BioEden Getting Started: Controls and Research
If you are still inside the first dome, use this page when the camera, menus, or unlock order feel unclear. The pre-release official FAQ gives concise checks, but it was written before release. Treat its mechanic answers as Official guidance — demo-era, not as a claim that every detail was retested on the current build.
Dome controls
Goal: move around the dome without fighting the camera.
Check:
- Scroll out to zoom away from the dome.
- If scrolling does not give the view you want, right-click to zoom out.
Expected observation: the camera pulls back so you can inspect the dome and surroundings.
If it still fails: confirm mouse/right-click input is working outside BioEden. If only this view is stuck, collect your platform and current build if visible, then ask through the linked official community/Discord route.
Source: Focus Entertainment’s BioEden FAQ, official FAQ, pre-release demo context. Build applicability: not fully verified.
Research unlocks
Goal: understand why a dome object is missing from placement options.
Check: unlock missing objects through the biome research trees. Do not assume the game lost them or that they are always on a fixed early menu.
Expected observation: after the relevant biome research unlock, the object becomes available where the game places that category.
Safe branch: if you still cannot locate a specific item, write down the exact item name and the research tree you expected it from before searching community threads. The official FAQ does not give every item’s branch or unlock condition, so we do not invent one here.
Source: Focus Entertainment’s BioEden FAQ, official FAQ, pre-release demo context. Build applicability: not fully verified.
Before you expand
Goal: slow down before placing the next dome or chasing a new species.
Check: read your current guild/biome goal, confirm which biome research you have started, and avoid placing the next major structure only because it is available.
Why it matters: a launch-window community thread reports being asked for a species tied to a biome with no dome yet. That does not prove every second dome causes a lock, and the suggested heat/humidity workaround remains Unresolved.
Safe branch: if your save already feels blocked, see Unresolved biome goals. Do not delete your save or restart from a community suggestion alone.
Sources: Focus Entertainment’s BioEden FAQ; Steam biome-objective discussion for the unresolved caveat. Steam biome-objective discussion is a player thread, build unknown.