How to Unlock Patrol Watchtower

Patrol Watchtower is a Housing District Building in Frostpunk 2. Discover how to unlock Patrol Watchtower, what it does, and the required resources to build and maintain it!

How to Unlock Patrol Watchtower

Research Watchtower in the Idea Tree

The Patrol Watchtower can be researched in the Watchtower branch in the Idea Tree. This will cost Heatstamps and will take a certain amount of time to finish researching the idea.

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Patrol Watchtower Resource Requirements

Resource Requirements

Patrol Watchtower
Requirements	Workforce x200
Construction Cost	Workforce x200 Heatstamps x80 Prefabs x40
Demands	Heat x0

Patrol Watchtower Overview

Patrol Watchtower Basic Info

Patrol Watchtower
District	・Housing
Output/Effect	・16 Guard Squads ・Slightly Decreases Crime ・Unlocks the "Random Searches" District Ability
Supporters	・Pilgrims
Description
Deploys guards who lessen crime in the city.

All Buildings Within the Watchtower Branch

All Buildings Within the Same Branch
Surveillance Watchtower	Patrol Watchtower	Watchtower

These are all of the other buildings within the same branch as the Patrol Watchtower.

Resource Output

Resource	Effect on Output
Guard Squads	Pos (+)

Patrol Watchtower affects the output of resources as shown above.

Side Effects

Patrol Watchtower affects affects the city's productivity or problems as shown above.

Frostpunk 2 Related Guides

List of All Buildings

Housing District Buildings

Research Institute	Surveillance Watchtower	Patrol Watchtower
Watchtower	Recovery Hospital	Hospital
Teaching Hospital	Thought-Correction Prison	Punitive Prison
Isolation Prison	Moss-Filtration Tower	Ventilation Tower
Pleasure Commons	Pleasure Club	Food Hoarding Inspectorate
Lunatic Asylum	Incubation House