Biomes

*Not to be confused with worlds.*

**Biomes** are special environments or dimensions accessible by group of dwarfs, using the multiplayer game spell, when an improved portal is already built in a world.

Biomes are good for farming, as some resources collected there can be transferred to the world. There is also some unique loot that can only be acquired in biomes.

Biomes are also the first multiplayer enviromnent of the game (not requiring any DLC), and are the only way to play PvP matches in *Craft the World*.

Some monsters can only be found in specific biomes.

## Modes

Biomes can be played in single player, PvP or coop.

### Entering a Biome

1. Craft the improved portal;
2. Open the Craft Menu in the Equipment tab and place the spell in slot of the quick bar;
3. Select the spell in the quick bar and left-click in any place in the world.

A popup window will show the following options:

* Mode: PvP or Cooperative
* Invite friend: yes or no
* Biome (more than one is chooseable)

### Single player

To be sure to play a biome in single player mode:

1. Cast the spell
2. Deselect all biomes except 1 and put it first on the list
3. Deselect PvP and select Coop
4. Check the "Invite friend" option
5. Close the Steam friends popup list, and wait for the next popup:
Enter the biome in single player mode?
6. Click "Yes".

## Group of dwarfs

Six is the maximum number of dwarfs in a biome. They are choosen randomly from the original world and travel to the biome keeping their name and skills, but they arrive in the biome with no armor or equipment.

Dead dwarfs are gone for good, however, if there is a Soul Keeper set up at home, the player can resurrect them once leaving the biome.

If a dwarf dies there is a button at the top of the UI to bring another dwarf from home.

## Creatures

Rules to all biomes:

* Restless dwarfs guard the boost rooms.
* There are no typically annoying creatures like giant spiders, giant worms, larvas and ghosts; except rats, these can appear in all biomes.
* There are no typically wave creatures like beholders, gargoyles, giant skeleton, zombies armor-breakers and giant throwers.
* There are no guardians.
* There are no dragons on the lava level.
* (DLC Sisters in Arms) The player starts with one pet house in the inventory and can craft more. The number of pets though, follows the general rule: if 6 dwarfs, 3 pets.

Other rules:

* Animals that provide wool and leather are present in the Forest and the Underground biomes.
* There are hens in the Forest biome, but there are no flying octopi in the Underground.
* There are no cave spirits in the Underground World.
* Hidden rooms are populated as usual with mechanical guardians, ancient gargoyles, skeletons and zombies (inside the doors).

See the special creatures at the list below.

## Challenge

Each biome has a specific goal to be acomplished. This goal always consists in removing a construction that is protected or surrounded by special creatures. Completing the challenge awards the player with some of the possible biome loot. This loot will be available once back to the world.

## Farming

Besides the special loot, biomes are useful to ensure that there is no shortage of raw resources in worlds, even when the whole map is dug up.

To take resources from the biome, items like ingots, armors, helmets, weapons, etc. must be disassembled to the state of nuggets, because only raw resources are transferred back to the world.

And there is a limit for the amount of each resource to be transferred. This amount is five times the number of dwarfs alive plus five for each resource. As the max number of dwarfs in a biome is six, the maximum amount of each resource that can be transferred to the world is `(5 x 6) + 5 = 35`, so, thirty-five of each resource.

## Types

There are four biomes, each one with their special creatures and loot:

## Pause and save

There is no way to pause a game in biome. Even if playing single player. Pressing 'ESC' to open the main menu will display "Paused" in an overlay, but the in-game time does not stops at all.

And there is no way to save a game in biome. If the player quits before completing the challenge, all the progress will be lost and no resources will be transferred to the original world.

Some players though have noticed that quiting without acomplishing the challenge, but after 30 in-game minutes does allow the raw resources to be transferred.

## References

1. ↑ Instructions working for Steam users only and found in a *Steam* forum.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Explained by the official game profile on VK: the first value on Aug 21, 2018, and the second on Oct 13, 2020.
3. ↑ *"I timed myself: 31 minutes at x1 speed and I did get the resources I collected"*, says Alaratt on *Steam*.