In the beginning stages of the game, coal gets used up pretty fast for energy. But as you progress, it stays important for creating things like ceramic and steel. Coal farming is actually Hatch farming, the tiny little critters found on most maps (and sometimes as a printing pod reward). Farm and Breeder Farm Many… Continue reading Coal Farm, Meat Farm
Oxygen Not Included • Clay Farm
An essential element in ceramic manufacturing, clay is very simple to farm. Clay starts as a plentiful material early game, but late game you may find you’ve run out. This becomes a problem when you completely cleared the map of polluted oxygen and your renewable source of clay from deodorizers begin to slow down. If… Continue reading Clay Farm
Oxygen Not Included • Natural Gas Geyser Setup
The natural gas vent is early-mid source of power generation, it’s also one of the easiest vents to tame. This design is more advanced than our basic design. If you are new to the game you may want to try the basic version before moving on this design. Basic setup Make sure you have researched… Continue reading Natural Gas Geyser Setup
Oxygen Not Included • How to use a pipe thermo sensor, guide to sorting hot and cold liquids (and gases)
When it comes to cooling in Oxygen Not Included, effectively managing temperature differentials between hot and cold elements is a major challenge. This guide aims to provide a simple approach to controlling the temperature of liquids and gases to meet these requirements. Pipe Setup On the red pipe line, hot liquids to go to the… Continue reading How to use a pipe thermo sensor, guide to sorting hot and cold liquids (and gases)
Oxygen Not Included • Cool Steam Vent Setup
Taming a cool steam vent seems like a good idea at first, free water and power. However many players quickly learn that taming a cool steam vent is more difficult than it first appears. The steam is too cold to be used for a steam turbine, and heating up the steam is more trouble than… Continue reading Cool Steam Vent Setup
Oxygen Not Included • Hydrogen Vent Setup
The hydrogen vent is a mid game source of power generation (and late game rocket fuel). These vents are very hot and will kill your base without cooling. To tame a hydrogen vent you will need a fair bit of steel and ceramic material. This design is power positive and quite stable. Setup Make sure… Continue reading Hydrogen Vent Setup
Fallout Shelter • What do the SPECIAL stats in Fallout Shelter do?
Each dweller’s SPECIAL attribute has a purpose and many have multiple, so you may want to consider how and when to train these stats. Knowing which dwellers stats will assist you in running your vault and exploring the wastelands. Strength Reduces production timer in Power Generator and Nuclear Reactor. Perception Reduces production timer in Water… Continue reading What do the SPECIAL stats in Fallout Shelter do?
Fallout Shelter • How do you not run out of food and water?
One of the main Fallout shelter game mechanics is to produce enough food and water. Without food your dwellers will lose health, without water they will take radiation damage (the red bit on their health bar). If you’re running low you’ll need to either increase production, or lower usage. Increase production Build merged rooms It’s… Continue reading How do you not run out of food and water?
Fallout Shelter • Why are no dwellers coming to my vault?
When you first start playing Fallout Shelter, the game provides your initial starting dwellers, most of them arrive during the starting tutorial. A few arrive after that, but soon any new dwellers will stop appearing and more dwellers will rarely come to your vault door after you have 20 dwellers. So how do you get… Continue reading Why are no dwellers coming to my vault?
Fallout Shelter • What happens to your Fallout Shelter if you don’t play for a long time
Maybe you get busy or just bored of the game, but you want to comeback later. It fine to take a break, fallout shelter vaults are quite resilient, but lets take a look at what does happen while you’re gone. The vault uses resources for a short while after you stop, so resources will be… Continue reading What happens to your Fallout Shelter if you don’t play for a long time