#How do I break out of my base to collect resources?

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mild edge
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Hi guys,

I am a noobie. I am currently walled in with flame throwers protecting me from these biters but I feel like I need more Oil flow. I want to break out and get to the oil in the south. I just unlocked bots not too long ago. I could research a tank too.

How should I go get that oil? Should I build a train path too it and wall it in and then defend that train path with exterior walls?

red marten
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You don't need to defend rails

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You can just make train tracks to the oil defend the oil and harvest that black sticky goo

mild edge
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Here is my base

mild edge
red marten
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Gates yea

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Note you don't need to wall water

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Ohh that white line isn't wall

mild edge
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it's a pipe

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but there are walls between the water

red marten
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Walls can be done from water edge to water edge
I just thought you were walling the water out

mild edge
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so would you just blaze a path to the oil with like a tank full of the resources then throw down the blueprint and connect the oil jacks? What about power though?

red marten
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Big poles

mild edge
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oh ok didnt know they wont attack those

red marten
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Bitters don't go out of their way to attack anything that isn't a military target or a polluter

mild edge
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ah

red marten
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But they WILL attack things blocking their path and throw a fit

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These can often be belts

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Belts fuck with biters pathing a lot

rotund yacht
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If you have rockets you can push the biters back. A tank with explosive rounds works well before behemoth biters start spawning. I personally would just annex a large chunk of map to the south of your current base for the uranium and 2 oil patches.

pseudo niche
# mild edge Here is my base

This is the absolute hugest “newbie” base I’ve ever seen. My god. You have better rail infrastructure than I do and I’m on Aquilo. How are you asking about getting oil if your base looks like this?

mild edge
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Haha well to be honest I really like the trains and did some research about them and found city block blueprints and have been using those! I think the blueprints I copied make my base look more advanced then my understanding of the game is haha

fathom meadow
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What blueprints did you use?

tardy ether
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I love the progression from track spaghetti on the east side of the base to a super neat city block on the west side

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its like one of those tapestrys showing a civilizations progress through history

leaden yarrow
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Tank may still work, especially if you load up its equipment grid.