Rime Asteroid
Rime Asteroid is an Asteroid Type in the game of Oxygen Not Included. It features a frozen world with some geothermal activity. Due to the unique presence of 10 out of 11 existing biomes and the in-game nature of heat management, Rime Asteroid can be considered an introductory, beginner-friendly preset.
Biomes
The Rime Asteroid is composed of following Biomes:
- Temperate Biome
- Start Cold variant
- Mini Metal Cold variant
- Mini Water Cold variant
- Mini Algae Cold variant
- Frozen variant
- Swamp Biome
- Slush variant
- Caustic Biome
- Frozen variant
- Frozen Biome
Base version(loaded but not used)- CO2 Lakes variant
- Tide Pool Biome
- Slush variant
- Frozen variant
- Forest Biome
- Frozen variant
- Rust Biome
- Frozen variant
- Volcanic Biome
- Base version
- Volcano Hole variant
- Solid Magma variant
- Oil Biome
Cold variant(loaded but not used)- Frozen variant
- Space Biome
One Biome is missing in Rime:
Different from other Asteroid Types, Rime has 10 Biome types instead of 8.
Map Layout
Location / Distance | Biome | variants |
---|---|---|
Start Point | Temperate | Start Cold |
1 | Temperate | Mini Metal Cold, Mini Water Cold, Mini Algae Cold |
2 | Forest, Caustic, Temperate, Rust | Frozen |
2 | Swamp | Slush |
3 | Forest, Caustic, Temperate, Rust | Frozen |
3 | Swamp, Tide Pool | Slush |
4 | Caustic, Tide Pool, Rust | Frozen |
4 | Swamp | Slush |
5-999 | Forest, Caustic, Tide Pool, Rust, Temperate, Oil | Frozen |
5-999 | Swamp | Slush |
5-999 | Frozen | CO2 Lakes |
Bottom | Volcanic | Base version, Solid Magma, Volcano Hole |
Above Volcanic, 1 | Oil | Frozen |
Top, 1 | Space |
Important Resources
Oxygen
Both sources of oxygen are available, either from Electrolyzer or Rust Deoxidizer.
Water
Filter the Polluted Water in Swamp Biome, or desalinate the Salt Water and Brine in Tide Pool Biome.
Polluted Water
Swamp Biome has Polluted Water.
Raw Minerals
Forest Biome and Caustic Biome has Igneous Rock. Swamp Biome and Tide Pool Biome has Sedimentary Rock.
Metal Ores
Caustic Biome has Iron Ore. Swamp Biome has Gold Amalgam.
Reed Fiber
Swamp Biome has seeds of Thimble Reed.
Crude Oil
The Oil Biome is frozen and has only Solid Crude Oil, which has to be heated up before any use.
Agriculture
Following Plants are available in Rime:
Following Plants are not available in Rime:
Ranching
Following Critters are available in Rime and can be tamed:
Rime uniquely lacks wild Dreckos and Slicksters, which might lead to troubles with phosphorite (no fertilizer, domesticated Pincha Peppers, etc) and plastic production, as well as to a long-term excess of Carbon Dioxide (albeit CO2 always can be vented into space).
Since there is no other source of those critters except Printing Pod's deliveries playing on Rime with care packages turned off can provide a unique challenge.
Industry
Rime has no issue with industry.
Heat Management
The game starts in a cold state. Player has to heat the base for Plants to grow. Once the base temperature is stabilized, which can be assisted by volcanoes, it is pretty easy for the remainder of the game.
Germs
Due to the cold, Slimelung tends to die out early in the game. The germs created by Infectious Polluted Oxygen Vents and Morbs can still survive once their surroundings have warmed up.
Trivia
- Rime is named SandstoneFrozen in game code.