Here is our guide to help you unlock new buildings in Timberborn by earning more science points. However, several devices are still unavailable. 70 days before Barrelbots reach end of life with Cogheads, you only have 30 days.At the start of your Timberborn campaign, you should have access to a lot of features that will help you grow your community. The exact mechanisms differ slightly, but the common thread of this is that you need to prepare for the inevitable 'end of life' moment. At the end of their life span, they need to be treated in a specific manner, otherwise they cause harm to beavers and other golems. Golems also present danger to the beavers (and possibly each other). Instead, each faction has a permanent bonus for specific industries, and a conditional bonus that is activated when the golem fulfills specific condition, and lasts for some time even once the condition is no longer fulfilled. Golems work (almost) 24 hours a day and are not affected by the typical well-being stuff, such as Campfires, Shrubs, Statues or Monuments. The Golem Factory requires power to operate. Golem Factory takes 1 head, 1chassis and 4 limbs and constructs a golem - a Barrelbot for Folktails, or a Coghead for Irontooth. Golems are then assembled in a Golem Factory. The Golem Part Factory requires power to operate. The specific recipes for the parts differ slightly between the factions, but it's mostly Planks and Gears, with a bit of Metal or other stuff for added flavor. With a single factory, you'd need 36 hours to get all the parts. Currently, Limbs take 3 hours to make and Heads and Chassis take 12 hours, so after 12 hours of work, provided there was enough input, you will have all the parts needed for the golem. You need one HEAD, 4 LIMBS and one CHASSIS (= body) to build one golem.

Some aspects of Golem gameplay are common for both factions, so I will explain them here. This will probably only make sense if you decide to establish a fully automated District to which you only send golems: If you don't tell such District Center 'Make all new workplaces golem-operated,' then they will be empty, waiting for living beaver workers. This toggle determines the default beaver-vs-golem worker setting for all newly constructed buildings. Once you build your first golem, your District Center will change as well, adding a new toggle. The last option is of course 'Unlocked' - few industries are available for golems immediately, others need to be unlocked. Science Points are used to unlock this, with the costs ranging from 100 SP for simple industries, all the way to 10'000 SP for the Golem Factory itself.ДЈ. Once you unlock it for one building of a specific kind, ALL other buildings of that kind can be switched to golem workers (for no additional cost). The 'Golem' portion can be locked with the red padlock, meaning you will first need to unlock the ability to employ golems in this type of building. This is the case with Inventors and Observatories.Дў. The 'Golem' portion can be disabled entirely, meaning it is not possible for golems to work here. The interface can have one of three appearances:ДЎ.

This interface allows you to switch from beaver workers to golem workers. When you produce your first golem, a new interface appears on all workplaces. Be aware that other industries may also be quite 'hungry' for these (such as the Underground Mine, which consumes treated planks and gears). The manufacture of golems consumes a lot of Gears, so have sufficient Planks and Gears production facilities. It is not possible to make golems until you've started Metal block production, since the facilities to construct golem parts require Metal blocks. Given their 'around-the-clock' work hours (with only a short period for some form of refueling), they can boost your productivity in key industries, and they can also unburden your beavers, allowing you to eventually reduce working hours of living beavers to '0', creating a Utopian paradise where beavers do nothing but enjoy the leisure activities, consume books and visit each other and their places of worship. Golems in Timberborn are a late-game / end-game system.

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