Interface - map in Surviving Mars Surviving Mars Guide & Walkthrough

Last update: 20 March 2018

Here, you will learn how to use the map and find all the necessary pieces of information. This knowledge can be useful when setting up your base.

• 1. Unknown area
• 2. Discovered area
• 3. Anomalies and resources icons
• 4. Scanned sector
• 5. and 6. Unknown area details

1. Unknown area

Sectors covered in a grid are areas that you have not discovered yet. You can analyze them with sensors or satellites.

2. Discovered area

Sectors not covered in a grid represent areas that you have already discovered. It's highly recommended not to build your colony on sectors that you have not analyzed - this can block resource extraction for some time.

3. Anomalies and resources icons

Resources icons have a blue background. Water drop icons represent water sources, red bars - metal, mountains - concrete, yellow bags - rare metals. All anomaly icons have a yellow background. You can read more about anomalies in a separate chapter.

4. Scanned sector

The game will notify you about analyzing a sector by covering the area with a small grid.

5. and 6. Unknown area details

Drag your cursor to a given area to find more details - available building space (percentage) and what's the probability of finding resources.