how would you rank the biomes in order of most resources?

[Qwesar]

Safe Shallows
Kelp Forest
Grassy Plateaus
Mushroom Forest
Bulb Zone
Jellyshroom Cave
Sparse Reef
Grand Reef
Dunes
Mountains
Blood Kelp Zone
Underwater Islands
Land Islands
Lost River
Lava Zone/Lakes

[dreamrider]

I don't understand the question.

The types of available resources change significantly in each biome.

[Zeph]

Lost River... You have giant ore deposits of pretty much every mineral you need, even got table coral. Only thing you need is a prawn with a drill.

[admiral1018]

Most in terms of variety:
- Lave Zones have every resource in the game minus some of the craftable flora.
- Lost River is a series of sub-biomes that each have slightly different resources, but together have nearly everything
- Crash zone mesas are also incredibly resource rich, containing all 3 types of resource nodes, salvage metal, quartz, and table coral. You can build a nice base using just resources in that area

Most in terms of quantity:
- Dunes and crash zone on the surface
- Lost River and lava zone have a ton if taken as a single biome

[vinyblaster]

Originally posted by Qwesar:

Safe Shallows
Kelp Forest
Grassy Plateaus
Mushroom Forest
Bulb Zone
Jellyshroom Cave
Sparse Reef
Grand Reef
Dunes
Mountains
Blood Kelp Zone
Underwater Islands
Land Islands
Lost River
Lava Zone/Lakes

Dude the Lost River and the Lava Zone are packed with resources.

[KippenKaasBaas]

Like Dream said, This completely depends on what resource you're looking for.

[dreamrider]

Best example I can think of:
If you need / want Rubies, there are only about 2-3 surface biomes to look in.
Likewise, Magnetite.
Or, perhaps so obviously it gets overlooked, Cave Sulphur. Only 1 biome, that I know of.

But you don't need a lot.

Luckily, you pretty much have to go to one or two of those places for story purposes, at (gasp, shock) pretty much the right time.

In my case, it really doesn't matter much, as several people here know. For resource gathering I pretty much have one rule:
Rule 1 - Hoard EVERYTHING.
. (SubRule 1a - Build Scanner Rooms, ... so you can hoard EVERYTHING.)

[MarkJohnson]

The lava zones definitely have the most resources by far. Both in variety and quantity. They have the big deposits you need to mine to get up to a dozen of one resource at a time. and all resources except plants are down there.

But if you take some seeds, you can have almost every resource you need in the lava zone except, some of the coral stuff, and even some of that is just above the lava zones in the lost river. table coral, iirc.

But this is a game of exploration, so it wants you to explore the map for things other than resources. Resources are a very small part of the game. I mean, resources are just for crafting only.