Searchtower

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Searchtower
Each day, the search tower allows objects to be found in zones which were previously deemed "depleted". It detects unusual meteorological phenomena occurring outside and notes which area has been affected in the Chronicle.
Building upgrades Upgradable
Category	Buildings
Sub Category	Watchtower
Blueprints Blueprint	Construction Blueprint (common) common
Parent building	Watchtower Watchtower
Action Points cost	30
Resource cost	Patchwork Beam×3 Metal Support×1 Electronic component×1 Järpen Table×1

The Search Tower Searchtower is essential to any town, as it greatly increases the number of resources that can be found near the town.

Use

• Each day storms occur in one direction (with town as the central point). Each zone in this direction will individually have a low chance of undepleting(making Depleted Zones Depleted Zones become Scavenging Replenished Zones).
  • Buildings are treated separately from the zone they are in. Before the search tower is constructed the direction of the storms is unknown.
• Building the Search Tower reveals what direction today's storms occurred in, indicated by a statement in The News Corpse The News Corpse.
• Upgrading the tower via Building upgrades Building upgrades improves the chances of a zone replenishing.

Upgrades

Main article: Building upgrades

Level	Reward
Base	Each zone in the stated direction has a 25% chance to become undepleted
Level 1	Each zone in the stated direction has a 37% chance to become undepleted
Level 2	Each zone in the stated direction has a 49% chance to become undepleted
Level 3	Each zone in the stated direction has a 61% chance to become undepleted
Level 4	Each zone in the stated direction has a 73% chance to become undepleted
Level 5	Each zone in the stated direction has a 85% chance to become undepleted

Notes

• In Season 4:
  • The resource cost increased to include Järpen Table×1.
    • This has greatly limited the chances of towns being able to build a Search Tower Searchtower.