#how to f#cking kill the bugs

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woeful idol
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like what the f#ck is up with these things i go to check up on one thing and suddenly there's a whole f#cking army at my base like what is this shit they always know when i leave my base and attack it at the most inconvenient time possible

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like i wiped out all of the bases these f#ckers have all around my base within prolly like 200 blocks

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but they keep appearing

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its only day 20

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i survived till day 40 and it wasnt this bad

trim grove
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Try building a wall

topaz isle
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2-tile thick stone wall + 2 rows of thinner walls making a small maze (meaning bugs will take longer to reach the main wall, giving turrets extra time to target them

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then just cover everthing with gun turrets along the lenght of the wall and make sure they have some sort of automatised resupplying

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reseatching shooting speed and damage is also important

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KEep in mind destroying spawners when it may not be necessary causes extra pollution and increases the evolution meter; which further speeds up the rate at which bugs expand their territory, as well as eventually spawns stronger bugs

woeful idol
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thanks for the tip

bitter kiln
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+faq biter expansion

rough craterBOT
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Biter expansion

Biters walk from an existing nest to a new location, creating new nests on a timer. This can result in nests inside your pollution cloud but not visible on your current view of the map, as well as attacks on walls or other obstacles even without pollution-driven attacks. The Rail World preset disables the expansion mechanic by default.
https://wiki.factorio.com/Enemies#Expansions

topaz isle
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yep

bitter kiln
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Kill the nests inside the pollution cloud (the giant red blob, not shown in screenshot)

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topaz isle
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trees and other things like grassy terrain can absord pollution over time, but they dont completely negate it

granite goblet
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In a desert start you probably will see a bitter in 5 minutes
In a forest start it could be 5 hours

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A little exaggeration but trees and grass absorb a lot more pollution that sand

lunar herald
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remember it's totally legit to play without bugs while you get familiar with the game

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you can disable them in mapgen settings or with the console (might disable achievements)

topaz isle
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i didnt disable them

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gotta get used to the OG experience first

woeful idol
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nah thats the pussy route bro

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I just found like a map with good oil and im just making a bunch of flamethrowers now

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works like a charm

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and then ill prolly just make a bunch of robots that auto repair the walls

quaint spade