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A '''Monolith''' is an [[easter egg]] that can be found in several places throughout the [[Kerbol System]]. They are most likely a reference to the [[w:Monolith (Space Odyssey)|Monoliths]] from Arthur C. Clarke's Space Odyssey series of novels and film. They currently have no known function and have no collision mesh meaning any Kerbal or vessel can pass through a monolith or munolith harm free. Monoliths on the [[Mun]] are also called ''Munoliths''.
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A '''Monolith''' is an [[easter egg]] that can be found in several places throughout the [[Kerbol System]]. They are most likely a reference to the [[w:Monolith (Space Odyssey)|Monoliths]] from Arthur C. Clarke's Space Odyssey series of novels and film. Many monoliths are buried beneath the terrain, but that depends on your terrain render settings.
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In older versions, they had no known function nor collision mesh meaning any Kerbal or vessel could pass through them harm free. In the new versions, however, they do have a collision mesh, so vessels can crash into them and [[EVA|EVA Kerbals]] can even climb them.
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In 1.2, a new type of monolith was added, the '''[[Green Monolith]]'''. They are spawned randomly on each game, so [[KerbNet]] is needed to locate them. However, it is highly beneficial to do so.
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As of 1.1 many monoliths are buried beneath the terrain.
 
  
 
== List of Monoliths ==
 
== List of Monoliths ==
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* '''[[Mun]]''': {{Kerbalmaps|-9.8314|25.9177|Mun|text=C|o=anomalies|m=X}}, one at {{Kerbalmaps|57.6602|9.1423|Mun|text=C|o=anomalies|m=X}} and {{Kerbalmaps|-82.2062|102.9287|Mun|text=C|o=anomalies|m=X}}
 
* '''[[Mun]]''': {{Kerbalmaps|-9.8314|25.9177|Mun|text=C|o=anomalies|m=X}}, one at {{Kerbalmaps|57.6602|9.1423|Mun|text=C|o=anomalies|m=X}} and {{Kerbalmaps|-82.2062|102.9287|Mun|text=C|o=anomalies|m=X}}
 
* '''[[Minmus]]''': {{Kerbalmaps|23.777|60.046|Minmus|text=C|o=anomalies|m=X}}
 
* '''[[Minmus]]''': {{Kerbalmaps|23.777|60.046|Minmus|text=C|o=anomalies|m=X}}
* '''[[Ike]]''': There was a monolith on the magic boulder, which used to orbit Ike in a 15km polar orbit.
 
  
 
== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==
 
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File:monolith.jpg|Monolith on the surface of Mun <!-- which coords? -->
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File:monolith.jpg|Monolith on the surface of Mun. <!-- which coords? -->
 
File:KSCmonolith.90.0.705.png|The monolith near the KSC as of 0.90.0.705 ({{Kerbalmaps|0.1023|-74.5684|text=C|o=anomalies|m=X}})
 
File:KSCmonolith.90.0.705.png|The monolith near the KSC as of 0.90.0.705 ({{Kerbalmaps|0.1023|-74.5684|text=C|o=anomalies|m=X}})
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File:GreenIkeMonolith.png|[[Green Monolith]] on the surface of Ike with a Kerbal in front of it.
 
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A Monolith is an easter egg that can be found in several places throughout the Kerbol System. They are most likely a reference to the Monoliths from Arthur C. Clarke's Space Odyssey series of novels and film. Many monoliths are buried beneath the terrain, but that depends on your terrain render settings.

In older versions, they had no known function nor collision mesh meaning any Kerbal or vessel could pass through them harm free. In the new versions, however, they do have a collision mesh, so vessels can crash into them and EVA Kerbals can even climb them.

In 1.2, a new type of monolith was added, the Green Monolith. They are spawned randomly on each game, so KerbNet is needed to locate them. However, it is highly beneficial to do so.


List of Monoliths

Gallery