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.