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v0.31:Desert
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A Desert is a very dry biome. Deserts can be found in all climates, but are mostly common to very hot areas. Very few trees and plants are able to grow in this barren lands. Camels are very common to this kind of biome and provide an excellent food source (whether one or two humps). Fierce predators can also be found in deserts.
Caverns make building a fortress on a desert a whole lot easier.
Types of Desert
Desert is the umbrella term for the three types of deserts you will find in Dwarf Fortress. The three types of deserts you will find are:
Badlands
Badlands are biomes that have soil but very little rainfall, and so have very little to offer in the way of plantlife, both shrubs and trees. They are mostly hot or cold but can also have another climate.
Rocky wastelands
Rocky wastelands are arid, barren areas rich in stone. It may be difficult to find soil or an above ground water source. Additionally trees and other plant life is usually scarce at best in these areas. Thus trees should be grown on subterranean tree farms.
Sand desert
Sand deserts are large and dry areas of sand. They can be difficult for a beginning player to found a fortress in, due to the fact that there are usually few trees and plants to be found and it may require digging several Z-layers deep before any stone is found.
Deserts are most likely to be warm or cold, but may be scorching or freezing as well. They are always arid, so cold deserts may only have flowing water for a few months of the year, and warm ones might have rivers that evaporate during the summer months.
Wildlife
In neutral deserts appear:
In savage deserts also appear:
In evil deserts also appear:
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