Engine
An 
Engine is a mid-game 
Power generator exclusive to the 
Iron Teeth.
Around every corner, always protect the engine that powers you.
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Construction
| Sits on a 3x3 grid of flat surface. Power input is on the middle of the edges or from below. | 
|
Forester plants 
Trees.
Lumberjack Flag fells Trees to produce 
Logs.
Lumber Mill 
| 
Industrial Lumber Mill turn Logs into 
Planks
Gear Workshop turns Planks into 
Gears
- Using
Ruins
Scavenger Flag scavenge 
Scrap Metal from Ruins
- Using
Underground Ruins
Tapper's Shack gathers 
Pine Resin from 
Pine
Wood Workshop turn Planks into 
Treated Planks
Mine | Efficient Mine turn Treated Planks into Scrap Metal
Smelter turns Scrap Metal into 
Metal Blocks
Usage
Ensure you have sufficient haulers. Power only connects through the central block on each side without an entrance.
Engines consume 0.2 Logs an hour to generate 400 hp 
. That is, a single Log powers Engines to generate 400 hp over five hours. Engines hold 10 Logs as a buffer. The logs must be supplied by 
haulers. A full buffer means Engines can operate for just over two days. Note that haulers remove unspent Logs if the Engine is paused.
Engines operate at their full fuel consumption rate, even when the power demand is less than the amount of hp they can produce. When there is no demand in the connected power grid, they stop operating to conserve fuel. When in this state, any partially spent fuel remains at its current level.
Strategy
Engines need about 19 
Oak to generate full time. This includes an extra tree as a safety margin for inefficiencies in logging and transport.
History
- Update 2 Building introduced.
