Built-in Terrain Chunks
RustEdit PlusRustEdit comes with 49 terrain chunks in five kinds. This page lists each one with its size, its mode and what it looks like, so you can pick the right one before you place it.
The built-in chunks
The Content Browser and the Kind list show the kinds in this order. Sizes are in meters at scale 1. The Mode column is the chunk's own mode. See Modes.
| Kind | Chunk | Size | Mode | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountains | Caldera | 1100 x 1100 | Raise | A wide old volcano whose top fell in: steep walls around a flat floor with a small new cone. |
| Horn Peak | 700 x 700 | Raise | A sharp pyramid peak with four faces between knife-edge ridges. | |
| Jagged Peaks | 900 x 600 | Raise | A cluster of sharp rocky peaks with snow on the tops. | |
| Mountain Massif | 1400 x 1400 | Raise | A very large mountain block with many ridges and valleys. | |
| Mountain Pass | 1000 x 700 | Raise | Two mountains joined by a ridge with a low pass in the middle, where a road can cross. | |
| Mountain Peak | 700 x 700 | Raise | A tall single peak with rocky ridges and a snow cap. | |
| Mountain Ridge | 1000 x 450 | Raise | A long rocky ridge that drops to the ground at both ends. | |
| Sawtooth Ridge | 1200 x 500 | Raise | A long mountain ridge with a row of sharp peaks along its crest. | |
| Snowy Plateau | 900 x 900 | Raise | A high, wide plateau under snow, with steep rocky sides. | |
| Twin Peaks | 800 x 800 | Raise | Two peaks joined by a saddle, the higher one with snow. | |
| Volcano | 800 x 800 | Raise | A wide cone with a crater at the top and dark gravel slopes. | |
| Canyons and Valleys | Box Canyon | 800 x 500 | Lower | A canyon with stepped rock walls that ends in a round wall at its east end. |
| Canyon | 900 x 500 | Lower | A winding canyon with stepped rock walls and a sandy floor. | |
| Fjord | 1200 x 700 | Blend | A long sea inlet between steep walls, rising to a valley at its head. | |
| Glacial Valley | 1100 x 600 | Lower | A wide U-shaped valley: a flat green floor with a stream and steep walls. | |
| Gorge | 700 x 220 | Lower | A narrow, deep slot with steep rock walls. | |
| Lake Basin | 500 x 500 | Lower | A round hollow with a sandy shore, for a lake or a swamp. | |
| River Ravine | 800 x 260 | Lower | A winding V-shaped ravine with wooded sides and a stony stream bed. | |
| River Meander | 1000 x 600 | Lower | A river bed winding in wide loops across a flat flood plain, with an oxbow lake. | |
| Sinkhole | 300 x 300 | Lower | A round pit with sheer rock walls and a rubble floor. | |
| Valley | 1000 x 600 | Lower | A wide green valley with gentle sides and a stream bed. | |
| Desert | Badlands | 900 x 900 | Add | Bare layered ground cut by many gullies. |
| Buttes | 800 x 800 | Raise | A group of small flat-topped rocks. | |
| Crescent Dunes | 900 x 900 | Add | Crescent-shaped dunes on flat sand, their horns pointing east with the wind. | |
| Dry Lake | 700 x 700 | Lower | A flat dried-out lake bed with old shore lines stepping up to its rim. | |
| Mesa | 700 x 700 | Raise | A flat-topped rock with stepped cliffs and a scree skirt. | |
| Sand Dunes | 800 x 800 | Add | Rows of dunes, gentle on the wind side and steep behind. | |
| Star Dunes | 1000 x 1000 | Add | A few huge star-shaped dunes, each a tall peak of sand with arms reaching out. | |
| Wadi | 1000 x 400 | Lower | A dry river bed: a wide floor of gravel and braided channels between low banks. | |
| Yardangs | 900 x 600 | Add | Long ridges carved by the wind, blunt at the west end and tapering to the east. | |
| Hills and Cliffs | Cliff Step | 900 x 600 | Raise | A long cliff up to a high plain that slopes down behind it. |
| Crater | 600 x 600 | Blend | A bowl with a raised rim and a small middle peak. | |
| Drumlins | 900 x 900 | Add | A field of smooth oval grassy hills, all lying the same way. | |
| Escarpment | 1000 x 500 | Raise | A long ridge with a rock face on its south side and a gentle slope down its north side. | |
| Karst Hills | 800 x 800 | Add | Steep wooded tower hills standing out of a flat green floor. | |
| Plateau | 900 x 900 | Raise | A wide flat-topped rise with gentle grassy slopes. | |
| Rock Spires | 400 x 400 | Raise | Steep rock towers on a rubble field. | |
| Rocky Outcrops | 700 x 700 | Add | Grassy rises with rounded rock outcrops standing out of them. | |
| Rolling Hills | 900 x 900 | Add | Soft grassy hills with woods. | |
| Terraced Hills | 700 x 700 | Add | Hills cut into steps, like farm terraces. | |
| Islands | Archipelago | 1100 x 1100 | Raise | A group of small islands of different sizes. |
| Atoll | 800 x 800 | Raise | A ring of low sandy island around a shallow lagoon, with a channel to the sea. | |
| Cliff Island | 900 x 900 | Raise | A high rocky island with cliffs all around and one sandy cove. | |
| Island | 1000 x 1000 | Raise | A round island with sandy beaches, green hills and a shallow shelf around it. | |
| Peninsula | 900 x 900 | Raise | A long arm of land reaching out to sea from its south edge, with beaches and a headland. Put its south edge on the coast. | |
| Sandbar Islets | 1000 x 500 | Raise | Long low sand bars just out of the water on a shallow bank. | |
| Sea Stacks | 600 x 600 | Raise | Tall rock pillars in the sea on a shallow reef. | |
| Twin Islands | 1100 x 800 | Raise | Two hilly islands joined by a low sand bar. | |
| Volcanic Island | 1000 x 1000 | Raise | A volcano rising out of the sea, with a crater and dark gravel beaches. |
All Desert chunks and all Mountains chunks except Volcano and Caldera set their own biome, so they have the Apply Biome switch.
Island chunks, Fjord and Sea Stacks go at height 0. See Islands.