Everything you need to know about decreasing Tension and maintaining order in Frostpunk 2.
In Frostpunk 2, your objective is to lead the last city on an Earth that has been struck by an eternal winter.
In this post-climate disaster world, you have to manage resources, keep your population happy, and mediate between several factions.
While resource management makes up a large portion of the game, it must be done with the people’s happiness kept in mind. Moreover, you must keep order in your city, so that you may actually govern it and help it thrive.
There are several problems that your city might face, including disease, hunger, crime, and most prominently, cold. All these factors contribute to Tension in your city. If the Tension reaches a boiling point, chaos will fill your city, leading to its downfall.
In this article, we look at what Tension is and how you can keep it to a minimum.
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What is Tension
Tension reflects how troubled and upset your citizens are. Several factors contribute to Tension, and it is important to keep it as low as possible.
Rising Tension will lead to dissent among the population, and failing to prevent it will cause your city to fall and your leadership to end.
Tension is indicated by the glass orb at the center of your screen which fills with dark liquid as Tension rises.
How to Reduce Tension
Factors Contributing to Tension
There are several problems that your city can face, all of which contribute to Tension rising. These are Cold, Hunger, Squalor, Disease, and Crime. Below is a list of the causes of each of these problems, and how to prevent them:
| Problem | Causes | How to Prevent |
|---|---|---|
| Cold | – Not enough Shelter for the Population – Not enough Fuel for Generator to produce Heat. | – Build or expand Housing Districts – Produce enough Oil for Generator to process – Research Ideas that Reduce Heat Demand |
| Hunger | – Not enough Food to meet Population’s demand. | – Increase Food Production – Have enough Food Stockpiles to meet demand during Whiteouts. |
| Squalor | – Not enough Materials to meet demand – Industrial Districts next to Housing Districts | – Build extraction districts over Material tiles such as Forests and Iron Deposits – Construct buildings that increase Material output, such as Foundries – Research and Build Filtration Towers and Waste Management Facilities |
| Disease | – High levels of Cold, Hunger, and Squalor – Some Buildings and Ideas have Disease Penalties – Emergency Shifts – Excess Number of Factories | – Building Hospitals – Passing Contagion Prevention Laws |
| Crime | – Goods not meeting demand, and empty Goods Stockpile – Some events can also cause Crime to rise | – Build enough Factories in Industrial Districts to produce sufficient Goods – Research and Build Watchtowers, and recruit Guard Squads. |
Fervour
Factions that you have bad relations, or have high Fervour has a significant contribution to Tension. Avoid radicalizing these factions and maintain their Trust.
Bad relationships with these communities can cause people to protest. You can maintain good relationships with factions by keeping promises, funding projects, granting agendas, and promoting the faction.
Research Ideas
Some Ideas such as Liberated Youth and buildings such as the Fighting Hub can decrease Tension.
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