Gathering Post

Gathering Post is one of the Buildings in Frostpunk. It is a more efficient and safe way of harvesting Resource piles in the early game.

Acquisition
Gathering Post is available from the start, can be built from Resources tab.

Description
The Gathering Post is a rickety shack that allows you keep workers relatively warm while they are scavenging and salvaging resources from nearby Wood Crates, Coal Pile, Steel Wreckage, Destroyed Steam Core Transports, Wooden Ruins, or Steel Ruins.

Place the gathering post next to resource piles (wood crates, coal pile, or steel wreckage) and staff it with people and they will gather from any piles within range. This is more efficient than harvesting the piles directly, as harvesting 3 resource piles at maximum efficiency would require a total of 45 people, while the gathering post only takes 10 and harvests faster.

The gathering post is also safer, as people working there will use the insulation of the gathering post instead of the pile they're harvesting.

Gathering posts handle multiple resource piles by assigning individual workers to each resource pile. Each worker will be assigned to one resource pile, starting at the resource pile closest to the post and moving outward, and then repeating. This gives the player very limited control as to which piles are gathered from.

Abilities

 * Change the Shift Length
 * Heater
 * Emergency Shift

Upgrades

 * Research Faster Gathering (Technology): +15% work faster
 * Research Efficient Gathering (Technology): +15% work faster
 * Research Gathering Post Insulation (Technology): +1 heat level
 * Research Gathering Post Insulation II (Technology): +1 heat level