I actually thought up a pack that'd fit the description of a "selfish DLC" recently, so this thread is pretty well timed! Basically going to complete the holy triad of Australia/Oceania scenery packs - the Australia Pack acted as an introduction to the region, the Oceania Pack expanded upon the lush coastal regions, so why not return to the arid interior for one last pack? After all, we have an entire Desert Oceania map and yet only three habitat animals from Australia's deserts. This pack also serves to hit every one of my remaining essential habitat animals for Australia, namely an echidna, bilby, rock-wallaby and monitor lizard (tree kangaroo is still needed for wider Oceania).
Outback Pack
1.
Short-beaked Echidna,
Tachyglossus aculeatus (Tropical, Temperate, Grassland, Desert)
2.
Greater Bilby,
Macrotis lagotis (Grassland, Desert) [Headliner]
3.
Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby,
Petrogale xanthopus (Grassland, Desert)
4.
Perentie,
Varanus giganteus (Desert)
5.
Inland Taipan,
Oxyuranus microlepidotus (Desert) [E]
Outback Theme - An expansion of the Australia theme but with more widely useable and versatile pieces. A lot of them are still rustic, rural and upcycling themed, but the pack also includes some scenery inspired by the Alice Springs Desert Park
New Plants - Probably the main reason this is a scenery pack over an animal pack, I just want as many plants as possible!:
1.
Mulga,
Acacia aneura (Grassland, Desert) [Free update]
2.
River Red Gum,
Eucalyptus camaldulensis (Tropical, Temperate, Grassland, Desert) [Free update]
3.
Desert Grass Tree,
Xanthorrhoea thorntonii (Desert)
4.
Boab,
Adansonia gregorii (Grassland)
(Although we already have a generic baobab in the game with the Oceania tag, it does not bare much of a resemblance to the iconic boab of the Kimberley. The boab also appeared in
concept art for the Australia Pack, so Frontier may have had it in mind at one point)
5.
Desert Oak,
Allocasuarina decaisneana (Desert)
(May be in the background of the same concept art as the boab, also my favourite tree!)
6.
Sturt’s Desert Pea,
Swainsona formosa (Grassland, Desert)
New enrichment item:
Wallaby Climbing Cliff - Similar in function to the goat climbing mountain from the Europe Pack, allows the yellow-footed rock-wallaby to realistically bound across a steep slope via an enrichment animation
Soundtrack - Just for fun! Keeping with the trend of recent scenery packs theming each track around a particular animal, with the echidna being left out in this instance due to already having its own track in the base game:
Taipan -
The Moon Plain
Rock-wallaby -
Rhythm of the Ranges
Bilby -
Twisting Burrows
Perentie -
King of the Dunes
