Basic Controls & Hotkeys — Oxygen Not Included Guide

Master Oxygen Not Included's basic controls and hotkeys. Learn essential commands and shortcuts to efficiently manage your duplicants and base for survival and growth.

This guide provides essential tips for managing your base in Oxygen Not Included, focusing on temperature, food, and duplicant management. It emphasizes using game overlays for better decision-making and strategic building.

Temperature Management:

• Monitor temperature overlays to identify hot and cold spots.
• Locate living quarters and greenhouses in temperate zones.
• Be aware that even a 1°C deviation can halt plant growth.
• High temperatures can scald duplicants, requiring medical attention and halting productivity.
• Use materials like granite for decor bonuses and igneous rock or abyssalite for thermal insulation in greenhouses.
• Keep heat-generating objects like power generators and batteries away from greenhouses.

Food Management:

• Early game: Mealwood provides basic sustenance but has low quality and requires non-renewable dirt.
• Mid-game: Switch to Bristle Blossoms (producing Gristle Berries) which require water and light. Hydroponic farm tiles are recommended to automate watering.
• Mushrooms (fried) offer good calories and quality, requiring polluted water and carbon dioxide.
• Prevent food spoilage: Store food in ration boxes, ideally in an ice biome or within a carbon dioxide-filled environment, as germs require oxygen to survive.

Duplicant Management:

• Limit the number of duplicants to avoid resource strain (recommend 3-6).
• Build specialized rooms like barracks (stamina regeneration) and latrines (stress relief) to improve duplicant well-being.
• Managing duplicant stress is crucial for colony efficiency.