Marshlands

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The Marshlands

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
	12 → Swamp Wheat Field		20%	Small Foragers' Camp ★	00:25
Mushrooms	70 → Grasscap Mushrooms		40%	Herbalists' Camp ★★	00:17	Alchemy Harpies
	15 → Grasscap Mushrooms		20%	Small Herbalists' Camp ★	00:25
Stone	60 → Overgrown Stone Deposit		40% + 30% + 10%	Stonecutters' Camp ★★	00:08	Masonry Frogs
	20 → Overgrown Stone Deposit		30% + 20%
Meat  Eggs	70 → Leech Broodmother 70 → Snake Nest		100% + 60% + 20% 40% + 20%	Trappers' Camp ★★	00:17	Meat production Lizards
	15 → Leech Broodmother 15 → Snake Nest		20% 20%	Small Trappers' Camp ★	00:25
Leather	60 → Water Strider Molt		100% + 40% + 20%	Harvesters' Camp ★★	00:08	none
	20 → Water Strider Molt		20% + 10%
Algae	80 → Algae Pond		100% + 2 50% + 2 20%	Fishing Hut ★★	00:08	none
	60 → Algae Pond		40%	Small Fishing Hut ★	00:12
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.

References

1. Datamining done by Discord user @forwindz (Analysis tab) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Fwy2H84BZ6_FSuoiH7asT2gYrS7BiqA0/edit?gid=244521242#gid=244521242