Gleba
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Space Age expansion exclusive feature.
Gleba is a moist, agricultural planet with fungal hills and swampy lowlands.
It is home to the pentapods, which are spider-like enemies who are attracted to the scent of biological processing called Spores, similar to the way that Nauvis creatures negatively respond to pollution. One of the most prominent traits of Gleba is that nearly everything takes a biological form.
Required Research
Exclusive Items
The following items are unlocked on Gleba. The items marked "exclusive" can only be crafted on Gleba:
Agricultural tower (researched on Gleba, exclusively produced and placed on Gleba and Nauvis)
Agricultural science pack 
Artificial jellynut soil and 
Artificial yumako soil (exclusive)
Overgrowth jellynut soil and 
Overgrowth yumako soil (exclusive)
Captive biter spawner (spawners can be captured with Gleba's 
Capture bot rocket, constructed with Aquilo research, and exclusively produced and placed on Nauvis).
Heating tower 
Biochamber (exclusive)
Biolab (unlocked with Gleba science, but exclusively produced and placed on Nauvis)
Rocket turret 
Spidertron
Stack inserter 
Toolbelt equipment 
Productivity module 3
Efficiency module 3
Surface
Properties
| Property | Value |
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| Pollutant Type | Spores |
| Day Night Cycle | 10 Minutes |
| Magnetic Field | 10 |
| Solar Power | 50% |
| Pressure | 2000 |
| Gravity | 20 |
Biomes
Gleba hosts multiple biomes.
- Deep water
- Impassable
- Shallows
- A walkable murky water, filled with watercanes
- Green lowlands
- Red lowlands
- Green midlands
- Red midlands
- Highlands
Mechanics
- Main article: Spoilage mechanics
Most biological products on Gleba are "spoilable". A spoilable item has an inherent timer attached to it, which begins at the item's creation. When the timer reaches 0, the item is transformed into spoilage, with a few exceptions. This process is inevitable and cannot be stopped.
The exact time differs per item, ranging anywhere from a few minutes to 2 hours. This means that item throughput is more important than ever on Gleba, and buffering a large stockpile is ineffective, as items can spoil within containers.
The Biochamber, Gleba's special production building, uses a fuel source, nutrients. Nutrients also can spoil, and have a short, 5 minute spoil time.
Access to basic resources
Water is readily available using offshore pumps
Stone can be mined from patches on the surface as normal
Iron ore can be obtained from 
Iron bacteria, which can be cultivated in a Biochamber using 
Iron bacteria cultivation
Copper ore can be obtained from 
Copper bacteria, which can be cultivated in a biochamber using 
Copper bacteria cultivation
Coal can be obtained via 
Coal synthesis
Crude oil is not available. However:
Plastic bars can be obtained from 
Bioplastic
Sulfur can be obtained from 
Biosulfur
Lubricant can be obtained from 
Biolubricant
Rocket fuel can be obtained from 
Rocket fuel from jelly
Heavy oil can be obtained using 
Coal liquefaction, if the initial heavy oil is shipped in from another planet. This is only really useful for 
flamethrower turrets, since all other oil products can be obtained more efficiently using the bio recipes.
Space routes
Gleba is connected to 4 other planets: 
Nauvis, 
Vulcanus, 
Fulgora, and 
Aquilo.
| Planet | Distance (km) |
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| Nauvis |
15,000 |
| Vulcanus |
15,000 |
| Fulgora |
15,000 |
| Aquilo |
30,000 |
Asteroid rate graphs:
 Space route from Nauvis to Gleba
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 Space route from Vulcanus to Gleba
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 Space route from Gleba to Fulgora
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 Space route from Gleba to Aquilo
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Graph legend:
| Asteroid type | Chunk | Medium | Big |
|---|---|---|---|
 Metallic
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● Blue | ● Red | ● Cyan |
 Carbonic
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● Orange | ● Yellow | ● Brown |
 Oxide
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● Green | ● Magenta | ● Purple |
Orbit
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Solar Power | 200% |
| Asteroid Type | Spawn Ratio |
|---|---|
 Metallic asteroid chunk |
2 |
 Carbonic asteroid chunk |
5 |
 Oxide asteroid chunk |
1 |
 Promethium asteroid chunk |
0 |
| Asteroid Size | Spawn % |
|---|---|
| Chunk | .30 |
| Medium | .25 |
| Big | 0 |
| Huge | 0 |
Note:
- Chunks spawn at Nauvis at 1.25%
- Huge Asteroids only spawn past Aquilo
Key reasons to go to Gleba
• It has a truly unlimited amount of resources, so you never need to worry about expanding.
• It unlocks the Spidertron, which is a big improvement over the Tank, both in combat and remote control.
• Unlocks the plastic bar and rocket fuel productivity, which is a weakness in Vulcanus.
• It is connected to all planets in the solar system, so shipping is easy.
Key reasons to not go to Gleba
• Spoilage mechanic is difficult and might challenge newer players.
• Enemies are significantly stronger than Nauvis enemies.
• Biochamber requires nutrients, not found on either Vulcanus, Fulgora, or Aquilo.
See also
Gallery
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Example landscape of Gleba.
Trivia
- In biology, a gleba is a fleshy, spore-filled inner mass of some fungus like the puffball.
- During development, Gleba was once named Bacchus, after the Roman god of fertility, orchards, and vegetation.
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