no more goods (wood etc...) how to have more ?

[Prométhée]

hi all

i start on Frostpunk and i was wondering : how to do when there is no more woods, coal etc...

is there a way to have more because around my new city, i used all my stock !!

thanks for your help

[Gatche]

Send out scouting teams, use the research tab to unlock buildings that can grind out the materials for you, regardless of the "starting stock" that's left around town at start.
I'd suggest starting fresh for a better chance of catching back up.

[Prométhée]

thanks
yes because im on day 6 and i used my stock like if i was in Las Vegas !!!!
ill start fresh new game.

[RexEviL]

You need sawmill for woods, you should unlock it by 2nd or 3rd day. Steel by 5-7th. Heaters are priority, hunter etc. Coal can last you a bit so its fine to post pone it for a while. Around 10th day? Either use thumpers or mining, there is also wood burning but ignore that on your first play.

[Včelí medvídek]

You can never use all resources in the city as mining spots contain unlimited resources of all types and you can always build at least one of each on the map (eg. driller for wood, coal mine or thumper for coal, steelworks for steel..)

Only tricky situation is if you deplete the availabel sources prior develop and/or build those mining versions - so plan ahead (eg. get and build sawmill before you gather last wood crates..) If you are stuck you must rely on scout parties or dismantle some buildings.

Onyl finite resource are steam cores that can be rarely on the map but usualyl only found by scouts.

[Prométhée]

thanks all !!
and do i need a "depot" around the ressource or people can get it without a "reserve house" ?

sorry im french

[RexEviL]

Originally posted by buzz57:

thanks all !!
and do i need a "depot" around the ressource or people can get it without a "reserve house" ?

sorry im french

They can get it without reserve house, you only need reserve house when you reach the limit.
Also, use gathering building to get resources. Place one between 3 resource sites. Don't worry about its cost, it will help you to minimize working force, which really helps a lot.

[Včelí medvídek]

Originally posted by buzz57:

thanks all !!
and do i need a "depot" around the ressource or people can get it without a "reserve house" ?

sorry im french

gathering post has advanatages over direct collecting:

- workers there work about 2x faster than if they collect directly on pile
- it provide basic heat bonus (that can be further improved by heathers or research) so less chance you people get ill
- it cost resources for build but after dismantle the cost is only 3 wood and 1 steel

I suggest you start by building gathering posts at each group of piles and use it over direct collecting. As it amximise the efficiencey of your people with protection of their health there is little to no reason to do otherwise.

[Prométhée]

okay thanks for your help :)

[FlameWar]

Also, on the reserve houses where you can stockpile extra resources:

You Usualy need them for food (processed) and coal for your city for the storms. YOu probably don't want your people working i nthe fairly cold collection palces for coal during storms due to risk of illness, especialy i nthe beginning.
But mainly you need hte food storages for larger cities, as your hutners and greenhouses for raw food are flat otu shut down during storms (no options, they just get shut down by the game itself), and your food halls where they turn raw food into processed one shuts down when it's to cold, so oyu need stockpiels to prevent hugner and starving.

[Prométhée]

When ressource are empty, do you destroy the reserve house? Or it's better to keep it!?

[Včelí medvídek]

Originally posted by buzz57:

When ressource are empty, do you destroy the reserve house? Or it's better to keep it!?

You mean gathering post? Yeah just go, dismantle it. You get most resources you used for construction back (the same goes for other buildings that deplete their sources - like sawmill).

Btw remember to dismantle not needed roads too - yous till get some wood back which can be useful particularly early on.

Later gathering posts can be only use if you are going after coal thumper with gathering posts. It is actually not so bad option if you have lot of spare workers and/or do not want use steam core for coal mining . or coal mines are not sufficient (in large demanding city) - but likely coal mine is better choice in most strategies. (most tricky is charcoal as you need burn wood there.. it is more for some specific strategies or maps)