Therium

Therium is the secondary resource of Stormgate. 
==Game Effect==
Therium is mostly used to pay for advanced units, structures, and upgrades. While unmined, therium gradually spreads and enriches. Both the patches and underground veins can be mined.2023-06-12, Official stormgate PR Fact sheet!. Reddit, accessed on 2023-06-13 However, the veins have to be destroyed before workers can start mining from them. 
At the start of a match, therium begins as a small patch of crystals—players have to decide whether they want to start harvesting therium immediately, or whether they want to give the patch time to spread, in order for a bigger payload later.2023-06-11, Stormgate is shaping up to be a brilliant blend of modern and classic RTS. PC Gamer, accessed on 2023-06-14
 
==Development==
Therium was inspired by Tiberium from the Command and Conquer series. Part of the reasoning behind having therium spawn away from bases was to make Stormgate feel like a lived-in world. Comparison has been drawn to the maps of the StarCraft series, where according to Kevin Dong, there was a sense of artificiality with how its minerals and vespene gas deposits were always found in set areas (like a multiplayer map rather than naturally occurring formations).2023-06-12, The Perfect Mix of Warcraft & Starcraft? Stormgate Developers Deep Dive. YouTube, accessed on 2023-06-14
 
In June, 2023, therium's temporary appearance was gray and glowing green polyhedrons.
==References==
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