Arctic Spires

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<label>Coordinates</label> <group> <label>Point of Interest</label> </group> <label>Music</label> </infobox> The Arctic Spires is a very large above-water biome in Below Zero. This biome borders the Glacial Basin, Glacial Bay, and the Ice Sheet.

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 Arctic Spires Cache.

A Master 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.

3 Large Ion Cube Deposits can be found in a cave gated off by a Forcefield that requires a Purple Tablet to access.<tabber> Data Boxes=

• Snowfox Ice Worm Attack Reduction Module
• Thumper

|-| Resources=

• Copper Ore
• Diamond
• Large Copper Ore Deposit
• Large Diamond Deposit
• Large Ion Cube Deposit
• Large Silver Ore Deposit
• Large Titanium Deposit
• Lithium
• Silver Ore
• Titanium
• Quartz
• Blue Trivalve Egg

|-| Fragments=

• Purple Tablet Fragments

|-| Fauna=

• Ice Worm
• Snowstalker

|-| Flora=

• Heat Fruit Plant

|-| PDAs=

• Key Analysis:
• Research Site Beta
• Shipping Log:
• Subterranean Report

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Gallery

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  Concept art

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  Overview of the biome during the day

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  The biome experiencing foggy weather

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  Overview of the biome during the night

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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 one of the Purple Tablet Fragments

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  A tunnel made by burrowing Ice Worms

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  An Architect Cache in a cave

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  Three Ion Cube deposits in an Architect Cache in a cave

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  A tech site where the Thumper data box can be found

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  Another tech site where one of the Purple Tablet Fragments can be scanned

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  A dig site with large diamond deposits

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  An Ice Worm found in this biome

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  Ice Worm Boneyard

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

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

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  The Master Architect Teleporter found within the biome