![]() ![]() Start Smart – Initial base location can be important. If you dome across a healthy drone that doesn’t seem to be working, hit Q on it and check the ‘Powered On’ box in the top right. Upgrades are also critical to harvesting some of the more important early material, like Uranium.ĭrones occasionally disable themselves. It’ll take less effort to harvest each node, which makes each trip to collect resources that much more efficient. Upgrade Tools – Upgrade your harvesting tools as soon as possible. Dropping the occasional small turret inside can also help create a more secure base. This locks drones into specific areas to keep them on task, and it makes it harder for anyone breaking in to get away with all your hard-earned resources. This prevents players from wandering in and stealing your stuff, but it also stops your drones from wandering out and getting picked off by random mobs.Ĭompartmentalization – Divide your base up into sections where different areas are for specific functions, and each are isolated from others using closed doors. You’ll need a lot of steel for later upgrades, so a solid steel production is the gift that keeps on giving.Ĭlose Your Doors – By toggling the field on your door, you can lock your base when you leave. The drone will pickup iron and carbon from the in-base storage and keep the steel production going, which makes upgrading to tier 2 a lot easier. Build a backpack upgrade as soon as you can, so those resource runs are more efficient.Īutomate Steel – I get steel production going early by setting the fabricator to repeat the recipe and assigning a drone to crafting. Drones that are collecting will drop supplies into storage, and other drones will pick up resources from storage to keep power running and automated tasks going. I typically build two steam generators or one nuclear reactor and then upgrade before building more.Ĭreate Storage – Build and upgrade storage in your base early. The first upgrade just requires ten steel, so getting a tier two reactor or generator might save you some space in that early base. Upgrade Power – This seems obvious, but it’s easily missed. Nuclear power seems to be the most efficient but use whatever is abundant near your base location.Īpproach your generator and a tooltip will popup with your current production and consumption. This helps you to know when you’re close to running out before you build that new pylon to power extra extractors. While dropping, look for the tell-tale bright green that signifies concentrated Uranium deposits.Ĭheck Power – Inspect any power plant to see your current power draw, as well as current production. ![]() Resources like Uranium are critical to getting your automation going but can be hard to find if you don’t know where it is. ![]() This is a great time to look around and spot key resources from above. Thus, here are ten tips to getting started in Outpost Zero.Ĭapitalize on Death – After you die, you re-enter the map via drop pod to the surface. While the tutorial gets you pointed in the right direction, there are a few key points that could use a bit more development. That said, getting past the initial barrier to entry can be a little haphazard, so today I thought I’d list out a few things to help you get started in your own game.
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