To keep things moving throughout all your districts in Frostpunk 2’s New London, your workforce is just as important as the heat you generate for them. However, if you find yourself losing some workers to the elements or other issues, replacing them quickly is paramount. Here’s our handy guide on how to get more manpower in Frostpunk 2.
How to get more workers in Frostpunk 2
As soon as you land in New London at the beginning of Chapter 1, you start with several thousand workers that can be used for all kinds of tasks, from freezing the surrounding tundra to building various Districts, researching ideas, exploring the Frozenlands, keeping the heat, and more.
Pretty soon, when it comes to keeping New London and all of its production going through the worst of the volcanic winter (eg – Whiteouts), conserving your workforce probably becomes the biggest priority in the game. After all, not only do you need them to produce all your essentials, but keeping them alive keeps Tension low and Trust tall.
Inevitably, though, the bad cold will eventually claim some of your workers, and as your town’s population grows along with its demands, you’ll eventually need more workers to help compensate. Fortunately there are a number of methods to increase your workforce, however we recommend using these very wisely, only as needed. For example, you don’t want to bring every source of fresh workers into town right before a White storm, because you may very well end up losing them all to the weeks of extreme cold.
Passive Population Increase
The first method of recruiting more workers to New London is actually passive. As you continue to expand the city, a batch of new citizens will arrive periodically, usually a little over a thousand at a time. You will get a notification about it, and your manpower number will also increase at the same time.
Be careful with your population growth though, as demands for everything can easily spiral if you’re not prepared.
Recruit from the Frozenlands
To manually recruit more workers, however, your second option is to venture into the Frozen Lands. To be able to do this, you must have at least one Logistics District built at one of New London’s three Old Way Stations. These will give you Frostlander teams who are responsible for completing expeditions in regions around New London. The more Logistics Districts you build, the more Frostlander teams you will have.
Once you have that, you’ll want to send them to regions that indicate a population that can be recruited to New London. For example, regions like the Frozen Sea and The Meadow will have varying numbers of people (and workers) for you to invite to New London, indicated by a blue person icon (seen above). Once you agree to accept them, they will travel to town and soon a notification from HUD will say they have arrived.
Be aware, however, that any population centers you find in the Frostlands will have strings attached when it comes to recruiting them. Some will be noted with a Dangerous Threat Level, which means you risk losing Frostlander Teams if you send them there directly. To avoid this build the Scout HQ to help lower Threat Levels.
Another example is the Wise Women found in the southern region of the Highlands are considered traitors to the Stalwarts, and your Relations with them will be slightly affected if you introduce them.
Request Workers from Devoted Factions
One last option for increasing manpower in Frostpunk 2, although it is not as reliable or consistent, is from having Loyal relations with at least one of the four Factions. At least once or twice, an optional popup will explain that your Devotion Faction wants to contribute more to the city as a show of support for the Steward, and one way is by offering more workers.
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