Frostpunk 2 factions and communities explained

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Recent updatesSeptember 24, 2024:We added the remaining factions to the list.

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September 24, 2024:We added the remaining factions to the list.

Frostpunk 2factionsare a major part of the survival city builder, and managing them is just as important as managing your supply of food, oil, and other resources. But who are these factions? How can you gain their trust? And what’s the difference between a faction and a community?

In Frostpunk 2 you will contend with factions and communities from the very first moments of the game. Your citizens aren’t just working and surviving: some of them are on your council, which means they are voting on the laws you pass. Keeping their trust of you high and tension in your city low will depend on carefully managing these factions and keeping them as happy as possible—even though making everyone happy at the same time is impossible.

You won’t encounter every faction or community in every game you play, but here are the factions and communities you may find in your city.

Frostpunk 2 factions and communities explained

In Frostpunk 2, every person living in your city is part of a community.A communityis a group of people with a common background and interest. Clicking on a community at the bottom of your screen will bring up their opinion of you and actions you can take to interact with them, like making them a promise or funding their agenda.

On the council,each community will favor a certain single directionthey want to see the city follow. Frostlands and Foragers, for example, favor adaptation. Lords, on the other hand, are interested in tradition. Communities will tend to support laws that lean in their direction. The important thing to remember about community members on your council is thatyou can negotiate with them to vote against their favored direction.

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A council room with members voting

Factionsare political parties.Each faction favors three directionsinstead of just one—Stalwarts, for example, favor progress, merit, and reason.Factions won’t vote against their worldview, and you won’t be able to negotiate with them if they’re opposed to the direction of the law you’re trying to pass.

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Frostpunk 2 Faction List

Here are the factions you may encounter in your cities in Frostpunk 2 and the city directions they favor. The starting factions may be different between games and between the campaign and utopia builder modes. (This list may not be complete but we will add more factions as we discover them.)

Swipe to scroll horizontallyFactionCity DirectionAbilityStalwartsProgress, Merit, ReasonMobilize enforcers: Provides guard squadsFaithkeepersProgress, Equality, TraditionEvening prayers: Increases trustPilgrimsAdaptation, Equality, TraditionDeploy Guides: Exploration time extremely decreasedEvolversAdaptation, Merit, ReasonTrain workers: Production efficiency increasedIcebloodsAdaptation, Merit, TraditionLead volunteer explorations: +80 food outputTechnocratsProgress, Equality, ReasonOptimize research: Research speed greatly increasedMendersAdaptation, Equality, TraditionOrganize rescue operations: +500 populationLegionnairesProgress, Equality, TraditionRaise prefabs: Provides prefabsProteansAdaptation, Merit, ReasonCoordinate patient care: Returns sick patients to workforceBohemiansAdaptation, Equality, ReasonHold mindshaping sessions: Boosts trustOverseersProgress, Merit, TraditionOverdrive output: Boosts production efficiencyVenturersProgress, Merit, ReasonFinance mercenaries: Recruits additional guard squads

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FactionCity DirectionAbilityStalwartsProgress, Merit, ReasonMobilize enforcers: Provides guard squadsFaithkeepersProgress, Equality, TraditionEvening prayers: Increases trustPilgrimsAdaptation, Equality, TraditionDeploy Guides: Exploration time extremely decreasedEvolversAdaptation, Merit, ReasonTrain workers: Production efficiency increasedIcebloodsAdaptation, Merit, TraditionLead volunteer explorations: +80 food outputTechnocratsProgress, Equality, ReasonOptimize research: Research speed greatly increasedMendersAdaptation, Equality, TraditionOrganize rescue operations: +500 populationLegionnairesProgress, Equality, TraditionRaise prefabs: Provides prefabsProteansAdaptation, Merit, ReasonCoordinate patient care: Returns sick patients to workforceBohemiansAdaptation, Equality, ReasonHold mindshaping sessions: Boosts trustOverseersProgress, Merit, TraditionOverdrive output: Boosts production efficiencyVenturersProgress, Merit, ReasonFinance mercenaries: Recruits additional guard squads

Frostpunk 2 community list

Here are the communities you may encounter in your game. In utopia builder mode, you have a choice of which two communities you begin with.

Swipe to scroll horizontallyCommunityCity DirectionFrostlandersAdaptationNew LondonersProgressLordsTraditionMachinistsProgressThinkersReasonForagersAdaptationLaborersEqualityMerchantsMerit

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CommunityCity DirectionFrostlandersAdaptationNew LondonersProgressLordsTraditionMachinistsProgressThinkersReasonForagersAdaptationLaborersEqualityMerchantsMerit

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