Engine

Engine
Burns fuel to create power. Requires haulers.
As great as this invention is, it became a splinter in the side of beaver nations other than Iron Teeth.
Dimensions	3x3, Height: 3
Category	Power
Production
Recipe 1 0.2 1h 400  hp
Hidden Storage ▶ 10 Logs
Building Costs
Unlock Building: 400
Unlock Bot Workplace: 0
20  Logs
25  Gears
20  Metal Blocks

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For Power Wheel, see Power Wheel.

 Engines are  Power buildings exclusive to the  Iron Teeth faction. It consumes (0.2)  Log/per hour to generate 400 hp /per hour. Internal log storage is 10.

Strategy

To sustain the  Engine full time, you would need approximately 19  Oak Trees dedicated to each Engine. 0.75  Oak Trees are consumed per hour of active time, plus a small buffer for inefficiencies in logging and transport (this is why you want around 19 instead of 18 for full time operation. At larger scales, you can trim a few of the spare trees).

Notes

• The engine will not consume logs while there's zero need for energy in the connected power grid.

Patch Notes

v0.2.8.1-0748a0c "Update 2"

• Building added to main track
• no longer consumes logs while there’s a zero need for energy in the connected power grid
• now uses 0.2 logs per hour, down from 1, and its internal storage has been lowered to 10 logs. (Translation: the full storage now sustains the engine for 2 days, up from 1).