Can't terraform lava?

[Melee Sniper]

Trying to use restore the land and it's not going away, I guess there's no way around the -15 happiness without the needed traits or transformations.

[Repairman Mack]

Ask a Hawaiian.

[Melee Sniper]

They said no.

[.Master Jiren, The Strongest]

Good point. Definitely should be something you can terraform. You can remove Gloom so Lava should be removable too. Unless there's something on the back end that complicates it, but even then, they could at least allow the terraforming to fix the happiness penalty. Could do a neat little interaction where you terraform it into obsidian.

[Melee Sniper]

Yes something to at least remove the morale penalty, otherwise you're screwed if your starting area is next to desolate and you're not a lava race.

[Astronimo]

You can't create lava, to be fair. And giant king's stuff is related to stones, once those are gone, land turn to whatever it was before.

[Råb!d]

Maybe a Cryogenic spell.

[The Big Brzezinski]

Geology > Ecology.

Best thing gameplay-wise would probably be a simple city enchantment, city structure, or separate special province improvement that negates the stability penalty and gives a small income bonus to lava tiles. My guess is it would be bought from the new crystal dwellings, a reward from events from free cities that have lava-friendly transformations/traits, and volcanic/underground-themed wonders. It's not something you'd build a strategy around, just a way of being able to exploit more areas effectively.

[Forever Dead]

The only way to negate lava penalties is with the following:

Desolate Adaptation
Underground Adaptation
Scions of Flame Transformation
Demonkin Transformation

according to the dev diary

[The Big Brzezinski]

Originally posted by Forever Dead:

The only way to negate lava penalties is with the following:

Desolate Adaptation
Underground Adaptation
Scions of Flame Transformation
Demonkin Transformation

according to the dev diary

Which means if you don't take those adaptations at the start or go deep into chaos, there's no point in ever interacting with volcanic areas. That's boring. The chance to earn lava tolerance makes it an interesting gamble.

However, that also means it's the lowest commitment, so it should also be the weakest possible implementation.

[Aranea]

Originally posted by The Big Brzezinski:

Originally posted by Forever Dead:

The only way to negate lava penalties is with the following:

Desolate Adaptation
Underground Adaptation
Scions of Flame Transformation
Demonkin Transformation

according to the dev diary

Which means if you don't take those adaptations at the start or go deep into chaos, there's no point in ever interacting with volcanic areas. That's boring. The chance to earn lava tolerance makes it an interesting gamble.

However, that also means it's the lowest commitment, so it should also be the weakest possible implementation.

I'm completely fine with not being able to interact with lava if my empire has nothing that makes it make sense, just don't annex the lava areas it should be more than fine