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Frostpunk 2isa city management gamethat challenges the player to survive in a winter wasteland with limited resources. With relatively few resources available, managing the consumption and rate of progress at a sustainable rate is the key to surviving in this frost-laden world.
Many of the resource nodes available in the game are exhaustable, meaning they run out after a certain amount of time. However, there are some nodes that are practically infinite but cannot be accessed easily. To harvest resources from these nodes, players need to unlock theDeep Melting Drill, a special building not available to everyone.
How To Unlock The Deep Melting Drill In Frostpunk 2
The Deep Melting Drill is a building available in the game that the players can unlock as they progress through the story mode. It can only be unlockedafter players complete chapter 1and choose todefeat the Frost.
If youembrace the frost, youcannot unlockthe Deep Melting Drill.
The Deep Melting Drill is a research node in the Heating tree, locked behind the first engine upgrade. It costs100 Heatstamps to researchand requires around 9 weeks to finish researching. Depending on the faction you choose, the Deep Melting Drill costs between300-400 Workforce, 80 Heatstamps, and 40 Prefabs. More importantly, each Deep Melting Drill requiresone coreto construct.
How To Use Deep Deposits & Deep Melting Drill In Frostpunk 2
Like other buildings inFrostpunk 2, the Deep Melting Drill has to be placed within a district. It cannot be placed on its own, on top of a resource point. This means that players will need to construct the appropriate District for the resource they are trying to extract before constructing the Deep Melting Drill ]inside said District. This building can be placed inextraction and food districtsas long as they areconstructed on top of a deep deposit. It doesn’t work with normal resource nodes, only deep deposits.
Deep deposits are distinguished by asmall infinity signnext to the normal resource icon.
Keep in mind that each Deep Melting Drill costs one core to craft. Sincecores are not easily obtainable, players should carefully decide which resource they need the most. Check which resources are the scarcest on your map and use the Deep Melting Drill to get a stable source of that resource.
