Timberborn Guide | How To Survive Droughts & Badwater

Playing Timberborn isn't always relaxing and fun. You'll be hounded by Badwater Rushes and Droughts now and then. You'll also face other issues, such as a lack of food or a sudden flood due to a mistake. This guide will help you mitigate them.

Don't Give up

The first thing you need to do is don't give up and don't panic. Panic will be your greatest enemy in this scenario. You should immediately pause the game, look over the ways to fix things, and figure out what you can do.

Resilient Beavers

Remember that Beavers are resilient. They can swim and don't mind water very much. They also patiently wait if they're stuck somewhere.

This also applies to their hunger and thirst. They can survive for a pretty long time. Depending on difficulty, this can be anywhere between a day or even three or four days. They'll obviously still show the hunger and thirst icons, but you can ignore those until you get a solution figured out. Just don't worry about losing them; you have time to fix things.

Redistribute

You should keep an eye out in other districts to see if you have anything there. If you do, try to get those into your problematic district as soon as possible. Usually, you'll find some water or food stored inside a random location in another district.

Reallocate

Now, Reallocation is a good method for brute-forcing your way into getting things done. You suddenly need to move a lot of stuff or get something built. Move food workers into builders or haulers. Need more food produced? Move factory workers to those roles.

Reduction

This one is a rather sad way of doing it. Basically, after a certain point, you can afford to lose a few beavers. Since there is no real negative to losing them, it's fine if a few die. As long as you have the housing for it, you should be able to crawl your way back up to your old levels in no time. However, you should keep in mind that you'll suddenly have a lot fewer workers to work with.

Savescum

Now, an often frowned upon method is save-scumming. Everyone knows what it is, and hey, sometimes things are just extremely messed up. Way too much to fix? Just reload a previous save. Sometimes, however, it isn't really worth it, especially if you don't have autosave turned on or you just don't save often.

Enough Water

Water Storage is great, but sometimes you need something better. This involves reservoirs and dams. These can last you a while, especially if you don't have enough water storage.

Check out our review and other guides on Timberborn:

• Timberborn Review
• Timberborn Guide | Beginner's Tips & Tricks
• Timberborn Guide | New Districts Expansion 
• Timberborn | Resource Guide