Piped Soda Fountain

Streamline Duplicant Recreation with the Piped Soda Fountain

For colonies focused on peak efficiency, the original Soda Fountain in Oxygen Not Included presented a minor bottleneck. While a valuable morale booster, it relied on Duplicants to manually transport Carbon Dioxide canisters. This mod introduces a game-changing solution: the Piped Soda Fountain.

Automated Carbon Dioxide Delivery

The Piped Soda Fountain seamlessly integrates into your existing gas piping infrastructure. Instead of requiring a Duplicant to haul a Carbon Dioxide canister, this modified building draws its gaseous ingredient directly from a connected gas pipe. This eliminates the need for manual transport and frees up your Duplicants for more critical tasks, significantly reducing idle time and optimizing your colony’s workflow.

Key Features and Benefits

• Direct Gas Input: Connects to your Carbon Dioxide gas pipes, automating resource delivery.
• No More Hauling: Eliminates the need for Duplicants to transport Carbon Dioxide canisters.
• Unchanged Functionality: Offers the same morale bonus as the vanilla Soda Fountain.
• Identical Costs: Maintains the same build cost, power consumption (480W), and resource usage (1kg Carbon Dioxide + 5kg Water per use) as the original.
• Separate Building: This mod adds a new, distinct building. Your existing Soda Fountains will function as normal.

Placement and Integration

The Piped Soda Fountain is unlocked through the “Catalytics” research and can be found in the “Furniture > Recreation” build menu, appearing immediately after the standard Soda Fountain. It occupies a 2×2 tile footprint and features distinct input ports for convenience:

• Gas In (Carbon Dioxide): Bottom left
• Liquid In (Water): Top right
• Power: Bottom right

This design ensures easy integration into your base layouts, allowing for efficient placement alongside your water plumbing and power grids.

Maintaining Colony Morale and Efficiency

By automating the Carbon Dioxide supply, the Piped Soda Fountain allows you to maintain high Duplicant morale without compromising on colony efficiency. It’s a simple yet powerful upgrade for any colony striving for optimized resource management and Duplicant task allocation. This mod offers the familiar benefits of the Soda Fountain with a crucial quality-of-life improvement for players focused on automation and streamlined operations.