Terraforming Guide

Originally posted by PlanetKing
Table of Contents:
-Terraforming
-Tools
-Unlocking The Tools
-Empire Relations
-Tips
-Extra

Terraforming:
First find the planet you want to raise the Terrascore, or T score, of. When you are at the system it will list all the planets in the system and will also show you the condition of each planet with different color rings beside each planets name like this:

Red means the planet is to hot, Blue means it's too cold, Green means it is good and can sustain life and is easy to terraform, White means it is easy to terraform as well but it is still a T0 planet but has a good teperature and just needs its atmosphere fixed.
Fly down to the planet and there will be a map of it in the lower left corner like this

Press this button to switch to the T score map which will look something like this depending on what type of planet you are on;

Next open your terraforming tools tab
Here will be all the tools you have for terraforming and will look basically like this

Early on in the game you will not have most of these tools but as you get badges you will unlock them and be able to buy them. The tools themselves will be covered later on.
There are four symbols on the terraforming map, two clouds and two thermometers. There is also a red dot to improve the T score you need to try and get this dot closer to the center of the rings. If it is near the red thermometer you will need to cool the planet down, if it is near the blue you will need to heat it up. If it is near the grey cloud then there is not enough atmosphere and if it is up near the top white cloud it has too much.
Use what ever tools are needed to move the dot to the center of the rings, in this case it needs to be cooled down and more atmosphere. As you use them the dot will start to move and show arrows of where it is going like this;

Once the dot enters the first ring it will turn yellow;

and become a T1 planet instead of a T0 but it will not stay that way untill you fill out the ecosystem which you can see to the right of the terraforming map

First you will need to put three different types of plants down, a small, medium, and large plant.

Onec this is done you need to put down two different species of hebivores

Then either a Carnivore or an Omnivore

Then the ring will turn Green and the T score will not go back down.


Once you have finished you can keep terraforming to get the dot closer to the middle and increase the T score more using the same method however you will need all new species for each plant and animal


As you improve the T score you will be able to add more colonies and be able to build more turrets or buildings in your colonies


Tools:
Temporary tools:
These are tools that have a limited uses and you will need to buy more of in order to keep using.
- Atmosphere Generator: Increases the atmosphere level
- Drought Generator: Decreases the atmosphere level
- Ice Storm: Makes the planet colder
- Meteor Shower: Makes the planet warmer
- Atmosphere Freezer: Lowers the atmosphere level and cools the planet down
- Astroid Call Button: Lowers the atmosphere level and makes the planet warmer
- Ice Comet: Increases the atmosphere level and cools the planet down
- Volcano: Raises the atmosphere level and warms the planet up
Permanent Tools:
These tools have unlimited use but use energy:
- Cloud Accumulator: Increases the atmosphere level
- Cloud Vacuum: Decreases the atmosphere level
- Refrigeration Ray: Cools the planet down
- Heat Ray: Warms the planet up
- Cold Cloud Vacuum: Decreases the atmosphere level and cools the planet down
- Hot Cloud Vacuum: Decreases the atmosephere level and warms the planet up
- Air Conditioning: Increases the atmosphere level and cools the planet down
- Hot Cloud Seeder: Increases the atmosphere level and warms the planet up

Unlocking The Tools:
- Atmosphere Generator: This requires the Missionista 1 or the Empire (badge) 1 badge.
- Drought Generator: This requires the Missionista 1 or the Empire (badge) 1 badge.
- Ice Storm: This requires the Missionista 2 or the Empire (badge) 2 badge.
- Meteor Shower: This requires the Missionista 2 or the Empire (badge) 2 badge.
- Atmosphere Freezer: This requires the Empire (badge) 3 or the Missionista 3 badge
- Astroid Call Button: This requires the Empire (badge) 3 or the Missionista 3 badge
- Ice Comet: This requires the Empire (badge) 4 or the Missionista 4 badge.
- Volcano: This requires the Empire (badge) 4 or the Missionista 4 badge.
- Cloud Accumulator: This requires the Empire (badge) 2 or the Terra-Wrangler 2 badge.
- Cloud Vacuum: This requires the Empire (badge) 2 or the Terra-Wrangler 2 badge.
- Refridgeration Ray: This requires the Empire (badge) 3 or the Terra-Wrangler 3 badge.
- Heat Ray: This requires the Empire (badge) 3 or the Terra-Wrangler 3 badge.
- Cold Cloud Vacuum: This requires the Empire (badge) 4 or the Terra-Wrangler 4 badge.
- Hot Cloud Vacuum: This requires the Empire (badge) 4 or the Terra-Wrangler 4 badge.
- Air Conditioning: This requires the Empire (badge) 5 or the Terra-Wrangler 5 badge.
- Hot Cloud Seeder: This requires the Empire (badge) 5 or the Terra-Wrangler 5 badge.

Empire Relations:
If you raise the T Score of another empires planet you will get relation points with them for "Helping our planet" which can be helpful for allying with them. Oppositly if you lower the T Score you will get negative points with them for "Hurting our planet" which may cause them to go to war with you.
This is true for every empire other then the Grox who can only live on T0 planets and raising the T Score on their planets kills them and gives negative points for "Helping our planet" and will cause them to declare war on you if you are not already at war with them.

Tips:
Feel free to add your own tips and hints to terraforming to this section by posting them.
- When collecting creatures from one planet to terraform another, the creatures spawn in the same place allowing you get as many as you want quickly. -By Kao_Valin
- When doing lots of terraforming it may be easier to only bring a few of what you need as once you put the creature or plant down you can re-abduct to use on another planet it and it will still count as being on that planet.


Extra:
If you have NOT made it to the Galactic Core, or don't already know whats there and don't want it spoiled DO NOT read any further



















- Staff of life: You get this from Steve after you reach the Galactic Core, it has 42 uses and can instantly terraform any planet to T3. There is no way to gain anymore uses once you have used them.

Other guides by me: My Archetype Guide[b]