Terrain (CivBE)

Civilization: Beyond Earth

For the resources found on these terrains see, Resources (CivBE). For the improvements found these terrains, see Tile improvement (CivBE)

Base Terrains

	Name	Yields	Notes
	Hill	None
	Grassland	+2
	Plains	+1 +1
	Canyon	+2	Can not be crossed except with hover and air units. Production increased by 5 by Cities with Tectonic Anvil
	Tundra	+1	Provides +1 Energy with Mass Digester even with a Terrascape
	Mountain	None	Can not be crossed except with air units.
	Desert	+1	Provides +1 Food with Mass Digester even with a Terrascape
	Coast	+1 +1
	Ocean	+1 +1	There are significant differences in what can and can not be built on ocean tiles between the base version of the game and Rising Tide.
	Trench	None
	Snow	None

Terrain Features

	Name	Yields	Notes
	Ice		Can not be crossed except with hover units.
	Marsh		Must be drained to be productive
	Flood Plains	+2	Land adjacent to rivers
	Forest	+1 +1	Can be cut down for some Production and converted into Plains or Grasslands. Has a movement cost of 2.
	Miasma		Heals Alien Units. It harms Earth based units until player rises in the  Harmony affinity or researches harmony related tech. Can be removed or added by workers or miasma related orbital units.
	Craters		Can not be crossed except with hover and air units.
	Lakes	+1	Any body of water ten tiles or smaller that is completely surrounded by land tiles. Lakes provide fresh water allowing for farms on hills and tundra.
	Reef		There seems to be no difference between reefs and oceans or coasts except cosmetic differences.
	Rivers	+1	Tiles adjacent to rivers receive +1 Energy. Units expend all energy when crossing rivers unless tiles are connected by magrails or roads. Receive a -20 penalty when attacking across a river. Provides fresh water allowing farms, hills and tundra to have farms on them.