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Zero amount of Biomass on Mercury and high amount of Biomass on Mars.

Before your planet is ready to support a human population, you'll need to start seeding plant life and building a global ecosystem. Earth currently supports about 600.000 megatonnes of total biomass. As the biomass of your planet increases, you'll start to see more and more of the planet covered in lush green.

Terraforming[]

Biomass can start growing as soon as the habitability reaches PLANTLIFE. Sufficient biomass is necessary before a world can reach habitability and humans can live outside of habitations on the surface of a planet.

Biomass can increase through natural growth, but can also be added through the use of specific buildings, such as the Algae Colony, Kelp Forest, Coral Reef ,Soil Farm ,Grass Farm, Forest Stand . A small amount is also produced as a side effect of some facilities like the Biofixture Lab. The Coral Reef also generates Credits and increase population in the city. The amount of Biomass a planet can hold is dependent on its size:

Size Biomass
I (Tiny) 300,000
II (Small) 600,000
III (Average) 900,000
IV (Large) 1,200,000
V (Huge) 1,500,000

Once the habitability is HABITABLE, population will start consuming biomass. To slow down the consumption, build more and more hab[itation] and biomass facilities.You will eventually have to build the Sky Farm satellite because the biomass production won't be able to keep higher than the consumption forever as population keeps growing.

In Beginner mode, there is no biomass consumption as of the latest update. In contrast, in Expert mode biomass makes it impossible to grow the population to very high numbers, as, since player can't build the Sky Farm, comsumption will eventually make the planet lose Habitability.

A player may also choose to play using Biosphere instead of biomass at the start.

Earth has about 550 to 560 Gt of biomass currently. It produces about 100 gigatonnes of biomass each year, but in the game, the biomass is about 750 Gt of biomass and decreasing for about -1290 Mt per Earth minutes.

Governors[]

The governors Zora Ikhwezi Michel, Yuna Freyja Song, Zhou Xi Wang-mu Lee, Rebecca Freyja O'Rourke and Alana Freyja Lee have effects that can help the facilities produce biomass faster.

The governors Raj Ahmad Shah, Justus Black, Sofia Ishtar Batma, Rebecca Freyja O'Rourke and Alana Freyja Lee have effects that reduce the amount of biomass consumed by the population in the city they are assigned to.

Buildings[]

Beginner Mode[]

Building Effects/level
Algae Colony +8
Kelp Forest +30
Coral Reef +120
Soil Farm +4
Grass Farm +40
Forest Stand +100

Normal Mode[]

Building Effects/level
Algae Colony +8
Kelp Forest +30
Coral Reef +120
Soil Farm +4
Grass Farm +40
Forest Stand +100
Secondary
Solar Shade -20
Orbital Mirror -20
Biofixture Lab +10
Kelp Farm +20
Comet Sling -10
Hab Dome +10
Transit Network -10
Buildings
Temperature Cooling Plant · Aerostat Platform · Solar Shade · Heating Cluster · Borehole · Orbital Mirror
Pressure Sequestration Plant · Biofixture Lab · Hydrogen Processor · Thermal Dust · AtmoGen Suite · Pocket Mine
Oxygen O2 Filter · Carbon Fixer · Hydro Generator · Oxygen Plant · CyanoVats · Kelp Farm
Water GeoCistern · Electrolysis Plant · Ice Launcher · Cloud Seeder · Aquifer Network · Comet Sling
Biomass Algae Colony · Kelp Forest · Coral Reef · Soil Farm · Grass Farm · Forest Stand
Biosphere Tidal Enclave · Deep-Sea Collective · Reef Institute · Automated Nursery · Ecosimulator · Zoological Society
Population Habitation Unit · Habitation Complex · Habitation Dome · Children's Creche · Transit Network · Spaceport
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