
In any case, never let the bugs grow and multiply or it might be too late. This is, at best, a way to mitigate further damage once the infestation has already begun. In ether case, these methods take time and will not help the colonists nearby the infection. Burning is cheaper, only requiring wood, but will often destroy much of your colony in the process. Freezing works but due to the large power and component cost it is not very practical.

It also requires a great deal of pre-planning and makes it incredibly difficult to build a “natural” colony.įreezing or burning the bugs can kill them without the loss of too many colonists. A bug trap spawning ring encircling your base is a good way to control where the infestation does spawn, but this costs both time and space. While the spawn algorithm favors dark rooms and rooms further away from the “center” of your colony (Debug, View settings, Draw infestation chance), they can effectively spawn anywhere underground. They posses 15% armor and several redundant hit locations that rarely reduce the bugs’ effectiveness.īugs are difficult to effectively plan against. They also move somewhat fast, meaning that your colonists will never escape melee with them.
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How to deal with the bugsīugs posses high armor and a high DPS due to a fast attack speed, which also serves to stagger-lock your colonist. While that is a viable solution to prevent bug infestations, underground bases have a lot of benefits compared to outside bases despite the hives. You can avoid building essential facilities such as bedrooms and dining rooms inside the mountain. The only definitive way to prevent infestations is to not build anything you care about in the mountains. In addition, turning your base into a permanent fridge wastes a large amount of power, and requires the use of parkas.

But beware, if you have a 300 squares mined area and only the sleeping quarter is above -15 ✬, the AI will shove all of the hives into that area. Hives won’t be spawned in places where the temperature reaches -17 ✬ or lower. This means that if 50 squares in your colony are overhead mountain and you have 150 squares of mined area outside of the base, the AI will throw 10 hives, and only 3 hives will spawn in your base. When the AI spawns hives, it calculates per square. Ways to prevent infestations Give homeless bugs a “place to live” Inside a connected area of, at least, 16 tiles.Here’s how the game decides where in your base to spawn an infestation.įor an area to be suitable for an infestation, it has to be: But you can predict WHERE will they spawn.

They happen in the same way that raids and sieges do: whenever the AI storyteller decides it’s time for one. But here is some knowledge that will help you take steps to control infestations and ensure the minimum damage. Unfortunately, if you build underground there is no way to stop infestations from happening. Even if you manage to get rid of them, there is a good chance that half your colony will get wrecked in the process. These little creatures can be devastating.

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They will slowly spawn bugs and produce additional hives becoming a full scale infestation.
