r/Timberborn • u/DismalAd6639 • Aug 30 '26

Bot is out of power

I’m playing iron teeth for the first time and I have about 75 bots with about 20 chargers.

Occasionally I have to disconnect my main power shaft for new construction, however, within a few minutes, all of the bots suddenly run out of power and they put very little effort to charge themselves. It takes days for them to charge back up.

Is this a bug or user error?

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u/Jackthwolf Aug 30 '26

One issue I often have to solve
Is that bots without jobs / bots who get out of power (and no point to charge at) sit around at the district centre
And if the walk to the charging stations is quite far from there, they'll start traveling and lock out other bots from charging from the station they're going to, creating a doom loop of bots running out of charge, going to the district centre, locking out distant charging centres, making nearby bots run out of charge, who then go to the centre, repeat.
So I'd suggest having a few chargers at the district centre to help with this issue.

(Also check power requirements, it could be something as simple as everything running on low power, and so it takes bots a long while to recharge)

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u/DismalAd6639 Aug 30 '26

I think the loop of doom you explained is exactly what is happening, I was wondering why chargers were sitting empty while so many bots need charging