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How to Build Prisons in Frostpunk 2

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If Crime is on the rise among your people, it’s time to take things into control by building Prisons in Frostpunk 2. And in case you’re unable to construct them, or unsure which Prison to get started with, this quick guide will help you out.

How to Build Prisons in Frostpunk 2

watchtower and prison idea tree
  • To build Prisons, you need to research and unlock Watchtowers first.
  • After you set up the Research Institute, open up the Idea tree and research Watchtowers under Society.
  • Now you are ready to research Prisons which will help you construct them in your expanded Housing Districts. If you haven’t done so yet, click on the icon of 4 arrows moving outwards on the pop-up of the Housing District and expand them to be able to have buildings.

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There are different types of Prisons available:

Thought-Correction Prison: This is a prison with therapy wings using innovative methods to cure criminals of their impulses and rehabilitate them as functional members of society. This significantly decreases Crime, Trust falls slightly, and unlocks the Mobilise Prison Wardens District ability which provides additional Guard Squads but reduces the Prison’s effect on Crime. It also adds 500 capacity for Detainees.

Punitive Prison: This has built-in equipment to discipline criminals and re-educate them using corporal punishment. Tension slightly increases due to this and Crime greatly decreases. This unlocks the Conscript Inmates District ability, which provides additional Guard Squads but reduces the Prison’s effect on Crime. And yes, this also adds 500 capacity for Detainees.

Isolation Prison: This is a Prison where hardened criminals are locked up to serve their sentences. The outcome for Crime and the District Ability is similar to Thought-Correction Prison.

Isolation Prison is an idea that New Londoners and Frostlanders agree with, and it doesn’t have any negative outcome related to Tension or Trust, so it can be the first Prison you build.

That’s everything you need to know to get started with building Prisons in Frostpunk 2. In this survival game, you will have to manage a lot of things like Crime, Hunger, Disease, Squalor and Tension, and we’ve got the steps to do exactly that.

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