B001 Ashplain Expanse

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B001 Ashplain Expanse

Field Value
BiomeID 001
Biome name Ashplain Expanse
Climate SUBTROPICAL_ARID
Difficulty 3
Starting control F01 Ashen League
Primary hazard Suffocating Ashfall
Signature resource Cinderbloom Crystal
MysteryZone False
Continent CONT_ASHARA
Region Ashara — Ashcrown Southern Lowlands
Elevation_m 180
Status LIVE_CANON
Source LIVE/DATA/biome_registry_v5.7.4.json

Ground

A vast scorched wasteland swept by ember winds where ash settles like grey snow. Skeletal trees claw at a perpetually smog-choked sky. Temperatures spike violently with each ashfall, and the ground cracks under thermal pressure.

Settlements

Name Type Population Controlling faction
Ashara's Maw Capital City 45000 F01 Ashen League
Scorch Root Vale primary N/A F01 Ashen League
Searforge Ruins secondary N/A F01 Ashen League

Factions present

Faction Where recorded
F01 Ashen League Starting control. Home faction on the biome record. Every recorded settlement and every recorded NPC in Ashplain Expanse.

No other faction is recorded on an Ashplain Expanse NPC row or settlement row.

The faction named as starting control in the header holds the biome at the start. Control can change during play, and quests follow whoever controls the biome at the time.

Resources

  • Ancient Ashgrit (GATHERABLE, Legendary)
  • Ashpla Ashgrit (GATHERABLE, Common)
  • Ashpla Sandite Crystal (GATHERABLE, Rare)
  • Ashpla Thorncore (GATHERABLE, Common)
  • Dune Salt (Ashpl) (GATHERABLE, Uncommon)
  • Dustbloom (Ashpl) (GATHERABLE, Uncommon)
  • Refined Ashfall Sediment (GATHERABLE, Common)
  • Refined Ashgrit (GATHERABLE, Uncommon)
  • Refined Sandite Crystal (GATHERABLE, Common)
  • Refined Scorched Bone (GATHERABLE, Uncommon)
  • Scorchite (Ashpl) (GATHERABLE, Uncommon)
  • Sunbaked Clay (Ashpl) (GATHERABLE, Common)


Signature, primary, secondary, and minerals

These rows are recorded on the B001 resource table and were not in the gatherable list above.

ID Name Type Rarity
SIG-001 Cinderbloom Crystal SIGNATURE Rare–Legendary
PRI-001 Glasssteel Shard PRIMARY Uncommon–Rare
SEC-001 Ashfang Bark SECONDARY Common–Uncommon
MIN-COM-IRO Ironite Common Mineral Common
MIN-COM-CHA Charcoal Slate Common Mineral Common
MIN-RARE-EMB Embervein Ore Rare Mineral Rare
MIN-RARE-GLA Glassteel Vein Rare Mineral Rare

Harvest

The harvestable index records counts for biome 001 only: flora 4, ore 3, trees 3, total 10. That index does not name the rows, so those three counts are not assigned to names here.

Named flora recorded for Ashplain Expanse:

ID Name Harvestable
FLORA-ASHS-001 Ashshrub Yes
FLORA-ASHW-001 Ashwillow Yes
FLORA-CIND-001 Cindergrass Yes
FLORA-SAND-001 Sandbloom Yes
FLORA-CIND-001 Cinderbloom Crystal Plant Yes
FLORA-THOR-001 Thornscale Bush No
FLORA-SCOR-001 Scorchglass Weed No — Protected
FLORA-DUST-001 Dust-Root Binder No — Protected

Five flora rows are marked harvestable. That does not match the harvestable index count of 4. Both figures are left as recorded.

Not recorded: a named tree list, and a named ore list that matches the index counts of 3 and 3. Species and mob rows are not added on this page.

Deep zone

Field Value
Deep zone Deep Ashplain — Ash Wound
Layout Buried Ruin Descent
Max players 6
Lockout hours 72
Boss name Grimscorch — Deep Form
Ground note The Ash Wound has never been accessible to surface explorers. The Deep Zone system reveals what the biome contains at its most dangerous depth.

Boss

Field Value
Boss Grimscorch, Ancient of Biome 001
Difficulty T3_Heroic
Recommended party 4
Damage type Frost
Arena {'location': 'Scorch Root Vale', 'description': "The boss encounter takes place in the heart of Ashplain Expanse's most extreme terrain feature. The arena is shaped by subtropical arid conditions — no neutral ground exists. In 0.68g, player jump arcs extend 47% further than Earth-equivalent, and boss knockback sends players 35% further than expected.", 'arena_size_m': 84, 'special_terrain': 'Flat ash plain', 'hazard_active': 'Suffocating Ashfall'}
Ground blurb The Scorch Prowler the Ancient is the apex expression of Ashplain Expanse's ecosystem — a creature that has been shaped by subtropical arid conditions across centuries of adaptation in 0.68g. It is not simply dangerous. It is what Ashplain Expanse would be if the biome could choose to fight.

Quests

Canonical URL: https://wiki.abernon.com/index.php?title=B001_Ashplain_Expanse


NPCs

Seven NPCs are recorded with location Ashplain Expanse. Sex, age, items held, and the quests-given cell are blank on those rows. Quest givers above come from the quest table, not from the blank quests-given cell.

NPC ID Name Role Settlement Faction Kinship recorded
NPC0001 Brynja Bleakwood quest_giver Ashara's Maw F01 Ashen League Bleakwood kin with Fyren Bleakwood NPC0183 and Xaris Bleakwood NPC0365.
NPC0002 Corvus Duskhollow merchant Ashara's Maw F01 Ashen League None recorded.
NPC0003 Aldric Frostmark trainer Ashara's Maw F01 Ashen League None recorded.
NPC0004 Elara Hollowbane lore_keeper Ashara's Maw F01 Ashen League None recorded.
NPC0005 Faeron Jadestone blacksmith Ashara's Maw F01 Ashen League None recorded.
NPC0006 Gorath Lumenbrook quest_giver Ashara's Maw F01 Ashen League Extended Lumenbrook family with historical Lyra NPC0505, Aldric Lumenbrook NPC0114, present-day Lyra NPC0724, Brix Lumenbrook NPC0141, and Tova Lumenbrook NPC0323.
NPC0007 Hira Nightfall merchant Ashara's Maw F01 Ashen League None recorded.

Items

Sixteen crafted items are recorded for Ashplain Expanse. All are crafted at Searforge.

Item ID Name Type Slot Rarity Primary material
B001_WPN_01 Ashplain Glasssteel Edge Weapon Weapon Rare Glasssteel Shard
B001_HLM_01 Cinderbloom Ward Helm Armor Helm Uncommon Cinderbloom Crystal
B001_CHS_01 Cinderbloom Breastplate Armor Chest Rare Cinderbloom Crystal
B001_HND_01 Ashfang Grips Armor Hands Uncommon Ashfang Bark
B001_LEG_01 Ashplain Greaves Armor Legs Uncommon Ironite
B001_FET_01 Ashplain Treads Armor Feet Uncommon Ironite
B001_TRK_01 Cinderbloom Relic Trinket Necklace Rare Cinderbloom Crystal
B001_REL_01 Ashplain First-Stone Trinket Relic Epic Sunbaked Clay (Ashpl)
B001_CON_01 Ashshrub Draught Consumable Common Ashshrub
B001_SAL_01 Thornscale Bush Salve Consumable Uncommon Thornscale Bush
B001_MAT_01 Refined Ancient Ashgrit Material Common Ancient Ashgrit
B001_BAR_01 Cinderbloom Ingot Material Rare Cinderbloom Crystal
B001_TOL_01 Ashplain Node Pick Tool Tool Uncommon Embervein Ore
B001_KIT_01 Ashplain Field Kit Tool Tool Uncommon Ashfang Bark
B001_UPG_01 Embervein Catalyst Upgrade Component Rare Embervein Ore
B001_FOC_01 Ashshrub Focus Weapon Off-Hand Uncommon Ashshrub

Recipes

Sixteen recipes are recorded, one for each item above. Output quantity is 1.

Recipe ID Output Workstation Materials Unlock reputation
RCP_B001_WPN_01 Ashplain Glasssteel Edge Searforge Glasssteel Shard x8; Cinderbloom Ingot x1; Ancient Ashgrit x3 T2 Trusted
RCP_B001_HLM_01 Cinderbloom Ward Helm Searforge Cinderbloom Crystal x5; Cinderbloom Ingot x1; Ancient Ashgrit x3 T1 Known
RCP_B001_CHS_01 Cinderbloom Breastplate Searforge Cinderbloom Crystal x8; Cinderbloom Ingot x1; Ancient Ashgrit x3 T2 Trusted
RCP_B001_HND_01 Ashfang Grips Searforge Ashfang Bark x5; Cinderbloom Ingot x1; Ancient Ashgrit x3 T1 Known
RCP_B001_LEG_01 Ashplain Greaves Searforge Ironite x5; Cinderbloom Ingot x1; Ancient Ashgrit x3 T1 Known
RCP_B001_FET_01 Ashplain Treads Searforge Ironite x5; Cinderbloom Ingot x1; Ancient Ashgrit x3 T1 Known
RCP_B001_TRK_01 Cinderbloom Relic Searforge Cinderbloom Crystal x8; Cinderbloom Ingot x1; Ancient Ashgrit x2 T2 Trusted
RCP_B001_REL_01 Ashplain First-Stone Searforge Sunbaked Clay (Ashpl) x12; Cinderbloom Ingot x1; Ancient Ashgrit x2 T3 Honoured
RCP_B001_CON_01 Ashshrub Draught Searforge Ashshrub x2; Ancient Ashgrit x1 T0 Stranger
RCP_B001_SAL_01 Thornscale Bush Salve Searforge Thornscale Bush x2; Ancient Ashgrit x1 T1 Known
RCP_B001_MAT_01 Refined Ancient Ashgrit Searforge Ancient Ashgrit x3; Ashshrub x1 T0 Stranger
RCP_B001_BAR_01 Cinderbloom Ingot Searforge Cinderbloom Crystal x8; Ashshrub x1 T2 Trusted
RCP_B001_TOL_01 Ashplain Node Pick Searforge Embervein Ore x5; Ancient Ashgrit x2; Ashshrub x1 T1 Known
RCP_B001_KIT_01 Ashplain Field Kit Searforge Ashfang Bark x5; Ancient Ashgrit x2; Ashshrub x1 T1 Known
RCP_B001_UPG_01 Embervein Catalyst Searforge Embervein Ore x4; Cinderbloom Ingot x1; Ashshrub x1 T2 Trusted
RCP_B001_FOC_01 Ashshrub Focus Searforge Ashshrub x5; Cinderbloom Ingot x1; Ancient Ashgrit x3 T1 Known

Image prompt

Text only. No file is uploaded. The prompt below is the recorded overview prompt for B001, followed by the ground description and settlement names already on this page.

Recorded overview prompt: ABERNON game concept art, Biome 001 Ashplain Expanse, K3V amber light, subtropical_arid environment, 0.68g low gravity, Ashen League faction territory, AAA game quality, cinematic painterly, panoramic establishing shot, biome landscape at K3V amber light, faction settlement visible, atmosphere establishes biome identity.

Detailed prompt for an image creator: Painterly cinematic establishing shot of Ashplain Expanse, biome 001, subtropical arid, under K3V amber light at 0.68g. A vast scorched wasteland swept by ember winds where ash settles like grey snow. Skeletal trees claw at a perpetually smog-choked sky. Temperatures spike with each ashfall and the ground cracks under thermal pressure. Suffocating Ashfall fills the air with grit. Rare Cinderbloom Crystal stands as the signature resource, a crystalline plant-mineral. The Ashen League settlement Ashara's Maw is visible on the flat ash plain, with Scorch Root Vale and Searforge Ruins in the same territory. AAA game concept art, faction territory readable in the architecture, no text in the image.

The image-prompt table also records twenty ungenerated prompts, IMG00001 through IMG00020. Each uses this recorded stem, with the type name in place of the scene type: AAA game concept art, Ashplain Expanse, subtropical arid biome, [type], scorched amber plains, ashfall dust, K3V sun, Suffocating Ashfall environmental hazard visible, Unreal Engine 5 quality, painterly, cinematic lighting, amber K3V star palette, alien yet familiar world aesthetic.

ID Type Status
IMG00001 hero_landscape UNGENERATED
IMG00002 apex_creature UNGENERATED
IMG00003 weather_event UNGENERATED
IMG00004 flora_closeup UNGENERATED
IMG00005 faction_outpost UNGENERATED
IMG00006 loading_screen UNGENERATED
IMG00007 ambient_day UNGENERATED
IMG00008 ambient_night UNGENERATED
IMG00009 energy_node UNGENERATED
IMG00010 hazard_event UNGENERATED
IMG00011 npc_portrait UNGENERATED
IMG00012 creature_combat UNGENERATED
IMG00013 resource_gather UNGENERATED
IMG00014 world_event UNGENERATED
IMG00015 sky_atmosphere UNGENERATED
IMG00016 underground_entrance UNGENERATED
IMG00017 coastal_view UNGENERATED
IMG00018 mystery_fragment UNGENERATED
IMG00019 faction_landmark UNGENERATED
IMG00020 player_action UNGENERATED
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