Planetary Diversity

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This mod adds new artwork for habitable planets.

The mod uses events to change the existing planets after the game starts and does not add more planets to a game.

Terraforming

You can only use the Vanilla terraforming link, but you can choose the planet portrait once the process is complete. To terraform Rare Worlds, you need the World Shaper perk. Additionally, changing portraits without changing the planet class terraforms the planet to the same class.

Climate Based Gaia Worlds

Requires: World Shaper Ascension Perk

PD divides Gaia worlds into three climate-specific types. Each type offers 100% habitability within its climate group and 50% across other groups. You can terraform between these three climates. Additionally, the 'World Shaper Project' decision lets you grant non-Gaia worlds the same bonuses as Gaia worlds, enabling you to reap Gaia benefits without needing the same planetary portrait everywhere.

Uncommon, Rare, and Gaia Buildings

Uncommon, Rare, and Gaia Worlds have special bonuses and buildings. If you start on an Uncommon World, you gain nearby terraforming candidates of that type. You can only have one active, but you can have up to three rare buildings that start weaker and upgrade as you gain more tech. This applies to all the buildings. If a race cannot use said buildings, they don't get them (i.e., non-food races don't gain access to the food buildings).

Uncommon Worlds

Superhabitable Types

Wet, Dry, Cold These worlds have more space and are ideal for life to evolve, but the high gravity makes it harder for other races to live here.

Karst Types

Wet, Dry, Cold These planets have fewer districts but offer strong mining opportunities.

Tidally-Locked Types

Wet, Dry, Cold These planets have fewer total districts but improved food and energy generation.

Rare + Regular Worlds

Although these rare planet classes spawn rarely, the World Shaper Ascension Perk lets you terraform any planet into a rare class. Regular worlds alter the planet's appearance and provide a modifier.

Wet Worlds

Continental Types

Regular: Retinal, Forest, Lake, Tepid, Mushroom, Sakura, Moss, Marsh, Carotene Rares: Megaflora, Petrified Woods

Ocean Types

Regular: Cascadian, Crag, Swamp, Fog, Kelp, Pink Algae, Columnar, Tidepool, Barnacle Rares: Reef, Archipelago

Tropical Types

Regular: Atoll, Mangrove, Tepui, Cenote, Fungal, Aerial, Lilypad, Obsidian, Thunderstorm Rares: Geothermal, Biolumen

Dry Worlds

Desert Types

Regular: Dune, Oasis, Outback, Coastal, Fungi, Ironsand, Cactus, Dust, Sodalite Rares: Salt, Aquifer

Arid Types

Regular: Mesa, Fog Desert, Mediterranean, Badlands, Succulent, Striped, Amethyst Rares: Primal, Coral

Savannah Types

Regular: Steppe, Prairie, Veld, Semi-Arid, Aspen, Sandstone, Turquoise, Calcite, Monsoon, Silvergrass Rares: Sinkhole, Supercontinent

Cold Worlds

Arctic Types

Regular: - Frigid, Glacial, Antarctic, Aeolian, Ice Spike, Crevasse, Ice Dunes, Ferrosprings, Supraglacial Lakes Rares: Storm, Iceberg

Tundra Types

Regular: - Bog, Mycelium, Mud, Basalt, Tuya, Cryovolcano, Treeline, Peatland, Travertine Rares: Cryoflora, Lichen

Alpine Types

Regular: Boreal, Snow, Highland, Dune Forest, Fjord, Blossom, Taiga, Craton, Ravine Rares: Glaciovolcanic, Lanthanide

Volcanic Worlds

Regular: Ash World

Uninhabitable Planets

These are visual only and add a deposit to the planet. Otherwise, they are the same as their parent class. Hothouse World, Diamond World, Chthonian World, Hot Gas Giant, Cold Gas Giant, Subglacial World, Volcanic World, Ethane Ocean, Hydrocarbon World, Cloudless Gas Giant, Carbon World, Iron World

Domed Colonies

Requires: Domed Habitation Tech

Domed Colonies can be established only on vanilla or uncommon barren terraforming candidates to speed up colonization. They function like standard colonies but have limited district size to reflect their specialized infrastructure; you build them through the megastructure interface or by right-clicking a planet with a construction ship. Like all terraforming candidates, you can terraform them into any standard planet type once you have the Climate Restoration and Ecological Adaptation technologies.

Planetary Outposts

Requires: Domed Habitation Tech

Planetary Outposts are non-colonizable structures built using planetary decisions on colonies. They must link to an uninhabitable planet in the same solar system with the 'Domed Base' modifier. You can construct these outposts only in systems that contain at least one habitable planet. While not colonies, outposts generate jobs based on the linked colony's capital level—but only if the outpost planet has an 'Intrasolar Network Hub' deposit. Moon Bases, a type of outpost, allow you to choose which jobs they provide. You can change the job they provide via a decision on the moon itse