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Normal Desert

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Overview[1]

Edison's Revenge; Water is more likely to rain here. The Normal Desert is the primary biome in Dead Rails.

The Normal Desert is a plain desert filled with decorative assets such as tumbleweeds, dead bushes, orange rocks, and cacti, this serves as a standpoint for Dead Rails’s biomes. In this biome, it’s more likely to rain water. Normal Desert alway spawn from less than 1000m to end of the map and on the other side of the Outlaw's Town bridge. But there are no plants or rocks, buildings can only be found at 100-1000m.

Stats

Level required
0-80km (Normal Modes)
Location
Normal Modes Edison's Revenge
Loot
Tumbleweed (formerly)
Type
Biome
Features
A plain desert with tumbleweeds, cacti, and rocks. Water is more likely to rain here.
Rarity
Very Common, Guaranteed (less than 1km and after 80km)

Strategy

Avoid going out at night (10PM - 6AM) to avoid hostile entities, in this biome enemies can not spawn at day, making a clearer looting opportunity. In Bite-Sized Mode, the first Town will spawn at around 4km, this means it will unavoidably spawn in the first biome, to avoid this, play on Normal Mode, or a other 80km mode. This is a problem as the first town is forced to be a small town for optimisation, this can spawn in a biome such as the Werewolf Woods, causing your run to almost certainly end if not properly prepared.

Trivia

In real life, it’s very infrequent for it to rain in a desert. Though, not impossible. The chance of it raining as much as it does in Dead Rails in real life is almost certainly impossible. In real life, it’s impossible for a desert to be next to a forest.

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References

  1. 1.Sourced from deadrails.fandom.com · checked Sep 26, 2026
  2. 2.Image from Dead Rails Wiki (Fandom) · CC BY-SA · checked Jul 18, 2026

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