Editing Biomes

'''Biomes''' are the ten regions of Primal Idle, played in a fixed order. Each biome is the setting for its [[Expeditions|expedition]] patrol, its [[Caves|cave]] [[Delving|delve]], and its [[Excavation|dig site]], and each is home to its own [[Creatures|creatures]] and a single '''Guardian''' boss. Progression is a chain: a biome unlocks only once you have defeated the Guardian of the biome before it.

== How biomes gate content ==

Every biome acts as a gate on several systems at once:

* '''Expedition patrol''' — a repeatable run that yields that biome's relic (and sometimes basic materials). See [[Expeditions]].
* '''Guardian boss''' — a tougher challenge run. Defeating it advances your progress and unlocks the next biome in the chain.
* '''Cave''' — one [[Delving]] cave per biome, which opens once the biome is fully cleared.
* '''Dig site''' — one [[Excavation]] site per biome, started with that biome's Dig Site Map.
* '''Creatures''' — a roster of wild species that appear on the biome's [[Trail]] and can be tamed.

The very first biome, the '''Grasslands''', is available from the start. Every other biome requires the previous biome's Guardian to be defeated.

== Biome progression ==

The biomes below are listed in progression order.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! # !! Biome !! Unlocks after defeating !! Guardian boss !! Patrol relic !! Cave !! Dig site
|-
| 1 || {{Icon|grasslands}} [[Grasslands]] || — (available from start) || Thunderfoot Matriarch || Verdant Relic || Sunlit Grotto || Sunken Barrow
|-
| 2 || {{Icon|redwood-wilds}} [[Redwood Wilds]] || Thunderfoot Matriarch (Grasslands) || Old Growth Tyrant || Redwood Relic || Rootway Hollow || Rootbound Boneyard
|-
| 3 || {{Icon|murkwater-swamp}} [[Murkwater Swamp]] || Old Growth Tyrant (Redwood Wilds) || Murk Sovereign || Murk Relic || Drowned Cavern || Peatlock Trench
|-
| 4 || {{Icon|cavern-depths}} [[Cavern Depths]] || Murk Sovereign (Murkwater Swamp) || Hollow King || Cavern Relic || Echoing Deep || Echoing Ossuary
|-
| 5 || {{Icon|scorched-badlands}} [[Scorched Badlands]] || Hollow King (Cavern Depths) || Scorched King || Badlands Relic || Cinder Vault || Scorched Wash
|-
| 6 || {{Icon|coral-shallows}} [[Coral Shallows]] || Scorched King (Scorched Badlands) || Tide Leviathan || Coral Relic || Tidewrack Cave || Reefbed Shelf
|-
| 7 || {{Icon|frozen-wastes}} [[Frozen Wastes]] || Tide Leviathan (Coral Shallows) || Frostmaw || Frozen Relic || Glacier Hollow || Permafrost Cut
|-
| 8 || {{Icon|ashen-peaks}} [[Ashen Peaks]] || Frostmaw (Frozen Wastes) || Ash Tyrant || Ashen Relic || Ashen Gallery || Cinder Terraces
|-
| 9 || {{Icon|skyreach-plateau}} [[Skyreach Plateau]] || Ash Tyrant (Ashen Peaks) || Sky Sovereign || Skyreach Relic || Skyvein Chasm || Skyfall Scree
|-
| 10 || {{Icon|sundered-vale}} the [[Sundered Vale]] || Sky Sovereign (Skyreach Plateau) || The Sundered One || Vale Relic || Vale Abyss || The Shattered Bed
|}

== Creatures by biome ==

Each biome fields its own roster of wild species, encountered on the [[Trail]] during expeditions and available for [[Taming]].

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Biome !! Wild creatures
|-
| {{Icon|grasslands}} [[Grasslands]] || Terror Bird, Raptor, Gastornis, Triceratops
|-
| {{Icon|redwood-wilds}} [[Redwood Wilds]] || Megaloceros, Dire Wolf, Stegosaurus, Allosaurus
|-
| {{Icon|murkwater-swamp}} [[Murkwater Swamp]] || Dimetrodon, Baryonyx, Kaprosuchus, Sarcosuchus
|-
| {{Icon|cavern-depths}} [[Cavern Depths]] || Giant Bat, Forge Salamander, Doedicurus, Cave Bear
|-
| {{Icon|scorched-badlands}} [[Scorched Badlands]] || Moros, Ankylosaurus, Carnotaurus
|-
| {{Icon|coral-shallows}} [[Coral Shallows]] || Archelon, Plesiosaurus, Dunkleosteus
|-
| {{Icon|frozen-wastes}} [[Frozen Wastes]] || Elasmotherium, Woolly Rhino, Smilodon, Woolly Mammoth
|-
| {{Icon|ashen-peaks}} [[Ashen Peaks]] || Ceratosaurus, Spinosaurus, Tyrannosaurus
|-
| {{Icon|skyreach-plateau}} [[Skyreach Plateau]] || Pteranodon, Argentavis, Hatzegopteryx
|-
| {{Icon|sundered-vale}} the [[Sundered Vale]] || Titanoboa, Therizinosaurus, Quetzalcoatlus, Giganotosaurus
|}

== Biome flavor ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Biome !! Description
|-
| {{Icon|grasslands}} [[Grasslands]] || Rolling plains where every survivor takes their first steps.
|-
| {{Icon|redwood-wilds}} [[Redwood Wilds]] || Towering forest where the canopy swallows the sun.
|-
| {{Icon|murkwater-swamp}} [[Murkwater Swamp]] || Black water, singing insects, and things that watch from below.
|-
| {{Icon|cavern-depths}} [[Cavern Depths]] || Glowcap-lit tunnels that wind far beneath the world.
|-
| {{Icon|scorched-badlands}} [[Scorched Badlands]] || Cracked red earth where only the hardest things survive noon.
|-
| {{Icon|coral-shallows}} [[Coral Shallows]] || A warm turquoise reef hiding leviathans past the drop-off.
|-
| {{Icon|frozen-wastes}} [[Frozen Wastes]] || A white expanse where only the woolly and the wise survive.
|-
| {{Icon|ashen-peaks}} [[Ashen Peaks]] || Smoking slopes of obsidian and cinder, ruled by the Ash Tyrant.
|-
| {{Icon|skyreach-plateau}} [[Skyreach Plateau]] || A tabletop above the clouds where giants ride the thermals.
|-
| {{Icon|sundered-vale}} the [[Sundered Vale]] || A shattered valley humming with primal energy. The end — or the beginning.
|}

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