Reference
Game docs
Balancing numbers, planet tiers, and other reference sheets pulled straight from the live rules - no hand-waving.
These pages mirror the formulas that drive procedural worlds in the current alpha. When balancing changes, the tables update with the code.
Start with planet density tiers if you are scouting colonies. Archetypes (99 geological world types) are a separate layer - flavor, visuals, and dominant ore - on top of density.
Scouting the map?
Density tier is only one layer - orbit, archetype, and recon still shape what you actually mine.
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