⚠️ Eco v0.14 is coming — the next major update reworks upgrade modules, so some of these numbers will change. They reflect the current version. What’s changing →
  • Simpler tiers: the 1–4 tiered upgrades become a single Basic / Advanced / Modern upgrade each.
  • Permanent upgrades: a module placed in a workstation is permanent — no more swapping lower tiers out as you progress.
  • Power transitions: a module can change a station’s power type/draw (e.g. a Modern upgrade moves a sawmill from mechanical to electrical power).
  • Talent-integrated: modules now use the same bonus/talent system — any talent benefit (power, labor cost, recipe unlocks) can come from a module.
  • Cheaper to upgrade: with the multi-tier parts gone, fully upgrading a workstation costs significantly less.

We’ll update this calculator shortly after the update releases.

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Transport

Transport

With resources and their usage spread out across the world, transforming the world by building transportation infrastructure becomes necessary.

With resources spread out through the world and the locations where they are collected and processed differing from where they’re used, transport becomes a critical factor to success in Eco.

To efficiently transform materials, you’ll need to create vehicles to carry them, and those require flattening the ground into roads. Using a StoneRoadToolItem you can flatten ground and make it usable for vehicles, and with ramps you can make gentle slopes that vehicles can travel on. More advanced vehicles will require more advanced roads to travel efficiently, and roads will need to be upgraded periodically as new technology comes available.

Building roads between villages and resource caches will take time and the effort of many citizens, and is a great candidate for public works projects funded by Taxes and built using Work Parties. As the world progresses in technology, more and more transportation infrastructure will be created to aid the flow of commerce, eventually growing to a point where the road construction and vehicle usage will create an impact on the environment. Careful management of this influence will be key to preserving the ecosystems that they pass through.