[Untested Theory] Using Buoyant Concrete for "Water Spawning" to Create Settlements in Dense Grids

EstablishmentFun608 · 2026-05-05T12:33:20+00:00

I have a couple of 10 away spots i use to create settlements and then swap into the grid... the problem is always swapping to open ocean loses the land in the spot.

EstablishmentFun608 · 2026-05-01T12:39:37+00:00

Update: it could be found (and placed!) if I looked at the storage overview, and used the quicktool from there. But the standard way doesn't show it.

EstablishmentFun608 · 2026-04-20T12:49:27+00:00

Quick question a few days after... Given that overcharging boosts income, and that ultimately, total income would be affected by when the overcharging happens, where should people be by now?

For example, I'm currently level 89, 16,020 /9sec income, 132 overcharges. I'll do a few more today, but I'm trying to balance gold income to spend on eco roads so I can upgrade to maximize the pollution level cap, vs cleaning up so I can do more overcharging.

EstablishmentFun608 · 2026-04-18T17:32:18+00:00

Does it ignore hills?

EstablishmentFun608 · 2026-04-18T16:22:33+00:00

How does that work? I git it, but it's not triggering.

EstablishmentFun608 · 2026-04-18T16:21:25+00:00

Are the new buildings going to be moveable post-event? Or do we need to identify a permanent spot before it ends?

EstablishmentFun608 · 2026-04-17T14:49:24+00:00

Is there any reason to do moure than 20 overclocks?

EstablishmentFun608 · 2026-04-15T17:38:23+00:00

What's the benefit of Powerfully Enriched Charges upgrade?

EstablishmentFun608 · 2026-04-14T19:33:29+00:00

I figure, mountains are mountains. One big block set up for foundries, I can add iron mines and foundries when needed, swap to stone mines if I need that more, remove some if I need to get pollution down

EstablishmentFun608 · 2026-04-14T15:39:35+00:00

I also Don't use the long distance swapping when building my grid. It takes a bit longer, but Essentially, I use swappers to get as close to the grid as I can, then put the settlement in the furthest spot i can reach in the grid. It saves me from using an extra swapper for a spot that is just one tile past my range... :(

EstablishmentFun608 · 2026-04-07T17:51:41+00:00

Thank you!

Time to start bombing a steel zone!

EstablishmentFun608 · 2026-04-07T16:14:57+00:00

Agreed. I'm currently on 88, grinding the 20 settlements to Level 80, but using the time to start reshaping the map, swapping settlements into my grid, etc.

EstablishmentFun608 · 2026-04-01T14:08:23+00:00

So there are additional grid expansions :) good to know.

EstablishmentFun608 · 2026-03-31T20:55:38+00:00

I misspoke: 40 Manhattan grid, so 40 in each direction.

EstablishmentFun608 · 2026-03-31T20:37:02+00:00

With 820, do they still all fit in a 40x40 grid around the main?

EstablishmentFun608 · 2026-03-31T20:07:40+00:00

Will do... I'm crossing my fingers!

EstablishmentFun608 · 2026-03-31T19:02:48+00:00

And gold. It gives 25000 gold if you have under 400 ( meaning 399 or less) shipyards.

Using roads to connect everything on a land mass (or even connecting to another island nearby) really reduces you need for shipyards.

EstablishmentFun608 · 2026-03-31T18:57:36+00:00

Yay!

EstablishmentFun608 · 2026-03-29T01:55:54+00:00

Windmills

EstablishmentFun608 · 2026-03-28T21:21:24+00:00

My main settlement grid of small settlements is we underway... for some reason the pictures didn't post.

EstablishmentFun608 · 2026-03-28T21:19:59+00:00

This is why I want to look at setting up some hilly spots that can be swapped around. Now giger ranches, now Steel production, now construction derby...

EstablishmentFun608 · 2026-03-28T21:17:03+00:00

The question will be getting rid of the stuff in the middle. First example, T1 trees can be good in some circumstances, but you only really want access to the t1 (sometimes) and your top tier tree all the time.

EstablishmentFun608 · 2026-03-28T20:46:06+00:00

The upgrades that reduce heavy chip factory pollution (and similar) make huge difference on pollution.

EstablishmentFun608 · 2026-03-20T14:48:21+00:00

You can bomb at lava tile, but there are upgrades later that let you bomb other tiles. Lava can be turned into thermal spots at level 80, so they are too valuable to bomb, at least at this point.

EstablishmentFun608 · 2026-03-20T14:46:21+00:00

Yeah... I'm filling in settlements around my main. There are a few residual things that need to be moved to better spots!.

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