
" Urad bean		✔
" Watermelon		✔
" White millet	✔
" White yam		✔
" Wild carrot	✔
" Winter melon		✔

In savage savannas:

Name	Temperate savanna	Tropical savanna
" Whip vine	✔	✔

In good savannas:

Name	Temperate savanna	Tropical savanna
" Sun berry	✔	✔

In evil savannas:

Name	Temperate savanna	Tropical savanna
" Sliver barb	✔	✔

Trees

Name	Temperate savanna	Tropical savanna
Γ Abaca		✔
♠ Acacia		✔
♣ Alder	✔
♠ Almond	✔
♣ Apple	✔
♣ Apricot	✔
♠ Ash	✔
Γ Avocado		✔
Γ Banana		✔
♠ Bayberry	✔
♣ Birch	✔
♠ Bitter orange		✔
Γ Carambola		✔
Γ Cashew		✔
♣ Cherry	✔
♠ Chestnut	✔
♠ Citron		✔
Γ Coconut palm		✔
♠ Coffee		✔
♠ Custard-apple		✔
Γ Date palm		✔
♠ Desert lime		✔
Γ Durian		✔
♠ Finger lime		✔
↑ Ginkgo	✔
Γ Guava		✔
♠ Hazel	✔
♠ Kumquat		✔
♠ Lime		✔
♠ Lychee		✔
♠ Macadamia		✔
♣ Maple	✔
♠ Oak	✔
♠ Olive		✔
♠ Orange		✔
Γ Papaya		✔
Γ Paradise nut		✔
♣ Peach	✔
♣ Pear	✔
♠ Pecan	✔
♠ Persimmon	✔
♣ Plum	✔
Γ Pomegranate		✔
♠ Pomelo		✔
Γ Rambutan		✔
♠ Round lime		✔
♣ Sand pear	✔
♣ Tea		✔
♠ Walnut	✔
⌠ Willow	✔	✔

In savage savannas:

Name	Temperate savanna	Tropical savanna
¶ Highwood	✔	✔

In good savannas:

Name	Temperate savanna	Tropical savanna
♣ Feather tree	✔	✔

In evil savannas:

Name	Temperate savanna	Tropical savanna
┤ Glumprong	✔	✔

Grasses

Name	Temperate savanna	Tropical savanna
. Bentgrass	✔
. Carpetgrass		✔
. Dallisgrass		✔
. Dog's tooth grass		✔
. Dropseed grass	✔	✔
. Fescue grass	✔
. Grama	✔	✔
. Hair grass	✔
. Knotgrass	✔
. Meadow-grass	✔
. Needle grass	✔	✔
. Reedgrass	✔
. Ryegrass	✔
. Satintail		✔
. Zoysia		✔

In good savannas:

Name	Temperate savanna	Tropical savanna
O Bubble bulb	✔	✔
. Downy grass	✔	✔

In evil savannas:

Name	Temperate savanna	Tropical savanna
O Staring eyeball	✔	✔
≥ Wormy tendril	✔	✔

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