If you want to retain your position as the Steward of New London in Frostpunk 2, you’ll need to manage the approval of the various Factions in the game. By balancing your relationship with each Faction, you can prevent your city from collapsing in on itself. Part of this process involves preventing and breaking up riots caused by unhappy Factions.
Heightened Fervor triggers riots; a mechanic measures how displeased a certain Faction is with you. When a Faction has high Fervor and poor relations with you, they’ll riot. The opposite effect is called a rally, where Fervor is high, but the Faction is on good terms with you. While you can benefit from a rally, it will increase Tension with other Factions and shouldn’t last long.
How To Break Up Riots
Stop Protests & Appease Factions
Riots can’t trigger in Story Mode until the third chapter of Frostpunk 2 but after that? If you find a Faction’s Fervor has climbed too high and isn’t happy with your decisions, they will begin to protest your rule. You can track Fervor for each Faction to see just how big this problem has become. 1 Fervor triggers protests, 2 Fervor starts riots, and 3 Fervor is civil war.
If a Faction has spiraled out of control and officially launched a protest or Riot, you’ll have to win back some of their favor. Every Faction has certain Laws in Frostpunk 2 and Cornerstones they support. If you give into the Faction’s demands and make changes to your city, you should eventually stop the riot. For example, if the Pilgrims are rioting, consider implementing the Family Apprenticeship Law if you haven’t already.
How To Lower Fervor
Stop Riots Before They Begin
The better strategy for handling unhappy Factions is to stop Riots before they can begin. This involves lowering a Faction’s Fervor via Deradicalization, a major mechanic in stopping growing Unrest and Tension. Be ready to make some evil decisions in Frostpunk 2 to maintain order, as you won’t be a Faction’s friend when you pursue Deradicalization.
Some communities share the same Cornerstones as a Faction. If you have good relations with these communities, you can
use the Deradicalize move
to convince those members to leave the Faction and return to their communities.
If you don’t have a good relationship with the right communities, you may have to build a Prison. When you decide to Round Up Faction Members in that district, guards will arrest Faction members over a few weeks, lowering Fervor but raising Tension.
The other way to work against Fervor in Frostpunk 2 is to work alongside that Faction for a while. Support their ideals and Laws, or provide some Project Funding, and you’ll develop a better relationship with them. If you can keep this relationship going, Fervor will eventually drop. In the worst-case scenario, if you need to drop Fervor right now, you can promote a Faction and drop their Fervor by one point, stopping active riots in Frostpunk 2.
