Is it possible to stop the consumption of rare resources?
The Tradepost note mentions that it reduces rare resource consumption by 4%. By my calculations, 25 Tradeposts would mean a 100% decrease to rare resource consumption.
Does this mean after building enough Tradeposts, resources like furs, spices, and ivory will stop being depleted by default?
Best Answer
I have 29 tradeposts and while my consumption is now very low, it is not zero. With my Mint turned off and 57 kittens, I consume 0.27 furs, 0.19 ivory, and 0.03 spice per second (note, that's NOT per tick). With a single Mint, my fur and ivory production are positive (Mints don't affect Spice). On average, when I find spices once while trading, they last for 45 minutes to an hour, so I can get enough easily to keep my happiness maxed out overnight.
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Stoicism reduces rare resource consumption by 50%. Combined with at least 13 trade posts to get over a total of 100% rare resource usage reduction, it may be possible. But there may be game code preventing this from working or like the top post above shows, there are diminishing returns to the rare resource reduction but I'm not sure if that applies to just the trade posts or the combined total of rare resource reduction.
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