Vault management

Core management loop

The Vault map tracks access to individual rooms, installed upgrades, and occupied cells. Most locked rooms require one Breach Charge to open. Breaching is permanent for that save and reveals the room’s map button and any upgrades assigned to it.

Room access and room upgrades are separate systems. Opening a room does not automatically repair its machinery, and an upgrade can also require resources, an earlier upgrade tier, or quest progress.

Power restoration

The reactor is restored through The Vault’s Heart quest rather than a normal purchasable room upgrade. The current objective chain sends you to the Reactor Room, requires a Circuit Board, and has you install it before completing the reactor cold start.

Completing the quest marks the Vault as powered. This state is saved and can be used by room scenes to switch their lighting and machinery from an unpowered to a powered presentation.

Purification Chamber

After power is restored, The Vault’s Thirst introduces the Purification Chamber. Its quest requires a Breach Charge, a Water Filter Part, and the first purifier upgrade.

The purifier converts Toxwater into an equal amount of clean Water at day-end:

Tier	Upgrade	Current cost	Daily conversion cap
1	Manual Filters	10 Scrap Metal and 1 Water Filter Part	2
2	Automated Filtration	30 Scrap Metal and 1 Water Filter Part	5
3	Advanced Hydration	180 Scrap Metal in the current data	10

Each tier requires the previous tier. The conversion amount is the lower of the tier’s cap and the Toxwater currently in storage, so a tier-three purifier with 6 Toxwater produces 6 Water, not 10.

Water consumption is processed before purification. This means water produced by the purifier is recorded after that day’s rationing rather than being available to cover the consumption step that already ran.

Cells and security

The Vault supports eight numbered cells. Cell 1 is accessible without breaching; Cells 2 through 8 must each be opened before they count as available. A cell is available only when it is both accessible and unoccupied.

Each cell has a Reinforced Restraints upgrade. It currently costs 50 Scrap Metal and subtracts 10 percentage points from the escape risk of that cell’s occupant.

Breached rooms, unlocked upgrades, purifier status, reactor power, occupants, and cell assignments are all persisted in save data.

Daily assignments

Vault captives default to Rest and can be placed on a recurring assignment. A changed assignment starts the following day and continues until changed again. Active work is scheduled from 09:00 to 15:00, and low compliance can cause some work orders to be refused.

Assignment	Implemented result
Rest	Leaves the captive at rest instead of sending them to active work
Water Hauling	Produces Toxwater; output is floor(1 + Strength x 0.1)
Scavenging	Produces Scrap Metal; output is floor(1 + Scavenging x 0.1)
Sex Work	Resolves client sessions and produces Credits, with stat and event consequences

Training can delay a new assignment. When training finishes, the queued assignment is applied. Assignment results are then included in day-end processing alongside water use, recovery, health effects, and other daily events.

Exact costs and balance values may change while the game is in alpha.

Related topics

• Economy and trade
• Combat system
• Development roadmap

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