Slimy Biome

Exclusive to:

Slimy
Abundant
Occasional

The 'Slimy Biome' (or 'Cave Exit Biome') is a biome that can only be found in the Caves. The ground is covered with Slimy Turf as the name suggests.

The 10 staircases are always in this biome. The bottom of each will be in the center of a large Cave Light and have a few Grass Tufts, Evergreens, Saplings and/or Twiggy Trees. There will also be at least a few Light Flowers and Mushrooms nearby and maybe even some Fireflies. Smaller Cave Lights occasionally dot this biome and are associated with many of the set pieces found here.

The (mostly non-functional) cave version of the Florid Postern is always in a room in the Slimy Biome. It is surrounded by grass, twigs, and trees, much like an exit stair, but a little larger, with more items.

This biome forms a series of tuberculate branching rooms, like a child's drawing of a bunch of balloons where the strings (rocky passageways) connect to each balloon (slimy turf room) at one end, and converge into a single passage or different biome at the other end. Slimy biomes are always terminal (no biome can be connected to their far end) and each contains 1-4 staircases depending on their size. The converging passages all eventually connect up to the Waste in the center of the caves, but often pass through the various other cave biomes on the way. Extremely rarely, they may connect directly to the Lichen Meadow, but this may be a bug.

Most of this area is fairly sparse and homogeneous, but it's broken up by mini-biomes or set pieces. Lone bunny hutches and the occasional Rabbit town or city can be found here as well as occasional Spider Dens.

Mini-biomes or set pieces found here including several Sunken Forests and related areas.