Deep Forge Expansion

Deep Forge Expansion: Elevate Your Oxygen Not Included Experience

Tired of the endless grind to find the perfect starting duplicants in Oxygen Not Included? Do you crave a more immersive and challenging gameplay loop without resorting to exploits? The Deep Forge Expansion mod is here to inject a much-needed dose of polish and balance into your colony-building endeavors.

A Smarter Start for Your Colony

Forget the frustration of rerolling endlessly for ideal starting duplicants. This mod introduces a streamlined and efficient start by providing you with a pre-selected, highly skilled trio from day one. Each duplicant is equipped with specialized attributes, beneficial traits, and relevant job hats, allowing you to jump straight into managing your burgeoning asteroid base with maximum efficiency. While their core skills and gear are fixed for optimal productivity, you retain the freedom to customize their names and appearances to your heart’s content.

Immersive Darkness and Functional Miner Hats

Experience Oxygen Not Included like never before with a dynamically darkened environment from the very first cycle. This atmospheric change is complemented by functional miner hats worn by your designated professionals. These hats project a simulated directional light cone, illuminating the immediate surroundings and adding a tangible sense of exploration to the darkness. Importantly, this visual enhancement does not grant any gameplay advantages, ensuring that the core balance of the game remains intact.

Exploit-Free Natural Tile Creation

For players who enjoy natural building elements and Pip wild farming, the “Natural Mound” building offers a balanced solution. This new structure, found under the Base menu, allows you to construct a mound using Dirt, Sandstone, Clay, or Sand. Once built, it transforms into a solid, natural tile of your chosen material. The resource cost and eventual yield from mining are carefully calibrated to prevent material duplication, ensuring that your resource management remains a genuine challenge.

Key Features at a Glance:

• Pre-determined, highly skilled starting duplicants with unique attributes and traits.
• Atmospheric darkness from Cycle 1, enhanced by functional miner hat flashlights.
• The “Natural Mound” building for creating natural tiles without resource exploits.
• Balanced material costs and yields to maintain gameplay integrity.
• Crash-free and designed to seamlessly integrate with your existing Oxygen Not Included experience.

The Deep Forge Expansion mod offers a thoughtful collection of enhancements designed to refine the core Oxygen Not Included experience, providing both immediate quality-of-life improvements and long-term gameplay depth. Install it today and forge a more engaging and balanced path to survival on your next asteroid adventure.