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Coq_Pwner Apr 17, 2023 @ 7:49pm
Any downsides to wind turbines / water towers?
Seems like they just give free money every week. ANy reason not to fill a few corners with a bunch of these to boost up my income?

Diminishing returns, hidden maintenance, anything?
Originally posted by Lycramosa:
Pros:
  • Generates energy/water to offset cost of energy/water
  • Can generate excess energy/water that is then sold for extra cash
  • Are pretty cheap to buy
  • Don't require maintenance- just buy and place
  • Gives good morality points

Cons:
  • The excess energy/water profit is capped per week
  • They take up space you could be using for the rest of the zoo (especially the water towers)
  • You need a lot of each of them when you get a bigger zoo to generate excess energy/water to sell

Since I'm doing a good morality run, I use both the wind turbines and water towers. They take up about half of a plot of land since I have almost all of the animals unlocked and most of the variants as well. I do wish that I could use that space for farming though, since I need a TON of some crops and my current big farmland plots are not big enough.... I need more space in general to keep everything/everyone happy.
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Yserin Apr 17, 2023 @ 7:52pm 
not that I have found aside from the amount of money you get extra is capped
Mist of Majora Apr 17, 2023 @ 9:01pm 
From what I've observed, they only serve to reduce or negate the cost of paying your electricity/water bill.

So if you care about maximizing income, there's no reason to build more than the water and power draw your zoo is currently using.
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Lycramosa Apr 18, 2023 @ 7:55am 
Pros:
  • Generates energy/water to offset cost of energy/water
  • Can generate excess energy/water that is then sold for extra cash
  • Are pretty cheap to buy
  • Don't require maintenance- just buy and place
  • Gives good morality points

Cons:
  • The excess energy/water profit is capped per week
  • They take up space you could be using for the rest of the zoo (especially the water towers)
  • You need a lot of each of them when you get a bigger zoo to generate excess energy/water to sell

Since I'm doing a good morality run, I use both the wind turbines and water towers. They take up about half of a plot of land since I have almost all of the animals unlocked and most of the variants as well. I do wish that I could use that space for farming though, since I need a TON of some crops and my current big farmland plots are not big enough.... I need more space in general to keep everything/everyone happy.
Coq_Pwner Apr 18, 2023 @ 3:05pm 
Cool, thanks!

Any ballpark estimate on the cap?
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