Oil Biome

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This article is related to content of the Base Game. There may be a version for the "Spaced Out" DLC, see Oily Biome.


Oil Biome is a hot Biome with Crude Oil. It appears on all asteroid types. It is generally found in deeper areas.

Content

Variant Metal Ore Raw Mineral Other Solids Liquid Gas Plants Critters Temperature
Base Version Lead Igneous Rock

Granite
Fossil Crude Oil Carbon Dioxide Jumping Joya

Sporechid
Slickster Hot
49.85 ↔ 99.85 °C
Patch
Patch Double
Dry Fossil None
Frozen FossilSolid Crude Oil None Very Cold
-73.15 ↔ -46.15 °C

Diamond and Iron Ore in Oil Biome are spawned by terrain features, and not guaranteed otherwise.

Petroleum and Sour Gas may naturally appear at the bottom of Oil Biome due to high temperatures.

Crude oil is often under pressure and can eventually break some thin natural tile borders between pockets.

Features

Crude Oil Pond

A Crude Oil pond surrounded by Igneous Rock, Granite and Lead.

Diamond Deposit

A Diamond deposit surrounded by Iron Ore and Igneous Rock.

Points of Interest

Variants

Patch variant

Patch variant has less Crude Oil than base version. Patch variant has Oil Well feature and Small Diamond Deposit feature.

Oil Well

A Crude Oil lake with an Oil Reservoir, surrounded by Carbon Dioxide, Igneous Rock and Granite.

Small Diamond Deposit

Similar to Diamond Deposit feature but smaller in size.

Patch Double variant

Patch Double variant is same with Patch variant except that it has two Oil Well features.

Dry variant

Dry variant does not have Crude Oil.

It has Small Diamond Deposit feature.

Frozen variant

In Frozen variant, Crude Oil is frozen into Solid Crude Oil.

Frozen variant has Frozen Crude Oil Pond feature and Diamond Deposit feature.

Frozen Crude Oil Pond

A Solid Crude Oil deposit surrounded by Igneous Rock, Granite, Lead.