In SteamWorld Build, you will be diving into city management and underground mining but may find your way blocked by Creep. After digging through the first level, you will arrive in a new area called the Marshy Ruins, introducing enemies and a plant called Creep. While it remains in your way, you cannot build on top of it, and robots will have difficulty moving across it, so removing it quickly is essential.
This game fits neatly into the same universe that all the SteamWorld franchise games fall into, but this game focuses on the management side of gameplay. Players will need to create a supply chain and grow the population while at the same time digging deep into the earth to find rocket ship pieces. Digging underground will be dangerous but provides numerous resources, so Creep must be dealt with as soon as possible.
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How To Get Rid Of Creep in SteamWorld Build
Another factor to consider is that once Creep has been seen, it will continue to grow and overtake anything that isn’t fertile ground or obstructed by something else. To get rid of it, you will need to have Guard Robots, which will likely be unlocked by the time you come across Creep plants. However, if not, build the Guard Quarters as soon as possible to catch up on the right kind of robots for the job.
Like Henchmen in Evil Genius 2, the Guard Robots can immediately take care of the Creep when given the right tools. In this case, they will need a flamethrower. You may already have one, but the best place to find them is within chests hidden on this floor or others. Once you have one, equip it to the Guard Quarters by modifying them, and the Guard Robots will immediately get to work burning Creep away.
Equipping more than one of each item to the Guard Quarters is possible, so you can equip multiple flamethrowers to deal with Creep faster.
Once you move to other floors, you can move the flamethrowers around to ensure that each floor has at least one Guard Robot equipped with a flamethrower. Additionally, the Robot carrying the flamethrower will also use it to eliminate enemies it comes across. As in the mining system in Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria, you will only be digging deeper to achieve your goals, so being prepared to counter any creep in your adventures will keep you ready for anything in SteamWorld Build.
