Marshlands

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Overview

A harsh and cold land that has been claimed by many different, and extremely resilient species of fungi. The ground here is extremely hard and rocky, making it difficult to farm. This region is most famous for the giant organisms that can be found in its forests.

Effects

Gathering Knowledge	The Marshlands are a gatherer's paradise. Gathering speed is increased by 10% for every 2 workers assigned to gathering camps.
Giant Organisms	The Marshlands are home to enormous lifeforms. Giant resource nodes can be found in Forbidden Glades. Each glade will have a different one.

Resources

The Marshlands has a small amount of Fertile Soil and contains the following Resources:

Trees

All trees can be harvested by Woodcutters' Camps to give Wood. They may also grant additional Resources depending on the biome. These trees have 2 charges each.


Trees	Charges	Bonus Resources	Description
Mushwood Trees	2	Mushrooms 15% + Leather 5%	A giant fungal tree covered in a leathery bark.

Natural Resources


Primary Resources	Charges → Resource Deposits	Bonus Resources	Gathering Building	Speed per Unit	Specialization Bonus
Grain	70 → Swamp Wheat Field	100% + 20%	Foragers' Camp ★★	00:17	Farming Humans
Grain	12 → Swamp Wheat Field	20%	Small Foragers' Camp ★	00:25	Farming Humans
Mushrooms	70 → Grasscap Mushrooms	40%	Herbalists' Camp ★★	00:17	Alchemy Harpies
Mushrooms	15 → Grasscap Mushrooms	20%	Small Herbalists' Camp ★	00:25	Alchemy Harpies
Stone	60 → Overgrown Stone Deposit	40% + 30% + 10%	Stonecutters' Camp ★★	00:08	Masonry Frogs
Stone	20 → Overgrown Stone Deposit	30% + 20%	Stonecutters' Camp ★★	00:08	Masonry Frogs
Meat Eggs	70 → Leech Broodmother 70 → Snake Nest	100% + 60% + 20% 40% + 20%	Trappers' Camp ★★	00:17	Meat production Lizards
Meat Eggs	15 → Leech Broodmother 15 → Snake Nest	20% 20%	Small Trappers' Camp ★	00:25	Meat production Lizards
Leather	60 → Water Strider Molt	100% + 40% + 20%	Harvesters' Camp ★★	00:08	none
Leather	20 → Water Strider Molt	20% + 10%	Harvesters' Camp ★★	00:08	none
Algae	80 → Algae Pond	100% + 2 50% + 2 20%	Fishing Hut ★★	00:08	none
Algae	60 → Algae Pond	40%	Small Fishing Hut ★	00:12	none
Copper Ore Coal	75 → Copper Vein 120 → Coal Vein	30% 30%	Mine ★★	00:40	Engineering Beavers

Unique Forbidden Glades and Resources

The Marshlands only has 3 Forbidden Glades, each with their own unique Giant Resource. Viceroys need to own Advanced Camp Blueprints to take advantage of these resources.


Giant Node	Charges → Resource	Bonuse Resources	Gathering Building	Specialization Bonus
Ancient Proto Wheat	999 →	40% + 40% + 30% + 5%	Foragers' Camp ★★	Farming Humans
Dead Leviathan	999 →	40% + 30% + 30% + 30%	Trappers' Camp ★★	Meat production Lizards
Giant Proto Fungus	999 →	40% + 40% + 40% + 30%	Herbalists' Camp ★★	Alchemy Harpies

Node weighting

Algae Ponds have double the normal weighting in this biome. ^[1]
Overgrown Stone Deposits have double the normal weighting. ^[1]

Strategy

Marshlands' trees don't have any bonus Wood yields. You have to run more Woodcutters' Camps to meet the demand for Wood and fuel, compared to other biomes.
Marshlands biome doesn't have any Reed or Plant Fiber nodes. The best option to make Fabric is Algae from Algae Ponds or Overgrown Stone Deposits. Plant Fiber from big Swamp Wheat Field nodes is also great, but requires a Foragers' Camp blueprint.
Abundant Algae Ponds serve as the most reliable sources of Flour inputs unless you can find Swamp Wheat deposits or a rare patch of Fertile Soil and the right farm blueprint.
Alternative fuels should be a top priority. Processing Meat or Grain into Oil, and setting up a Coal Mine are all good options. If you happen to obtain the Kiln, you can also process excess Algae into Coal.
Both Gathering Knowledge and low amount of Fertile Soil encourage building a camp-based economy. It is generally a bad idea to pick a farming blueprint on Marshlands without a plot of Fertile Soil already available or revealed in a nearby Glade by Humans' Starting Ability.
Giant nodes are effectively infinite and have a variety of bonus yields. Focusing on getting to the nearest Forbidden Glade within the first 3-4 years is a powerful strategy, as long as you obtain a blueprint for the node you get. Once you get to, for example, a Giant Proto Fungus, build a Small Hearth and Warehouse nearby, as well as some Herbalists' Camps.
Master Blueprint Cornerstone is a stand-out pick on Marshlands because Gathering Knowledge counteracts Master Blueprint's gathering speed penalty, and having access to all of the camps eliminates the possibility of getting to a Giant node without an Advanced Camp blueprint for it.
Consider using big Stone deposits for food if your villagers are at risk of starvation. 30% chance of bonus food yields combined with Stonecutters' Camp's short production cycle can help keep villagers fed at least until Stone nodes run out.
While Gathering Knowledge is strong with raw food camps (especially the small versions), it's weak with Stonecutters' and Harvesters' camps because of their short production cycle. With no upgrades and 10 workers assigned to camps, Gathering Knowledge is going to cut a Stonecutters' Camp production cycle by 2.7 seconds, Foragers' Camp cycle by almost 6 seconds, and almost 8.5 seconds for Small Foragers' Camp.