Desert World

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Desert worlds are desolate planets with no bodies of water and with completely desert terrains. Since "desert world" only refers to the planet's terrain, most human-populated desert worlds fall into a technical Imperial class, such as civilised world, feral world or death world. As a result of their harsh environments, the inhabitants of desert worlds are prudent and cautious people. They take care of their precious resources and only strike out at their enemies when the moment is right. They are also excellent guerrilla fighters, as their skills at hiding in featureless deserts make them superlative scouts and deadly ambushers.^[2]

Generally, the planets are desert worlds when they are colonised, but in some extreme cases such as virus bombing, a formerly habitable planet had its ecosystem completely destroyed, leading to planetwide desertification. This was the case on Tallarn after it was bombarded by the Iron Warriors.^[4] There are currently thousands of Desert Worlds within the Imperium.^[2]

Notable Desert Worlds

Planet name	Segmentum	Sector	Subsector	System	Population	Notes
Absolom Reach (former)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Arkunasha	Ultima	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Atoma Prime	Solar	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	90 billion	Also Hive World
Belisarius IV	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Also Death World
Berin[3]	Obscurus[3]	Screaming Vortex[3]	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Also Ork World
Calderis	Ultima	Korianis	Subsector Aurelia	Unknown	Unknown	Also Feudal World
Celephace	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Also Feral World
Dolumar IV (former)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Former Industrial World, now - Dead World
Eyrok	Ultima	Unknown	Sanctus Sub-Sector	Sanctus Reach	Unknown
Gacrux	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Gonoria Prime	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Goru-Prime	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Herod	Obscurus	Unknown	Achilles Subsector	Unknown	Unknown	Also Mining World
Hyrion Major	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Also Civilised World
Kalidar IV	Tempestus	Chiros Sector	Kalidar Subsector	Kalidar System	Unknown	Also Industrial World
Kitab	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Lavantia	Tempestus	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Marfak	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Masali	Ultima	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Also Agri World
Mefara Secundus	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Former Hive World
Mon'Kali	Ultima	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Also Tau World
Murzim	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Belongs to Chaos
Na'jadar	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Quaran	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Quatara-Prime	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Quatra	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Quintarn	Ultima	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Rand XXI	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Santos 9	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Also Tomb World
Sarius V	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Also Shrine World
Secunda	Obscurus	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Belongs to Chaos
Tallarn	Tempestus	Unknown	Unknown	Tallarn System	Unknown
Tanis	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Tarentus	Ultima	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Thargorum	Tempestus	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Thoth	Pacificus	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Tranquility-III	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Tunis	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Yu'Kanesh	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Also Tau World
Zibal	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Belongs to Chaos

Tarentus, Masali and Quintarn, the "Three Planets", are each part of the Ultramarines empire of Ultramar and are each used as food producing worlds. They have vast bio-domes covering much of the surface along with several water traps, catching and storing as much water as the barren land can give them.^[1]

Sources

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• 1: Codex: Ultramarines (2nd Edition), ^[Help]
• 2: White Dwarf November 2019, pg. 52 - Galactic War Zones: Deserts and Wastes
• 3: Black Crusade: The Tome of Blood, pgs. 80-83 - Berin
• 4: Codex: Astra Militarum (8th Edition), pg. 25