Learn essential Frostpunk Endurance Mode strategies to survive the extreme cold, manage resources, and keep your citizens alive. This guide covers early game tips and advanced tactics.
Walkthrough
- 1Day 1: Prioritize Wood and Steel. Sign Child Labour (Safe Jobs) or Emergency Shift. Build a Workshop and research Faster Gathering. Construct tents and a Medical Post. Sign Extended Shifts law.
- 2Day 2: Build a second Gathering Post (focus on Coal), a Cookhouse, and a Hunter's Hut. Research Beacon or Steam Hub. Activate Extended Shifts.
- 3Day 3: Build Cookhouse, assemble Scouts. Research Sawmill, Coal Thumper, or Heaters. Send Scouts to find survivors or Steam Cores. Sign Soup or Radical Treatment. Turn on the generator. Respond to Lost Expedition event. Build another Medical Post and tents. Build Steam Hub to warm essential buildings. Research all resource technologies, especially Coal Thumpers.
- 4Day 4: Build another Hunter's Hut. Research Radical Treatment or Child Labour (All Jobs/Apprentices). Build Sawmill and Steelworks. Manage tent expansion with Steam Hubs. Sign Extra Rations for the Ill or Overcrowding law.
Tips
- Build Workshops close together for research speed bonus.
- Place Gathering Posts strategically to cover multiple resources.
- Group essential buildings (Cookhouse, Medical Post) for efficient heating with Steam Hubs.
- Prioritize resource technologies like Sawmill and Coal Thumper.
- Use Extended Shifts to maximize worker output.
- Scout locations are crucial for finding survivors and Steam Cores.
- Prepare for citizen illness by building Medical Posts early.
- Adapt law choices based on your city's immediate needs (food, healthcare, workforce).
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