How to decrease hunger in Frostpunk 2?

You might be wondering how to decrease hunger in Frostpunk 2. It is a major problem that can lead to the birth of disease and cause tension and rise. The overall population growth rate will also fall if hunger is not resolved. There are several ways by which you can address this issue, but some will be easier to execute than others. That being said, the following is how to decrease hunger in Frostpunk 2.

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Here's everything to know about how to decrease hunger in Frostpunk 2

There are several ways by which you can decrease hunger in Frostpunk 2. Some will have a near-immediate effect, while others are more long-term in nature:

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Decrease hunger in Frostpunk 2 via expansion of Food Production

Build Food Districts to increase output (Image via 11 bit studios)

If you need to keep the supply of Food flowing, consider building additional Food Districts on Food-producing tiles. This will boost the total output and ensure a steady flow. You can also expand Food Districts which will increase the output of Food by a small margin.

To increase the efficiency further, you can Research Ideas in these nodes, which give access to buildings that bolster food output. These can then be built in Food Districts:

• Hothouses (Idea Tree: Resources)
• Advanced Hothouses (Idea Tree: Resources)

This will provide you with a bit more food output. However, there are more ways to tackle this problem.

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Decrease hunger in Frostpunk 2 by enacting Laws, Research, and Shifts

Laws can help deal with Hunger (Image via 11 bit studios)

If seizing the means of production is not enough to sustain your food supply, there are other ways to get the job done. For a quick fix to the problem, you could activate the "Emergency Shifts" ability in Food Districts.

This will increase production but will come at the cost of Trust. No one likes working overtime, but at least there are ways to reduce the Cold in Frostpunk 2.

You can also enact other Laws that target Food production once researched:

• Food Additives: Forged Additives or Chemical Additives (Council: Survival)
• Childhood: Mandatory School (Council: Society)
• Waste Heat Conversion: Heat Overclocking (Council: Survival), found under (Idea Tree: Resources)
• Work Compensation: Efficiency Bonus (Council: City), found under (Idea Tree: City)
• Labour Organisation: Labour Oversight (Council: City), found under (Idea Tree: City)
• Workplace Control: Empowered Management (Council: City), found under (Idea Tree: City) (Radical Idea)
• Basic Necessities: Paid Essentials (Council: City)

You can also research additional buildings to help increase production, such as:

• Workers' Housing (Idea Tree: City), build in the appropriate Districts
• Drugs Manufactory: Stimulants Manufactory (Idea Tree: City), build in Industrial Districts
• Rail Hubs (Idea Tree: Hubs), build near Food Districts

If you play your cards right, the aforementioned solutions should help you decrease hunger in Frostpunk 2 by a large margin. However, if you require more alternative methods, there are those as well.

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Explore the Frostlands

Explore the Frostlands for resources (Image via 11 bit studios)

An alternative method of getting more food is to explore the Frostlands. You will be able to extract resources from them. Some areas can be exploited using Frostland Teams, while others must be connected to your city. This has to be using Trails and Skyways in Frostpunk 2.

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Move the population

One final and desperate method to decrease hunger in Frostpunk 2 involves moving the population to an established colony. This is not ideal as the colony will need to provide food for the settlers, but it can offer some respite from the shortage situation.

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What happens if you fail to decrease hunger in Frostpunk 2?

Don't let Hunger take over (Image via 11 bit studios)

If you've followed the aforementioned tips and tricks for Frostpunk 2, your city should be doing well. It should be thriving and despite the cold, you will have things under control. On the contrary, if hunger has taken a grip on the population, and you're out of options, you might be expecting what happens next.

Well for starters, if you fail to decrease hunger, people's health in Frostpunk 2 will start to dwindle. Disease and tension increase and population growth decreases. Overall, this will affect the production capability of your city. For this reason, it's best to deal with things early.

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