They are almost perfectly flat and may represent salt flats. The most distinctive quality of Minmus's biomes is the variety of Flats, which in-game text describe as “lake beds”. The moon of Kerbin, called Minmus, has a total of 9 biomes. Canyon biomes extend off a few major craters.
Most of the surface area belongs to the Midlands biome followed by the Highlands. The Mun has the largest amount of biomes in the Kerbol System. The biggest moon of Kerbin, called the Mun, has a total of 17 biomes, 7 of which are uniquely named major craters. However, it is possible to get an "EVA Report while flying over" the area, either while jumping, grabbing a ladder on a craft, or sitting on a EAS-1 External Command Seat. KSC is within a Shores biome, so experiments while flying at any altitude over the KSC count as Shores. Each count as a biome only with experiments performed on the surface. Kerbin is the only celestial body with location biomes: the grounds of KSC and the many structures it is composed of. Along with Moho and Ike it has distinct polar biomes. Grasslands and Highlands biomes cover most of the land area. Roughly 60% Kerbin's surface is Water biome.
The planet Kerbin has 11 biomes, plus a large number of surface-only “location biomes” comprising Kerbal Space Center. With only 3 biomes, the moon of Eve, called Gilly, has the fewest number of biomes. There are also areas covered with Impact Ejecta. Within the Continent lie three large bodies of liquid, one being a Crater Lake. It's main features are a large Explodium Sea with some scattered Islands and Shallow areas as well as a Main Continent and Poles. It is dotted with Minor Craters and features four distinct Lowland Biomes.Įve has 15 biomes with their own science to be collected. It is one of three bodies (the other being Kerbin and Ike) that have their own North and South Pole biomes. Any attempt to land on its surface will result in the craft overheating, and ultimately exploding. The star Kerbol (officially called “The Sun”) has no biomes.
With versions 1.2 and 1.2.1, biome maps were slightly overhauled and new biomes were added setting the total count of biomes on 145. However, this was just the effect of the situation "SrfSplashed" for a splashdown versus the usual "SrfLanded" surface landing. Jool's moon Laythe and the planet Eve have bodies of water and science activities performed in them stated as being from "Laythe's oceans" and "Eve's oceans". Before that only the Kerbin system - Kerbin, Mun and Minmus - had biomes. With version 0.90 biomes were added to all celestial bodies which have a solid surface, which excepts Jool and the Sun. For example, after performing an EVA Report at Kerbin's north polar IceCap biome, performing one from the southern IceCap gives the same results (and Science Points) as if it had been performed a second time in the northern IceCap.
For details and tips on how to get as much Science as possible from exploring biomes (and where to find water in a Mountain biome, for example), see the Science Tutorial.Īreas belonging to a biome may be geographically separate, but they're not considered different areas. In Sandbox, even the text descriptions from experiments are unavailable, rendering biomes unimportant. The results of science activities often differ when performed in different biomes, and thus provide more opportunities to earn Science Points in Career Mode to research further along the technology tree. This is in contrast to the real meaning of the term in which biomes are biotic communities in contiguous areas with similar climatic conditions and organism populations. I'm an engineer, not a pilot.In Kerbal Space Program a biome is a geographic area on the surface of a celestial body typically corresponding with types of geology like mountains or craters. After some consideration, this is what I've decided to do in the cfg.