fumarole biome could use some new turf

[fabin]

for a new biome with it's theming based on being a scalding, smog filled area, i'm surprised we didn't get new turf with it. i think some new turf would do the atmosphere of the biome wonders, especially if it changes a bit when rifts are active, like ruins turf :] 

Edited September 5, 2025 by fabin
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[Milordo]

Maybe it's placeholder! (I hope...)

Hoping for a cool burning rocky magmatic floor!

[Well-met]

we need lava please

[GrapeVruit]

7 minutes ago, Well-met said:

we need lava please

Yes! Let the lava caves finally be a thing!

[Kacpert25]

Definitely, in my opinion the turf for this biome should be similar to what it is now, but it would be overgrown with boulderbough roots.

[Swiyss]

Crazy that we're finally getting close to having lava caves after more than a decade of waiting.

[AndroidSpice536]

I really hope they add new turf for this biome!!! It would be a great change from the rest of the caves. 
 

I also don’t think you should be able to break the volcanic vents, without them the biome is barren and the heating effect from them is a cool challenge

sorry, got off track at the end. 

[Swiyss]

20 minutes ago, AndroidSpice536 said:

I really hope they add new turf for this biome!!! It would be a great change from the rest of the caves. 
 

I also don’t think you should be able to break the volcanic vents, without them the biome is barren and the heating effect from them is a cool challenge

sorry, got off track at the end. 

I also don't think they should be breakable, because then the misma from it would be irrelevant if you have a pickaxe and mine them before opening the rifts.

[ZeRoboButler]

3 hours ago, astareus said:

I also don't think they should be breakable, because then the miasma from it would be irrelevant if you have a pickaxe and mine them before opening the rifts.

perhaps they could be mined to temporarily damage or collapse them, stifling the miasma but keeping the heat they give off, but ultimately they would reform after a few days or lesser.  

[yyyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

3 hours ago, AndroidSpice536 said:

I also don’t think you should be able to break the volcanic vents, without them the biome is barren and the heating effect from them is a cool challenge

Maybe they should regenerate while Mega Blight spawns. Like the Scrap Fences in the Junkyard.

[Hungry French]

14 hours ago, GrapeVruit said:

Да! Пусть лавовые пещеры наконец-то станут реальностью!

Lava... This is not Shipwrecked.

 

12 hours ago, astareus said:

Просто невероятно, что мы наконец-то приближаемся к созданию лавовых пещер после более чем десятилетнего ожидания.

I think you're wrong. This is just a discussion, and I don't think the developers will add them. And magma lakes don't fit this biome.
Shadow ponds would be more suitable, as they would be an indestructible spawner of something like shadow tentacles. But only during the full nightmare phase.

During the calm phase, they are safe, and you could catch a shadow fish.

And after AFF. Well, they get a random chance to change into their rift version.

[SilverSpoon]

Would it be better make ominous looks to prevent peaple set up bases there beforehand and then them from being destroyed by the Mega Blight after the Rift? like Dragonfly Nest.

Since the centipede boi is already part of the lore, there would be ominous footprints, crawling marks, and trail of destruction.

[Captain_Rage]

It all makes sense. An ancient civilization built a megabase all across the map, it got destroyed by a spook and the civilization perished. Now @SilverSpoon is repeating the history.

[Mike23Ua]

[Well-met]

SW is not an excuse not to add lava in DST.

infact cave lava was planned very long ago, you can still see it during the world gen animation.

[Keknutui]

20 hours ago, fabin said:

Учитывая, что новый биом представляет собой раскалённую, заполненную смогом область, я удивлён, что мы не получили с ним новый ландшафт. Я думаю, что какой-нибудь новый ландшафт чудесно дополнил бы атмосферу биома, особенно если он будет немного меняться при активности разломов, как ландшафт руин :]

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[Milordo]

12 hours ago, ZeRoboButler said:

perhaps they could be mined to temporarily damage or collapse them, stifling the miasma but keeping the heat they give off, but ultimately they would reform after a few days or lesser.  

Oh wait wait I know it! I know it!  @ZeRoboButler @AndroidSpice536 @astareus @yyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Along with lava caves, we could have a revival of a very ancient forgotten mechanic (I can bet I'm the only one here who knows it eheheh) when Klei was making the Ruins.

This!

Yes! Nightmare Lights! 

When they were first introduced, you could hammer them to provide you some lights!!! After some minutes they would close up and no light emitted.

(I'm sorry, I wanted to search proof for you, but it's now so obscure and old, I tried to find it for 40 minutes with no results....)

Klei could re-propose this mechanic where you can't at all destroy volcanic vents, temporarily damaged or collapse as you said, only disable them for X time, meaning also they will be unmovable and you need to use the level design proposed to chose which one of them to temporarily disable. Very cool! I like it, I like it! Very Don't starve-like!

 

 

 

[wormwood123]

9 hours ago, Hungry French said:

Lava... This is not Shipwrecked.

Not only is lava… real. 
 

But it was also originally planned to be in the caves in don’t starve 

4 hours ago, Well-met said:

SW is not an excuse not to add lava in DST.

infact cave lava was planned very long ago, you can still see it during the world gen animation.

Ah I should’ve read on haha

[AndroidSpice536]

6 hours ago, Milordo said:

Oh wait wait I know it! I know it!  @ZeRoboButler @AndroidSpice536 @astareus @yyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Along with lava caves, we could have a revival of a very ancient forgotten mechanic (I can bet I'm the only one here who knows it eheheh) when Klei was making the Ruins.

This!

Yes! Nightmare Lights! 

When they were first introduced, you could hammer them to provide you some lights!!! After some minutes they would close up and no light emitted.

(I'm sorry, I wanted to search proof for you, but it's now so obscure and old, I tried to find it for 40 minutes with no results....)

Klei could re-propose this mechanic where you can't at all destroy volcanic vents, temporarily damaged or collapse as you said, only disable them for X time, meaning also they will be unmovable and you need to use the level design proposed to chose which one of them to temporarily disable. Very cool! I like it, I like it! Very Don't starve-like!

 

 

 

This would be a really cool way of doing it! A++

[hoxi]

On 9/5/2025 at 5:57 PM, Milordo said:

Maybe it's placeholder! (I hope...)

That seems to be the case!

[Milordo]

5 minutes ago, hoxi said:

That seems to be the case!

Yyeeeeeee!!!!!