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Non-Boring Environments that need Fantasy Representation
Tropical Rainforests

Scrubland/Dry Forests. For extra effect make them the sort that burn very often; some native plants never germinate until after a fire, and some animals not only rely on fire to smoke out prey, but may even start them themselves.


Savannas/Tropical Grasslands

Temperate Rainforests. I almost didn’t include this bc New Zealand is covered in them, and that’s where they filmed Lord of the Rings. But tbh, no one really knows about them, so it belongs here

Taiga Forests

Barren Tundra, perfect for some extreme seasonal dichotomy


Polar Ice Sheets

Desert-Grasslands (arguably the same as Scrubland but Australia’s good at adding its own twists)

Barren Desert

If you like Cacti, look at American Deserts like the Sonoran

Salt Flats

Soda Lakes and Alkaline Lakes

Madagascar’s Karst Limestone Formations

Madagascar’s Spiny Forests

Madagascar’s Baobab Forests

Madagascar’s Subhumid Forests (Madagascar is cool as hell ok)

Danxia Landforms

Badlands/Mountainous Deserts

Steppes and Highland Prairies

Flood Basalts


Newly-Formed Islands, still rife with Volcanic activity


Now for Underwater Environments, sure Coral Reefs are cool.

But there are SO MANY other kinds of environments for aquatic settings, it’s unbelievable:
Seaside Cliffs

Archipelagos. Not just Tropical Island chains like Polynesia (Moana anyone?) but also Coldwater Archipelagos like the Aleutians.


Tidal Flats

Bayous/Cypress Swamps


Tropical River Basins, AKA Seasonally Flooded Rainforests

Mangrove Swamps/Deltas/Beaches

Kelp Forests

The Open Ocean

Coastal Seabeds

Rocky Beaches with Tidepools

And there are a LOT more I could name but this post is already obscenely long as is, if you’d like to toss in your own go right ahead, but my point is if you limit yourself to European Deciduous Forests you’re a wimp.
cowboy themed restaurant where theres always a guy playing piano and every other time someone enters through the swinging saloon doors they bang on the keys and everyone goes quiet and stares at them until theyre seated
theres always a lone cowboy on staff that shows up when a guest has a birthday n they put on a big show like theyre robbing the joint n they challenge the birthday person to a duel but they both got those lil funny guns with the pop out sign that says BANG!
shots cost a nickel but u gotta trade in 5 dollars for 5 nickels so it feels like ur in cowboy times but really ur paying out the ass for fireball in an authentically spit-shined shot glass that probably still has the stink of the last 6 guys’s lips that drank from it
only thing on the menu is steak & beans







