Rainpunk



= Overview =

Viceroys can now take advantage of the Rain to power their buildings, but not without a cost! Blightrot will grow in Rain Engines as Viceroys use them, the more Rainwater that runs through an engine, the faster Blightrot Cysts will spawn. While Rainpunk is essential for any Viceroy playing on higher difficulties, it is a delicate balance between using Rainwater Engines and keeping the Blightrot at bay, as Blightrot likes to eat villagers. Blightrot scales with difficulty, so prepare to fight for your life at higher Prestige levels...

= Types of Rainwater =

There are 3 types of Rainwater, each type will power different types of buildings. Drizzle Water powers buildings that produce food, Clearance Water powers crafting and artistry buildings, and  Storm Water powers heavy industrial buildings producing fuels and metals.

= Sourcing Rainwater = There are two ways of sourcing Rainwater:
 * Collecting Rainwater from the sky via buildings such as the Rainwater Collector and Advanced Rainwater Collector.
 * Building Geyser Pumps on top of Water Geysers.

Rainwater Collectors
Most players will start with building a Rain Collector that collects Rainwater during the season. Collection is based on seasons, so Storm Water can only be collected during the Storm Season, and so forth. Rain Collectors have tanks with a capacity of 50 units and collect 2 units every 16 seconds, and Advanced Rain Collectors, which you unlock in later levels, has double the capacity and speed.

Rainwater Geysers
Geyser Pumps are buildings you can place on top of Rainwater Geysers to collect Rainwater, they have a base capacity of 50 units, upgradable to 150 units. Geysers produce 2 units of water every 6 seconds. They have two worker slots, upgradable to place two Automatons in worker slots for uninterrupted collection. It is important to note that a Rainwater Geyser will only produce Rainwater of the type that is the colour of the geyser, it does not change with seasons.

= Engine Usage = Viceroys can control how much water, and for what purpose, is used in a Building. To the left we can see a Viceroy clicked on the 3rd panel of a Building information box to open the engine controls of a med.

Here you can select which perks you would like to enjoy when using Rainwater, as well as how much Rainwater you would like to use. On the bottom left of the information box, we can see a Blightrot meter. This meter shows you how much Blightrot your engines are spawning.

Engine Controls are as follows:

Left: (Uses 2 Units of Water per Level per Recipe / Minute )
 * 1 - Increase production speed by 50%.
 * 2 - Increase chance of double production yields by 25%.
 * 3 - Increase production speed by a further 50%.

Right: (Uses 1 Unit of Rainwater per Level per Worker / Minute)
 * 1 - Workers gain 5 Resolve.
 * 2 - Workers gain a further 5 Resolve

It is important to note that as long as there are workers assigned and the secondary resolve-boosting engines are turned on, the Rainwater will be used and Blightrot will generate, even if no products are being produced. The rate of Rainwater usage depends on the amount of workers assigned, with more workers using more Rainwater.

= Blightrot =

See the Main page on Blightrot for further information.

= References = 1. Data was shared by Discord user ballistafreak

Many thanks to Discord users Jhazrun, die_dai and MoronicCinamun1984 for the editing and proof-reading!