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[JasonMel]

Is this the complete list of biomes? Please tell me if I've missed anything.

Mountain
Glacier
Tundra
Taiga
Temperate Conifer Forest
Temperate Broadleaf Forest
Temperate Freshwater Swamp
Temperate Saltwater Swamp
Temperate Freshwater Marsh
Temperate Saltwater Marsh
Temperate Savanna
Temperate Grassland
Temperate Shrubland
Tropical Coniferous Forest
Tropical Moist Broadleaf Forest
Tropical Dry Broadleaf Forest
Tropical Freshwater Swamp
Tropical Saltwater Swamp
Tropical Freshwater Marsh
Tropical Saltwater Marsh
Tropical Savanna
Tropical Grassland
Tropical Shrubland
Sand Desert
Rocky Wasteland
Badlands
Temperate Freshwater Lake
Temperate Brackish Lake
Temperate Saltwater Lake
Tropical Freshwater Lake
Tropical Brackish Lake
Tropical Saltwater Lake
Arctic Ocean
Temperate Ocean
Tropical Ocean

[puke]

i dunno, but some people with more time on their hands than me put this together:

http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/Biome

[Sphalerite]

Here's the list that I've been working with:

Arctic Ocean
Badlands
Glacier
Mangrove Swamp
Mountain
Rocky Wasteland
Sand Desert
Subterranean Chasm
Subterranean Magma
Subterranean Water
Taiga
Temperate Brackish Lake
Temperate Brackish Pool
Temperate Brackish River
Temperate Broadleaf Forest
Temperate Coniferous Forest
Temperate Freshwater Lake
Temperate Freshwater Marsh
Temperate Freshwater Pool
Temperate Freshwater River
Temperate Freshwater Swamp
Temperate Grassland
Temperate Ocean
Temperate Saltwater Lake
Temperate Saltwater Marsh
Temperate Saltwater Pool
Temperate Saltwater River
Temperate Saltwater Swamp
Temperate Savanna
Temperate Shrubland
Tropical Brackish Lake
Tropical Brackish Pool
Tropical Brackish River
Tropical Coniferous Forest
Tropical Dry Broadleaf Forest
Tropical Freshwater Lake
Tropical Freshwater Pool
Tropical Freshwater River
Tropical Freshwater Swamp
Tropical Freshwater Swamp
Tropical Grassland
Tropical Moist Broadleaf Forest
Tropical Ocean
Tropical Saltwater Lake
Tropical Saltwater Pool
Tropical Saltwater River
Tropical Saltwater Swamp
Tropical Saltwater Swamp
Tropical Savanna
Tropical Shrubland
Tundra

[Lightning4]

Semi unrelated, but has anyone actually even seen a mangrove swamp? I've never seen one on any world I've generated. I don't think I've even seen mangrove trees for that matter.

[JasonMel]

Mangrove Swamp is the only biome from the biomes map I haven't found yet.

(At least, I assume it appears there since it's presumably an above-ground biome.)

[Sizik]

You can change the symbol for the mangrove tree to something not normally found on a map to make finding them easier. This works because the trees symbols displayed on the world map are actually the symbols of trees found in that biome.

[JasonMel]

Aha! Finally found a Mangrove Swamp area. They are indeed rare, as they are in the real world, and it helps to know that they are found right on the coast of certain tropical swamps. So I just scoured the coastlines of all Tropical Saltwater Swamp biomes. I haven't seen what it looks like in-game yet, only in the pre-embark phase, but this is all I needed.

This allowed me to complete the map legend that the game doesn't include on its detailed biome map. I've uploaded it in case anyone else wants it.

You can change the symbol for the mangrove tree to something not normally found on a map to make finding them easier. This works because the trees symbols displayed on the world map are actually the symbols of trees found in that biome.

That's a neat trick. I wish I had read it in time to use it.