Environment

Environment refers to the different soil types in Kenshi. Data about a location's environment can be found by Prospecting the area. Players should learn what environment they are in before Farming.

Types of SoilEdit

Arid Edit

Arid land is desert-like or sandy. It is prone to sand storms. The crop yield of Cactus Farms and to a lesser extent, Wheat Farms and Hemp Farms, are based on arid fertility.

Green Edit

Green land has grass and more trees than other environments. The crop yield of Cotton Farms, Hemp Farms, Vegetable Farms, and Wheat Farms are based on green fertility.

Swamp Edit

Swamp lands are regions with copious amounts of water on the ground. The crop yield of Hemp Farms and Riceweed Farms are based on swamp fertility.

Zone Statistics Edit

These are statistics which are uniform throughout each zone. Weather effects such as wind, rain, or duststorms are generated randomly, so average values are provided. Groundwater and Fertility are dependent on elevation, with each zone having additional modifiers that affect the elevation ranges, minimums, or multiply these values. In general, lower elevations will have higher fertility and groundwater levels. An example would be Okran's Valley, which has potentially 75% fertility; however, almost the entire zone is 0% fertility, because it is well above the zone's maximum elevation for fertility; only a small portion of the northeast corner is low enough to be fertile.

Zone	Groundwater Minimum	Groundwater Multiplier	Fertility Multiplier	Arid %	Green %	Swamp %	Wind Range (mph)	Wind Average	Rain (keg/hr)	Acid Rain %	Duststorms %
Arach	0%	0	0	-	-	-	0-7.4	3.7	1.19
Arm of Okran	10%	1.5	1	-	100	-	0	0
Ashlands¹	0%	0	0	-	-	-	0-7.4	3.7
Bast	10%	0.5	1	100	10	-	0-15.6	8.8			19.6%
Berserker Country	0%	0	0	-	-	-	0	0
Bonefields	10%	0.6	0.9	100	-	-	0-15.6	8.9			9.8%
Border Zone	10%	0.5	1	100	10	-	0-15.6	8.8			19.6%
Burning Forest	10%	2	1	-	-	100	0-22.3	8.3	0.2	25%	24.1%
Cannibal Plains	20%	0.6	0.75	50	100	-	0-15.6	3.7	0.19	0.2%
Cheaters Run	0%	0	0	-	-	-	0-6.7	3.4	0.2	50%
Darkfinger	20%	1	1	100	50	-	0-15.6	3.5	0.22	0.3%
Deadlands³⁴	0%	0	0	-	-	-	0	0		100%
Dreg	10%	0.4	0	-	-	-	0-15.6	3.5	0.22	0.3%
Fishman Island	30%	1.2	1.2	-	100	50	0-15.6	4.7	1.48	7.7%
Flats Lagoon	0%	0.5	0.5	50	-	-	4.5-13.4	8.9
Floodlands	0%	0	0	-	-	-	0-6.7	3.4	2
Fog Islands	10%	1	1	75	70	-	0-6.7	3.4
Forbidden Isle	20%	0.6	0.75	50	100	-	0-6.7	3.4	0.2	50%
Greenbeach	20%	0.6	0.75	50	100	-	0-15.6	3.5	0.22	0.3%
Grey Desert	0%	0.2	0.75	50	-	-	0-13.4	5.6
Greyshelf	0%	0	0	-	-	-	0-6.7	3.4	1.02	6.2%
Gut	20%	0.6	0.75	50	100	-	0-8.9	3.4	0.16
Heng	10%	0.2	0.75	100	-	-	0-31.3	18.2			68.3%
Hidden Forest	10%	1.5	1	-	100	-	0-6.7	3.4	0.19
High Bonefields	10%	0.5	1	100	10	-	4.5-13.4	8.9
Howler Maze	20%	0.6	0.75	50	100	-	0-6.7	3.4	0.14	18.1%
Iron Valleys³⁴	0%	0	0	-	-	-	0	0		100%
Leviathan Coast	20%	0.6	0.75	50	100	-	0-15.6	3.5	0.22	0.3%
NONE (Un-named zone containing small islands east of Howler Maze)	20%	0.6	0.75	50	100	-	0-15.6	3.5	0.14	18.1%
NONE (Un-zoned map: the oceans, a section NE of Iron Valleys, the crater around Obedience)	0%	0	0	-	-	-	0	0
Northern Coast	20%	0.6	0.75	50	100	-	0-15.6	3.5	0.22	0.3%
Obedience	0%	0	0	-	-	-	0	0
Okran's Gulf	10%	0.5	1	100	10	-	0-15.6	8.8			13.5%
Okran's Pride	10%	1.5	1	-	100	-	0-6.7	3.4	0.19
Okran's Valley	10%	0.2	0.75	100	-	-	0-15.6	8.8			13.5%
Purple Sands	0%	0	0	-	-	-	13.4-35.8	24.6			100%
Raptor Island	10%	0.5	1	100	10	-	0-15.6	3.5	0.22	0.3%
Rebirth	0%	0	0	-	-	-	0	0
Royal Valley	0%	0.5	0.5	-	100	-	0-6.7	3.4	1.02	6.2%
Shem	10%	0.6	1	100	10	-	0-15.6	8.8			13.5%
Shun	10%	0.6	1	100	10	-	0-15.6	7.5	0.04		26.7%
Sinkuun	10%	0.5	0.6	100	10	-	0-15.6	8.8			13.5%
Skimsands	10%	0.2	0.75	100	-	-	0-15.6	9.1			68.3%
Skinner's Roam	10%	0.5	0.6	100	10	-	1.1-22.3	8.1			76.2%
Sniper Valley³	0%	0.6	0	-	-	-	0-15.6	7.8
Sonorous Dark³	20%	0.9	0	-	-	-	0	0	1	50%
South Wetlands	10%	2	1	-	-	100	0-15.6	4	1.1
Spider Plains	10%	0.5	0.6	100	10	-	0-17.9	7.9	0.03		33.3%
Spine Canyon	10%	0.5	0.6	100	10	-	0-15.6	9.1			68.3%
Stenn Desert	10%	0.2	0.75	100	-	-	0-44.7	18.5			14.8%
Stobe's Gamble³	0%	0.6	0	-	-	-	0-15.6	7.8
Stobe's Garden	10%	0.6	0.9	100	-	-	0-15.6	8.8			13.5%
Stormgap Coast	20%	0.6	0.75	50	100	-	0-15.6	3.5	0.22	0.3%
The Black Desert¹³⁴	0%	0	0	-	-	-	3.4-8.9	6.1
The Crags	20%	0.9	0	-	-	-	0-15.6	6.3	0.31	12.4%	16.7%
The Crater	0%	0	0	-	-	-	0-15.6	4	1.1
The Eye	10%	0.2	0.75	100	-	-	0-13.4	5.6
The Great Desert	10%	0.2	0.75	100	-	-	0-15.6	9			77.6%
The Grid	0%	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	1.9
The Hook	10%	0.6	1	100	10	-	0-15.6	7.5	0.04		26.7%
The Iron Trail	20%	0.6	0.75	50	100	-	0-15.6	3.5	0.22	0.3%
The Outlands	10%	0.5	0.6	100	10	-	4.5-13.4	8.9
The Pits³	20%	0.9	0	-	-	-	0-15.6	6.3	0.31	12.4%	16.7%
The Pits East³	20%	0.9	0	-	-	-	0-15.6	6.3	0.31	12.4%	16.7%
The Shrieking Forest	10%	1.5	1	-	100	-	0-22.3	8.3	0.13		24.1%
The Swamp	10%	2	1	-	-	100	0	0	1.9
The Unwanted Zone³	0%	0.5	0.5	-	100	-	0-6.7	3.4	1.02	6.2%
Vain³	0%	1	0.75	50	50	20	0-7.4	3.7	1.19
Venge	10%	0.6	1	100	10	-	0-15.6	3.4
Watcher's Rim	0%	0	0	-	-	-	0	0
Wend	0%	0	0	-	-	-	0-6.7	3.4	0.19