Hello, everyone! I have wondered if there was a limit to the size of a world. Thus, I began a phase of playing Thrive to find different World Seeds.
For me, I want to have worlds that are diverse and have every biome/patch type in the game. This way, I can theoretically have more interesting organisms.
I also want to find the largest and smallest possible world sizes and their corresponding seeds. Large worlds can host more organisms, and theoretically have more interesting organisms, as aforementioned in the previous paragraph. Smaller worlds are important for quicker gameplay and less taxing on computer systems. Considering my current computer is almost 10 years old at this point, this is very pertinent.
I also noticed that there is no current Thrive Game World Seed Collection post on the Forum, where people can post and share interesting world seeds. So, I wish to add something to community.
First off, let me put the best parts of my search: the largest and smallest world seeds I have found so far. Keep in mind that are probably larger and smaller worlds than what I will post. Also, the current game version as I am posting is 0.6.7.1. Additionally, since I am still new, I can only add one picture.
The 46-patch World Seed: 6165598193527994777.
The 13-patch World Seed: 7681595076449933380.
Next, I would like to share the first seed I got using the Auto-Evo tool. I have also added the statistics that I am using to determine whether or not something is diverse. I aware of diversity indexes, like Sampson’s Index of Diversity (SID), but I have not yet analyzed all of the seeds I collected.
Statistics:
Seed Number: 98063184769791023
Number of Patches: 28, Number of Patch Types: 11
Frequency of each Patch Type: Cv=4/28,Cl=4/28,TP=2/28,Es=1/28,IS=1/28,EP=3/28,MP=3/28,BP=2/28,AP=1/28,SF=4/28,VV=3/28
Number of Land Patches: 8, Number of Sea Patches: 20
Number of Surface Sea Patches: 3, Number of Surface Land Patches: 7
Number of Patch Groups: 8
Average Number of Patches per Patch Group: 3.5
Maximum Number of Patches in a Patch Group: 6
Minimum Number of Patches in a Patch Group: 1
Mode/Median Number of Patches per Patch Group: 4
Number of Land Patch Groups: 4
Average Number of Patches per Land Patch Group: 2
Maximum Number of Patches in a Land Patch Group: 3
Minimum Number of Patches in a Land Patch Group: 1
Mode/Median Number of Patches per Land Patch Group: 2
Number of Sea Patch Groups: 4
Average Number of Patches per Sea Patch Group: 5
Maximum Number of Patches in a Sea Patch Group: 6
Minimum Number of Patches in a Sea Patch Group: 4
Mode/Median Number of Patches per Sea Patch Group: 5
Average Patch Number Depth per Sea Patch Group: 2.75
Maximum Patch Number Depth in a Sea Patch Group: 5
Minimum Patch Number Depth in a Sea Patch Group: 2
Mode/Median Patch Number Depth per Sea Patch Group: 3.5
I look forward to seeing what other World Seeds everyone else finds!
Note: Make sure to add the game version number in case World Generation changes again in another update!
Note: The World Seeds still work in 0.7.1.0.
I found a 47-patch World today (Jan 2, 2025)! Version 0.8.0.0.
47-patch World Seed: 6938878236475470788.
I found a 46-patch world with six Underwater Vents! This is the most Underwater Vents I have found for a world this large! (January 5th, 2025) (Version 0.8.0.0)
46-patch-with-six-vents World Seed: 1524739792460623285.
I also found another 47-patch world! This one has more Tidal, Coastal, and Estuary patches, in case people want another large world that has more diversity. (January 5th, 2025) (Verson 0.8.0.0)
47-patch-with-more-Tidal-Coastal-and-Estuary World Seed: 4119097735072505814.
I finally found a world with over 50-patches! A 52-patch world! And it has six Underwater Vents! (January 10th, 2025) (Version 0.8.0.0)
52-patch-with-six-vents World Seed: 6719440032949089259.
