In Frostpunk 2, heatstamps are the currency in the game. Specifically, during the early stages of playing, survival is not that easy if you’re the leader of a city in Frostpunk 2 unless you know how to use heatstamps. In the beginning, the weather is good, and it might seem like you have plenty of time to build up your resources. But be careful, because a sudden blizzard can stop you from building and slow down your existing buildings. If you run out of them and do not have enough heatstamps, then they’ll get angry, and you’ll be kicked out of the city. Here are some tips and tricks we’ve found to help you make more money and expand your city.
How to Get More Heatstamps
Heatstamps are probably the most important thing in this difficult city-building game. You need heatstamps to research new buildings, break ice around your city, and do almost everything else. You might get a few heatstamps to start with, but you’ll run out soon after you do your first few tasks.
There are several ways to earn heatstamps in Frostpunk 2. One of the easiest ways is to increase your population because more people means more money. You can also make money by meeting the needs of your people and passing certain laws.
There are several ways to earn heatstamps in Frostpunk 2. One of the easiest ways is to increase your population, because more people means more money. You can also make money by meeting the needs of your people and passing certain laws.
Population income
You automatically get some heatstamps based on how many people live in your city. Don’t build too many houses and invite everyone to move in right away. More people means more food and heat needed. Be sure to have enough people to produce what you need.
Request funds
If one or more of the groups in your city like you, you can ask them for money when you’re short. To do this, you need to have a good relationship with them, which is shown by a gold bar under their icon. Any of these groups can give you money to help the city, but the more people they represent, the more money they can give you.
Basic Necessities
You can get more money by passing a law called “Paid Essentials.” “Paid Essentials” will make the people pay for basic things like food and water. That’s better than passing the law “Free Essentials,” which would give people these things for free. “Paid Essentials” helps you make more money and produce things more efficiently. “Free Essentials” does not make you collect as much money, but it does make people trust you more. We would suggest passing the “Paid Essentials” as one of your first laws. In case you need people to trust you later in the game, you can eventually stop using “Paid Essentials” and use “Free Essentials”.
Letting Outsiders inside
This is a tough decision. You either let all the outsiders into your city or only let the most productive ones in. If you only let in the productive ones, then you are going to make more money, but it will be difficult for those people left outside. You will not make as much money as you would if you did not let anyone in, but having more people in your city might ultimately help you make money.
Community Service
You can decide how your people help out by passing Community Service policies. You can choose if they should help with expeditions, gather resources, or do whatever needs to be done.
If you pass the Service Exemptions policy, you will make more money per person, because people will have to pay to get out of working. If making more money is important to you, this is a good policy to pass, because it doesn’t have any negative effects.
Housing Distribution
You can choose how to allocate housing in your city. You can either increase the number of available homes or make more money. If you use merit-based Housing, some people won’t have a home, but you will make more money per person. If you use Mandatory Crowding, everyone will have a home, but wealthy families will have to share their homes with less fortunate families.
Manufacturing Alcohol
Your citizens will eventually want to talk about alcohol. You have to decide whether to let private companies make alcohol, which will make it more available and increase people’s trust in you. Or, you can have the city make alcohol, which will make you more money per person.
Research projects
Some research projects can affect your income, just like laws. You have to choose between different options, and some groups will like it more than others. These projects usually relate to buildings that you need to build in your city after you research them.
Goods income
The amount of money you make per person depends on how well your city can meet the demand for goods. You can see the current demand at the top of your screen. If there is a red marker, it means you are not meeting the demand. Build or expand an industrial district to make more goods.
Disassemble unnecessary structures
As you play, some buildings might become useless because they don’t produce enough resources or there are better ways to get those resources. When this happens, you can demolish them. This will give you back some of the money you spent to build them, and it will also cost you less to maintain your city.
Rallies
Rally events are triggered when you forge strong alliances with factions. During these events, you can activate various bonuses, including increased heatstamp income.
Conclusion
Now that you know how to earn heatstamps in Frostpunk 2, you are a little closer in keeping your city running. Though there is so much to do, for starters, you would need an operational council to enact laws, and frostland teams to bring you more coal and other resources.
