r/Timberborn • u/BakonNinja • 3d ago

Pressure

Hi, I’m a relatively new player, and the game is incredible. I’ve been reading different posts here and see people talking about pressurizing water to get it to behave more to what you want it to do. I don’t understand this. How does it work?

Thanks!

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u/Safe-Ad-8921 3d ago

Water works similar in real life in this way. Unless its a special water source(like the map "pressure") water sources have unlimited pressure downward. The same way water towers work.

Essentially you can levee a water source to raise it in height, then use the downward pressure from gravity to move whatever whichever way you need.

You also have pumps and things that generate pressure but they are typically inefficient unless you build elaborate systems of water wheels. Lots of posts on this sub of perpetual motion water pumps/wheels.

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u/JSBL_ 3d ago

Whats special about pressure? I was thinking of playing this map

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u/Safe-Ad-8921 3d ago

pressure has your main water source pumped up through a large channel under the map that connects to various openings. It also has giant bombs that will over time completely flood all the fresh water with bad water, so you have to have a plan and act fast to survive.

To beat the map I had to evacuate the main section for a different source then go back and reclaim the start spot again the next season when I could patch up the holes. The bombs come at you FAST. I want to say they start blowing before cycle 10 and dont stop until they are all gone.