A desolate, cold region.
Arctic worlds are cold regions that can be accessed in Expeditions 2 - 5.
Unique Features[]
- Polar Stations provide rest, trade, and passage in exchange for Tickets, which can be purchased with them. Up to 3 stacks of items can also be stashed for free at each station.
- Snowshoes drastically decrease the travel sanity cost in Deep Snow tiles.
- Arctic Stockpiles are available to loot for consumables.
- Plateaus and Glaciers take the place of hills and mountains terrain, respectively. Be sure to bring climbing gear to help offset the enormous cost of climbing those plateaus!
- Rare chance of a Yeti encounter when exploring caves
- Golden Pyramids in Arctic regions are normally surrounded on all sides by Plateaus, but this does not apply to buried pyramids.
- A difficult quest is available for this region, requiring travel to 4 preset points on the map and placing a Claim Flag in each one.
- Common enemies include arctic wolves, polar bears, sabertooth tigers and walruses.
Trivia[]
- This biome was added with the biggest update of the game post-launch, Arctic Expanse.
- The alien theme of this biome is heavily influenced by the science fiction-horror novella At the Mountains of Madness, written by H. P. Lovecraft.