Starfield is still alive and active thanks to its dedicated group of planetary explorers who continue to search for something new and exciting. While the game didn’t shine at The Game Awards 2023 last week, receiving just one nomination (for Best Role-Playing Game) and no wins, its numerous explorable planets and moons, most of which have multiple biomes and almost all of which are geological landmarks, turned it into a paradise for travel lovers.
However, a natural spectacle that is still rare is the mountain volcano. While a few planets have volcanic biomes, they often don’t live up to their name, most often featuring gray, jagged landscapes, toxic steam plumes (which, to be fair, can be found in almost any biome) and the occasional small pit or even river of scalding hot magma , although the last item on this list seems to be as rare as finding an actual river. There are also many planets with tectonic activity, which suggests the presence of volcanoes, but without any visual evidence.
Now I’m alone Redditor captured a series of images, demonstrating that this miracle actually exists in the game. The screenshots released last week were taken from a bird’s eye view at night, adding to the atmosphere as the orange glow of the magma emanates from the surrounding rocky crater.
This particular footage was taken on the planet Marduk IV. Other players responding to the post reported seeing a similar formation called a “lonely hill” on rare occasions, but there was always water (or in one case “radioactive goo”) instead of magma.
Previously, reports of the discovery of real mountain volcanoes in Starfield were extremely rare, and photographic evidence of them was practically absent. Curious why such a phenomenon is so rare in space? Perhaps Bethesda will provide an explanation for this phenomenon.
