Starfield Will Have Planets with “a Whole Bunch” of Different Biomes

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With over a thousand different planets to explore, Starfield looks set to be an absolutely massive game, and though only about 10 percent of its smattering of planets will have life on them, it doesn’t sound like there’s going to be any shortage of things to do or see Bethesda’s space-faring RPG. When you are exploring its many different planets though, how much can we expect them to vary from each other?

Speaking in a recent interview with Kinda Funny, when asked that same question, director Todd Howard confirmed that Starfield will feature “a lot” of biomes, and though some of its planets will only have one biome, there will be others that will have “a whole bunch”. Meanwhile, each biome, and every planet’s unique properties – like temperature and radiation, among others – will also come with different demands for your suits and protection.

“We have a lot of biomes,” Howard said. “We do look at temperature, we look at the radiation, we look at all of those things on a planet for your suit and your protection. You can get certain ailments if you’re not ready and certain weather things can come through with all of that. There are obviously planets that might have one type of biome, and there are planets that have a whole bunch, and the creatures and the plants and everything go with the biomes.”

Going into further detail on the unique flora and fauna of each planet, Howard spoke about the ability to survey planets and sell complete data sets for large cash rewards, which he described as a “zen-like” experience.

“There’s a whole part of the game about surveying planets, like discovering all of the flora and fauna and resources. Plants also have traits, usually geological things that are inherent to that planet. And if you