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The information from this article is up-to-date as of 15 February, 2022.
Reef Terrain is a geographical feature.
Summary[]
Reef World from Space
Reef Terrain, refers to a common occurrence of planet surfaces that have no land or almost impossible to find land. It is virtually impossible to land a Starship on these planets even after searching for land for hours. Moons, Exotic and Dead planets will never be found with reef terrain.
A planet with reef terrain will not feature any land masses.
Types[]
Great Enmen Reef
Similar to the Archipelago terrain, hills will rise from the ocean floor. However, in a reef terrain they never break through the surface. Some reefs look natural, especially in shallow oceans. There they gently come to the surface but never break through, all the while forming more or less natural shapes for hills as if they had been generated on dry land.
The special subtype of the reef terrain suffers enforced submergence. A forcefully submerged reef will have a flat-topped seamount (mountain that is totally submerged), which is the result of pre-calculated islands that would otherwise have reached past the surface being truncated at a certain depth below the water level. Since this can also happen for deep ocean islands, this can lead to giant spires reaching for the surface as eerie and unnatural plateaus.
Since a spaceship cannot be used, the best choice to reach the location would be the Nomad hovercraft or the Nautilon submarine. Reefs are the perfect spot for an underwater base if one likes a clear view without islands in the morning.
Game application[]
In No Man's Sky, all features are procedurally generated, so any type of archetype can be present in the game are by definition undetermined.
A game example of a reef planet is Enmen Prime in the Enmen Star system.