[Image] Weather: Your guide to weather on Icarus!

Your guide to weather on Icarus!

Icarus Weather Overview

*Warning this contains Beta information that may and will likely change before Release*

*This contains Spoilers*

Icarus was a failed project of terraforming and due to this failure, there are some extreme weather conditions. The effects and types of weather are determined based on the Prospect, Difficulty, and Biome.

Most weather events come in multiple phases. A weather event can be a mixture of these and the extent or length changes based on the specific event!

• Start Phase - initial start of the weather, typically safer to be outside or get back to base
  
• Damage Phase - Increase danger to the player and structures
  
• Chaos Phase - Extreme danger to the player, structures, and environment
  
• End Phase - Calmer phase after the storm passes

Please feel free to contribute as I will be updating these Guides!

Forest Weather

Sunny Weather (Standard non-event weather)














Cosmetic Rain
Minor showers approaching. (No effects)

• Slows Character movement
  
• Refills Water Collectors
  
• Lowered Temperature
  
• Extinguish Fires

Light Rain
Incoming Storm! Find shelter to protect yourself.

• Slows Character movement
  
• Refills Water Collectors
  
• Lowered Temperature
  
• Extinguish Fires

Medium Rain
Incoming Storm! Find shelter to protect yourself.

• Slows Character movement
  
• Refills Water Collectors
  
• Lowered Temperature
  
• Extinguish Fires
  
• Lightning
  
• Damage Structures
  
• Trees Topple

Heavy Rain
Incoming Storm! Find shelter to protect yourself.

• Slows Character movement
  
• Refills Water Collectors
  
• Lowered Temperature
  
• Extinguish Fires
  
• Lightning
  
• Damage Structures
  
• Trees Topple (starts earlier)
  
• Damage Over Time (DOT) to structures

Extreme Rain
Incoming Storm! Find shelter to protect yourself.

• Extent of Damage is Unknown

Arctic Weather

Cosmetic Snow
Minor Snow flurries approaching.






Light Snow
Incoming Storm! Find shelter to protect yourself.

• Lowered Temperature
  
• Extinguish Fires
  
• Snow Buildup

Medium Snow
Incoming Storm! Find shelter to protect yourself.

• Lowered Temperature
  
• Extinguish Fires
  
• Snow Buildup
  
• Damage Buildings
  
• Lightening
  
• Trees Topple

Heavy Snow
Incoming Storm! Find shelter to protect yourself.

• Lowered Temperature
  
• Extinguish Fires
  
• Snow Buildup
  
• Damage Buildings
  
• Lightening
  
• Trees Topple

Extreme Snow
Incoming Storm! Find shelter to protect yourself.

• Extent of Damage is Unknown

Desert Weather

Cosmetic SandStorm
Minor Sand Storm Approaching.





Light SandStorm
Incoming Storm! Find shelter to protect yourself.

• Increased Temperature
  
• Extinguish Fires
  
• Damage Players (this is an outlyer)
  
• Damage Buildings

Medium SandStorm
Incoming Storm! Find shelter to protect yourself.

• Increased Temperature
  
• Extinguish Fires
  
• Damage Buildings
  
• Trees Topple

Heavy SandStorm
Incoming Storm! Find shelter to protect yourself.

• Increased Temperature
  
• Extinguish Fires
  
• Damage Buildings
  
• Trees Topple

Extreme SandStorm
Incoming Storm! Find shelter to protect yourself.

• Extent of Damage is Unknown

[DudeTheDude]

I wonder if they will add tornadoes or meteor storms in the future :)

[EpicureanCapn]

Flash Storms are basically just straight-up freak lightning storms. They're HORRID

[Jixie]

Fantastic! Thanks! I found you can pick axe your way into large boulders if you go far enough in and it will protect you from some of the elements

[Finally <333]

There are other storms they added recently so we need an overhaul

[Vocal]

Appreciate the work you have been putting in!

[Quad]

Yikes! Hopefully snowshoes or desert boots will be a thing.