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== Surface Features ==
 
== Surface Features ==
  
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Introduced in the Breaking Ground expansion, surface features are similar to terrain scatter.
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Introduced in the Breaking Ground expansion, surface features are similar to [[Settings#Scenery|terrain scatter]]. Terrain scatter tends to be more prolific and can make it difficult to identify surface features. The largest difference is surface features can be interacted with, while terrain scatter allows objects to pass right through.
  
 
== Description ==
 
== Description ==
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== Examples ==
 
== Examples ==
 
There are several different types of surface feature, including rocks (found on most planets and moons), and planet-specific features such as the Vall cryovolcanoes or the Wrinkle Ridges on Moho.
 
There are several different types of surface feature, including rocks (found on most planets and moons), and planet-specific features such as the Vall cryovolcanoes or the Wrinkle Ridges on Moho.
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== Surface Features by Planet ==
 
== Surface Features by Planet ==
  
 
=== Kerbin ===
 
=== Kerbin ===
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<gallery>
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Baobab Tree.png|Baobab Tree
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Giant Quartz.png|Giant Quartz
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</gallery>
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* Baobab Trees: (grasslands or highlands)
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* Giant Quartz: (mountains)
  
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* Baobab trees: grasslands or highlands
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==== Mun ====
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* Giant quartz: mountains
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<gallery>
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Mun_Stone.jpg|Mun Stone
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=== Mun ===
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Mun_Crater.jpg|Mun Crater
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Mun_Large_Crater.jpg|Mun Large Crater
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</gallery>
 
* Mun Stones (all biomes) (can be picked up by a Kerbal)
 
* Mun Stones (all biomes) (can be picked up by a Kerbal)
 
* Mun crater (all biomes)
 
* Mun crater (all biomes)
 
* Mun large crater (all biomes)
 
* Mun large crater (all biomes)
  
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=== Minmus ===
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==== Minmus ====
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<gallery>
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* Green Sandstones
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Green Sandstone.png|Green Sandstone
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Olivine Formation.png|Olivine Formation
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</gallery>
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* Green Sandstones (lowlands, flats, great flats, greater flats, lesser flats) (can be picked up by a Kerbal)
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* Olivine Formation (lowlands, midlands, highlands, poles, slopes)
  
 
=== Moho ===
 
=== Moho ===
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<gallery>
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Moho Stone.png|Moho Stone
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Wrinkle Ridge.png|Wrinkle Ridge
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</gallery>
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* Moho Stone: (all biomes) (can be picked up by a Kerbal)
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* Wrinkle Ridge: (all biomes)
  
 
=== Eve ===
 
=== Eve ===
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<gallery>
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Volcanic Rock.png|Volcanic Rock
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Basalt Formation.png|Basalt Formation
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Pancake Dome.png|Pancake Dome
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</gallery>
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* Volcanic Rock: (all biomes) (can be picked up by a Kerbal)
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* Basalt Formation: (peaks, impact ejecta, highlands, Olympus, craters, foothills, shallows)
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* Pancake Dome: (peaks, impact ejecta, Olympus, craters, foothills, shallows)
  
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=== Gilly ===
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==== Gilly ====
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<gallery>
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* Gilly ridgeline: lowlands, midlands, or highlands
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Gilly_Ridgeline.png|Gilly Ridgeline
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</gallery>
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* Gilly Ridgeline: (all biomes)
  
 
=== Duna ===
 
=== Duna ===
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<gallery>
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Duna_Stone.png|Duna Stone
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Blueberries.png|Blueberries
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Duna_Meteorite.png|Duna Meteorite
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Duna_Dune.png|Duna Dune
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</gallery>
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* Duna Stones: (all biomes except poles and polar highlands) (can be picked up by a Kerbal)
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* Blueberries: (all biomes) (can be picked up by a Kerbal)
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* Duna Meteorites: (all biomes)
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* Duna Dune: (all biomes except poles and polar highlands)
  
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* Duna Stones (can be picked up by a Kerbal)
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==== Ike ====
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* Blueberries (can be picked up by a Kerbal)
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<gallery>
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* Duna Meteorites
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Duna_Ejecta.png|Duna Ejecta
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</gallery>
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=== Ike ===
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* Duna Ejecta: (midlands, South Pole, polar lowlands)(can be picked up by a Kerbal)
  
 
=== Dres ===
 
=== Dres ===
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<gallery>
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Dres_Meteorite.png|Dres Meteorite
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Dres_Crater.png|Dres Crater
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</gallery>
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* Dres Meteorite: (all biomes)
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* Dres Crater: (poles, lowlands, midlands, highlands, impact craters, impact ejecta)
  
 
=== Jool ===
 
=== Jool ===
  
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=== Laythe ===
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==== Laythe ====
  
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=== Vall ===
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* Laythe stone: (all biomes) (can be picked up by a Kerbal)
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* Laythe boulder: (all biomes)
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* Laythe geyser: (shores, dunes, crater island)
  
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=== Tylo ===
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==== Vall ====
  
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=== Bop ===
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* Vall ice chunk: (all biomes) (can be picked up by a Kerbal)
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* Vall stone: (all biomes)
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* Cryovolcano: (lowlands, midlands, highlands, northeast basin, northwest basin, southern basin, southern valleys)
  
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=== Pol ===
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==== Tylo ====
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* Tylo light stone: (all biomes) (can be picked up by a Kerbal)
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* Tylo dark boulder: (all biomes)
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* Tylo checkerboard: (all biomes)
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==== Bop ====
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* Gravel pile: (poles, slopes, valley)
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==== Pol ====
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<gallery>
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Pol_yellowstone.jpeg|Pol Yellow Stone
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</gallery>
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* Yellow stones: (all biomes) (can be picked up by a Kerbal)
  
 
=== Eeloo ===
 
=== Eeloo ===
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* Eeloo ice chunk: (all biomes) (can be picked up by a Kerbal)
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* Eeloo brown boulder: (poles, midlands, highlands, lowlands, craters, northern glaciers, fragipan, southern glaciers, mu glacier)
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* Eeloo berg: (poles, midlands, highlands, lowlands, craters, northern glaciers, fragipan, southern glaciers, mu glacier)
  
 
== In-Game Data Files ==
 
== In-Game Data Files ==

Latest revision as of 19:37, 9 May 2023

Surface Features

Introduced in the Breaking Ground expansion, surface features are similar to terrain scatter. Terrain scatter tends to be more prolific and can make it difficult to identify surface features. The largest difference is surface features can be interacted with, while terrain scatter allows objects to pass right through.

Description

Bill Kerman standing in front of a feature on Minmus

In the Breaking Ground DLC, several new kinds of surface feature were added. These are to a much higher resolution than terrain and are also able to be interacted with. Kerbals can pick up samples of the features, and they can be scanned with the 3 different types of scanning arm.

Examples

There are several different types of surface feature, including rocks (found on most planets and moons), and planet-specific features such as the Vall cryovolcanoes or the Wrinkle Ridges on Moho.





Surface Features by Planet

Kerbin

  • Baobab Tree

  • Giant Quartz

  • Baobab Trees: (grasslands or highlands)
  • Giant Quartz: (mountains)

Mun

  • Mun Stone

  • Mun Crater

  • Mun Large Crater

  • Mun Stones (all biomes) (can be picked up by a Kerbal)
  • Mun crater (all biomes)
  • Mun large crater (all biomes)

Minmus

  • Green Sandstone

  • Olivine Formation

  • Green Sandstones (lowlands, flats, great flats, greater flats, lesser flats) (can be picked up by a Kerbal)
  • Olivine Formation (lowlands, midlands, highlands, poles, slopes)

Moho

  • Moho Stone

  • Wrinkle Ridge

  • Moho Stone: (all biomes) (can be picked up by a Kerbal)
  • Wrinkle Ridge: (all biomes)

Eve

  • Volcanic Rock

  • Basalt Formation

  • Pancake Dome

  • Volcanic Rock: (all biomes) (can be picked up by a Kerbal)
  • Basalt Formation: (peaks, impact ejecta, highlands, Olympus, craters, foothills, shallows)
  • Pancake Dome: (peaks, impact ejecta, Olympus, craters, foothills, shallows)

Gilly

  • Gilly Ridgeline

  • Gilly Ridgeline: (all biomes)

Duna

  • Duna Stone

  • Blueberries

  • Duna Meteorite

  • Duna Dune

  • Duna Stones: (all biomes except poles and polar highlands) (can be picked up by a Kerbal)
  • Blueberries: (all biomes) (can be picked up by a Kerbal)
  • Duna Meteorites: (all biomes)
  • Duna Dune: (all biomes except poles and polar highlands)

Ike

  • Duna Ejecta

  • Duna Ejecta: (midlands, South Pole, polar lowlands)(can be picked up by a Kerbal)

Dres

  • Dres Meteorite

  • Dres Crater

  • Dres Meteorite: (all biomes)
  • Dres Crater: (poles, lowlands, midlands, highlands, impact craters, impact ejecta)

Jool

Laythe

  • Laythe stone: (all biomes) (can be picked up by a Kerbal)
  • Laythe boulder: (all biomes)
  • Laythe geyser: (shores, dunes, crater island)

Vall

  • Vall ice chunk: (all biomes) (can be picked up by a Kerbal)
  • Vall stone: (all biomes)
  • Cryovolcano: (lowlands, midlands, highlands, northeast basin, northwest basin, southern basin, southern valleys)

Tylo

  • Tylo light stone: (all biomes) (can be picked up by a Kerbal)
  • Tylo dark boulder: (all biomes)
  • Tylo checkerboard: (all biomes)

Bop

  • Gravel pile: (poles, slopes, valley)

Pol

  • Pol Yellow Stone

  • Yellow stones: (all biomes) (can be picked up by a Kerbal)

Eeloo

  • Eeloo ice chunk: (all biomes) (can be picked up by a Kerbal)
  • Eeloo brown boulder: (poles, midlands, highlands, lowlands, craters, northern glaciers, fragipan, southern glaciers, mu glacier)
  • Eeloo berg: (poles, midlands, highlands, lowlands, craters, northern glaciers, fragipan, southern glaciers, mu glacier)

In-Game Data Files

The above location info is from 
GameData\SquadExpansion\Serenity\Resources\rocsdef.cfg
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Changes

Breaking Ground 1.1
  • Surface features more frequent.
Breaking Ground 1.0
  • Surface features introduced.
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