Frostpunk: Edition

Frostpunk: Edition

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Not great, not terrible

Not great, not terrible

Built the Generator in The Last Autumn, employing people neither in Safe nor Deadly workplaces

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How to unlock the Not great, not terrible achievement in Frostpunk: Edition - Definitive Guide

This achievement is a PAIN. Took me multiple attempts and you don’t even know if you messed up sometimes until you beat the game.
But I’ve found a pretty reliable method to do this by playing on Easy difficulty.

Don’t even build the generator, at least not until you’ve made as much as the supplies needed for it beforehand. It can be a hassle managing multiple workplaces and seeing if they’re not Safe or Deadly, so just do one construction or generator manufacturing building at a time.

Make a lot of saves.

Research as much as you can, but don’t get anything that improves the safety of a building besides the ventilation plants (and leave those running 24 hours or turn them off when the toxic gas is too low). Because in the 3rd construction stage the gas will disappear and make the buildings permanently safer.

You’ll wanna get 24 Hour Shifts and put it on everything (it’s OP) side with the Workers and get Selfless Sacrifice as it’ll let you make places more dangerous in the later stages if you need too.

Lastly this tip is very important, you’ll want to remove all the workers from a construction building or generator manufacturing place before the work shift ends at 18:00 for the early stages, as the toxic gas levels are random and you can instantly have your people working in Safe or Deadly without you even noticing. It’s okay if a place is safe or deadly as long as they’re aren’t any workers inside while it is, so tweak the settings until you get it at Unsafe Level 2 (!!), it’ll give you a plus/minus 1 buffer zone in either direction. Be careful using Support Structures to make places safer as they wear off after 24 hours without telling you.

You can miss one generator deadline as they’ll give you one more chance, I never did, but you could easily get to day 25 before ever building the generator if you really wanted too.

Here’s a list of the first few laws and research priorities, it’s okay if you don’t follow exactly on later but this helps.
Get you bad discontent laws out of the way first: Radical Treatment, Over Crowding, Chapel, Hearty Meals (we want max Motivation for the 30% bonus efficiency) Public House , House of Pleasure (just put 1 worker in it), Bath House, Repatriation of Bodies (nobody died in my playthrough so you might not need it, but just in case), Crowded Quarters, Bare-Knuckle Bouts, and Medical Repatriation.
That’s all the laws I got for Administration, but I beat the game by Day 27.
Side with the Workers and get these Labor Laws sometime after passing the Repatriation of Bodies law (you need to make some progress building the generator by then to even trigger the strikes and safety levels, so if you haven’t done anything by the time you’re 2 days or so ahead of schedule you should start building).
Labor Laws: Two Shifts, Safety Procedures, Shift Work Coordination, Labor Unions, After-Hours Equipment Maintenance, Workers Council, Official Doctrine, Propaganda (big deal, game doesn’t tell you that they work just like agitators and improve efficiency on top of raise motivation), Selfless Sacrifice, Abolition of Privileges, and People’s Militia.
I finished before getting Show of Force, but I had no plans of ever passing the Terror law as I also wanted to do this without anyone dying.

That’s all the big tips I can give. You only need 2 research outposts for the whole game, and only 3 people working in the cookhouse, and 1 in the Public House.

I recommend using JWiise’s Survivor Speedrun video for guidance on building placement, but on Easy you don’t have to have the most efficient micro placement so no biggie.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RIDnt9uZFIQ&embeds_referri...

Good luck!
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18 Jan 2024 23:20

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Just wanted to add that I was able to get the achievement using your method. The achievement popped after I completed the generator and chose to end the game. Thanks for posting your guide!
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By BobWings on 07 Jun 2024 13:36
I’m glad it could help you. ❤️
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By ShadowLordXZ on 07 Jul 2024 01:23