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A great city building gameset in the distant (or not so distant) apocalyptic future,Frostpunk 2puts players in a frostbitten world and tasks them to not just survive, but to thrive. This harsh environment doesn’t have many resources for players to utilize, making optimization the best operational methodology.
The starting fuel for the players, at least in story mode, is coal. Coal can be extracted fromvaluable resource nodesusing the Extraction district. Once players progress to a certain point in the story, coal reserves become redundant because of the discovery of oil, a much more efficient fuel.
How To Get Oil In Frostpunk 2
Oil is asecond tier resourcethat players cannot access at the start of the story mode. To find it, players must navigate the Frostlands and find theOld Dreadnought colonywhere oil can be extracted from the wells.
Once players do get oil, theyfinish chapter one, getting the option to eitherdefeat the frost, or embrace it. If you choose to defeat the frost, your generator will convert completely to oil, making coal a redundant resource, at least until you can convert it into oil.
Is Oil Better Than Coal In Frostpunk 2?
The short answer is yes, absolutely. There’sno reason to persist on a coal-based engineother than the lack of plentiful oil in the region. At the end of the day, these resources serve one purpose;generating enough heat to sustain the populationand expand the city.
Where burning1 coal generates 1 point of heat, after the appropriate upgrade,1 oil generates 5 heat, making it a marked improvement from coal. After researching Pumpjack, under the Heating research tree, players can even utilize the excess oil that they have in reserve for higher production in different districts.
How To Convert Coal Into Oil In Frostpunk 2
Even if you don’t defeat the frost, there’s good reason to convert as much of your coal into oil as you can.Without the engine upgrade, oil is twice as efficient as coal, and all coal can be converted into oil, making it a waste to use coal directly.
Fuel Stockpile Hubswill let players increase their storage capacity for both types of fuel.
You’ll need to researchCoal Liquefactors, found within the Heating research tree, to gain access to Liquefactors — buildings that convert coal into oil. Thisresearch costs 100 Heatstamps, and the building itself costs1 Core, 200 Heatstamps, and 100 Prefabto build.
Depending on the type of Liquefactor you researched — Carrion or Pressurised — the workforce required can be 400 or 300, respectively. The output of these buildings is somewhat low, and the biggest drawback is thatthey require a core to build, but they are worthwhile investments considering the upsides.
How To Use Coal Liquefactors In Frostpunk 2
The Coal Liquefactor isa building that can be constructedin theIndustrial District. It cannot be placed in the Extraction or Residential district, but the good news is that it doesn’t take up a production slot for the Industrial district. This means you can continue producing Prefabs or Goods alongside the oil in the same district without messing with the settings at all.
By default, thegenerator will use the most efficient fuel source firstbefore switching to a less efficient alternative, meaning you don’t have to worry about changing any of its settings either.
After you’ve set up the building, it willautomatically start converting coal into oil. As long as you have enough coal, this process will happen on its own. TheLiquefactor can only produce 80 Oil, making it quite inefficient. To meet your needs, you’ll need to build as many Liquefactors as you may.
This will require you to have arobust Frostland exploration teamwith fully kitted out logistics districts, since you’ll need to send out multiple expeditions to gather as many cores as possible to increase the number of Coal Liquefactors in your city.
