Satisfactory’s world is huge and full of different biomes, each with its special features.
These include available resources, land conditions, how good it is for starting, and the variety of plants and animals.
This guide looks at and rates all twenty biomes in Satisfactory based on these factors, to help you choose where to begin, grow, or focus as you build and improve your factory.
1. Spire Coast
- Starting Suitability: 2/10
- Terrain Conditions: 6/10
- Resource Availability: 7/10
Located in the very north of the map, Spire Coast is bordered by the Rocky Desert, Northern Forest, and Dune Desert.
Within its expansive boundaries, it boasts a stunning landscape but presents challenges in resource distribution. The area is rich in crude oil, making it ideal for mid to late-game fuel factories.
However, the scarcity of basic resources like iron, limestone, and copper makes it a poor starting location.
The uneven terrain further complicates construction, though the possibility of building factories over the water offers some reprieve.
2. Swamp
- Starting Suitability: 1/10
- Terrain Conditions: 7/10
- Resource Availability: 6/10
The Swamp, located to the east, offers a variety of resources, including iron, sulfur, limestone, and copper.
Despite the abundance of nodes, the swamp is plagued by hostile creatures, gas, and radiation, which make it one of the worst biomes for starting a playthrough.
The relatively flat terrain can be deceptive, as traversing the surrounding cliffs proves challenging without advanced equipment.
3. Abyss Cliffs
- Starting Suitability: 1/10
- Terrain Conditions: 2/10
- Resource Availability: 3/10
Situated in the southeast, Abyss Cliffs is a small biome with limited resources but abundant nitrogen gas, making it valuable for mid-game.
The terrain is dramatically uneven, with significant height differences adding to the difficulty of navigating and building.
Given the tough terrain and distant resources, it’s advisable to avoid starting here.
4. Bamboo Fields
- Starting Suitability: 1/10
- Terrain Conditions: 4/10
- Resource Availability: 8/10
Bordered by Red Jungle, Titan Forest, and Crater Lakes, the Bamboo Fields primarily attract players due to its bauxite nodes necessary for aluminum production.
The terrain is moderately hilly, but factories can be built near water sources.
Despite the scenic beauty, the absence of essential early-game resources like iron, copper, and limestone makes this biome unsuitable for beginners.
5. Blue Crater
- Starting Suitability: 4/10
- Terrain Conditions: 5/10
- Resource Availability: 9/10
Located in the south, Blue Crater is teeming with resources including copper, limestone, iron, sulfur, crude oil, and nitrogen gas.
It’s especially beneficial for power generation due to its numerous geysers. While the terrain becomes increasingly steep around the crater, building over the lake offers a viable solution.
It’s a challenging start due to hostile creatures but offers solid mid to late-game advantages.
6. Crater Lakes
- Starting Suitability: 1/10
- Terrain Conditions: 7/10
- Resource Availability: 4/10
Crater Lakes, situated between Bamboo Fields, the Northern Forest, and Rocky Desert, provides three pure coal nodes essential for coal power plants.
The terrain is relatively flat but surrounded by cliffs, limiting expansion options.
Despite limited resources, it remains a strategic location for coal power setups.
7. Desert Canyons
- Starting Suitability: 2/10
- Terrain Conditions: 5/10
- Resource Availability: 5/10
Desert Canyons offers crude oil, limestone, copper, and iron, but only in specific areas which can be challenging to access due to the rough terrain.
The best location is near the crude oil, allowing space for fuel facilities.
However, there are better biomes for beginners due to easier access to various resources.
8. Dune Desert
- Starting Suitability: 10/10
- Terrain Conditions: 9/10
- Resource Availability: 10/10
Bordered by Spire Coast and Swamp, the Dune Desert is the best biome for starting a playthrough. It has an abundance of key resources, including iron, limestone, coal, copper, sulfur, and raw quartz.
The terrain is mostly flat, making construction straightforward.
With plentiful biomass and spacious areas for extensive factories, Dune Desert is unmatched in its suitability for all stages of gameplay.
9. Dune Desert Maze
- Starting Suitability: 2/10
- Terrain Conditions: 3/10
- Resource Availability: 6/10
Located within the Dune Desert, the Dune Desert Maze offers resources like coal, limestone, iron, and copper. However, the challenging terrain makes it less appealing than neighboring areas.
While it offers some good resources, players would benefit more from starting in the larger and more accessible Dune Desert.
10. Eastern Dune Forest
- Starting Suitability: 2/10
- Terrain Conditions: 4/10
- Resource Availability: 4/10
Situated between Titan Forest, Coin Crater Forest, and Bamboo Fields, this biome is notable for its nitrogen gas reserves and uranium.
The terrain is generally uneven, making it difficult to build extensive factories.
Although it holds potential for mid to late-game resource generation, it is unsuitable for new players due to its limited supply of basic resources.
11. Grass Fields
- Starting Suitability: 8/10
- Terrain Conditions: 8/10
- Resource Availability: 9/10
Grass Fields, encompassing much of the southern map and bordered by several biomes, is iconic in Satisfactory.
It offers iron, copper, limestone, coal, and cerium nodes. The terrain is largely flat with some gas pillars posing minor annoyances.
With a large expanse for factory construction and plentiful resources, it’s excellent for beginners.
12. Oil Islands
- Starting Suitability: 7/10
- Terrain Conditions: 8/10
- Resource Availability: 8/10
Oil Islands, located on the western side, feature bauxite, crude oil, and essential nodes perfect for aluminum production. The northern part is flat, transitioning into mountains in the east.
The biome offers ample room for mid to late-game factories, making it a solid starting point with its rich resource clusters.
13. Jungle Spires
- Starting Suitability: 1/10
- Terrain Conditions: 2/10
- Resource Availability: 3/10
Situated between Western Beach, Red Jungle, and Western Dune Forest, Jungle Spires is rich in nitrogen gas and cerium but has challenging terrain.
With resources located at high elevations and no early-game essentials like iron or copper, it’s unsuitable for new players.
The hostile environment adds further difficulty.
14. Lake Forest
- Starting Suitability: 1/10
- Terrain Conditions: 5/10
- Resource Availability: 4/10
Nestled between Northern Forest, Bamboo Fields, and Titan Forest, Lake Forest has minimal resources beyond crude oil and some sulfur.
Construction is possible around the lake, but it’s more advantageous for mid-game setups.
The limited early-game resources make it an undesirable starting point.
15. Northern Forest
- Starting Suitability: 8/10
- Terrain Conditions: 6/10
- Resource Availability: 9/10
Northern Forest, connecting Rocky Desert, Spire Coast, and Titan Forest, is a fantastic biome for starting.
Two key locations offer pure nodes of essential resources.
While the terrain features large cliffs, manageable with advanced construction techniques, the resource richness compensates for this.
The variety and abundance make it an excellent starting option.
16. Red Jungle
- Starting Suitability: 1/10
- Terrain Conditions: 2/10
- Resource Availability: 3/10
Adjacent to Bamboo Fields, Jungle Spires, Western Beach, and Rocky Desert, Red Jungle offers mixed resources.
While mid to late-game resources like uranium are present, the challenging terrain and lack of early-game essentials like iron and copper make it a poor start.
Hostile creatures further deter new players.
17. Rocky Desert
- Starting Suitability: 9/10
- Terrain Conditions: 6/10
- Resource Availability: 9/10
Located in the northwest and bordered by Western Beach, Crater Lakes, Red Jungle, and Northern Forest, the Rocky Desert offers diverse resources including coal, nitrogen gas, limestone, iron, and copper.
The southern part is flat and ideal for starting, while the northern terrain is more challenging.
Despite the rough northern terrain, resource availability, and accessibility make this biome highly recommended.
18. Southern Forest
- Starting Suitability: 1/10
- Terrain Conditions: 2/10
- Resource Availability: 3/10
Located on the southern map, surrounded by Blue Crater and Grass Fields, Southern Forest is significant but lacks essential resources.
Hostile terrain and limited early-game resources make it unsuitable for starting. Suitable for advanced players seeking raw quartz and gears but otherwise avoidable.
19. Titan Forest
- Starting Suitability: 3/10
- Terrain Conditions: 3/10
- Resource Availability: 8/10
In the Middle East of the satisfactory world, Titan Forest holds iron, copper, limestone, and other resources but presents challenging terrain.
With some of the most dangerous creatures, newcomers should avoid starting here. The rich nodes remain valuable for mid to late-game.
20. Western Dune Forest
- Starting Suitability: 1/10
- Terrain Conditions: 3/10
- Resource Availability: 4/10
Nudged between Jungle Spires and Grass Fields, Western Dune Forest is essentially an extension of Grass Fields.
It provides coal and some basic nodes but is better leveraged for mid-game setups. It is better to start in the Southern Grass Fields for a smoother gameplay experience.
Whether you’re just starting or looking to expand your empire, this guide should help you identify many different biomes using each biome’s strengths and weaknesses, which will ultimately help you make good decisions.
