Scaraba

Scaraba is a major location in Earthbound, Earthbound: The Seven Sages, Landscratch, and Earthbound 12: Return of Jafar. Scaraba evolves greatly over the course of the series, beginning as a small desert town with a southern pyramid, to a sprawling half-underground nation-state home with a rich, unique culture.

Earthbound
In Earthbound, Ness and co. arrive in Scaraba after defeating the Kraken on the open seas. The town is small, featuring a handful of buildings, a shop, and hotel. The party can get sunstroke by walking in the open regions of sand outside of the town. The Scaraba Cultural Museum showcases the history of the town, including the invasion of Gigyas some 1000 years ago. A set of three pyramids, not unlike the Egyptian pyramids, are located just south of the common area.

Earthbound 12: Return of Jafar
In Earthbound 12: Return of Jafar, Scaraba is the main continent in which the game takes place. Prior to the events of Earthbound 12: Return of Jafar, the region was separated into the above-ground Upper City and cave-carved Sietch City. The holy Sietch City was reserved for native Scarabians and the powerful cult Bene Tleilaxu, whereas the Upper City was open to foreign merchants and those making hajj to the city's religious centers.