Sparse Reef

This article is about the Sparse Reef. You may be looking for the Deep Sparse Reef.

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Biodiversity in this region is unusually low. Cause unknown. File:SparseReefIntro.ogg

― PDA, Dialogue

The Sparse Reef is a unique biome located southwest of Lifepod 5, bordering one of the Grassy Plateaus, the first Blood Kelp Zone, the Floating Island, the Sea Treader's Path and the Grand Reef. As its name implies, this area is very sparse and is home to a few types of small fauna and flora.

It also houses its own cave system, the Deep Sparse Reef.

Description

The Sparse Reef is composed of relatively flat areas covered by green mounds, scattered with Brain Coral, as well as large fissures where most of the bioluminescent flora inhabit, notably the Eye Stalks.

There are also spire-like structures found along the border of the Sparse Reef next to the Grassy Plateaus, under the Floating Island and near the Grand Reef. Found within these spires is a small entrance to the Grand Reef Caves.

The dangers in the Sparse Reef are Bleeders and Tiger Plants, which are found in the deeper parts of the biome.

Spoiler alert: The following section contains story related material.
An Alien Vent Entrance Point is found in the Sparse Reef.

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• Copper Ore
• Eye Stalk Seed
• Furled Papyrus Seed
• Gabe's Feather Seed
• Large Quartz Deposit
• Large Lithium Deposit
• Lithium
• Mercury Ore
• Quartz
• Redwort Seed
• Regress Shell Seed
• Spiked Horn Grass Seed
• Tiger Plant Seed
• Titanium
• Violet Beau Seed

|-| Fauna=

• Bleeder
• Peeper
• Reefback
• Reginald
• Rockgrub
• Shoal of Fish
• Shuttlebug
• Spadefish

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• Eye Stalk
• Redwort
• Rouge Cradle
• Spiked Horn Grass
• Tiger Plant
• Violet Beau

|-| Corals=

• Brain Coral

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Gallery

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  Overview

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  Overview of the shallower areas, at daytime

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  Ditto, night time

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  The rock spires in the Sparse Reef

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  Rock spires along the border with the Grand Reef

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  Shallow fissures on the outskirts of the Sparse Reef, along the border with the Grassy Plateaus

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  The border with the Sea Treader's Path

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  A cluster of small formations in the Sparse Reef

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  Wreckage in the Sparse Reef

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  A small entrance to the Grand Reef Caves inside a cave in the rock spires

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  A Large Copper Ore Deposit in the Sparse Reef

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  A Reefback swimming above the rock spires in the Sparse Reef

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  A view of the Sparse Reef

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  View of the entrance from the Sparse Reef to the Blood Kelp Zone

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  The Sparse Reef's border with the Grand Reef

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  Numerous Fauna in the Sparse Reef

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  The Sparse Reef cave that leads to one of the Alien Caches

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  Some Brain Coral and a type of bioluminescent grass in the Sparse Reef

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  Large formations near the northern part of the biome

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  One of the caves in the Sparse Reef

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  Some Redwort in the Sparse Reef

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  The Alien Vent Entrance

For a more complete gallery, visit Sparse Reef/Gallery.

Audio

<soundcloud url="https://soundcloud.com/kamakazi/sparse-reef" height="166" width="100%"></soundcloud>

Trivia

• The voice of Donald Trump saying "China" is featured in the soundtrack of the Sparse Reef. Listen closely to the song above at 1:18.