Home Island

Overview

Home Island is the island where you build on. It is the only location on the World Map, where you can zoom into.

At the start of a new game, the player has 5 maps to choose from; each with it's own difficulty level, starting resources, land area and terrain types.

Additionally, the player has 6 further options to specify the map:

• Resources size
• Resources elevation
• Forest size
• Cliffs height
• Extra ocean chuncks
• Ocean floor decline

Maps

Currently there are 5 island maps:

New Haven

This is the easiest map, recommended for new players. (Difficulty level: Standard) A mostly flat map, with an wide open starting area and all necessary starting resources close nearby.

The Beach

This map is for advanced players. (Difficulty level: Advanced) A fairly flat map, but with starting area in a desert and most of the island's shores blocked by mountains. Has a second, smaller island.

Curland

This map is for advanced players. (Difficulty level: Advanced) A fairly flat map, but shaped as a C-shaped atoll.

The Golden Peak

This map is for advanced players looking for additional challenges. (Difficulty level: Difficult) A mountainous map, with a steep mountain at it's center.

You Shall Not Pass

This map is for expert players. (Difficulty level: Challenging) A map which is mostly a plateau, with the exception of the starting area. Starting area has limited resources.

Island reserves

Each Home Island contains varying amounts of natural resources. The amount of resources mined by Excavators is modified by the resources size modifier on the Map Selection screen while the amount which can be extracted per tile is further affected by the ore mining yield modifier on the Game Difficulty screen. On the other hand, the amount of Crude Oil and Water is modified by Extra Starting Material modifier on the Game Difficulty screen. Any modifier cannot be changed once the island has been founded.

Resource reserves in Home Island (version 0.4.11)

Map	Iron Ore	Copper Ore	Gold Ore	Coal	Limestone	Crude Oil	Rock	Sand	Dirt	Groundwater	Wood
New Haven	1,400,000	1,400,000	620,000	1,700,000	1,200,000	80,000	12,200,000	1,000,000	4,000,000	57,000	80,000
The Beach	4,500,000	2,500,000	1,000,000	2,100,000	1,200,000	92,000	25,100,000	1,500,000	5,700,000	66,000	110,000
Curland	5,700,000	4,900,000	1,200,000	2,500,000	4,200,000	1,100,000	39,600,000	4,800,000	6,600,000	51,000	110,000
The Crater (Supporter edition)	3,700,000	2,300,000	670,000	5,800,000	1,800,000	70,000	56,800,000	700,000	6,500,000	48,000	87,000
The Golden Peak	2,200,000	2,100,000	7,300,000	1,900,000	1,400,000	110,000	26,000,000	680,000	4,100,000	63,000	93,000
File:Insula Mortis.png Insula Mortis	8,700,000	2,900,000	2,800,000	3,900,000	1,400,000	220,000	46,700,000	760,000	6,300,000	60,000	120,000
You Shall Not Pass	8,300,000	10,600,000	3,300,000	4,100,000	7,800,000	100,000	71,100,000	8,300,000	6,300,000	99,000	100,000

It should be noted that most of the above natural resources are non-renewable. But there are alternative ways to get unlimited resources.

• Dirt can be created by dumping Compost onto the ground or mixing Compost and Gravel.
• Sand can be created from Quartz by processing it in a Crusher twice.
• Wood is infinite, since Trees can be planted with Tree Planters.
• All other resources can be imported infinitely from Outposts or by Contracts, and some of them can be indefinitely created/collected in more ways:
  • Water can be indefinitely collected by 3 different ways:
    • Rain replenishes the Natural Groundwater Resource lode (which can be pumped with a Groundwater Pump).
    • Rain can also be collected directly with the use of a Rainwater Harvester.
    • Seawater can be pumped limitlessly from the sea with a Seawater Pump(Tall) (This method requires the post processing of the Seawater into the Water.)
  • Coal can be created from Wood with a Coal Maker.
• Crude Oil consumption can potentially be avoided in the late game using the Biodiesel technology for Diesel and Naphtha Reforming for Naphtha.

See also

• World Map