Ranger Environments

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These environments cover lightly populated areas eg. open farmland, moors, but do not include towns, cities, etc. Some environments overlap.

Arctic

Includes
tundra, steppes, permafrost and ice caps and other infertile lowlands in cold climates.
Fertility
Infertile
Seasons
standard, note that winter has no daylight & summer has no night time.

Caverns

Includes
all caves, tunnels, natural caverns, and other substantial underground areas.
Fertility
Infertile
Seasons
always low season.

Coastal

Includes
land adjacent to saltwater, estuaries,coastal marshes etc.
Fertility
Average or poor
Seasons
standard.

Highlands

Includes
hills and mountains, moors, high plateaus. Also includes evergreen forests on steep ground. These areas are fertile in summer but snow or ice covered and hostile in winter.
Fertility
Poor
Seasons
standard.

Jungle

Includes
hot climate forests of any sort. They are particularly characterised by heavy undergrowth and high rainfall.
Fertility
Rich
Seasons
wet/dry.


Plains

Includes
grasslands, plains, pampas, savannah, prairie, veldt, and other more or less open and flat or rolling terrain. May include low hills where the land is open and not wooded.
Fertility
Poor
Seasons
standard.

Rural

Generally mild climate cultivated terrain, lightly inhabited.

Includes
cultivated fields, grazing lands, vineyards, heaths, etc.
Fertility
Average
Seasons
standard.

Waste

Includes
all deserts, wastelands, salt flats, and other infertile lowlands in mild to hot climates.
Fertility
Infertile
Seasons
Reversed in hot regions as the most fertile period is autumn and the least fertile summer.

Wetlands (freshwater)

Includes
marshes & swamps, and land adjacent to freshwater rivers, lakes & ponds, etc.
Fertility
Rich
Seasons
standard.


Woods

Includes
mild climate deciduous and evergreen forests or large wooded areas with few sentient inhabitants, in mild to cold climates.
Fertility
Average
Seasons
standard.