Question prafabs in rule tile

I know that when you use a rule tile, the tiles on the tilemap don't individually exist, but if you use a prefab on them as well, the instantiated prefabs do seem to exist, but they are not in the hierarchy

where are they? you can click on them individually. they do have their own components. I am not sure how functional they are.

is there some way to make them actually appear in the hierarchy? it feels very jank as it is now

 

i can't speak to prefabs vs not prefabs, but Tiles are not GameObjects, so they would never appear "in the hierarchy," which of course is ONLY GameObjects, nothing else.

Tiles are ScriptableObjects, eg, assets that can exist on disk, and they get slotted into squares of a TileMap, which is a Component that goes on a GameObject.

 

when you make a rule tile you can choose a gameobject for it to instantiate with the tile.

I solved my own issue, someone please close and delete thread

joking, posting the answer if anyone searches for it. the gameobjects do not exist in the hierarchy in the editor. in play mode these game objects will exist in the hierarchy normally! I don't know why it's like this but that's how it is