Not enough chances to get Knowledge?

[Madcat]

I'm nearly at the 'end' and I barely have enough knowledge to build any of the buildings that require it - will this be looked at? Or is there a biome that has more shrines and that I should aim for?

[Bobywan]

You should get the scout tower to increase your world map range.
And get multiple teams of scavenger to not miss any location because Onbu is too fast.

[Madcat]

Except the scout tower requires IIRC a total of 5-6 knowledge to build? Four for itself and 2 for the glassblower.

[Bobywan]

And it's a good investment !
Still, you should have enough knowledge for other stuff before that (notably better housing)

[Madcat]

My point is that in the game I just played (my first one), I was at the point of having the option to build the monument before I could build a scout tower

[Markus [Stray Fawn Studio Dev]]

Hi Madcat

If I recall correctly, then the amount of locations which spawn Knowledge is random, even though we tried to balance it in a way which should make sense and allow for normal progression.

It *could* be possible to have a bad run which makes it hard to gather enough knowledge, I think, since I'm not aware of systems which check your knowledge amount and then adjust the chances depending on this.

I'm also don't know if certain biomes spawn more Shrines. I'll ask our game designer when he's back at the office.

Thanks for sharing your experience here!

Cheers,
Markus

[Markus [Stray Fawn Studio Dev]]

I just asked our game designer.

Shrines appear less often in desert, and "regular" in jungle/mountain. But it's still random, so it *can* give bad runs in which you have trouble finding Knowledge / Shrines.

At the moment we don't have a system implemented which tracks Knowledge/Shrines/Locations/Events or anything, so we can't make any adjustments while you play.

Cheers,
Markus

[Madcat]

Thank you for finding out for me.

[NemuArt]

I am playing my first game in tutorial and I am at day 94, I am stuck at 4 knowledge points and it has been a while since I last saw a shine. I am unable to open map to bigger view as that needs 10 knowledge and I am not sure what am I doing wrong. I am constantly using my scavangers but with no luck. Any tips? Thanks.

[Bobywan]

Originally posted by NemuArt:

I am playing my first game in tutorial and I am at day 94, I am stuck at 4 knowledge points and it has been a while since I last saw a shine. I am unable to open map to bigger view as that needs 10 knowledge and I am not sure what am I doing wrong. I am constantly using my scavangers but with no luck. Any tips? Thanks.

Keep sending scavangers even on locations without shrines, some events give knowledge or other usefull ressources, get several scavenger buildings also. Target especially forests, regular and ruined settlements and mines.
4 knowledge in 94 days seems really low though.

[Wolfen]

Day 25 with ONE shrine. Guess i come back next year.

Not even complaining about the lack of research options without it, but having to spent it on upgrading Air Wells is a bad joke.

[Bobywan]

Originally posted by Wolfen:

Day 25 with ONE shrine. Guess i come back next year.

Not even complaining about the lack of research options without it, but having to spent it on upgrading Air Wells is a bad joke.

Explore ither locations too. Some of them can give you 8 knowledge.
Also, use the trader for knowledge.
Water is easy to get for trade, or bio gas which has a better value.

[rebekaktus]

Originally posted by Bobywan:

Explore ither locations too. Some of them can give you 8 knowledge.
Also, use the trader for knowledge.
Water is easy to get for trade, or bio gas which has a better value.

Yes, absolutely: build a trader as soon as you can as that gives you access to 3-6 knowledge every 5 days!