The Deep Melting Drill is a structure in the game Frostpunk 2 that lets you dig for resources deep underground. But you can’t just build it anywhere – there are certain things you need to have first, and sometimes, depending on what you do in the story, you might not be able to build it at all.
In Frostpunk 2, it’s always a struggle to have enough supplies. You’re always worried about running out. Deep deposits don’t solve this completely, but they help a lot. They have tons of resources, so you can basically think of them as never-ending. But to get to these deep deposits, you need a Deep Melting Drill.
How to get Deep Melting Drill
To build the Deep Melting Drill in Frostpunk 2, you first need to learn two things: how to improve your generators and how to melt deep deposits. If you’re playing the story mode and choose to defeat the frost, you can learn these things in Chapter Two. But if you choose to embrace the frost, you can’t learn how to melt deep deposits, which means you won’t be able to get resources from deep deposits for the rest of the story.
The choice of whether to defeat or embrace the frost is important because it determines whether you can get unlimited resources in your settlements or in the Frostland. In story mode, you can only choose one. But in Utopia Builder mode, you can have both.
How to use Deep Melting Drill
After you learn how to build the drill, you can put it in any food or resource district. It needs 300 workers, 80 Heatstamps, 40 Prefabs, and 1 Core. Building it doesn’t take long. Cores are very rare, so think carefully before you use one in a specific place.
The drill makes the area it’s in more efficient at producing resources. It also lets you get resources from deep deposits, which are marked on the map differently.
If you have a drill, you can get a lot more resources from deep deposits in the long run. The drill also makes the area more efficient. So, if you have extra cores, it’s a good idea to install the drill on deep deposits as soon as you can.
You can’t put a Deep Melting Drill on a district that doesn’t have a deep deposit, so you don’t have to worry about making a mistake. However, be careful with your resources, as the cold can easily destroy everything if you’re not careful.
Conclusion
Deep deposits are a great source of resources because they never run out. However, they don’t produce resources faster than regular deposits. So, if you’re using more resources than you’re getting, your stockpiles can still run out. In other words, deep deposits are helpful, but they can’t solve all your problems with supply and demand.
