World

Satisfactory takes place on a single world (or "map"). The map is hand-crafted and features no procedural generation. The world is 30 km2 (or 5.4 km x 5.4 km). There are multiple biomes present in the world including deserts, forests, lakes, grassfields, mountains and caves (see below for a complete list). The landscape cannot be deformed or changed in any way nor terraformed. There is no changing weather in the world, however there is a Day/Night cycle. Although some machines visibly emit smoke or smog, there is no concept of pollution and thus creatures will never attack the factory.

The world also contains creatures for the Engineer to encounter, several of which are hostile.

The playable world (in-game referred to as "your FICSIT designated sector") is a part of a planet called MASSAGE-2(A-B)b in the binary star system of Akycha.

Starting areas
The player can choose one of four locations to start in: the Grasslands, Rocky Desert, Northern Forest or Dune Desert.

Grasslands
A large area that is open and flat with frequent patches of biomass, making building easier but distances longer.



Rocky Desert
A barren, medium-sized area bordering the sea which is mostly flat, with nicely balanced distances and building opportunities, but limited biomass.



Northern Forest
A small but lush mountainous area surrounded by varied biomes, making building harder but biomass a common resource.



Dune Desert
A harsh starting point with large, open spaces, vast distances, and very contained foliage locations.



Biomes
According to the Map that appeared in one of the Developer's Highlights, there are 21 named biomes, 4 of which are the starting areas: Grid size is roughly 1km x 1km size. Grid numbering starts with X0Y0 from the south-west corner.

There used to be two separate biomes that have become parts of other biomes: Savanna → Rocky Desert and No Man's Land → Grasslands.

A fan-made map with highlighted regions can be found on Reddit. (now outdated).

Caves
The Satisfactory world is filled with a total of 29 caves. The 3 largest and most important caves are listed below. Stingers are common and appear in nearly every cave.


 * Continue reading: Cave

World traversal
Regardless of where you are in the world and what parts of it are loaded, your factories and vehicles will continue to run.

Players are discouraged from exploring off the edges of the map by a lack of resources and collectibles. If a player continues out of pure curiosity, they will go out-of-bounds, and begin taking about 1 health segment per second in damage. Unlike the poison gas, the out-of-bounds damage can be blocked by piloting a vehicle (which will then take the damage instead). Buildings can be constructed as normal in the out-of-bounds zone.

Void

 * The void refers to any area that is not covered by natural terrain beneath.
 * If the engineer touches the surface of the void, i.e. by falling into it, their health will start to quickly deplete and after reaching a certain Z-value, die instantly.
 * The world is surrounded by a combination of the water body and the void.
 * There are several void openings in the world.
 * The bottom surface of the entire world is consists of the void. It can be observed if the engineer happens to 'clip' through the terrain or by navigating below the world through the edges.
 * Two of the common methods to navigate around the void are flying with the Jetpack and by building Foundations.

Map size

 * The map size is roughly 5.4km x 5.4km as mentioned officially. The actual size of the map is slightly larger, about 7km x 6km.
 * The 'border of death' is not a cuboid. On the x-y plane, it is polygonally shaped roughly following the island shape.
 * The player take damage beyond z = 0 and z = 3km. It is not measured whether the z-axis border is at a uniform height.
 * The East-to-West border is measured 7456 meters (932 foundations).


 * Player could further build out 100 meters beyond the border of death while staying within the border. Buildings are not be damaged by this border, but vehicles are.

Day-night cycle
One day in Satisfactory lasts for 50 real-world minutes, the night time is 5 min long and the day time is 45 min long. Both suns rise in the North-West and set in the South-East.

Gravity

 * The world's gravitational acceleration is measured to be about 11.2 m/s^2 (slightly stronger than Earth's).
 * Despite the stronger gravity, engineers can jump higher and further in the game.

Web Resources

 * Recolored map
 * Recolored map in isometric rendering with height