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There will be challenges to overcome. Execute your strategy and improve your colony’s chances of survival while unlocking the mysteries of this alien world. Are you ready? Mars is waiting for you.
Other Surviving Mars Guides:
- Surviving Mars: A Guide to Your First Domes
- Surviving Mars: Tips and Tricks for Beginners
- Surviving Mars: Guide to Health and Morale
- Surviving Mars: Guide to Comfort
- Surviving Mars: Guide to Sanity
Lowest-Threat Colony Sites
Selection tips and tables to find the best lowest-threat areas in Surviving Mars. Hope this helps!
Selection Tips
1. Because difficulty bonuses are different in some spots with the same threat level and resources, I think the flatness of the area is very flat for very low percentages of difficulty bonuses and not so flat for higher difficulty bonuses.
2. The best spots with lowest threat level all have 11 resource points, only missing on 1x water.
3. Among these, the following are best suited for colonization:
N in ° | W in ° | E in ° | Deposits | Temp. in °C | Altitude in m | Topography | Dif. in % |
10 | – | 176 | 11 | -15 | -2660 | relatively flat | 10 |
9 | – | 179 | 11 | -19 | -2891 | relatively flat | 5 |
6 | – | 178 | 11 | -15 | -2776 | relatively flat | 5 |
5 | – | 179 | 11 | -18 | -2776 | relatively flat | 5 |
4 | – | 178 | 11 | -15 | -2891 | relatively flat | 5 |
– | 179 | 11 | -18 | -2891 | relatively flat | 5 | |
3 | – | 179 | 11 | -18 | -2891 | relatively flat | 5 |
2 | – | 179 | 11 | -18 | -2776 | relatively flat | 5 |
1 | – | 179 | 11 | -18 | -2660 | relatively flat | 5 |
0 | – | 179 | 11 | -15 | -2430 | relatively flat | 5 |
S in ° | W in ° | E in ° | Deposits | Temp. in °C | Altitude in m | Topography | Dif. in % |
1 | – | 179 | 11 | -15 | -2314 | relatively flat | 5 |
North 10°-0°
N in ° | W in ° | E in ° | Deposits | Temp. in °C | Altitude in m | Topography | Dif. in % |
10 | – | 176 | 11 | -15 | -2660 | relatively flat | 10 |
– | 178 | 11 | -15 | -2891 | relatively flat | 45 | |
– | 179 | 11 | -21 | -2891 | relatively flat | 45 | |
9 | – | 178 | 11 | -15 | -2891 | relatively flat | 45 |
– | 179 | 11 | -19 | -2891 | relatively flat | 5 | |
8 | – | 178 | 11 | -15 | -2660 | relatively flat | 45 |
– | 179 | 11 | -18 | -2891 | relatively flat | 45 | |
7 | – | 178 | 11 | -15 | -2776 | relatively flat | 45 |
– | 179 | 11 | -18 | -2891 | relatively flat | 45 | |
6 | – | 178 | 11 | -15 | -2776 | relatively flat | 5 |
– | 179 | 11 | -18 | -3007 | relatively flat | 45 | |
5 | – | 178 | 11 | -15 | -2776 | relatively flat | 45 |
– | 179 | 11 | -18 | -2776 | relatively flat | 5 | |
4 | – | 178 | 11 | -15 | -2891 | relatively flat | 5 |
– | 179 | 11 | -18 | -2891 | relatively flat | 5 | |
3 | – | 179 | 11 | -18 | -2891 | relatively flat | 5 |
2 | – | 179 | 11 | -18 | -2776 | relatively flat | 5 |
1 | – | 179 | 11 | -18 | -2660 | relatively flat | 5 |
0 | – | 179 | 11 | -15 | -2430 | relatively flat | 5 |
South 1°-12°
S in ° | W in ° | E in ° | Deposits | Temp. in °C | Altitude in m | Topography | Dif. in % |
1 | – | 179 | 11 | -15 | -2314 | relatively flat | 5 |
2 | 46 | – | 8 | -1 | -1276 | relatively flat | 60 |
5 | 47 | – | 8 | -15 | -1276 | relatively flat | 20 |
7 | 47 | – | 9 | -15 | -2314 | rough | 95 |
48 | – | 9 | -15 | -3007 | relatively flat | 15 | |
49 | – | 8 | -15 | -4276 | relatively flat | 20 | |
8 | 47 | – | 9 | -15 | -4507 | relatively flat | 55 |
48 | – | 9 | -15 | -2776 | relatively flat | 55 | |
49 | – | 9 | -15 | -2660 | relatively flat | 15 | |
50 | – | 9 | -15 | -3699 | relatively flat | 55 | |
51 | – | 9 | -15 | -2545 | relatively flat | 15 | |
9 | 46 | – | 9 | -15 | -3815 | relatively flat | 55 |
159 | – | 9 | -15 | -1391 | relatively flat | 20 | |
160 | – | 9 | -15 | -1737 | relatively flat | 20 | |
161 | – | 9 | -15 | -1622 | relatively flat | 20 | |
162 | – | 9 | -15 | -1737 | relatively flat | 20 | |
10 | 160 | – | 8 | -15 | -1276 | relatively flat | 60 |
161 | – | 8 | -15 | -1622 | relatively flat | 60 | |
162 | – | 8 | -15 | -1276 | relatively flat | 20 | |
11 | 68 | – | 9 | -1 | -5084 | relatively flat | 55 |
71 | – | 9 | -1 | -4738 | rough | 95 | |
162 | – | 8 | -15 | -1506 | relatively flat | 60 | |
12 | 65 | – | 9 | -1 | -2314 | relatively flat | 55 |
68 | – | 9 | -1 | -3468 | relatively flat | 55 | |
69 | – | 9 | -1 | -4276 | relatively flat | 55 | |
70 | – | 9 | -1 | -5315 | relatively flat | 55 |
South 13°-19°
S in ° | W in ° | E in ° | Deposits | Temp. in °C | Altitude in m | Topography | Dif. in % |
13 | 47 | – | 9 | -1 | -4392 | relatively flat | 55 |
48 | – | 9 | -1 | -4392 | relatively flat | 55 | |
49 | – | 9 | -1 | -3007 | relatively flat | 55 | |
62 | – | 9 | -1 | -1506 | relatively flat | 55 | |
63 | – | 9 | -1 | -5315 | rough | 95 | |
64 | – | 9 | -1 | -7161 | relatively flat | 55 | |
65* | – | 9 | -1 | -6007 | relatively flat | 55 | |
66 | – | 9 | -1 | -2891 | relatively flat | 55 | |
67 | – | 9 | -1 | -2430 | relatively flat | 55 | |
68 | – | 9 | -1 | -2545 | relatively flat | 55 | |
69 | – | 9 | -1 | -4969 | relatively flat | 15 | |
70 | – | 9 | -1 | -3353 | relatively flat | 55 | |
14 | 49 | – | 9 | -1 | -2891 | relatively flat | 15 |
50 | – | 9 | -1 | -3353 | rough | 95 | |
51 | – | 9 | -1 | -5892 | relatively flat | 55 | |
57 | – | 9 | -1 | -2430 | relatively flat | 15 | |
58 | – | 9 | -1 | -8200 | rough | 95 | |
59 | – | 9 | -1 | -3122 | relatively flat | 55 | |
60 | – | 9 | -1 | -2083 | relatively flat | 55 | |
165 | – | 7 | -6 | -1276 | relatively flat | 65 | |
15 | 48 | – | 9 | -1 | -1737 | rough | 95 |
49 | – | 9 | -1 | -3584 | relatively flat | 15 | |
50 | – | 9 | -1 | -4392 | relatively flat | 15 | |
51 | – | 9 | -1 | -3815 | relatively flat | 55 | |
52 | – | 9 | -1 | -3815 | relatively flat | 15 | |
53 | – | 9 | -1 | -2083 | relatively flat | 55 | |
54 | – | 9 | -1 | -2660 | rough | 95 | |
55 | – | 9 | -2 | -1968 | relatively flat | 55 | |
56 | – | 9 | -1 | -3353 | relatively flat | 15 | |
57 | – | 9 | -1 | -4969 | relatively flat | 15 | |
58 | – | 9 | -1 | -1737 | relatively flat | 55 | |
166 | – | 7 | -4 | -1968 | relatively flat | 65 | |
16 | 49 | – | 9 | -1 | -3699 | rough | 95 |
50 | – | 9 | -1 | -1622 | relatively flat | 15 | |
17 | 49 | – | 8 | -1 | -3699 | relatively flat | 60 |
50 | – | 8 | -1 | -4161 | relatively flat | 60 | |
19 | 164 | – | 7 | -1 | -1391 | relatively flat | 65 |