Can we get to 30+ well-being before the end of Cycle 10?? Timberborn Update 6 Iron Teeth Episode 05

[@JCTheBeard]

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[@gamerkhanofficial]

Upgraded breeding pods give adult beavers no more kids, and no more waste of food and water

[@Devilish_Fun]

🐸!

[@brandonwc]

Have to disagree on the number cruncher. Throw in another large water wheel, and you have plenty of power. It runs through the night and frees up 10 beavers. Less water and food needed, it pays dividends. Always worth it as soon as you can get 1.5K science.

[@peterstegemann4782]

i agree

[@knightofnaught]

It's certainly better than having 8 of the initial science buildings with nobody in them due to a workforce numbers issue.

[@PauxloE]

→ 12:51 "I'm going to pause the explosives factory and the bad water pump" - pauses the explosives factory, unpauses the bad water pump. (Finally paused again at 49:52). → 13:20 "[288 hours] might be exactly 12 days" - Yes, the math checks out. (If that's calendar hours and not working hours.) → 23:20 The number cruncher pays back its 1.5k science investment in 150 hours, which is 6.25 days of full power-time (a bit longer during the bad tide, and not at all during the drought). Much faster than you get food out of the hydroponic farms or even the normal crops. You have most of the materials already available at this moment (just some more metal needed, which you'll have before you got the needed science), and one additional water wheel (for which you also have the materials in store) should be mostly enough to run one. (Maybe don't connect it to the rest of the power grid, so it doesn't take away power in the low-power times, just makes slower science.) - If you get enough workers to run all your 8 scientist huts, they'll produce 144 science a day (likely a tiny bit less for commuting), which means after 11 days you have enough science to build one, and then in the next 11 days it produces 2.6k science (assuming fully powered). So while it might be reasonable to not build it right now when you try to squeeze every last wellbeing-point out until the end of the episode, building it then as soon as you have the science might make sense. → 26:51 If you want to, you can put another set of medium warehouses behind these ones, with another ladder stack to access from the top. → Do you have sick beds for your injured beavers? → 33:36 "We can turn on the rest of our food production" - The food production in the fermenters which don't have power? → 35:35 "The mangroves have dried out. Now how did that happen?" - I'm not quite sure, but I noticed this reservoir already empty during previous cycles (before you planted the mangroves). Maybe the 3 1-wide gaps near the upstream dam (between the dam and the tiny Canola warehouse, and between the dam and the oak forest) increased the evaporation that much? Maybe try moving that dam a bit to eleminate these 1-wide gaps. → 39:26 The tight fermenter could go partially behind the middle one, saving a bit of space. (And the lreft one could also go behind the middle one if you add a platform.) Though this might not look that nice, and is not as easy to click for assigning jobs. → If you want another bridge over the river, directly after your third set of water wheels seems like a good place. If you shift the second (not yet started to be built) food factory one over, you can even connect the power between them (on the second level) while leaving a path between. → 44:05 "I think this [laborer monument] is the most bang for our buck" - I think you likely have a bunch of smaller aesthetics things (the ones you built later) you could research which in sum give more well-being points, but I didn't measure it out. (And the number-cruncher, which would then help you to get more science for the other items, as detailed out above.) → 1:08:10 I think trees on the mountain top looks better (with a few mangroves in the shallow part of the pond), maybe also a bit of coffee - this way you only need forester, lumberjacks and gatherer, no farms. But leave some space for the paths to the other parts of the map. I think switching between this and the water beavers is better, so you don't forget everything until you come back.

[@SleepyAlteras]

If I remember correctly, you can use sluice gates automated on downstream depth? Should be able to place one under one of the dam pieces between the upper river and the mangroves. It won't fix whatever is causing the water to disappear from the middle, but will keep the mangrove trees alive, and won't cost a job slot.

[@katrpotatr3320]

Hi! I like both the water beavers, and this series. I find this series easier to follow though. The new upper area would be great for long term wood growing; because, it is close to the industrial district, and there is more space to put larger storages for logs. The lower wood area is already beside the other farms, so it may already be covered by an existing farmhouse. The water disappeared from the middle part of the river because the showers were still active, and they made the water level in the first part of the river lower.

[@jasonjazzz5]

would like a mix of playthroughs, water and IT swapping back and forth

[@torihope907]

Thanks for a great time, JC! Missing waterbeavers, but happy with this as well :)

[@ChrisBakerkewlaidkiddd]

I'm all for a full series on this. I love Iron Teeth. Now the well being is high, would love to see some dense crazy building here. Even though WB is running smooth now, they still stress me out lol. I'm kinda missing RCT too but I'm happy we're here

[@skrymerU]

More episodes of this, maybe a mix with WaterBeaver. Don't forget that you removed two builders. I wonder if it would be better to keep only two builders in the colony center and then build a builders hut and have it as lower priority workspace. At least until the number of beavers increase. If you going to plant trees on the upper plateau, you should remove the ones you have now and plant food there instead. And 12:50 😁

[@rudiopderbeck6406]

Thanks Mechanistry for sponsoring!! Loving your game!!! 🐸🐸🐸

[@Shortcircuit220]

Keep this seriese going. Not only am I behind on the water bevers episodes I dont play the water bevers and never will so Its harder to motivate myself to watch them. but I want to see you do more with overhangs on this map you haven't really use them yet (rightfully so). really go wild and make this a compact vertical build

[@AUT0aim1337]

@36:00 I've also had a similar issue in my recent playthroughs where once a badtide starts my lowest dammed area just immediately goes dry even though during a drought it can hold water for multiple days. Enjoying all of your series!

[@birbcaptorcarrey1883]

I like how everyone have their own build for this map

[@JCTheBeard]

Just goes to show you how flexible of a game Timberborn is. It can truly become whatever you want it to be!

[@Grato537]

I'd love to see more of this series! And thanks for the challenge as I decided to give the challenge (getting 30 well being by end of cycle 10) a go too. And also exceeded it! As for a new challenge it would be really cool to see how many beavers you can support on a small map. In update 5 I managed 250 Folktails on Diaorama so I bet that at least 500 beaver colony would be possible here.

[@Devilish_Fun]

🐸! Loving the interaction growth in the comments. Loving that you got sponsored (I was waiting for this before i got the game!🎉🎉🎉). I think capping the series to a short one would be better, I'd like to see an aesthetically focused run again. Regardless of your choice, ill be playing the game this weekend!

[@littlmrsdracula]

Please continue this!!! I love the challenge of the "relatively" small map, space optimised, stacked buildings, crooked and small paths everywhere...I think it's much more interesting to watch than a large map!! (also, not a big fan of the waterbeavers..I guess bc I'm just not that familiar with their specific mechanics, buildings etc...)

[@mikeriley2475]

If you moved the badwater pump and it's storage to a different level you could wrap irrigation barriers around the bad water source! Perhaps also around the second level as well!

[@ehoffmeister8160]

Suggestions: 1. Change floodgates at waterfall to sluices ( on bottom set to keep water in river, then tall stack of levees, dam on top) , 2. Build a badwater diversion at water source blocks. 3. Lots more waterwheels in badwater, 4. Batteries on storage towers after you make them TALLER & WIDER

[@shreyaskashyap5769]

Forest on the hill top sounds nice, asking with large piles for logs. Farming by the river sounds nice too. Would really recommend the numbercruncher as the next science unlock as it functions 24×7 without any beaver power except the initial investment. I am eagerly waiting for the Waterbeavers episode too.

[@maara174]

A challenge for this series: vertical water wheels. Take the water to (almost) the build height and make a “DonkeyKong-like” structure with waterwheels 😅 I’m not sure if it’d work but it might be space efficient and may produce tons of power!

[@zachariahrich3354]

I think this series would be a good to keep going. Maybe have one last water beaver rap up episode. A mix of this series and water beavers, but I'd like to see a more conducive map for them.

[@TheTimothee]

Hi ! It's my first time commenting so first, thanks for your vids. i follow them as soon as they are available and it's really refreshing. I love this game and the way you play it. But please, please, demolish the baracks next to the gym field because the empty slots behind them ARE STRESSING ME A LOT. thanks a million in advance. :) :)

[@JCTheBeard]

When we have the science to unlock the large barracks, we'll replace them 😎

[@Mod3Red]

In terms of things to try next, how about building a canal route from the waterfall to pass across the overhang and behind the bad water source? Green up all that area, more woodland etc?

[@Billhilly87]

Would love to see this series go through to the end. Also miss the water beavers. Could you alternate the two?

[@jumpingfun8038]

definitely continue this series but take a day or two off and continue the water beaver series been missing that something fierce

[@jennieswensson463]

A mix of this and the WBs would be my vote. I am enjoying the density and verticality you are getting here. I do miss the 4th dimensional chess of the WBs though...lol. 👍👍👍👍

[@squiredoodad]

Agreeing with Brandon. Building the Numbercruncher takes a lot of science but if you ever - EVER - find yourself with 1.5k science you should immediately get it. It's trading 10 beaver jobs for 500 HP, it is crazy good for how easy it is to get midgame.

[@seandickson4474]

Awesome content JC! Firstly don't forget to lower the floodgates. Could you put more mangroves in Toplake? Might help your production there. I think an alternating water beavers and iron teeth would be fun

[@DeïDeï-13]

Hi 😊. Dry mangrove and power fluctuations comes from the dams build on edge , water go wild on these.

[@brianmiller1077]

The large barracks fit really nicely under the natural overhangs at 25:45. Put your shrubs, lanterns on the overhang and they all get the happiness bonuses.

[@BrandonCallen]

Love up top. Hope you keep adding food storage so your set up as your population grows

[@stephenhurley4296]

While I would like a mix of both series I also want daily updates on this series

[@squiredoodad]

Loving the decoration episode hahaha

[@BrotherSkodidi]

Blast through it! Double your happiness/well-being by episode 10

[@Rmmtube-b1c]

Patiently waiting to see the new water physics demonstrated in the water physics update

[@HugDopey]

If you're thinking about buying this game, do so before October 24th. The price is going up. I really love this game and your playthroughs. Please continue this one.

[@helenehagfeldt]

I also LOVE this game! 1100 hrs so far.

[@justbuzzik]

put in the number cruncher on the south side of the power wheels, clean up all those scientist huts, extra space for storage

[@Gaia-Nigthcore]

A mix of both of this one and the water heater would be awesome

[@Hobbityfus]

Why not build a small watertower on top of the source with an integrated badtide diversion with the sluices? You could save the beavers from having to carry water around by using aqueducts from aforementioned watertower? Love the series so far, opening up the badwater source soon maybe? Just to keep production running. 😉

[@ThornedLily]

Personally, I'd like to see you play this one at least long enough to get to the new monument. It really gives a feeling of completion to a map, plus I think they're the best building in each faction to watch being built. They take a tremendous amount of materials so I don't think anyone would blame you if you wanted to use a time lapse for it, but even just the building process itself takes several in-game days regardless of the materials and it looks fantastic at every single step of the process. You've got a bit of a vestigial road in the middle of your farm, removing it should give you back nearly the same number of farming tiles you lost by putting in the contamination barriers and the tiles you continue losing to contamination during a bad tide. It doesn't actually bother me, I really prefer watching people play the way they want even if I'd personally make different choices but the opportunity to use the word 'vestigial' comes up so rarely I had to do it haha.

[@shayladoyle104]

Keep it going! it is fun to see happen!!

[@darthyetgon]

Keep this one going your doing really good with this great job so far 😊

[@thomasfplm]

41:12 I would suggest flattening the area behind the floodgates and adding floodgates in the other direction that open during a bad tide.

[@yooo4o20oo]

The surges come from the 4 deep floodgates that open all the way allowing all of the water to plunge into the first pool of water and from there on, I think

[@Lukipela01]

I honestly love this series and would love for it to go longer but I also want water beavers rather bad. Could go for a different larger map on hard mode if this one ends.

[@mikaeltalbot3210]

The reason the water dried up in the mangrove section is due to the little 1 by 1 tile inlet right by the dams. 1 by 1 tiles have the highest evaporation rate in the game so its like a siphon to that section of the stream. Filling that in should stop the bleeding!

[@jasonjazzz5]

1:02:50 good call, was gonna mention that you could use another ladder down to save some times

[@Draail19]

Yay!

[@squiredoodad]

Maybe you could put a line of irrigation barriers to save the berries, then use a Forester to refill the whole area with them?

[@Drexos17]

"I need the beaver" add it to the list

[@thomasfplm]

18:42 You could remove the top line of trees here and replace them with coffee, then you unplant the coffee and let it spread.

[@mikeriley2475]

Keep going! (On this video series)

[@MScottBlake]

Number 1 priority needs to be to straighten your dam in the corner. The extra faces are increasing the flow and causing instability in the water levels and drawing your attention away from other things.

[@helenehagfeldt]

Please, keep going with this one. Let's show people the whole game.

[@JCTheBeard]

That's the plan!

[@ehoffmeister8160]

36:54 You should change the level UNDER the dam piece to a sluice set to keep 0.2 water level in the mangrove area

[@Redneck353]

We getting over 1h !!!! Yay!

[@jasonjazzz5]

37:00 that middle bit sloshes around and ends up lower than it really should when the drought starts, i seem to recall having the same issue on this map doing similar to what you did, maybe switching 1 of the dams on each path over the water to a levee might help with that?

[@michaelmichael1619]

I caught the reference with the badger, badger. That was almost missed

[@brianmiller1077]

1:05:20 put some coffee by the flameand it's empower the scientists and keep the coffee warm!!

[@NycBlackout]

Would you consider a decent size project? What if you ran the water from the source across the top, across the natural land bridge, past the metal and into that big crater up top to green the entire top area. It be a cool project that incorporates the natural land bridge with some levees and don’t need to impermeable floor them and green up the top area without fluid dump.

[@DanitheDandelion]

Ya know I’m surprised no one’s managed to make a plumbing mod. Like it would fit so well with the iron teeth. You could set up pumping houses that plumb into buildings that require water and could pipe the water around a la the power system.

[@brianmiller1077]

53:40 Viva la revolution!! -Che Beavara

[@Drexos17]

You can eliminate some of the path towards the waterfall (when you built the bad water barriers) for more farm land

[@Sorgris]

Make the beavers go under the water at the bridges. Like sky storm's "beaver bridge" apparently it works.

[@berzurkfury]

Tnt storage. All you can accumulate is 4 right now

[@Zitelior]

I would like to see you use the "natural" overhangs to let the bad water flow over.

[@jasonjazzz5]

should work and filling in that badwater overpass next time and laying in some power generation up there

[@OlaCh93]

You desperately need more beavers, more builders and haulers! Haulers are crucial to efficient colony, and I always see people forgetting about it...

[@GwionWilliams]

I'm definitely enjoying this, but I would rather see more Water Beavers, since, well, this is more vanilla Timberborn, which we already know well. It's good to watch, but familiar. There's very, very little Water Beaver content out there, and it's great to watch how complicated and crazy it all gets. But I know, It All Takes Time, and there's only so much to go around.

[@Redneck353]

9:14 can we get a mountain lake up there with a forest and cool recreation? maybe a few berries for the tourists?

[@JCTheBeard]

I think this is going to be what we end up doing

[@jasonjazzz5]

could get rid of that path that got ya closer to the cliffside that you used to put the irrigation barriers in now

[@kurtonela]

I think the primary mistake JC makes early game is not building a numbercruncher tbh...

[@sidmcmillan926]

RCE's having a rough time of it in his latest Timberborners 😬 decision making, mmmm 🤔 mega dam project always comes before stability in food & water 🤪 lol

[@rudiopderbeck6406]

Wont the Inventor Beavers chuck their used protein bar wrappers & empty bubble tea containers into that Flame of Unity statue????

[@thomasfplm]

4:04 I find it weird how much water the hydroponics need, considering that hydroponics is supposed to be more water efficient than the regular ways of planting.

[@triwulf1]

Nice homage to the English language DragonBall Z Announcer, Doc Harris. @1:05:38

[@brandonwc]

You need to get sluice gates going. Slamming shut floodgates is weird on the water/dam interactions. Floodgates are only good for super early game anymore.

[@oledamen8116]

I really hope a beaver with my name somehow ends up working on the coffee, because I love coffee (maybe a bit to much even...)

[@JCTheBeard]

It's not impossible... I'll try to remember to keep an eye out, though 😎

[@oledamen8116]

@@JCTheBeard you are the best

[@chrisb9960]

Can you make the body of water below the falls deeper without changing the dams? It should significantly help.

[@Devilish_Fun]

🐸!

[@Redneck353]

53:26 BOINK!

[@jasonjazzz5]

bell doesnt give any well being buff just as a fyi, the clock does though

[@justinherbert4131]

I would like water beavers

[@JulyFlame]

I have negative interest in any of the waterbeaver stuff, but a video of any other series would be a good break. Besides the plateau setup, now that we're past the core 5 starter episodes, going full blast with terraforming would be neat with this series, especially since you held back last series. By that I mean totally straightening out the river and maybe also taking advantage of that partial setup on the map for the bad water to cascade down the side down into the river instead of being fully diverted. So instead of the current natural waterfall, it's a beavermade one going down from the aqueduct. A "cool" and pointless build.

[@dvd1098]

I think its best to lower the priority of building robots due to the small map.

[@Dalton325]

Up top, we should farm content. :))

[@Someone_in_the_comments]

36:00 edit - I think I've worked out what the problem was with the mangoes. Right next to the upstream damn, there's a 2x1 section on each side of the damn where the water is evaporating at almost the maximum rate. Skystorm did a big thing on evaporation rates and, those two sections must be causing insane levels of evaporation. e: I've put an image in the reply because sometimes my posts get randomly deleted if they have an image in them

[@InvisiblePants]

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[@thomasfplm]

1:06:43 I think it would be nice to alternate between this and the water beavers.

[@nurmr]

30:52 "I'm not currently building anything", reducers workers to 2, immediately queues a bunch of building and spends the rest of the video with unemployed beavers and wondering why everything is taking so long to build.

[@MrTheelitespartan]

Just noticing this guy sounds similar to J K Simmons

[@hallohoegaathet7182]

Maybe remove the useless paths from your farm fields.

[@neilh2669]

In the mangrove area, there are three “one by” sections that are enhancing evaporation. One next to the stairs by the levee/dams, two across the area from the stairs, also next to the levee/dams. Consider a 1x warehouse or levee to keep water out of these areas. I miss Water Beavers, but would like to continue with this near speed run for a bit longer.

[@thomasfplm]

1:02:27 Wouldn't it be better to put it to the side and behind the factory?

[@Redneck353]

Would be nice to get a back to a more diverse schedule. miss the RCT videos ( and the WB of course)

[@VivianTheVivian]

Did I missed it or did JC never put the number of builders back to 4 from 2?

[@JCTheBeard]

I don't think I did, good catch

[@ortizandy87]

Worker hut?

[@jasonjazzz5]

🦫🦫

[@bubbles69138]

The mangroves lost their water, because bad tide, you diverted all off map.. but then you have all your pumps pumping out of the first storage area.. So it fell below the amount needed to feed into the mangrove area, so it evaporated away. This is why I always separate bad waters, and have my water pumping at a storage tank right before I have the overflow go off the tank.. down a long spiral around the edge of map so I can slap down a few gigawatts of power production and gravity batteries.. and at the end of that mega power line.. the off flow of the extra ;) oh!! on the building top where you built the beaver and beaver with hammer... you coulda built a clock, and lantern, or sign, etc on that building top so it affects all running past ;) up top, I think at least half of it needs to be tree's.. but theres a 1 tile deep area in that pond you can grow more mangroves

[@walkir2662]

Please return to a regular schedule instead of powering through. I don't care about the Waterbeavers, but I are about not powering through this.