Resource rewards for clearing viral blooms

I was clearing an Angel tree of its viral blooms which turned the area from grey to vibrant blue and noticed a quartz deposit that I didn’t see before when the water was grey. This gave me an idea, it would actually be a nice little reward for healing the area and clearing the viral blooms, if a few new resource deposits were uncovered and able to be harvested in the the vacinity around the bloom when the virus is cleared.

Nice Idea, Think an increase in the numbers of creatures and plants might be more thematic though.

I really like those ideas too, increased plants, animals and resources in the surrounding area I think all 3 fit the theme well

I’m not quite sure how curing the viral bloom would make new rocks appear, but I really like the idea of life returning to the area. Maybe you could explain it away as more animal activity uncovered the resources from the settled sediment or something

Think of it not as the rocks are appearing but yeah, being uncovered / no longer coated in virus