Scouting Expeditions

Day 3: Assemble a Scouts team on your Beacon. Your next technology can depend on the terrain you have. If you're running low on Woodcrates, you can research the Sawmill or Coal Thumper if you're running low on Coal Piles. If you're fine with everything for now, you can research Heaters. At this point, you will have to decide where to send your scouts. Ideally, you will find survivors or Steam Cores where you go; this should be your goal when scouting.

Scout Locations Guide: Refer to the Scout Locations guide for detailed information on where to find Survivors, Steam Cores, sites' rewards, and discoveries.

Lost Expedition: Your Scouts will reach the Lost Expedition in the middle of the night. If you choose to send the survivors to your city, 2 workers will die. If you're okay with those 2 workers dying, leave them and continue exploring; otherwise, escort the survivors to the city.

Gloomy Cave: You're gonna get some more Engineers from the Lost Expedition, so it's a good idea to build another Medical Post during the night and be prepared for more people getting sick. You will also need to build 4 more tents. If you had the Lost Expedition, you'll discover the Gloomy Cave. Send your Scouts there to find more survivors.

Sturdy Shelter: Alternatively, you can send your scouts to the Sturdy Shelter first for a Steam Core.

Day 4: Save before your scouts arrive at the Gloomy Cave because there will be an event where your scouts can die. When they get there, you'll have to choose whether to leave the bears alone, but the survivors in the Gloomy Cave will die, but if you risk your scouts, there's a chance the scouts will die. All in all, even if your scouts die, it's worth it to save the survivors.