James A Michener features one of these in his book Centennial (in a segment later reprinted in Creatures of the Kingdom as 'The Beaver'), a female beaver who chooses a spot in the river with a preexisting rock tunnel and cave (and existing exits further inland) to build her own lodge and dam, despite the fact that the area is prone to flooding and washing away all her hard work every spring.They instinctually make these structures as soon as they hear running water.Ī beaver that is a Funny Animal might also have a job as a construction worker or architect because these jobs are reminiscent to beavers' real life habit of building dams, but it isn't unheard of for them to be in other jobs associated with hard work, or being overachievers in a more generic job. These lodges keep the beavers warm and the beavers also build bunkers to protect themselves from predators (even if they aren't around). These lodges have underwater access and the den itself is inside and above water. They build dams to block the water flow and build ponds so they can build their lodges in the middle of these ponds. It should be worth noting that beavers build dams and lodges to avoid predators (such as bears, wolves, and cougars). They are usually shown building a dam as in real life but can be building other kinds of structures. I didn't try using warehouse dams, but that seems exploity.Īt the moment i am doing plains on hard mode and goign well so far.Among rodents, there are dirty rats, Nice Mice, Screwball Squirrels, Prickly Porcupines, and Suicidal Lemmings. There is some luck: several restarts the first drought was only 3 days instead of 5, and those runs the sunflowers can live through it.

Ive also survived without damming it by building infrastructure, but its a losing game: your crops all die, even tried sunflowers for the extra day. I tried 3 loggers and nothing else but water and food, they can't do it in time. I am getting a 5 day drought on day 7 or so, and there is no way you can dam that river in 7 days. Its not running out of wood, there is enough there, barely. I second you OP anyone have a strategy for this map without cheating, editing the map, etc on hard mode? I can't do it either. By cycle 6 we need some big water barrels and the dam finished, but its on track for that. That means the trees onhand are just enough for 3 sci buildings, 4 water barrels, 2 water pumps, 3 houses, a farm, a warehouse, a power wheel, a sawmill, a toothgrinder, a platform, one stairs, one water dump, and a forester + a few left and 2 sections of dam finished. The grown pine trees are originals: I mark a few to never cut so they make natural babys & produce some resin or can be cut in an emergency. I have now started the dam, but its going to require all my baby trees to grow to finish it. That is working.! Rushed 3 science buildings, built a platform/stair/dump combo and my crops are fine without the dam. Running out of ideas, considered 3 science buildings and a water dump. I didn't try using warehouse dams, but that seems exploity.

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