List of places and biomes in KSP (planetary geology & geography) - UPDATING FOR v1.0.x.

[DuoDex]

This will be semi-useful to Crowd Sourced Science. A rep to you!

[SkyRex94]

If it hasn't changed from 0.25: Every Building on KSC is its own biome, distinct from the biome its standing on. even Water Towers. try it out. There are VAB-WaterTower, LaunchPadFlagPole, SPH-Tanks, everything. KSC alone has over 30 biomes in total. maybe even 40

[Olympic1]

If it hasn't changed from 0.25: Every Building on KSC is its own biome, distinct from the biome its standing on. even Water Towers. try it out. There are VAB-WaterTower, LaunchPadFlagPole, SPH-Tanks, everything. KSC alone has over 30 biomes in total. maybe even 40

Let me look at those too, I only checked all the buildings via ground. Have to check the extra 'props' (Tanks, Flags, etc.) also the roof off the VAB. Also have to check the old KSC and the KSC island. I'll do it in a sec.

[Jasonden]

I love the new biomes -- very cool, I've been frustrated by their lack for years. But (and there had to be a 'but' didn't there?) . . . How come there's only like 4 or 5 biomes at Duna? I have to admit to have been a little disappointed when I arrived there in my new 0.90 career game last night. I mean, shouldn't there be more biomes on Duna than there are on Ike? (This is not an argument to descope Ike biomes, they're great!).

[MalfunctionM1Ke]

I love the new biomes -- very cool, I've been frustrated by their lack for years. But (and there had to be a 'but' didn't there?) . . . How come there's only like 4 or 5 biomes at Duna? I have to admit to have been a little disappointed when I arrived there in my new 0.90 career game last night. I mean, shouldn't there be more biomes on Duna than there are on Ike? (This is not an argument to descope Ike biomes, they're great!).

This came to my mind too. It is just simply counter-intuitive to have less Places to go on a Planet than on ist neighboring Moon. :/

[Olympic1]

Updated my biome list for kerbin.

• Added 31 new biomes for only the KSC.
  
• Added Island Airstrip
  
• Added Jeb's Retreat Launch Base
  

Still not complete would be wonderfull if squad helped !

Edited December 19, 2014 by Olympic1

[Olympic1]

If it hasn't changed from 0.25: Every Building on KSC is its own biome, distinct from the biome its standing on. even Water Towers. try it out. There are VAB-WaterTower, LaunchPadFlagPole, SPH-Tanks, everything. KSC alone has over 30 biomes in total. maybe even 40

Let me look at those too, I only checked all the buildings via ground. Have to check the extra 'props' (Tanks, Flags, etc.) also the roof off the VAB. Also have to check the old KSC and the KSC island. I'll do it in a sec.

Yep, did some research and found 31 new biomes on KSC only (Water towers, tanks, radar dishes, R&D buildings, flags).

I think that the building biomes are even increasing if you upgrade a building. Have to reset the buildings in the config.

[politas]

This came to my mind too. It is just simply counter-intuitive to have less Places to go on a Planet than on ist neighboring Moon. :/

You could make the argument that the lifeless atmosphere causes mixing of surface materials, leading to fewer distinct biomes.

[Jarin]

• Added 31 new biomes for only the KSC.
  
• Added Island Airstrip
  
• Added Jeb's Retreat Launch Base
  

31... cripes. Can you get science for all of those?

[Jasonden]

31... cripes.

Ugh -- why all this effort on biomes on Kerbin? The game's Kerbal Space Program, not Kerbin Geological Survey . . .

[DuoDex]

Hey, can you add the region names the way the game calls them? That would be great.

[Docsprock]

What is Jeb's Retreat? KSC2?

[Olympic1]

31... cripes. Can you get science for all of those?

yep, all of those biomes gives you science

Ugh -- why all this effort on biomes on Kerbin? The game's Kerbal Space Program, not Kerbin Geological Survey . . .

Those biomes are really helpfull for the beginning, because you can get A LOT of science by just walking/driving around KSC and taking EVA reports and surface samples. I got almost 1000 science by just doing that.

Hey, can you add the region names the way the game calls them? That would be great.

What do you mean?

What is Jeb's Retreat? KSC2?

It's not KSC2, I have to go there still. And Jeb's Retreat is something I found in my science logs.

[Olympic1]

The biome list is complete and I'll repost it in here.

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With the help of KSP's cheats to see the biomes, HyperEdit for "fast travel" and MechJeb to see the biome names, I have a list of the different biomes on the planets and moons.

Biomes on Kerbol

• No biomes
  

Biomes on Moho

• North Pole
  
• Northern Sinkhole Ridge
  
• Northern Sinkhole
  
• Highlands
  
• Midlands
  
• Minor Craters
  
• Central Lowlands
  
• Western Lowlands
  
• South Western Lowlands
  
• South Eastern Lowlands
  
• Canyon
  
• South Pole
  

Biomes on Eve

• Poles
  
• Explodium Sea
  
• Lowlands
  
• Midlands
  
• Highlands
  
• Peaks
  
• Impact Ejecta
  

Biomes on Gilly

• Lowlands
  
• Midlands
  
• Highlands
  

Biomes on Kerbin

• Ice Caps
  
• Tundra
  
• Highlands
  
• Mountains
  
• Grasslands
  
• Deserts
  
• Badlands
  
• Shores
  
• Water
  

Location biomes on Kerbin

• Administration
  
• Astronaut Complex
  
• Crawlerway
  
• Flag Pole
  
• KSC
  
• LaunchPad
  
• Mission Control
  
• R&D
  
• R&D Central Building
  
• R&D Corner Lab
  
• R&D Main Building
  
• R&D Observatory
  
• R&D Side Lab
  
• R&D Small Lab
  
• R&D Tanks
  
• R&D Wind Tunnel
  
• Runway
  
• SPH
  
• SPH Main Building (Roof)
  
• SPH Round Tank
  
• SPH Tanks
  
• SPH Water Tower
  
• Tracking Station
  
• Tracking Station Dish East
  
• Tracking Station Dish North
  
• Tracking Station Dish South
  
• Tracking Station Hub
  
• VAB
  
• VAB Main Building (Roof)
  
• VAB Pod Memorial
  
• VAB Round Tank
  
• VAB Tanks
  

Biomes on Mün

• Poles
  
• Polar Lowlands
  
• Polar Crater
  
• Highlands
  
• Highland Craters
  
• Midlands
  
• Midland Craters
  
• Northern Basin
  
• Northwest Crater
  
• East Farside Crater
  
• Canyons
  
• Farside Crater
  
• East Crater
  
• Twin Craters
  
• Southwest Crater
  

Biomes on Minmus

• Poles
  
• Lowlands
  
• Midlands
  
• Highlands
  
• Slopes
  
• Flats
  
• Lesser Flats
  
• Great Flats
  
• Greater Flats
  

Biomes on Duna

• Poles
  
• Highlands
  
• Midlands
  
• Lowlands
  
• Craters
  

Biomes on Ike

• Polar Lowlands
  
• Midlands
  
• Lowlands
  
• Eastern Mountain Ridge
  
• Western Mountain Ridge
  
• Central Mountain Range
  
• South Eastern Mountain Range
  
• South Pole
  

Biomes on Dres

• Poles
  
• Highlands
  
• Midlands
  
• Lowlands
  
• Ridges
  
• Impact Ejecta
  
• Impact Craters
  
• Canyons
  

Biomes on Jool

• No biomes
  

Biomes on Laythe

• Poles
  
• Shores
  
• Dunes
  
• Cresent Bay
  
• The Sagen Sea
  

Biomes on Vall

• Poles
  
• Highlands
  
• Midlands
  
• Lowlands
  

Biomes on Tylo

• Highlands
  
• Midlands
  
• Lowlands
  
• Mara
  
• Minor Craters
  
• Major Crater
  
• Major Crater
  
• Major Crater
  

Biomes on Bop

• Poles
  
• Slopes
  
• Peaks
  
• Valley
  
• Ridges
  

Biomes on Pol

• Poles
  
• Lowlands
  
• Midlands
  
• Highlands
  

Biomes on Eeloo

• Poles
  
• Glaciers
  
• Midlands
  
• Lowlands
  
• Ice Canyons
  
• Highlands
  
• Craters
  

With the 0.90 update there are 76 new biomes. In total there are 109 biomes (without the location biomes) and 141 biomes (with the location biomes).

Edited January 14, 2015 by Olympic1

[DMagic]

Hey, can you add the region names the way the game calls them? That would be great.

You're looking for the biomes pulled directly out of the code?

Here they are with all of the spaces stripped out, listed by planet. The second list is comma delimited with the celestial body name.

The KSC biomes aren't included.

the Sun Biomes:

--------------------

No Biomes Found For the Sun

Kerbin Biomes:

--------------------

Water

Grasslands

Highlands

Shores

Mountains

Deserts

Badlands

Tundra

IceCaps

--------------------

the Mun Biomes:

--------------------

Midlands

NorthernBasin

EastCrater

NorthwestCrater

SouthwestCrater

FarsideCrater

Canyons

PolarCrater

Poles

PolarLowlands

Highlands

HighlandCraters

MidlandCraters

EastFarsideCrater

TwinCraters

--------------------

Minmus Biomes:

--------------------

Highlands

Midlands

Lowlands

Flats

GreatFlats

GreaterFlats

LesserFlats

Poles

Slopes

--------------------

Moho Biomes:

--------------------

NorthPole

NorthernSinkholeRidge

NorthernSinkhole

Midlands

WesternLowlands

CentralLowlands

Highlands

MinorCraters

SouthWesternLowlands

SouthEasternLowlands

Canyon

SouthPole

--------------------

Eve Biomes:

--------------------

Poles

Midlands

ExplodiumSea

Lowlands

Highlands

Peaks

ImpactEjecta

--------------------

Duna Biomes:

--------------------

Poles

Midlands

Lowlands

Craters

Highlands

--------------------

Ike Biomes:

--------------------

PolarLowlands

Midlands

EasternMountainRidge

WesternMountainRidge

Lowlands

SouthEasternMountainRange

SouthPole

CentralMountainRange

--------------------

Jool Biomes:

--------------------

No Biomes Found For Jool

Laythe Biomes:

--------------------

Poles

Shores

Dunes

CrescentBay

TheSagenSea

--------------------

Vall Biomes:

--------------------

Poles

Midlands

Highlands

Lowlands

--------------------

Bop Biomes:

--------------------

Peaks

Ridges

Poles

Slopes

Valley

--------------------

Tylo Biomes:

--------------------

Midlands

Highlands

Lowlands

Mara

MinorCraters

MajorCrater

MajorCrater

MajorCrater

--------------------

Gilly Biomes:

--------------------

Midlands

Lowlands

Highlands

--------------------

Pol Biomes:

--------------------

Poles

Lowlands

Highlands

Midlands

--------------------

Dres Biomes:

--------------------

Poles

Midlands

Lowlands

Ridges

Highlands

ImpactCraters

ImpactEjecta

Canyons

--------------------

Eeloo Biomes:

--------------------

Poles

Glaciers

Lowlands

Highlands

IceCanyons

Craters

Midlands

--------------------

the Sun Biomes:

--------------------

No Biomes Found For the Sun

Kerbin Biomes:

--------------------

Kerbin,Water

Kerbin,Grasslands

Kerbin,Highlands

Kerbin,Shores

Kerbin,Mountains

Kerbin,Deserts

Kerbin,Badlands

Kerbin,Tundra

Kerbin,IceCaps

--------------------

the Mun Biomes:

--------------------

the Mun,Midlands

the Mun,NorthernBasin

the Mun,EastCrater

the Mun,NorthwestCrater

the Mun,SouthwestCrater

the Mun,FarsideCrater

the Mun,Canyons

the Mun,PolarCrater

the Mun,Poles

the Mun,PolarLowlands

the Mun,Highlands

the Mun,HighlandCraters

the Mun,MidlandCraters

the Mun,EastFarsideCrater

the Mun,TwinCraters

--------------------

Minmus Biomes:

--------------------

Minmus,Highlands

Minmus,Midlands

Minmus,Lowlands

Minmus,Flats

Minmus,GreatFlats

Minmus,GreaterFlats

Minmus,LesserFlats

Minmus,Poles

Minmus,Slopes

--------------------

Moho Biomes:

--------------------

Moho,NorthPole

Moho,NorthernSinkholeRidge

Moho,NorthernSinkhole

Moho,Midlands

Moho,WesternLowlands

Moho,CentralLowlands

Moho,Highlands

Moho,MinorCraters

Moho,SouthWesternLowlands

Moho,SouthEasternLowlands

Moho,Canyon

Moho,SouthPole

--------------------

Eve Biomes:

--------------------

Eve,Poles

Eve,Midlands

Eve,ExplodiumSea

Eve,Lowlands

Eve,Highlands

Eve,Peaks

Eve,ImpactEjecta

--------------------

Duna Biomes:

--------------------

Duna,Poles

Duna,Midlands

Duna,Lowlands

Duna,Craters

Duna,Highlands

--------------------

Ike Biomes:

--------------------

Ike,PolarLowlands

Ike,Midlands

Ike,EasternMountainRidge

Ike,WesternMountainRidge

Ike,Lowlands

Ike,SouthEasternMountainRange

Ike,SouthPole

Ike,CentralMountainRange

--------------------

Jool Biomes:

--------------------

No Biomes Found For Jool

Laythe Biomes:

--------------------

Laythe,Poles

Laythe,Shores

Laythe,Dunes

Laythe,CrescentBay

Laythe,TheSagenSea

--------------------

Vall Biomes:

--------------------

Vall,Poles

Vall,Midlands

Vall,Highlands

Vall,Lowlands

--------------------

Bop Biomes:

--------------------

Bop,Peaks

Bop,Ridges

Bop,Poles

Bop,Slopes

Bop,Valley

--------------------

Tylo Biomes:

--------------------

Tylo,Midlands

Tylo,Highlands

Tylo,Lowlands

Tylo,Mara

Tylo,MinorCraters

Tylo,MajorCrater

Tylo,MajorCrater

Tylo,MajorCrater

--------------------

Gilly Biomes:

--------------------

Gilly,Midlands

Gilly,Lowlands

Gilly,Highlands

--------------------

Pol Biomes:

--------------------

Pol,Poles

Pol,Lowlands

Pol,Highlands

Pol,Midlands

--------------------

Dres Biomes:

--------------------

Dres,Poles

Dres,Midlands

Dres,Lowlands

Dres,Ridges

Dres,Highlands

Dres,ImpactCraters

Dres,ImpactEjecta

Dres,Canyons

--------------------

Eeloo Biomes:

--------------------

Eeloo,Poles

Eeloo,Glaciers

Eeloo,Lowlands

Eeloo,Highlands

Eeloo,IceCanyons

Eeloo,Craters

Eeloo,Midlands

--------------------

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using UnityEngine;

namespace Biomes
{
[KSPAddon(KSPAddon.Startup.SpaceCentre, false)]
public class Class1 : MonoBehaviour
{
private void Start()
{
foreach (CelestialBody b in FlightGlobals.Bodies)
{
print(b.theName + " Biomes:");
print("--------------------");
CBAttributeMapSO map = b.BiomeMap;
if (map != null)
{
foreach (CBAttributeMapSO.MapAttribute att in map.Attributes)
{
string name = att.name;
string shortName = Regex.Replace(name, @"\s+", "");
print(shortName);
}
print("--------------------");
print("");
}
else
print("No Biomes Found For " + b.theName);
}
}
}
}

[Olympic1]

You're looking for the biomes pulled directly out of the code?

Here they are with all of the spaces stripped out, listed by planet. The second list is comma delimited with the celestial body name.

The KSC biomes aren't included.

-SNIP-

-SNIP-

-SNIP-

Weird that Squad made 3 different biomes on Tylo with exactly the same name?

Tylo,MajorCrater

Tylo,MajorCrater

Tylo,MajorCrater

[DuoDex]

Weird that Squad made 3 different biomes on Tylo with exactly the same name?

Tylo,MajorCrater

Tylo,MajorCrater

Tylo,MajorCrater

Do you have the savefile on hand? I'd like to take a gander at the science archives.

[SkyRex94]

The biome list is complete and I'll repost it in here.

---

With the help of KSP's cheats to see the biomes, HyperEdit for "fast travel" and MechJeb to see the biome names, I have a list of the different biomes on the planets and moons.

Biomes on Kerbol

• No biomes
  

Biomes on Moho

• North Pole
  
• Northern Sinkhole Ridge
  
• Northern Sinkhole
  
• Highlands
  
• Midlands
  
• Minor Craters
  
• Central Lowlands
  
• Western Lowlands
  
• South Western Lowlands
  
• South Eastern Lowlands
  
• Canyon
  
• South Pole
  

Biomes on Eve

• Poles
  
• Explodium Sea
  
• Lowlands
  
• Midlands
  
• Highlands
  
• Peaks
  
• Impact Ejecta
  

Biomes on Gilly

• Lowlands
  
• Midlands
  
• Highlands
  

Biomes on Kerbin

• Ice Caps
  
• Tundra
  
• Highlands
  
• Mountains
  
• Grasslands
  
• Deserts
  
• Badlands
  
• Shores
  
• Water
  

Location biomes on Kerbin

• Administration
  
• Astronaut Complex
  
• Crawlerway
  
• Flag Pole
  
• KSC
  
• LaunchPad
  
• Mission Control
  
• R&D
  
• R&D Central Building
  
• R&D Corner Lab
  
• R&D Main Building
  
• R&D Observatory
  
• R&D Side Lab
  
• R&D Small Lab
  
• R&D Tanks
  
• R&D Wind Tunnel
  
• Runway
  
• SPH
  
• SPH Main Building (Roof)
  
• SPH Round Tank
  
• SPH Tanks
  
• SPH Water Tower
  
• Tracking Station
  
• Tracking Station Dish East
  
• Tracking Station Dish North
  
• Tracking Station Dish South
  
• Tracking Station Hub
  
• VAB
  
• VAB Main Building (Roof)
  
• VAB Pod Memorial
  
• VAB Round Tank
  
• VAB Tanks
  

Biomes on Mün

• Poles
  
• Polar Lowlands
  
• Polar Crater
  
• Highlands
  
• Highland Craters
  
• Midlands
  
• Midland Craters
  
• Northern Basin
  
• Northwest Crater
  
• East Farside Crater
  
• Canyons
  
• Farside Crater
  
• East Crater
  
• Twin Craters
  
• Southwest Crater
  

Biomes on Minmus

• Poles
  
• Lowlands
  
• Midlands
  
• Highlands
  
• Slopes
  
• Flats
  
• Lesser Flats
  
• Great Flats
  
• Greater Flats
  

Biomes on Duna

• Poles
  
• Highlands
  
• Midlands
  
• Lowlands
  
• Craters
  

Biomes on Ike

• Polar Lowlands
  
• Midlands
  
• Lowlands
  
• Eastern Mountain Ridge
  
• Western Mountain Ridge
  
• Central Mountain Range
  
• South Eastern Mountain Range
  
• South Pole
  

Biomes on Dres

• Poles
  
• Highlands
  
• Midlands
  
• Lowlands
  
• Ridges
  
• Impact Ejecta
  
• Impact Craters
  
• Canyons
  

Biomes on Jool

• No biomes
  

Biomes on Laythe

• Poles
  
• Shores
  
• Dunes
  
• Cresent Bay
  
• The Sagen Sea
  

Biomes on Vall

• Poles
  
• Highlands
  
• Midlands
  
• Lowlands
  

Biomes on Tylo

• Highlands
  
• Midlands
  
• Lowlands
  
• Mara
  
• Minor Craters
  
• Major Crater
  

Biomes on Bop

• Poles
  
• Slopes
  
• Peaks
  
• Valley
  
• Ridges
  

Biomes on Pol

• Poles
  
• Lowlands
  
• Midlands
  
• Highlands
  

Biomes on Eeloo

• Poles
  
• Glaciers
  
• Midlands
  
• Lowlands
  
• Ice Canyons
  
• Highlands
  
• Craters
  

With the 0.90 update there are 101 new biomes. In total there are 137 biomes.

I'm might be wrong, but I think you forgot: LaunchPadFlagPole, LaunchPadTanks, LaunchPadWaterTower, LaunchPadRoundTank, AdministrationMainBuilding(Roof), AstronautComplexBuilding(roof)

TBH I really don't like the KSC biomes. They could include different reports for them but they should yield 0 Science Points. You might think the Kerbals build these buildings themselfes, so there is nothing new to discover there.

Instead of this, they could add natural sites, that behave like the KSC biomes now. For example: The peak of a vulcano is an actual object like a building and has such a building-biome. like anomalies with biomes just so that they are representing natural intersting places. Some more examples:

-Volcano peak , Crater-central-hill, Geysier ( Eeloo) , highest peak on planet, caves ,

lets call them : Places of Interest

to small to be a biome, and you'll only get Science when actually AT these location and not from high above them , like the buildings now.

And in exchange change the buildings to yield 0 Science

would be my suggestion for Squad.

[Olympic1]

I'm might be wrong, but I think you forgot: LaunchPadFlagPole, LaunchPadTanks, LaunchPadWaterTower, LaunchPadRoundTank, AdministrationMainBuilding(Roof), AstronautComplexBuilding(roof)

TBH I really don't like the KSC biomes. They could include different reports for them but they should yield 0 Science Points. You might think the Kerbals build these buildings themselfes, so there is nothing new to discover there.

Instead of this, they could add natural sites, that behave like the KSC biomes now. For example: The peak of a vulcano is an actual object like a building and has such a building-biome. like anomalies with biomes just so that they are representing natural intersting places. Some more examples:

-Volcano peak , Crater-central-hill, Geysier ( Eeloo) , highest peak on planet, caves ,

lets call them : Places of Interest

to small to be a biome, and you'll only get Science when actually AT these location and not from high above them , like the buildings now.

And in exchange change the buildings to yield 0 Science

would be my suggestion for Squad.

I did check these but didn't get any biome from them. But as you're saying they aren't very meaningfull even if they give you science, I just added them to let you guys know they exist.

[DMagic]

TBH I really don't like the KSC biomes. They could include different reports for them but they should yield 0 Science Points. You might think the Kerbals build these buildings themselfes, so there is nothing new to discover there.

Some of us use them.

Mostly to chide you for not doing real science, but nevertheless, they can serve a purpose.

Have there been any new additions to these KSC biomes since 0.25? I didn't check very carefully, but your list looks the same as what were there in that version.

[Olympic1]

Some of us use them.

Mostly to chide you for not doing real science, but nevertheless, they can serve a purpose.

Have there been any new additions to these KSC biomes since 0.25? I didn't check very carefully, but your list looks the same as what were there in that version.

No, there weren't new additions to the KSC biomes, only that they are now building level bounded. So more KSC biomes come if you upgrade a building.

[AndrewBCrisp]

My suspicion is that the plethora of "biomes" around the KSC may be accidental. Now that buildings are upgradable, it might have been advantageous for the computer code to treat each building as a biome, but was never intended for actual in-game effects.

The science return for each individual biome is small, IIRC, but it does become a problem in aggregate. Perhaps a bug/exploit report is in order?

[DMagic]

My suspicion is that the plethora of "biomes" around the KSC may be accidental. Now that buildings are upgradable, it might have been advantageous for the computer code to treat each building as a biome, but was never intended for actual in-game effects.

The science return for each individual biome is small, IIRC, but it does become a problem in aggregate. Perhaps a bug/exploit report is in order?

Nope. It's not something that would happen by accident. Registering those areas as different biomes requires a completely different method than simply looking up the current biome based on lat/long location.

[DuoDex]

Gib save file plox!!!

[lajoswinkler]

So, is there a consensus about the current situation for Kerbal Space Center? If you have solid and complete info, please post it as a short and informative post, so I don't have to sift and decypher stuff when I update the main post where all the data is.

High resolution maps (ScanSat or whatever) would be most helpful, so if you're into scanning, start scanning.

I'll be working on heights limits as always.

p.s.: also be sure to check whether the existing data is correct