The Outer Worlds is a fun RPG with one DLC pack released and other on the way. Halcyon, the backdrop for the game, is an immersive space environment with loads of lore to add to the atmosphere of The Outer Worlds. However, some planets on the map are currently locked to players, though scrolling over them on the map hints at what could be waiting on the planet.
It’s widely speculated that Murder on Eridanos, the next DLC to be released in 2021, will unlock at least some of these planets for players. Or, at the very least, they’ll be ripe locations for explorations in a sequel to The Outer Worlds. The planets currently locked are Eridanos, Hephaestus, Olympus, and Typhon. Besides being locked away from players, these planets have a different common thread—Greek mythology. The myths from which they get their names could indicate what their environment will hold for players when they’re finally able to explore these planets.
According to the Halcyon map, Eridanos is a gas giant that’s mined for atmospheric resources. It’s also the backdrop for Murder on Eridanos, the DLC based on Halcyon Helen’s last adventure. Keeping this in mind along with the corporate cover-up featured in Peril on Gorgon, it’s possible Halcyon Helen stumbled into one of the corporation’s mining facilities, found something she wasn’t supposed to, and disappeared. A perfect murder mystery to add the right amount of danger to the adventures here.
This planet is named after Aphrodite’s husband, the god of fire and blacksmithing, which makes sense because it’s the planet closest to the sun on the map. According to the lore, the planet Hephaestus is home to a mining company of the same name. If players choose to follow the tip from The Outer Worlds’ Hephaestus Mining Company Archive Cartridge, they can experience firsthand some of the technology the company produces—namely the Mandibular Rearranger.
A planet located closest to the sun that researches wacky, deadly science weapons is sure to be fun to play around in based on the sheer danger of it all. It could also be insanely dangerous and hazardous to players, but it would add an extra challenge to a game with otherwise mild combat.
This nod to Greek mythology is fairly obvious, as Mt. Olympus is where the Gods were believed to live. Given the uninhabitable nature of the planet, according to the Halcyon map lore, it’s possible that players can visit this gas giant in the form of a station just inside the planet’s atmosphere, similar to the Groundbreaker or smaller HRS-1084 satellite station.
The planet Typhon actually has ties to two already unlocked areas in The Outer Worlds, Tartarus and Gorgon, though the latter is only available through the first DLC, Peril on Gorgon. Typhon comes from the Greek name Typhoeus, the child of Greek deities Gaea and Tartarus with some unusual physical characteristics. Namely, Typhon had one hundred dragon heads and was widely regarded as the father of all monsters.
As the myth goes, Zeus banished Typhon to the Underworld, where some say he still lives, trapped just below a volcano. So far, it seems Obsidian has been very deliberate in its naming of the planets in Halcyon, so it’s possible that players can look forward to a dangerous, fiery death trap of a planet full of new gruesome monsters to defeat and learn about.
There’s a good chance that Murder on Eridanos will unlock these planets and give players new environments and dangers to navigate. Until then, The Outer Worlds recently received a better graphics patch, giving Switch players a more visually pleasing experience.
The Outer Worlds is available now for Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
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