sick nuggets

[ChadGPT]

despite building wells and hospitals, my nuggets keep getting infected and dying off unless I heal. I run out of powers so a mass unknown pandemic ends up killing every single one of my sim planets. Are there any more tips to keep them healthy, like recommended nugget to wells ratios?

[Metalton]

If it's infections from drinking from the lake, you probably need more wells. Distance is a factor, so make sure they're spread out around the city (if you have a good idea which lake their going to, put a few near there too). For how many, I usually go by the total number of drinks they can hold. If it can hold 3 drinks, then for 30 nuggets you want at least 10. That's a bare minimum though, as the well's drinks have to refill over time, so you want plenty of extra. As they upgrade and get more efficient, you can be a little more lax with them.. but always have more of something then you think you need.

If it's from dead nuggets, need more cemeteries. Make sure you have a radius covering every part of you city. Also, as soon as you see an infection notice, click the "infection zone", in the news feed, to zoom there, and either heal the dead nugget to clear the infection spot, or pick the body up, and toss it in a cemetery to keep more nuggets from walking through it (don't need to do both. Picking the body up is cheaper CP-wise, healing the infection zone is less effort ;) ). Though with good coverage, and upgraded cemeteries, you shouldn't see many infection zones.

[ChadGPT]

Originally posted by Metalton:

If it's infections from drinking from the lake, you probably need more wells. Distance is a factor, so make sure they're spread out around the city (if you have a good idea which lake their going to, put a few near there too). For how many, I usually go by the total number of drinks they can hold. If it can hold 3 drinks, then for 30 nuggets you want at least 10. That's a bare minimum though, as the well's drinks have to refill over time, so you want plenty of extra. As they upgrade and get more efficient, you can be a little more lax with them.. but always have more of something then you think you need.

If it's from dead nuggets, need more cemeteries. Make sure you have a radius covering every part of you city. Also, as soon as you see an infection notice, click the "infection zone", in the news feed, to zoom there, and either heal the dead nugget to clear the infection spot, or pick the body up, and toss it in a cemetery to keep more nuggets from walking through it (don't need to do both. Picking the body up is cheaper CP-wise, healing the infection zone is less effort ;) ). Though with good coverage, and upgraded cemeteries, you shouldn't see many infection zones.

cemeteries might be causing dead nugget infections, thank you for your answer!

I'll build more wells but I am fairly certain two of my cemeteries do not reach the inner core of my city causing lots of dead nuggets that I was ignoring. :p

[Dave]

Build lots of hospitals so they can handle sick people
Have 1 farm dedicated to herb (without this, the hospitals won't work properly)
Have enough cemeteries to cover your whole city (when you put one down, make sure EVERY area of your city in green)

Also read the FAQ in the main forums. That helps a lot of people