Arctic Spires

This article is about the Arctic Spires. You may be looking for the Arctic or the Sparse Arctic.

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A stark surface landscape. Dangerously cold. Curved spires stretch to the sky

― Al-An

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The Arctic Spires is a very large above-water biome in Below Zero.

This biome borders the Glacial Bay.

Description

The area appears as a frozen landscape, with a flat ice sheet broken up by huge spires of ice jutting up from below. It would appear the sea level has dropped since the ice spires formed, or the spires were thrust upwards, as the spires each have a large mass of ice a short way up above the floor, implying that this was once the level of the surrounding ice sheet. Ore Veins can be found scattered across the biome.

There are two entrances to the biome, both being located in the Glacial Bay. The first entrance requires the player to refuel an Alterra Bridge with Hydraulic Fluid in order to gain access to the biome. The second entrance is a narrow, underwater tunnel, adjacent to an architect cable, gated by a wall of ice that can be unsealed by the player using a Laser Cutter; however, the player cannot cut through the wall unless they are within the tunnel itself, which is accessible from within the Arctic Spires.  

There is also a recent Meteor Impact crater, with large Silver Ore and Titanium deposits that can be mined.

Two blue Trivalve eggs can be found in a cave.

A small valley possessing an Ice Worm carcass along with other skeletal remains can be found in the northeastern corner of the biome. Directly west of it is the Arctic Spires Cache.

A Principal Architect Teleporter chamber can be found here in a cave. A breach in the chamber leads to an Alterra site with a functioning elevator. Additionally, the elevator leads to the biome’s sealed underwater entrance. A Jukebox Disk can be found one of the crates in the Alterra Site.

Three Large Ion Cube Deposits can be found in a cave, behind a doorway. Two more Ion Cubes can be found in a Spy Pengling cave within the biome.

<tabber> Data Boxes=

• Snowfox Ice Worm Attack Reduction Module
• Thumper

|-| Scannables= <tabber> Arctic Spires=

• Light Stick

|-| Tech Sites=

• Desk
• Light Stick</tabber>

|-| Resources=

• Blue Trivalve Egg
• Copper Ore
• Diamond
• Fevered Pepper
• Ion Cube
• Large Copper Ore Deposit
• Large Diamond Deposit
• Large Ion Cube Deposit
• Large Silver Ore Deposit
• Large Titanium Deposit
• Lithium
• Silver Ore
• Snowball
• Snow Stalker Fur
• Titanium
• Quartz

|-| Fauna=

• Arctic Peeper
• Bladderfish
• Ice Worm
• Snowstalker

|-| Flora=

• Fevered Pepper Tree

|-| PDAs=

• Key Analysis:
• Mineral Excavation Update
• Research Site Beta
• Subterranean Report

|-| Other=

• Battery
• Disinfected Water
• First Aid Kit
• Lubricant
• Nutrient Block
• Water Purification Tablet

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Gallery

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  Overview of the biome during the day

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  Overview of the biome during the night

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  The biome experiencing foggy weather

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  The main entrance to the biome, only accessible after refueling the bridge in the Glacial Bay

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  One of the larger areas of the Arctic Spires

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  One of the biome's canyon regions

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  An ice fissure found within the biome's canyon region

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  A frozen river that connects to major portions of the biome

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  Architect tech can be found scattered across the biome

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  Meteorite impact found within the biome

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  Part of a small cave that contains a fractured piece of Precursor Cabling

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  A tunnel made by burrowing Ice Worms

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  A small Architect Cache in a cave

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  Ditto, the other side.

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  A tech site where the Thumper data box can be found

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  A tech site bordering the furthest region of the biome

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  A dig site with large diamond deposits

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  An Ice Worm found in within the biome

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  Ice Worm Boneyard

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  The cave within the biome that leads to the Principal Architect Teleporter

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  An Alterra elevator within the biome that transports the player to the Principal Architect Teleporter

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  The Principal Architect Teleporter found within the biome

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  The alien greenhouse located in a cave

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  Concept art

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Trivia

• Early in development, the Arctic Spires' biome ID was hoverzone2.
  • This makes the Arctic Spires one of the three original "Hover" biomes, the other two being the Glacial Basin (hoverarea) and the cut Hoverzone 3.
• The Arctic Spires used to have an alternative exit that would lead to the cut Ice Sheet biome and ended in the Arctic Kelp Forest.