Savanna

Warm grassland with scattered acacias.

Warmth	21 °C at sea level before the seasons and the weather; colder higher up
Tree cover	10% of the ground
Hiding	Takes 10% of an army’s sight
Fertility	0.6 (how well it feeds a settlement, 0 to 1)
Going on the map	1 on open ground; trees and slopes slow you

Fields

Land like this sows, by how often:

Sowing	Crops
Winter corn	wheat 2, barley 1
Spring corn	beans 3, barley 2, flax 1

See Harvest.

Flora and fauna

Trees

Tree	Share of the trees
Acacia	80%
Baobab	20%

• The trees stand few and far apart.
• Within 25 m of a river or lake: coconut palms and strangler figs.
• Within 150 m of the sea: windswept coconut palms, leaning inland.

See Trees.

Plants

Grass, tall grass, dry shrubs and bushes.

See Flora.

Animals

Herds to the square kilometre:

Beast	Herds
Deer	0.06
Birds	0.04

Flocks of geese cross over in long Vs, north in spring and south in autumn.

See Fauna.