Plateaus
23–119m
Danger
coral gardens Plateau-topology biome northeast of Shallows, dominated by Dragon's Scale Coral and Cherimoya Rotsac. The story-progression hub — Old Habitat clusters four colonist blackboxes here.
Recommended for: Early–Mid (story progression)
Resources here(7)
Creatures here(6)
Flora here(8)
POIs in this biome (5)
- Camp One structurePlateaus encampment at 25 m, holding the **Tuba blackbox** in its last section.
- Lander Garage structureCicada wreck variant at 18 m in Leadzone. The garage for the colony's atmospheric landers — contains the single highest blueprint payout in the early game.
- Colonist Bunker (Sophie's Retreat) bunkerPlateaus cave-tucked bunker at 63 m, near the BFJ (Big Floating Jelly) habitat.
- Colonist Bunker (Savage) bunkerAbandoned colonist bunker at 85 m in Coral Gardens. No documented unique loot — primarily a navigation landmark.
- Old Habitat structurePlateaus Pioneer habitat at 49 m. **The story hub** — holds four colonist blackboxes (Mantis, Mogami, Wu, Quaker) and is the densest single-POI lore site in the game.
Notes
Depth 23–119 m. Houses Old Habitat, Camp One, Colonist Bunker (Sophie's Retreat), Colonist Bunker (Salvage), and Cicada Wreck (Lander Garage). Pent — the alternate Biofuel feedstock — is a Plateaus-exclusive harvest. Donut of Worms is the unique Raion-class predator here.