How To Use Heaters In Frostpunk

Heaters are essential tools in Frostpunk for maintaining adequate temperatures in your workplaces during those brutal frozen conditions. This guide will walk you through the process of researching and activating heaters to keep your workforce productive and warm. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to optimize your heating strategy, we’ll cover everything you need to know about heater mechanics and upgrades.

Accessing the Heater Technology

To get started with heaters, you’ll need to access your technology tree. Navigate to the heating tab where you’ll find the heaters button. Heaters are specifically designed to heat workplaces—not homes. This is an important distinction to remember, as you’ll need to use steam hubs for residential heating instead.

Understanding Heater Basics

Heaters work exclusively on workplaces during working hours only. Each heater raises a workplace’s temperature by one level and consumes one coal per hour when operating. This makes coal management a critical part of your heating strategy, so plan your resource allocation accordingly.

Researching Heater Upgrades

Once you’ve unlocked basic heaters, you can continue researching advanced heating technologies to improve efficiency and capabilities. The upgrade path includes:

Improved Heaters – A heater efficiency upgrade that reduces coal consumption

Advanced Heaters – Unlocks additional heater slots for your workplaces

Each level you research allows you to add another heater to your workplaces, creating a cumulative effect on temperature control. Plan your research progression based on your colony’s heating demands and available coal reserves.

Activating Heaters in Your Workplaces

To activate heaters in a specific workplace, enter that building—such as a medical post—and you’ll see a heater button. Click this button to toggle the heater on or off. The option to add heaters is limited by your research level, so you can only activate as many heaters as you’ve unlocked through technology research.

Heater Performance and Coal Consumption

When active, heaters raise a workplace’s temperature by three levels while there are people inside, consuming two coal per hour as upkeep. This makes them a powerful but resource-intensive heating solution, so use them strategically in critical work areas like medical posts or research centers where worker efficiency is paramount.

Summary

Using heaters in Frostpunk is straightforward once you understand the core mechanics. Research heater technology in your heating tab, upgrade through improved and advanced heater variants to unlock additional capacity, then activate heaters in your workplaces as needed. Remember that heaters consume coal and only function during working hours, so manage your resources wisely to keep your workforce warm and productive throughout the harsh winter.

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