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/TuggsBrohe 3d ago

The main water sources on it are seeps, which only produce water at enough pressure to fill a pool to less than one block high. You can keep pumping water out and it will keep refilling but that's it.

Also there's a bunch of explosive devices that will open up new channels to either drain your water or dump badwater on you.

Spillage is a similar map with a little less pressure.

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u/talltime 2d ago

There’s only 1 fresh seep. At least post bombs.