Talk:Boulder/@comment-50.150.173.76-20130310224231/@comment-94.215.193.242-20130503180205

They could implement some kind of volcano biome, erupts every 5 days, (not in winter though) The volcano simply erupts rocks and lava. The ground in that biome slightly glows but also deals 5 damage a second, unless you have something with you, like a cooled down heatstone or something, which will become hotter, at stage 3 you will begin getting some damage again, (1 per second) and at stage 4 you get 3 damage per second and at stage 5 the usual 5 damage per second again.

The stones it erupts are a different type of boulder, after 10 days of not mining them they simply fall apart and vanish like ash. Also, going there while there is a volcanic eruption is pretty painfull. During the eruption an ash like mist will appear which decreases sight, also you get the same kind of thing like freezing, your screen will have those crack like stuff in the edges (more ash like then ice though XD). which increases your damage per second even more. Getting hit by a boulder? (which is possible), wham, 500 damage, with a log suit you get 80% damage reduced, but that is still 100 damage.

Finally, the biome will have an edge to it where the biome still is, but no lava glowing underground, no heat, but also no vegetation, just a normal rocky floor. That so surrounding biomes do not get lit on fire automatically. In these parts new enemies will spawn, so called lava golems or something, 1500 hp, 60 damage, do not leave the biome and act as protectors so you cannot set up a base there. They spawn back rather fast (they spawn from the lava itself) and will explode like those fire hounds.

You cannot build anything on the lava kinda floor, cannot harvest it so it is just a biome to harvest rocks, no bases allowed. Boulders can drop the usual rocks, flint and nitre. The lava golems drop... well perhaps something new, not thought about that yet.

It could use some improvement, but i guess it could be pretty ideal. A new challenge and gives us infinite rocks, but not without risks.