Desert
| “ | A hot land, full of sand dunes, mysterious Spice, and huge and dangerous sand worms.
Always available. Variants of the Desert are always available in the Random Pattern mode. |
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The desert is a realm inhabited by two creature species: Desert Men and Sandworms. There are comparatively few blocked hexes in the desert, providing a mostly open battlefield with mostly small obstacles. Running away from Sandworms is usually easy, but swarms of Desert Men can be surprisingly dangerous once the Spawn rate increases.
Desert Men are simple melee fighters, while Sandworms are invulnerable but slow creatures which move every 2 turns. They are 16 tiles long, but most of their body is underground when they first emerge, and only after 16 turns they will reach their full length. Should their head get stuck in an inescapable position, where all neighboring tiles are blocked, they explode into many pieces of Spice treasure, which is unique to the desert.
Occasionally, Thumpers can be found. The player can activate Thumpers and then move them to attract and possibly trap Sandworms.