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The Deep Melting Drill is a powerful building inFrostpunk 2that can help you access resources buried deep within the Earth. With the Deep Melting Drill, you can better access Deep Deposits. These valuable resources can keep your city alive for a long time, so long as they are harvested and properly used.
Depending on the area, deep Deposits can provide resources like extra food or material. These resources arenigh impossible to collect without the Deep Melting Drill, making it an important addition to your city. However, you’ll need to properly fund and Research this building if you hope to place it in one of your districts.
How To Unlock The Deep Melting Drill
Research & Story Requirements
You won’t be able to build the Deep Melting Drill at the start ofFrostpunk 2, but if you’re playing Story Mode, you shouldn’t have to wait long at all. Near the end of Chapter 1, you’ll be faced with a choice:either defeat the Frost or embrace it. If you want the Deep Melting Drill,you’ll need to defeat the Frost. Choosing to embrace the Frost locks off the Deep Melting Drill from your campaign.
How To Find a Permanent Source of Fuel In Frostpunk 2
Pretty early on in Frostpunk 2’s campaign, you’ll run out of coal reserves and need to find another, more permanent source of energy for your city.
From there, you’ll need to research this solution in the Heating tree after unlocking the first generator upgrade. The Deep Melting Drill costs100 Heatstampsto research and takes ten weeks to study fully, locking you out of other Research options. While you’re studying the Deep Melting Drill, use the next ten weeks to collect the needed materials to construct the finished product.
Researching the Deep Melting Drill will increase yourTrust inFrostpunk 2with the Stalwarts and New Londoners, making it a great topic to Research if you support these Factions.
In order to construct the Deep Melting Drill, you’ll need about300 Workforce, 80 Heatstamps, 40 Prefabs, and 1 Core. Cores are a scarce resource inFrostpunk 2that can only be harvested from pre-Frost technology. You can collect Cores by sending out Expeditions, but each Core must be spent carefully due to its limited quantities.
How To Use The Deep Melting Drill
Where To Build
With the Deep Melting DrillTech thoroughly Researchedand all the materials at hand, you can place it inFrostpunk 2.The Deep Melting Drill can be placed inside an Excavation or Food District, but be careful about which district you choose. The district should have a resource you desperately need in the Deep Deposits beneath.
With the Deep Melting Drill placed, the district will seea boost to Efficiency, and New London will have more of whatever resource lurks below. Place the drill once you know which resource you need so you don’t waste a precious Core. The Deep Melting Drill is one of many valuable buildings and tools you’re able to construct to improve your city inFrostpunk 2.
