Black Forrest, incredible atmosphere and I like the trees, music and dark feel better.

Favourite to base in is the dark forest, specifically one with an elder boss summon. Dig out underneath, turn it into a bunker, raise the earth back around, get in and out through portals - there's a way of getting metal through the floor by standing close enough.

Ward it - result is a completely impervious and impenetrable base. I also build a portal up to the elder summon itself so when I'm being attacked by, say, an army of fuling's I can summon the elder to take them out, and then finish him off afterwards.
Very satisfying.

Dark forest often borders useful biomes like Plains and Swamp, making it easier to get those resources.

On a fresh play-through, pre-iron, the Black Forest is the most exciting time in the entire game, because of just how much you're about to unlock: including mining, farming, dungeons, and encountering your first "big" enemy; the trolls. For the first time, your base location and defence matters. And so many things to build and make now.

But it's precisely because you spend so long here that I think people take it for granted, but it's my belief this biome and its associated systems are the reason the game is rated so highly.

It's at this stage where I am completely addicted, and this lasts right through to the end of the Swamp. The swamp is also fantastic but in a completely different way: atmospheric and scary, and at the beginning quite challenging. And of course, it's likely you've got a need for sailing at this point to either transport the iron or to search for new sources of it.

By the time I'm at the Mountain the excitement has plateaued, but I'm probably 60+ hours in at this point, depending on how much I've been building. Mountain is still fun but it lacked the depth and variation of The Black Forest - until of course the frost caves, which make things far more compelling.

The Plains are perhaps my least favourite zone, while pretty and a welcome return to normal land, they seem fairly bland, and lack the dungeons of the previous three biomes, though the encampments are a bit interesting, I'm not a big fan of the Fuslings. It'd be nice if we saw more Viking-esque ruins and dungeons to explore here.

Meadows
As a scandinavian, it reminds me of swedish summers. Calm and nice and sunny. Plus plenty of deers and boars for easy food whilst working on my base/home.
I always set up my main base there and teleport when I need to get stuff and use ship back home for ores back etc...

I hate the swamp!
So dark and moist and annoying mobs, plus those abominations are annoying when you find one.

Oh, and whilst I'm waiting for mistlands, I set up a huge wolf 2 star farm in the Plains next to a large mistlands, currently have 20+ wolves.
They are going to join me later on all at once, once mistlands is here. will probably be 100 wolves or more in my farm before mistland comes heheh

Originally posted by Farenfax:

The Ocean biome. I know it's practically empty right now, but the visuals alone are stunning, especially at dawn and dusk. The music is peaceful, the serpents are fun, and I like just exploring the world on my ship.

Oceans are a close second for sure, I specifically found a seed with lots of water and islands for my playthrough, the water physics and visuals are pretty good, not sea of thieves levels of good but still epic in a storm! :D

Actually, I like the Mountain biome for the ambience too. During a blizzard, it's so awesome.

When standing atop the mountain, a high one, to be able to see far and wide is quite lovely. I am looking forward to the game's official release in 3-4 years. I hope by then, the visuals are much more refined and optimised.

However, on the same wavelength, I love the Black Forest during sunset and sunrise when not raining. The sun beams are so beautiful through the trees.

Oh, make sure not to explore the cold north and hot south yet. They are void of content. Well, unless you intend to start a new world when they are filled.

hmm, noted. I will probably dip my toe in both before they are finished just to check them out in their unfinished state. That and sailing off the edge of the world... :P

Mountains or plains. Mountains are calm, enemies are kinda cute little critters. I find them really peaceful, plus the visibility (unless there is a storm) is nice. Plains are chill, too. Fulings are a nice challenge. The only frustration I had with it was deathquitoes killing my tamed lox, but we worked through it. The lox are big funny guys, and I like them.

I like the Plains for the space available and "entertainment".

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The Deep North is beautiful and picturesque, but very quiet since nothing is there yet.

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Grasslands and borders to light forrests because I love to chill , just watch the sun in the trees, wald around and maybe do some hunting.
Peacefully and chilled, but its all available to survive.

After an annoying day with >10 hours of meetings, this is a good waly to calm down and relax.

The Black Forest has a really nice ambiance. I really like the tall trees, sun beams going through, plus the first time you go there is a bit scary, at night gets really dark. But I can't say whats my favorite.

Originally posted by MΛRCUS HΞLIUS:

personally, I have not been to the Deep North or South, they sound cool and I am looking forward to exploring them.
But atm the mountains are by far my favourite biome, I love the snow storms and the mobs that spawn there are pretty cool. It also feels a lot more "peaceful" than the other biomes, besides the random wandering wolf or drake.

The next one, because it will be new.

The swamp is becoming my favourite. The enemies there seem quite varied compared to other biomes, loving running and jumping around water and logs, finding crypts and searching through them is quite fun and easier now that the pick axe got updated to smash through multiple nodes. The wraith spawn rate is higher so chain is easier to get and necessary for lots of things. And the ambience is nice and dark and gloomy, feels good sitting in a tree house looking out into the wet gloom from your comfy living room

plains have a nice atmosphere and low instance counts

The Ocean biome. I know it's practically empty right now, but the visuals alone are stunning, especially at dawn and dusk. The music is peaceful, the serpents are fun, and I like just exploring the world on my ship.