above ground ruins are definitely planned… and are likely to be available long before underground exploration… the team wants to make the above ground experience as rock solid as possible before venturing underground…
Will there be populated underground dungeons, abandoned structures?1 - Livestream - 30:50 ]
“All of those sound like great ideas for the dwarves, certainly not
before the release, we’re trying to focus on the core above ground
city building, crafting, defending game … there might be abandoned
structures above ground, they might be something you bump into … which
may have cool artifacts etc.”.