Toolworks

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The Toolworks is where all the initial tokens timber, coal and iron ( ) are gained. It does so by converting resources ( ) - timber from the Sawmill, coal from the Coal Mine and iron from the Foundry. Each extension added to the Toolworks improves both the rate and the efficiency of conversion from resource to token.

The frequency and placement of Toolworks contributes significantly to the perceived difficulty of any given map.

Processes

The base Toolworks always consumes a fixed number of resources per Game tick: 3 Timber , 4 Coal or 3 Iron , before taking the distance bonus into account. Each conversion is a separate process; therefore it can produce a single type of Token or all three types simultaneously.

With all the extensions added to the toolworks, it will be able to consume 10 Timber , 9 Coal and 9 Iron per Game tick, producing 8 Wood , 4 Coal and 4 Iron tokens. However; the Product Storage extension requires all three resources together, so often the practical limit is one less of each.

The base building can be connected to the electrical network from Era 5 onward, which will further increase its production while using more raw material. The amount of electrification production bonus is shown in the brackets.