Frostpunk: Establish Your Core (Days 1-5)

Walkthrough

1
Immediately open the Book of Laws and enact either Emergency Shift or Child Labour. This guide uses Child Labour - Safe Jobs.
2
Assign workers to gather Wood and Steel. Do not gather Coal initially.
3
Assign at least 5 Engineers to build a Workshop, preferably near the Stockpiles.
4
Once the Workshop is built, assign Engineers to it and begin researching Faster Gathering under the 'Resources' tab.
5
Consider building a second Workshop for a 30% research speed bonus, assigning 5 more Engineers.
6
After the workday, build tents for everyone if you have over 80 Wood. This will increase Hope.
7
Do not activate the generator yet.
8
Build a Medical Post and a Gathering Post near each other and the Workshop for easier heating later.
9
Place the Medical Post to prepare for illness, even if no one is sick yet.
10
Position the Gathering Post to cover at least two resource nodes. Prioritize gathering Coal for the first Gathering Post.
11
Around 3 AM, enact Emergency Shift if you chose Child Labour, to unlock the Extended Shifts law, which provides 4 extra work hours per day.

Tips

Building a second Workshop can significantly speed up research.
Placing important buildings close together simplifies heating with Steam Hubs.
Proactive placement of a Medical Post is crucial for managing inevitable illness.
A Gathering Post's white circle indicates its resource gathering range; highlighted resources are within range.
Extended Shifts offer a significant advantage by increasing daily work hours.

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Day 1-5: Establishing the Core