Outlanders

Outlanders are strangers, descendants of those who fled through the portal during the war. They return as tinkerers who try out the old technology without fully understanding it, which is why it smokes and bangs at their test site. You need them to research anything at all.

Calling an Outlander

The Outlander call is open at the Portal of the Ancient from the start. Outlanders only come to a factory with something varied to offer.

	Outlander call
Essence needed	150 (rises 5 % per Outlander already summoned, at most double)
Takes	Every item with a Gob or Gol research value, plus Stone, Wood, Coal, Iron Ore and Copper Ore
Essence per item	Its research value; the raw materials count 0.5
Limit	Each item kind fills at most 10 % of the bar
Summoning	20 seconds
Result	the item Trapped Outlander

The variety rule: with at most 10 % per item kind, a full bar needs at least ten different kinds of items. Ten stacks of the same plate will not do. The portal window shows how much of each kind's share you have already used.

A good first Outlander uses ten kinds from Epoch 0. Each share is 15 essence at the starting price:

Item	Amount to fill its share
Stone, Wood, Coal, Iron Ore, Copper Ore	30 each
Iron Plate, Copper Plate	15 each
Copper Cable	20
Stone Brick	8
Iron Gear	5

See Research for every item's value.

Where you need Outlanders

Building	Trapped Outlanders	Role
Outlander Test Site	1	Tests research with your Knowledge Scrolls
Rangertower	1	Scout who watches for enemies
Nuclear Reactor	1	Overseer who guards the core

An Outlander stands in front of each of these buildings.

Outlander Test Site

The heart of research: you pick a technology, bring its scrolls, and the Outlanders test it until it is unlocked. Recipe: 1 Trapped Outlander, 60 Stone Brick, 30 Iron Plate. Everything about it is on Outlander Test Site.

The Outlander Tinkerer cheers when a test is done, and fireworks go off over the site.

Rangertower

	Rangertower
Epoch	2
Unlocked by	Rangertower
Size	3 × 3
Energy	electric
Range	160 blocks
Recipe	1 Trapped Outlander, 10 Steel Plate, 10 Wood, 5 Electronic Circuit

With power, the Outlander scout on the tower spots nests and approaching groups of creatures within 160 blocks and marks them on your map. See Defense and Enemies.

Nuclear Reactor

Every Nuclear Reactor needs a Trapped Outlander in its recipe. The Outlander stands in front of the reactor and watches over the core. See Nuclear Power.

See also

• Portal of the Ancient
• Outlander Test Site
• Research
• Defense