Rocky Ravine

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Overview

Giant underground caverns siphon rainwater from this strange depression, uncovering lands rich in minerals and ore, yet barren of life. It’s a sought-after destination for both traders and smugglers.

Rocky Ravine is exclusive to the Nightwatchers DLC.

Effects

Resource Hub	With such a wealth of resources, trade flourishes. Every time you sell goods worth 20 Amber, traders arrive 10% quicker and trade routes become 10% faster.
Black Market	The Black Amber Syndicate offers its services to Viceroys ready to tap into the riches of these lands. You gain access to a new essential building: Black Market.
Royal Patronage	To ease the challenge of settling these harsh lands, the Crown has allocated additional resources for your caravan: 40 Wood and 10 Amber.

Resources

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

Trees

The Rocky Ravine has special Basalt trees that can be harvested by Woodcutters' Camps to give Stone. Wood is unavailable from woodcutting in this biome. They also grant additional Resources. These trees have 2 charges each.


Trees	Charges	Bonus Resources	Description
Basalt Trees	2	Reed 10% + Scales 10% + Coal 5% + Amber 5%	A petrified mass of tree vines intertwined with solid volcanic rock.

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
Herbs	70 → Herb Node	40% + 20%	Herbalists' Camp ★★	00:17	Alchemy Harpies
Herbs	15 → Herb Node	20%	Small Herbalists' Camp ★	00:25	Alchemy Harpies
Clay Sea Marrow	60 → Clay Deposit 60 → Sea Marrow Deposit	75% + 30% 100% + 50% + 1%	Stonecutters' Camp ★★	00:08	Masonry Frogs
Clay Sea Marrow	20 → Clay Deposit 20 → Sea Marrow Deposit	50% + 20% 80% + 40%	Stonecutters' Camp ★★	00:08	Masonry Frogs
Insects	70 → Wormtongue Nest	60%	Trappers' Camp ★★	00:17	Meat production Lizards
Insects	15 → Wormtongue Nest	20%	Small Trappers' Camp ★	00:25	Meat production Lizards
Reed	60 → Reed Field	40% + 40%	Harvesters' Camp ★★	00:08	none
Reed	20 → Reed Field	20% + 20%	Harvesters' Camp ★★	00:08	none
Fish Algae	80 → Thunderfish Pond 80 → Algae Pond	100% + 2 50% 100% + 2 50% + 2 20%	Fishing Hut ★★	00:08	none
Fish Algae	60 → Thunderfish Pond 60 → Algae Pond	40% 40%	Small Fishing Hut ★	00:12	none
Copper Ore Coal	75 → Copper Vein 120 → Coal Vein	30% 30%	Mine ★★	00:40	Engineering Beavers

Node weighting

Algae Ponds have double the normal weighting in this Biome. ^[1]
Reed Fields have double the normal weighting in this Biome. ^[1]

Black Market

With resources stretched so thin in the kingdom, the penalty for contraband is death. Yet, where there’s a need, there’s a way - the Black Amber Syndicate thrives by catering to those settling in the harshest of regions.

In the Black Market, players will find a list of timed offers with different goods for sale.
Offers will refresh every couple of minutes.
Black Market items have variable prices (the same resource may cost more or less when it reappears on the market).
Black market offers can be rerolled for Wildfire Essence.
Players can buy resources on the Black Market for Amber or on credit.
Prices may vary depending on whether you pay direct or on credit.
Buying on credit will result in a payment that’s due in 3 seasons.
For every missed payment, the Black Amber Syndicate will kidnap 2 villagers (4 villagers after year 4).
Buying goods on the Black Market does not count as trading for the purposes of Orders and Cornerstones.

Strategy

Rocky Ravine trees don't yield any Wood. You must aggressively plan for wood usage. Consider using embarkation points on Wood and Planks. Any caravan that has planks as a random bonus is a major plus. Consider taking caravans whose species can use houses that do not require wood.
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're lucky enough to find Sea Marrow nodes, they should be exploited immediately since they can single-handedly supply your settlement with fuel for the rest of the game.
Stone is always plentiful, which means that making bricks is trivial. Buildings that cost only bricks or mostly bricks can be constructed easily without worrying about your building material supply. Excess bricks can be turned into Pack of Building Materials and sold by trade route or directly to traders.
Since stone can be used to open abandoned caches, don't forget to check the contents of each one you find to see if they're worth opening for immediate resources.
The Petrified Necropolis World Map modifier will cause your settlement to generate an endless supply of Meat, which can be used as food or turned into Oil.
If you are close to winning the game but need extra resources, consider buying supplies from the Black Market on credit. As long as you win before the payment is due, the resources are effectively free.