This guide was developed by playing on Citizen difficulty.

You may need to adapt or streamline your strategy to succeed on higher configs.

To do the first, Frostbreak towards theShallow Coal Seamin thebottom right cornerof the map.

Citizens of New London raising their fists and cheering outside the Council Hall in Frostpunk 2.

Choose your tiles so that you uncover as many resource tiles as possible in one action.

Once youve done that,build Extraction Districtsover them.

They will have +20 Heat bonuses because theyre sheltered from the wind.

The Heating tab of Frostpunk 2’s Idea Tree when it’s first unlocked.

confirm to take advantage of natural features on the map as you build.

Once thats done, open up theBuilding menuand choose the Research Institute under theHousing tab.

When you select it, a beam of light in theExpanded Housing Districtwill indicate it can be placed there.

The law proposal menu in Frostpunk 2.

Once you place it, you will unlock theIdea Tree,which we have acomplete guide on.

Clicking it will reveal what ideas the different Factions in the city may have.

Youll have different Factions depending onthe choice you made in the prologue.

The Oil Tombs event in Chapter 1 of Frostpunk 2.

Whatever you decide,choose the research buttonto spend 50 Heatstamps on exploring the option.

This means youll have to form the Council.

The game will prompt you tobuild the Council Hall.

Buildings in Frostpunk 2 in the background with a man kneeling on the ground in shackles, with the word LIAR on his chest

Select it in theBuildings Menufrom theCentral taband place it in theCentral District.

Remember tofollow up on the promises you made, or your relationship with that Faction will suffer.

Once the Logistics District is built, we cango out into the Frostlands.

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We have acomplete guide to Frostland Exploration, but heres how to finish this objective most efficiently.

With one Logistics District built, youll have 15 Frostland Teams to send out for exploration.

A question mark on the Frostland map will allow you totake in a group of New Londoners.

Frostpunk 2

Once theFrozen Bayis explored, go back to the Frostlands map.

Send an expedition to theDesolate Coastandrescue the Frostlanders, building Housing Districts accordingly.

TheFishing Villagevacated by the Frostlanders can beharvested for Foodas long as it hasfive Frostland Teamsin it.

Around this time, your Prefab resources will begin to run out.

see to it tobuild Extraction Districtson Materials andan Industrial Districtor two tocreate Prefabs and goods.

Building Industrial Districts on theborders of Extraction Districtsoffersextra heat.

Congratulations, youve found oil!

To access it, youll need to build a trail between theOld DreadnoughtandNew London.

Select theTrail Constructionbutton on the button right selectConnect Pathfrom the Old Dreadnought.

Connect pins on the map tocreate a routeto New London.

Go back to New London andbuild a new Logistics Districtover another Old Waystation.

When construction is complete, send a team tocolonise the Old Dreadnought.

When they reach the location, youll have tobuild a settlementthere getting deja vu?

Once youve started extracting oil, select theOld Dreadnought iconnext to the Frostlands icon.

Youll have to transfer more citizens to the colony to build all the districts and have them fully efficient.

Continue to adjust this as you build more oil extraction districts.

Completing this objective ends the chapter.

Frostpunk 2 turns its focus to the big picture and tells a bigger story.

We sit down with ukasz Juszczyk to talk about the ambitious project.