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==Geography==These wastes, composed of metal oxides, powdered plastics, and inorganic chemicals, are highly corrosive, eroding equipment and poisoning life, although some creatures have adapted to survive. The ash is often several miles deepterm ''Ash Wastes'' has more than one meaning, forming shifting dunes that can bury roads and damage hive structures despite their protective designsdepending on context.{{Fn|1a}}It may mean:
While ;Necromunda* [[Great Equatorial Wastes]] or '''Ash Wastes''': the areas between the [[hive cities]] on Necromunda* [[Ash Wastes are hostile, they also contain hidden treasures such as derelict hive spires, buried convoys, and wrecked vehicles. Pockets Nomad]] : population that live in the desert wasteland of pure oxides and chemicals, formed by natural processes, offer valuable resources [[Necromunda (planet)|Necromunda]] * [[Necromunda: Ash Wastes]] : a 2022 starter set for mining and reprocessing. The landscape is surprisingly colorful, with ash in vivid hues like sulphur yellow and cobalt blue, and the creatures and Nomads blend into this environment to survivetabletop game [[Necromunda (game)|Necromunda]].{{Fn|1b}}
==Climate==The Ash Wastes' most dangerous hazard is the ash storms, which can carry toxic ash from the equator to the poles. These storms can strip an unprotected person to the bone in seconds and are powerful enough to destroy entire hives. Ruined spires are sometimes revealed after storms, only to be buried again. In calmer seasons, liquid pollutants form temporary slick-lakes and blind-rivers, which can dry out, leaving hard crusts over deep dust seas that can be fatal if broken through.{{Fn|1b}} During hotter weather, the sun can cause noxious vapors to rise, creating poisonous mists and toxic acid rainstorms that fall in sudden squalls, adding to the perilous environment.{{Fn|1b}} ==Flora and Fauna==*[[Arthromite Spinewyrm]]{{Fn|5}}*[[Arthromite Duneskuttler]]{{Fn|4a}}*[[Dustback Helamite]]{{Fn|3b}}*[[Necromundan Giant Rats]]{{Fn|4b}} ==Inhabitants==*[[Ash Wastes Nomad]]s{{Fn|1c}}*[[Ironhead Squat Prospector]]s*[[Merchants Guild]]s{{Fn|1e}}*[[Clan House]]s gangs{{Fn|1f}}*[[Spyrer]]s{{Fn|1f}} ==Ecoregions==*[[Great Equatorial Wastes]]{{Fn|2}}*[[Sump Sea]]{{Fn|3a}}*[[Dentium Nautica]]{{Fn|3a}}*[[Irradium Oceanus]]{{Fn|3a}}*[[Corpus Navios]]{{Fn|3a}}*[[Poison Sea]]{{Fn|3a}}*[[Great Spoil]]{{Fn|3a}};Other uses*[[Armageddon Ash Pole]]{{Fn|2}}*[[StormlandsWaste Militia]]{{Fn|2}}*[[Great Scavic Basin]]{{Fn|2}}*[[Helmawr's Graveyard]]{{Fn|2}} ==Sources==* 1 : [[Necromunda Magazine Issue 3]] ** {{Endn|1a}}: pg. 3specialist troops of the Armageddon Imperial Guard Regiments** {{Endn|1b}}: pg. 4** {{Endn|1c}}: pg. 5** {{Endn|1d}}: pg. 6** {{Endn|1e}}: pg. 8** {{Endn|1f}}: pg. 9* {{Endn|2}}: [[Necromunda Rulebook Armageddon (2018geography)]], pgs. 194-195* {{Endn#Ash Wastes|3}}: [[Necromunda: Ash Wastes]]** {{Endn|3a}}: , pgs. 14-15** {{Endn|3b}}: , pgs. 16* 4 : [[Necromunda: Book of the OutlandsArmageddon]]** {{Endn|4a}}: pg. 47** {{Endn|4b}}: pg. 53* {{Endn|5}}: [[Necromunda: Tribes areas of the Wastelands]] [[Category: NecromundaArmageddon]]'s surface that have been contaminated by industrial by-products
{{NecromundaPortal}}The '''Ash Wastes''' of [[Necromunda]] are vast, abrasive deserts formed from millennia of heavy industry, covering everything outside the protective [[hive]]s.{{Fn|1adisambig}}
