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Frostpunk 2

How to Transfer Oil

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★ Best Laws to Pass | Best Buildings to Build First
☆ How to Survive Whiteouts | How to Transfer Oil
★ Workforce | Goods | Food | Oil | Shelter
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Frostpunk 2 How to Transfer Oil
Transferring Oil is needed to progress the story in Frostpunk 2. Read on to see the steps on how to transfer oil in this guide!

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How to Transfer Oil

  1. Establish Another Colony
  2. Construct an Extraction District in an Oil Storage
  3. Transfer Your Resources

Establish Another Colony

Once you have a Logistics District set up, send out your Frostland Teams to expeditions and discover new territories. You will eventually find the Old Dreadnought near your city.

Construct an Extraction District in an Oil Storage

When you find the Old Dreadnought and can finally set it up, look for Oil Storage nodes throughout the area and construct an Extraction District on each of them. Keep in mind that you can use the Emergency Shifts ability to futher increase the production efficiency.

Transfer Your Resources

Frostpunk 2 How to Transfer Resources

In order to transfer your oil and other resources, you have to select the colony you want to transfer to on the top right of your screen and press the Resource Transfer option.

Customize the parameters according to what your colony needs and press the Transfer Resources button below to immediately transfer them. Keep in mind that you have the option to either transfer your stockpile resources or your resource upkeep.

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