Biome Survival

## Overview

This page will give you detailed guide on how to survive in each biome. Have you ever died to a blizzard and a polar bear? Or maybe you want to do the life quest along with other quests but you do not know tips and tricks on biome survival? Then this page is definitely for you.

## Content

In this article, we will consider the following cases of biome survival:

1. Lengthy survival in winter, and how to handle blizzards.
2. Survival in dragon cave, how to get out if you trapped.
3. How to stay alive in lava biome.
4. How to handle sandworms, sandstorms, and other problems of the desert.
5. How to traverse and stay alive in ocean, and how to handle piranhas.

## Survival in the Winter biome

To survive in starve.io, all you need is to keep all four of your health bars up. So this will focus on telling you how to.

**Water**

To survive in the winter biome, you will first need a source of water. There are no water sources in winter, so you will need at least one bottle. If your bottle is empty, that's okay! Make a shovel, and shovel up twenty ice (or more), to fill up your water bottles. You will need a heat source to do this as well.

#### **Temperature**

In winter, your temperature bar decreases a lot faster than it does in forest, and it takes longer to gain heat. Before going to winter, make sure you have enough wood and stone to craft fires. If you are in a hurry (winter hood quest) then make sure you can craft at least one fire. Otherwise, try to bring at least 100+ stone and wood to winter.

#### **Food**

Food is extremely important in starve.io, and without it, you will die. Before going to the winter biome, it is recommended that you have a good amount of food. The amount of food depends on how long you are planning to stay in the biome, but if you are just doing the quests, bring about 20+ meat or 50+ berries.

#### **Blizzards**

Blizzards are frequent storms that happen in the winter biome, and every four seconds of not being under a roof during a blizzard will tick off some health. A notice appears before and after a blizzard, and you know there is a blizzard if there is a green heart crossed with a snowflake beside the autofeed sign. During blizzards, you should try to stay under a roof(s) or/and in the cave in the back of winter. If there is a blizzard in winter, you should not enter until it is over, but if you have to do quests, then place a roof every four seconds (make sure you time it right). During blizzards, you can't move from your spot (especially if low health), so you probably shouldn't place your roof(s) near any animals. When it tells you there will be a blizzard, you get some time to find a good spot (with resource nodes and without animals)

Three of the mobs in winter are hostile, the winter fox and bear, and the mammoth. You should try to steer clear of the mammoth (includes baby mammoths) The winter bear is pretty slow in speed, so you can outrun it easily. For getting rid of the winter fox, just circle around a workbench or resource node. It will leave you alone... eventually :) The penguin poses no threat to starvers (unless you try kill)

## Survival in the Dragon Cave

The dragon cave is similar to winter in how you keep your temperature, food, and water bars up. You don't have to worry about blizzards there, but you do have to be concerned about savages. Before going in the cave, you should carefully watch and see if there are any fires. If there are fires, then there are other people. If you try mining amethyst, but another player comes over, you should leave as fast as you can. It is very likely they will try to kill you. Be especially careful when attempting to kill dragons between the three diamond nodes, as you are extremely vulnerable to getting trapped. If the cave is blocked by doors, then you can try to lead a dragon over, break some of the doors, and replace them with doors of your own (leave them open, no one likes cave blockers)

There are winter foxes, bears, penguins, and sometimes mammoths inside the dragon cave as well as the rest of winter. But your main mob concern should be dragons. If one starts coming towards you, you should move (or risk getting flattened). Baby dragons are only dangerous if they are angry, but they put out fires, so stay clear of them.

## Survival in the Lava biome

Lava biome is harder to survive in than other biomes, mainly because of overheating.

As the same for winter, make sure you bring enough food. You don't want to starve to death :)

You only need one bottle, as you can refill them easily over a bridge on lava.

The temperature is the hardest part. As your heat bar increases fast when in the lava biome, you will probably need some ice. The amount of ice you get depends on the amount of time you will be staying there, but keep in mind: you should have more ice than the amount of redite/ame you will be mining. In the lava biome, wait till your heat bar is completely full. Then, wait enough 4-5 seconds, and eat ONE ice. You won't take any damage, as it takes five seconds for your heat bar to update.

As for mobs in the lava biome, all of them are hostile. Try to avoid lava dragons and the flames. You don't want to take any damage from the lava monsters, because they will take away half of your current ice supply.

## Survival in the Desert biome

The desert is the newest biome, and it is relatively simple to survive in. As for the lava and winter biomes, make sure you have a good supply of food. Make sure you have enough water, because you lose water faster in the desert biome (especially during a sandstorm). You should have at least one water bottle, even if you are just going to the emerald nodes and back.

If you are new to going to the desert biome, bring a turban. It's only two boar fur (one boar) and four string (one spider). If you are going during day, make sure you get some ice. Again, the amount you bring depends on how long you will be staying in the biome. If you are just going to the emeralds and back, bring about 10.

When you are in the desert, especially during a sandstorm, collect aloe as you go. It's not hard, all you need to do is tap on the aloe.

Mobs in the desert are all hostile, but they should not be a problem. If a sandworm is following you, make sure you don't stop moving for over five seconds. Or, place a bridge and go ontop of it. The sandworm will leave in a few seconds after. If a vulture is following you, then just keep on going. They aren't deadly mobs. Another way is to place a roof, and then go on that. But if a sandworm and vulture are following you, then you can first place a roof (get rid of vulture) and then place a bridge (get rid of sandworm.)

## Survival in the Ocean biome

Okay, now time for survival in the ocean biome! This is mainly for surviving the ocean without a diving suit/mask.

Keeping your food bar up remains the same - just bring enough food. You do not need any water bottles, as you are in the ocean biome. You should stop at the islands, and regain heat into your temperature bar.

All mobs in the ocean are hostile, and they do pose a threat if you have no diving to escape. When traveling through the ocean biome, make sure you avoid krakens. If there is a piranha and a kraken, and absolutely no way to steer clear of them, pick the piranha. You'll have a small chance of survival then, but with a kraken, you'll die. When you travel from the islands, bring bridges. Make sure you have at least one. Try to go around piranhas. Stay away from krakens. But if you are in the middle of two islands, and a piranha finds you and follows, unequip EVERYTHING. Take off your hat/helmet. Unequip your book/pick. Anything that will weight you down goes. Try to go directly towards the island. If you aren't drowning, the piranha won't take a tick off your health. And if this happens, DO NOT attempt to kill the piranha. It is likely it won't work (I even asked Siri so trust me)

Okay, now you have a good idea how to survive the biomes. I hope this guide helps, and good luck on your adventures :)