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Space Age expansion exclusive feature.

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Vulcanus is a hot volcanic planet with mountainous volcanoes, rivers of lava, plains of ash, and sulfuric acid geysers.

It is home to demolishers, a large boss‐like enemy that defends its territory. There's no pollution on Vulcanus.

Planet discovery Vulcanus (research) is required to travel to the planet.

Exclusive Recipes

The following recipes can only be crafted on Vulcanus:

The following items and recipes are unlocked on Vulcanus but can be crafted elsewhere:

Surface

Properties

Vulcanus Surface Properties
Property Value
Pollutant Type Spores
Day Night Cycle 1.5 Minutes
Magnetic Field 25
Solar Power 400%
Pressure 4000
Gravity 40

Biomes

Vulcanus has three distinct biomes.

  • Ashlands are plateaus speckled with sparse vegetation and deposits of coal. They are home to leafless alien trees. They are relatively free of cliffs and lava, making them ideal for building.
  • Lava basins are filled with winding lava rivers. Within them are deposits of tungsten ore, which can only be mined using the big mining drill.
  • Mountains are large volcanoes, covered in cliffs and with a large lava pool at their center. They are home to sulfuric acid geysers and calcite.

Demolisher Territories

Native to Vulcanus are the giant centipede-like enemies known as "demolishers".

Demolishers have well-defined territories. On the map, these territories are outlined by an opaque, bright red line and the inside is marked by diagonal, translucent, red lines. Only one demolisher will spawn per territory, and the territories themselves do not overlap. However, they are tightly packed, as they follow a Voronoi-like pattern. At the start of the game, only Vulcanus' starting area is not inside a demolisher's territory.

When left alone, a demolisher will patrol the border of its territory. However, if players build inside of a demolisher's territory, it will soon make a beeline towards these buildings with the intent of destroying them. Building inside of a demolisher's territory is therefore extremely risky and dangerous.

The death of a demolisher is permanent, as they only spawn during world generation. Likewise, upon the death of a demolisher, its territory permanently becomes free for the player to use, as other demolishers will not try to expand their territories.

Access to basic resources

Space routes

Vulcanus is connected to 2 other planets: Nauvis and Gleba.

Planet Distance
Planet Distance (km)
Nauvis 15,000
Gleba 15,000


Asteroid rate graphs:

Asteroid chart Nauvis Vulcanus.png
Space route from Nauvis to Vulcanus
Asteroid chart Vulcanus Gleba.png
Space route from Vulcanus to Gleba


Graph legend:

Asteroid Type Chunk Medium
Metallic asteroid chunk.png Metallic Blue Red
Carbonic asteroid chunk.png Carbonic Orange Yellow
Oxide asteroid chunk.png Oxide Green Magenta

Orbit

Properties

Property Value
Solar Power 600%
Asteroid Spawning Types
Asteroid Type Spawn Ratio
Metallic asteroid chunk 5
Carbonic asteroid chunk 2
Oxide asteroid chunk 1
Promethium asteroid chunk 0
Asteroid Spawning Sizes
Asteroid Size Spawn %
Chunk .20
Medium .25
Big 0
Huge 0

Note:

  • Chunks spawn at Nauvis at 1.25%
  • Huge Asteroids only spawn past Aquilo

Gallery

Trivia

  • In mythology, Vulcanus (also spelt Vulcan), is the Roman god of fire, metalworking, and the forge

History

See also