These deserts are notorious for their many capricious ruins, the devastated landscape the biggest mark left upon the world by the forgotten civilizations that once flourished there. Monsters aplenty roam the wastes as well, so adventurers journeying through it encounter many creatures and constructed terrain exploration challenges.
- **Terrains.** Desert, laboratory, mountains, ruins, subterranean, swamp, temple, tomb.
- **Tiers.** Blasted Badlands tend to be tier 2 and above.
- **Weather.** 1–10 clear, 11–25 overcast.
- **Journey Activities.** Adventurers gain advantage on checks made to [[Befriend Animal]], [[Gossip]], and [[Rob]]. **It is not possible to** [[Busk]], [[Harvest Medicinals or Poisons]], or [[Hunt & Gather]].
#### Tier 0
| d100 | Encounter | Type |
| ---- | ------------------------- | ---- |
| | Travel Scenery | |
| | Social Encounter | |
| | Bridge of Stones | Expl |
| | Enchanted Windmill | Expl |
| | Hail Storm | Expl |
| | Haze | Expl |
| | Lost Item | Expl |
| | Sea of Sand | Expl |
| | [[Labyrinthine Ravines]] | Expl |
| | Tier 1 encounter | |
#### Tier 1
| d100 | Encounter | Type |
| ---- | ------------------------ | ---- |
| | Travel Scenery | |
| | Social Encounter | |
| | Flood | Expl |
| | [[Labyrinthine Ravines]] | Expl |
| | [[Pests]] | Expl |
| | Pit Trap | Expl |
| | Quicksand | Expl |
| | [[Thunderstorm]] | Expl |
| | [[Rot Grubs]] | Expl |
| | Tier 0 encounter | |
| | Tier 2 encounter | |
#### Tier 2
| d100 | Encounter | Type |
| ---- | ---------------------- | ---- |
| | Travel Scenery | |
| | Social Encounter | |
| | [[Acid Field]] | Expl |
| | [[Cursed Temple]] | Expl |
| | [[Dense Fog]] | Expl |
| | [[Enchanted Statue]] | Expl |
| | [[Flash Flood]] | Expl |
| | [[Flimsy Rope Bridge]] | Expl |
| | [[Green Lake]] | Expl |
| | [[Hail Deluge]] | Expl |
| | [[Lethal Outgassing]] | Expl |
| | [[Rot Grubs]] | Expl |
| | [[Sandstorm]] | Expl |
| | [[Shattered Earth]] | Expl |
| | [[Tornado]] | Expl |
| | [[Voracious Pests]] | Expl |
| | [[Wild Magic Zone]] | Expl |
| | [[Cursed Waterway]] | Expl |
| | Tier 1 encounter | |
| | Tier 3 encounter | |
#### Tier 3
| d100 | Encounter | Type |
| ---- | -------------------------------- | ---- |
| | Travel Scenery | |
| | Social Encounter | |
| | [[Bridge of Sorrow]] | Expl |
| | [[Choking Smoke]] | Expl |
| | [[Cursed Waterway]] | Expl |
| | [[Endless Plummet]] | Expl |
| | [[Lifeless Desolation]] | Expl |
| | [[Primordial Tornado]] | Expl |
| | [[Sphere of Annihilation]] | Expl |
| | [[Sunspots]] | Expl |
| | [[Malfunctioning Planar Portal]] | Expl |
| | Tier 2 encounter | |
| | Tier 4 encounter | |
#### Tier 4
| d100 | Encounter | Type |
| ---- | -------------------------------- | ---- |
| | Travel Scenery | |
| | Social Encounter | |
| | [[Corpselands]] (SS) | Expl |
| | [[Corrupted Druid Grove]] | Expl |
| | [[Divine War]] | Expl |
| | [[God Corpse]] | Expl |
| | [[Hallowed Ground]] | Expl |
| | [[Hellscape]] | Expl |
| | [[Killing Cloud]] | Expl |
| | [[Malfunctioning Planar Portal]] | Expl |
| | Tier 3 encounter | |