FROSTPUNK 2: HOW TO DECREASE DISEASE
Disease is a city problem in Frostpunk 2 that can reduce the available Workforce and raise Tension when left unchecked. Fortunately, there are numerous ways to decrease Disease, including passing Laws and creating Buildings. This guide is here to elaborate upon that statement, and it will help players fight back against Disease in Frostpunk 2.
Players should get in the habit of occasionally hovering over the syringe icon under the Resource Drawer at the top of the screen. This action will cause an information pane to appear, and it reveals details about Disease in the City. If those details indicate that Disease is "Absent," then keeping it "Stable" is acceptable. However, if Disease is anything but "Absent," or it is "Growing," players should use the following methods to get it to "Diminishing."
Frostpunk 2: How to Decrease Crime
Players who are struggling to deal with Crime in Frostpunk 2 can learn how to get this city problem under control in this guide.
Frostpunk: How to Reduce Disease
Cold, Hunger, & Squalor
The first thing that a player should do is make sure that they have dealt with Cold, Hunger, and Squalor in their Cities. Indeed, all three of these city problems can increase Disease if they are left unchecked, and the following guides will help fans get them under control:
Buildings & Hubs
There are several Buildings that decrease Disease (to varying degrees) when built in the appropriate Districts. Here are details about how strategy game fans can gain access to those Buildings:
- Research Hospitals: Teaching Hospital (Idea Tree: Society). Built in Housing Districts.
- Research Hospitals: Recovery Hospital (Idea Tree: Society). Built in Housing Districts.
- Research Hospitals: Hospital (Idea Tree: Society). Built in Housing Districts.
- Research Pharmaceuticals: Pharmaceutical Testing Laboratory (Idea Tree: Society). Built in Industrial Districts.
- Research Pharmaceuticals: Pharmaceutical Laboratory (Idea Tree: Society). Built in Industrial Districts.
- Research Panaceum Factory: Panaceum Factory (Idea Tree: Society). Built in Industrial Districts. This is a Radical Idea that requires progress with Reason.
Building any type of Hospital in a Housing District will give that District the "Preliminary Triage" ability. This ability can be activated in the District when Disease is at least Minor, and it further decreases Disease. However, using "Preliminary Triage" will cause some people to die.
Players can also build Emergency Medical Hubs to decrease Disease in nearby Housing Districts. Fans of post-apocalyptic games can gain access to those Hubs by researching Emergency Medical Hubs: Emergency Medical Hubs (Idea Tree: Hubs), and three tiles of a Housing District must fall within its area-of-effect to activate its Disease reduction.
Laws
Some Laws can also be used to fight back against Disease, and those Laws can be voted upon after researching certain Ideas. Here is a list of Disease-focused Laws along with details about how they are made available within the Council Hall:
- Worker Shifts: Weather-Adjusted Shifts (Council: Survival). Available after researching Worker Shifts: Weather-Adjusted Shifts (Idea Tree: Resources).
- Contagion Prevention: Supported Quarantine (Council: City). Available immediately.
- Contagion Prevention: Infectious Badge (Council: City). Available immediately.
- Funerals: Harvesting Funerals (Council: Society). Available immediately.
- Treatment: Experimental Treatment (Council: Society). Available after researching Treatment: Experimental Treatment (Idea Tree: Society).
- Treatment: Conservative Treatment (Council: Society). Available after researching Treatment: Conservative Treatment (Idea Tree: Society).
- Procreation: Birthing Programme (Council: Society). Available after researching Procreation: Birthing Programme (Idea Tree: Society). This is a Radical Idea that requires progress with Reason.
Frostpunk 2 players who enact the Treatment: Experimental Treatment Law will find that the "Conduct Medical Trials" ability has been added to any Housing District with a Hospital. Activating that ability will further decrease Disease, though it may cause some people to die.
Frostland
As players explore the Frostland, they may encounter a point of interest that will decrease Disease if it is converted into an Outpost. That conversion is performed by using a Trail in Frostpunk 2 to connect the point of interest and the City.
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