AOW4/docs/Terrain Data.md

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Data

Terrain data can stack on a Province. For example a tile can be a Forest with a River.

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See Raw Data section.

String

• Name required: Name is from the Terrain column
• Description: Taken from the description column. Do not transfer the image icons.
• effectAsDisplayText[]?: take strings from other effects for display label purposes. Not used in calculation data
• improvementAsDisplayText[]?: take strings from improvements column. Not used in database connections

Int

• decreaseFoodFromFarms?: When an effect reduces food from build food improvements. Null if no effect. -2 if reduce by -2
• increaseFoodFromFarms? When an effect increases food from build food improvements. Null if no effect. 2 if increase by 2
• increaseStability? Improves stability by a value each turn for city with improvement built on it. Null if no effect
• decreaseStability? Lowers stability by a value each turn for city with improvement built on it. Null if no effect

Bool

• canBeProspected required: normally false. True is has the 'Can be prospected effect'

Raw Data

Terrain	Improvements	Other effects	Description
Grassland	Farm		Rolling fields of fertile grassland. A  Farm can be built here.
Swamp	Farm	-2  food from farms	Swampy marshlands. A  Farm can be built here, but factions without Swamp Adaptation will suffer -2  food.
Sand	Hut		A rolling landscape of golden sand. A  Hut can be built here. Desert-adapted factions can build a  Farm here instead.
Snow	Hut		Cold lands covered in snow. A  Hut can be built here. Arctic-adapted factions can build a  Farm here instead.
Ice	Hut		A sprawl of icy flats. Not suitable for exploitation.
Ashlands	Hut		A sprawling expanse of gray dust and ash. A  Hut can be built here.
Forest	Forester		A province full of various trees. A  Forester can be built here.
Rocky	Quarry		Rough lands of exposed rock. A  Quarry can be built here.
Ruins	Quarry	Only in handcrafted regions	Monolithic structures of an unknown age. A  Quarry can be built here. A  Research Post in this province will grant +2  Knowledge income.
River		+2  Food from  Farms	A river runs through this province. Grants +2  food to  Farms built in this province.
Blessed		+5  stability	A serene aura can be felt in the surrounding terrain.
Sunless		-5  stability† -5 world map  HP regeneration† -50% to all combat healing†	The absence of sunlight has spread thorny and dark flora dotted with crimson roses.
Astral Barrens		Magic Origin units do not regenerate  Hit Points Spells have 20% chance of backfiring No  Mana income Resource Nodes become ruined and cannot be restored Cannot be terraformed	These lands have been eroded by a wind that rips all forms of magic from everyone and everything.
Cliff	Quarry	Can be prospected	A steep cliff formed from a rocky drop-off. A  Quarry can be built here.
Mountain (habitable)	Quarry	Can be prospected	A habitable province with some mountains. A  Quarry can be built here.
Mountain (uninhabitable)		Can be prospected	Rough, sharp, high rising peaks. Not viable for exploitation.
Coast	Fish Farm		A province of water adjacent to a body of land. A water  Farm can be built here.
Water Rocky	Dredger Quarry		A series of rocky outcroppings trailing into the sea. A water  Quarry can be built here.
Mangrove Forest	Mangrove Forester		A forest with its roots submerged in water. A water  Forester can be built here.
Sunken Ruins	Nautical Research Post Dredger Quarry		Ruins from a forgotten and flooded civilization. A water  Research Post or  Quarry can be built here.
Ocean			Oceans can only be traversed through seafaring.
Lava	Smelter Mine Cinder Conduit	-15  stability	Blistering hot lava is present in this province.
Chasm		-5  stability	A gaping chasm full of lava cuts through this province.
Cavern Floor	Hut		Rough, nearly barren rock. A  Hut can be built here. Underground-adapted factions can build a  Farm here instead.
Fungus Fields	Farm	-2  food from farms	Sprawling fields full of nutritious mushrooms. A  Farm can be built here, but factions without Underground Adaptation will suffer -2  food.
Mushroom Forest	Forester		A dense forest full of enormous mushrooms. A  Forester can be built here.
Stalagmites	Quarry	Can be prospected	A formation of mineral and rock that rises from the cavern floor. A  Quarry can be built here.
Dungeon			Underground terrain shaped into a fortified structure.
Water	Fish Farm		A province of water in the underground. A water  Farm can be built here.
Diggable		Excavation	Can be Excavated one province at a time by Units once the Excavation Empire Skill is acquired.
Earth			Packed earth that forms a solid wall. Can be excavated.
Bedrock		Impassable	Solid, unbreakable bedrock. Not viable for exploitation.
Gloom		Umbral Malady -10  stability	Gloom terrain is normally only found in the Umbral Abyss.
Gloom Tear			A wound in reality seeping with eldritch power.
Astral Void		Only spawns from certain realm traits or handcrafted regions	Endless void where no being can pass.
Uninhabitable			This province is uninhabitable. You cannot build an Outpost here, nor can you annex this Province to a City.