| Biome: Tar Ball
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Tar Ball (primary biome)
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tarball
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Tar Ball is a sticky, goopy, and usually low-threat planet made up almost entirely of Tar. It even rains from the sky. These planets are rich with Trianglium Ore (only underground, never near the surface).
If you're into everything tar, then this is your obvious place to go. Tarpit Chests, Tar blocks, and even 4 different types of Tar monsters are all located upon this planet. If you're more into Oil, however, then grab as much Black Tar and Tarry Stone as you can. These can be extracted into that precious black gold.
Tar Balls can be found orbiting Binary, Blue, Dying and Red Stars.
Codex Description
- A Tar Ball with a semi-livable surface. Encumbering bodies of liquid with abundant oil litter the surface. Recommend: Heat protection
- A tar-covered world with breathable atmosphere. Hazardous sticky pools of tar will make for slow travel. Recommend: Heat protection
- A Tar Ball with abundant oil sources detected on and below the surface. Some sort of tar protection could prove useful. Recommend: Heat protection
Exploration and Dangers
When exploring these planets, tar is your friend. The blocks are easy to mine through and won't pose any threat to you. The liquid may slow you down, but protection from such is optional. The same goes for the weather, which can only be dangerous to blocks and plants that aren't protected by a shield generator.
Monsters spawn frequently on Tar Balls, which could prove annoying to the exploring player. Each one of these creatures except for the Pyropod is incapable of flight, so the majority of these tar-loving lifeforms can just be avoided or defeated without much of a problem.
The main danger of Tar Balls is their heat. As dangerous as this may seem, this biome heat can easily be avoided with the light fire resistance provided by a Cooling EPP or Heat Shield I Augment, along with various armor types. Eating a Quell Stem for its temporary heat resistance can prove useful for players planning to be on these worlds for a short amount of time.
Trivia
- Tar Balls are essentially planet-wide versions of the Tar Pits sub-biome. Almost everything found in these lesser biomes can be found in Tar Balls, but Tar Balls provide many more elements that the sub-biome cannot provide.
Details
- Name: Tar Ball
- Tier: 3 - 5.4
- Found around stars: Binary Star, Red Star, Blue Star, Dying Star
- Light level (day): 0.26 - 0.61: 0.26 (50%), 0.61 (34%), 0.57 (17%)
- Average output of Wind Turbine: 2W
Layers
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Primary region
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Dungeons
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Surface
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Tar Ball
- Cave liquid:
 
biome/region ID: tarball
Status effects
 Mild Heat (Resist: Fire) (immune at: 20% Fire)
Weather pools
Type 1 (average wind: 2W)
- (clear) 82%
 Cinder Showers 12% Light Ashfall 3% Smog 3%
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Midnight
- Cave liquid:
biome/region ID: midnight
Hell Hive
- Cave liquid:
 
biome/region ID: hellhive
Volcanic
- Cave liquid:
biome/region ID: volcanic
Rust
biome/region ID: rust
Bones
biome/region ID: bones
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- Apex research complex
- Apex test chamber
- Apex test facility
- Avian deep pyramid
- Crashed spaceship [FU]
- Human bunker
- Science complex
- USCM penal colony
- Unidentified spaceship
- Unknown alien ruins
- Weapons factory
- cultistlair
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Subsurface
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Tar Pit
- Cave liquid:
biome ID: fftarpit
region ID: fftarunderground
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Underground1
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Tar Pit
- Cave liquid:
biome ID: fftarpit
region ID: fftarunderground
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Underground2
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Tar Pit
- Cave liquid:
biome ID: fftarpit
region ID: fftarunderground
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Underground3
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Tar Pit
- Cave liquid:
biome ID: fftarpit
region ID: fftarunderground
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Core
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Atmosphere
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Space
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Contents
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Any 3 of the following:
22.45%
22.45%
22.45%
22.45%
22.45%
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- Stem: burnttreestem (Burnt)
- Stem: barren (Barren)
- Stem: old (Old)
- Stem: skeletal (Skeletal)
- Stem: stripey (Stripe)
- Stem: ashy (Ash)
- Stem: coal (Coal)
- Stem: magma (Magma)
- Foliage: burntleaves (Leaves)
- Foliage: burntmoss (Moss)
- Foliage: aridblank
- Foliage: autumny (Autumn)
- Foliage: patchy (Patch)
- Foliage: piney (Arid Pine)
- Foliage: weirdly (Weird)
- Foliage: willowy (Willow)
- Foliage: pitchy (Pitchy)
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How to obtain
