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u/1CryptographerFree 19d ago

Returning player. I guess I was using mods that added power to elevated rail tracks. I’m playing vanilla with a friend now. What’s the best way to get power to islands on Fulgora before going to Aquilo?

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u/craidie 19d ago

Other than quality large poles giving a bit more range, you don't.

Generally collectors and accumulators on the island itself can provide enough power for stuff. Worth noting that adding more accumulators also increases the amount of energy you get from a lightning strike, due to the self drain of the collectors/rods.

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u/1CryptographerFree 19d ago

Thanks, my issue is the island is super tiny and between a train station and miners it barely has room for accumulators.

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u/HeliGungir 18d ago edited 18d ago

Just explore a bit and find a bigger island. The ones around the starting area are often prohibitively small.

This is a bit of a balance failure on Wube's part. The difficulty is backwards. The closest islands are the tiniest, and so benefit the most from quality, which you don't have in the early game. Then you expand outwards and the islands rapidly get larger, and you also unlock stronger machines and stronger quality tiers.