Gravity Well

Gravity Wells are a game mechanic on Horizon's End.

A gravity well is generated either by a static body of mass, such as a star or planet, or by a ship or NPC nest.

Gravity well strength

If a ship is within a gravity well of strength greater than the players jump strength, the player's ship cannot jump through that gravity well.

All planets & stars have a well strength approaching 1,000,000.

As of right now, all player ships have a well strength of 1.

Loci likewise have a well strength of one.

Battlecruisers & barges have a jump strength of two, while all other player ships have a jump strength of one. (Note that cruisers MAY have a jump strength of two, but I don't know)

Natural Well Sizes

All stars, and Horizon, have a gravity well with a radius of 1800.

All planets have a gravity well with a radius of 1000.

NPC nests generate a gravity well with a radius of 1500.

Alien "Watcher" NPCs, Teraliths and Verdoliths spawned by the nest generate a gravity well with a radius of 2400.

Artificial Well Sizes

Ship well radius is determined by a formula.

Civilian Ships

((3000 / sqrt(12000)) * sqrt(block count)) / 2

Warships

(3000 / sqrt(12000)) * sqrt(block count)

Starfighters, Interceptors, Shuttles, Speeders, and Platforms are incapable of creating a gravity well.

The equation can be visualized using this graph: