Zones

Zones
Zones are large areas typically corresponding to planets and moons that are all specific in a certain way and they will almost always have one or two unique points of interest that are always visible to all players. Zones are broken down into several categories according to the events that can occur, difficulty and type of loot players can expect to find. Type of loot corresponds with the zone type, while the quality is determined by “Item tier”. As a rule of thumb, the further the zone is from the starting area, the higher its tier, but server operators can easily adjust zone settings and loot distribution patterns.

In total there are five types of zones: starting, civilian, industrial, military and special.



Starting zone
The Starting zone is, as you might expect, a region where all new players will begin their adventure. This is mainly to cluster players together and make it easier to find and connect with others. However since these are starting areas, the loot you can find is of the lowest tier.



Civilian zones
Civilian zones are former residential areas, locations that at some point during Hellion’s colonization held a large civilian population, before whatever happened turned Hellion into a wasteland. Aside from upgrades for your living quarters this is also not a bad place to look for some spare parts, decorations, crew quarters modules, airlocks and life support systems and medical supplies.

Industrial zones
Industrial zones are places where most of Hellion’s infrastructure was once located. Usually loaded with mining gear, specialized EVA equipment and cargo bay modules as well as various refined and raw resources just waiting to be picked up. If you need some mining gear or a new EVA suit this is a place to visit. It is also a go to place if you need to refine some fuel.

Military zones
Military zones are former troop staging locations. Military zones are usually packed with weapons, ammo and various tools of destruction. These zones are also the best place to search for power supply modules, Command modules and abandoned ships that you can confiscate, but supplies and resources might be a bit scarce.

Special zones
Special zones follow the same above pattern being divided into civilian, industrial and military, but have a few key distinctions. These are the only places where players can hope to find equipment of the highest tier. They are by far the most dangerous of all the zones and these are also the places where “Doomed outposts” will be making their inevitable descent, along with the best items in the game.

Dung30n (talk) 12:23, 9 November 2017 (UTC)