Ice Tycoon 2 Water Sources — Costs dan Panduan
Water adalah first resource yang kamu sentuh di Ice Tycoon 2 dan yang diam-diam cap long-term income setelah terasa established. Slized Games price setiap source agar early upgrades terasa affordable sementara late-game sources butuh deliberate saving. Setiap ice cube dimulai sebagai water, jadi weak source membuat permanent bottleneck yang tidak diperbaiki furnace upgrade. Panduan ini list setiap standard water source, exact purchase costs, dan practical advice kapan upgrade.
Mengapa Water Sources Penting
Kembali ke items hub untuk bagaimana water fit dengan droppers dan freezers. Padukan halaman dengan key map locations saat merencanakan rainforest Water Bucket trips, dan dengan upgrade priority saat memilih antara Pond dan extra dropper.
Tabel Lengkap Cost Water Source
Tabel di bawah list verified in-game prices untuk standard merchant dan plot water sources. Drip rates scale dengan tier; exact per-second numbers bervariasi sedikit dengan server tick rate, tapi relative ordering tidak pernah berubah — Well beats Pond beats Fountain, dan seterusnya.
| Source | Cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Seep Hole | 60 | First permanent plot source; slow tapi cheap |
| Puddle | 80 | Early upgrade; noticeable drip improvement |
| Plash | 100 | Mid-early tier; good before Fountain |
| Fountain | 120 | Reliable mid-game workhorse |
| Pond | 160 | Strong output; save before rebirth push |
| Well | 180 | Best standard source; end-game water cap |
| Water Bucket | ~40 | Portable; ~40 refills di rainforest biome |
Early Game: Seep Hole Through Fountain
Seep Hole di 60 cash hampir selalu first dedicated water source setelah tutorial collection. Drips slowly tapi pays for itself dalam minutes once dropper dan freezer online. Upgrade ke Puddle di 80 segera setelah furnaces melt ice lebih cepat daripada Seep Hole supply water — kamu akan dengar telltale silence freezer idle. Plash di 100 sits between Puddle dan Fountain; beli jika grinding cash dan ingin smoother output tanpa huge jump.
Fountain di 120 marks early-to-mid game transition. Banyak pemain skip Plash entirely dan save straight untuk Fountain first session; work jika toleransi bottleneck singkat. Fountain output supports two modest freezers atau one high-tier freezer plus furnace pair. Jika join Slized Games group untuk 10% bonus atau run Premium 15%, Fountain era income accelerates enough untuk reach Pond savings dalam dedicated session.
Mid to Late Game: Pond, Well, dan Water Bucket
Pond di 160 cash adalah upgrade yang rebirth-focused players target before reset. Feeds multiple droppers tanpa starve line, penting saat run parallel freezers untuk trophy grind cash. Well di 180 adalah best standard water source di Ice Tycoon 2 — maximum drip rate among purchasable plot sources dan last water upgrade before diverting savings ke secrets atau rebirth requirements.
Water Bucket adalah outlier. Cost sekitar 40, tidak replace Well tapi complement: bawa ke rainforest biome documented di map guide kami dan refill repeatedly — sekitar forty refills per trip depending route efficiency. Speedrunners dan trophy hunters use bucket runs untuk avoid buying interim sources di alt accounts. Shines saat kamu know map dan bisa loop rainforest ponds quickly.
Cold zones di -10, -20, -30, dan -40 di world map tidak directly upgrade water sources, tapi placing freezers near colder tiles freezes bucket-fed water faster, synergizing dengan cheap bucket strategies. Plan water upgrades alongside freezer placement, not in isolation.
Framework Keputusan Upgrade
Tanyakan tiga pertanyaan before each water purchase: Apakah freezers idle? Apakah dropper waiting for water? Apakah saving untuk bigger milestone seperti rebirth atau secret gem quest? Jika freezers idle, upgrade water. Jika droppers idle, upgrade droppers first. Jika 20% cash dari Pond atau Well, hold interim purchases dan save — duplicate tier skips waste money.
Codes seperti REBIRTH, 10KLIKES, FIRST, dan FROZEN grant temporary 2x cash ten minutes; redeem via codes section right before buying Pond atau Well untuk cut grind time. Permanent multipliers dari secrets (+5% each) dan rebirth trophies (+20% each) stack dengan water throughput untuk compound gains.
After Well, marginal water investment stops. Divert budget ke droppers, furnaces, dan rebirth upgrades. Mid-game walkthrough lists cash checkpoints tied ke each water tier agar tahu kapan game expects upgrade.