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Oil Well

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Oil Wells are buildings that draw out Crude Oil for you. This is also the building that allows you to grow Golems. You can claim Oil Wells by spending 5 Wood as long as the Oil Well is currently unclaimed or is abandoned, and you don't have your maximum number of Oil Wells already. You can only have one Oil Well until you research the ability to have more from your Research Lab.

If it is claimed (and not abandoned), you'll have to attack the Oil Well down to half health, start it burning, and wait 50 hours for it to burn. Your best bet is definitely to hunt around for an unclaimed or abandoned well.

Once you claim a well, you can "Grow Golems" which can then be put to work in the Oil Well harvesting Crude Oil.

The more Golems working in an Oil Well, the faster they accumulate Crude. There are 4 sizes of Oil Wells. Small Oil Wells can hold 2 Golems, Medium Oil Wells can hold 3 Golems, Large Oil Wells can hold 4, and Extra Large Oil Wells can hold 5. All Oil Wells begin as Small, but can be expanded in exchange for some wood.

Each Oil Well has a limited storage capacity of Crude Oil, so you will have to go around and collect your Crude Oil every once in a while. Once a Well is at capacity, the Golems will stop working. The max capacity can be increased by investing Crystal at the Oil Well.


Raiding
You can Raid other player's Oil Wells by tapping the Well and selecting "Raid." If you are successful, you will get 50% of the Crude Oil that the Well was storing. However, if your Raid is interrupted you will not be able to try again for 24 hours, so make sure that you clear out any enemies that might be nearby.


Co-Harvesting
Players can set a Gold price per unit on their Oil Wells. This allows others players to buy Crude Oil directly from your Well. Anyone not an enemy with you can collect half of the crude available. Individual Wells can be set private like Stone/Iron Mines.


Capacity upgrading
The capacity that an oil well or crystal hut can store before becoming full can be upgraded.

  • no upgrade = 40 units
  • 1st upgrade = 60 units
  • 2nd upgrade = 80 units
  • 3rd upgrade = 100 units


Building Hit Points: 10,000
Burn Time: 50 Hours