Volcano

The Volcano sits at the center of the map that repeatedly eruptions, destroying the landscape and anything still alive on it.

Eruptions
The eruption frequency is determined by the difficulty of the game you set when beginning the game.

The first volcano eruption occurs after 10 minutes and 40 seconds, and every 18 minutes after that. If the player is not in their drillship and underground during an eruption, they will be killed and their drillship destroyed, resulting in a loss and a prompt to load a previous save. The eruption lasts for approximately 20 seconds.

Immediately following an eruption, all resource nodes will be replenished, the land will be covered in ash, and trees will be dead. Over the next few minutes after eruption, the ash will gradually dissipate and the trees will regain their greenery.