Players can build Outposts in Surviving the Backwash  that extend their colony'southward influence and assist Specialists as they explore the World Map. Each Outpost volition crave a Specialist to be trained at an Outpost Depot, then players can choose where to identify them. There are several types of Outposts and resource deposits, merely merely one Outpost is immune in each sector of the World Map in Surviving the Backwash.

There are two distinct Outposts that players can build inSurviving the Aftermath: regular Outposts and Engineer Outposts. At that place will only exist one allowed in each sector, so players may need to demolish certain Outposts to make room for more valuable ones. Unlike Engineer Outposts in Surviving the Backwash, the regular Outposts aren't required to complete the main story. Players will demand to unlock the Outpost Depot using Science Points in the Safety co-operative of the Tech Tree.

SinceSurviving the Aftermath is a city-architect, players volition first need to construct an Outpost Depot edifice in their colony by using l Forest, 45 Plastic, and 30 Metallic. The resources tin can be traded or collected at the colony using a specific type of collector for each fabric. One time the Outpost Depot is built, players volition be able to transport a Specialist to it. The Specialist will be gone once they become a Settler, so players need to make sure they don't get rid of too many Specialists at once. After a Settler is created, they will be transported to the World Map and then an Outpost can exist built.

Building Outposts in Surviving the Backwash

Surviving the Aftermath Outpost Guide Outpost Depot

Like Endzone: A World Apart, building a sustainable colony inSurviving the Aftermath has many steps. Outposts can help players expand their area of influence quickly and further accelerate the civilisation. Placing an Outpost in the right spot on the Globe Map tin can be tricky; merely one type of Outpost tin can be placed, just there may exist multiple resource available. It volition likely come down to which resource players need most. For case, if a Pandemic catastrophe is coming or has already hitting the colony, players may need to stock up on medical supplies. Placing a Scavenger Outpost in a sector with medical resources available will exist the virtually beneficial in that case.

In that location are v different types of Outposts inSurviving the Aftermaththat collect specific resources: Research Outpost, Send Station, Survivor Outpost, Scavenger Outpost, and Medical Outpost. The Ship Stations and Medical Outposts help Specialists while they're traveling past sending back their collected materials or healing them without having to render to the colony. Research Outposts tin can be placed in areas that have enquiry points available to steadily collect Scientific discipline Points. Scavenger Outposts work the same as Enquiry Outposts but they gather materials instead of Science Points. The Survivor Outposts will recruit a specific number of colonists and transport them dorsum to the colony.

Determining which Outpost to build will crave some assessment of the role player's bachelor resource. Depending on what'southward needed and what catastrophes players may be facing, they may cull to build a Scavenger or Research Outpost. No matter what blazon of Outpost players choose, they will demand to sacrifice i of their Specialists to build it.Surviving the Aftermath is full of important decisions, including when to build Outposts, where to place them, and what type to create.

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Surviving the Aftermath is available for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC.