Aniimo Power Grid Guide: Wiring Generators and Stations

To power your base in Aniimo, place a generator, daisy-chain relay poles across your Homeland within their transmission perimeters, and connect individual stations to the nearest pole using cables. Keeping total power consumption below your generator's output prevents grid overloads, brownouts, and halted crafting queues.

How to Set Up Generators and Power Sources

Your generator functions as the central power source for all electrical equipment in your base. Position it near your primary crafting benches or workshop cluster so you do not waste resources building unnecessary relay poles just to reach your main work zone.

Generators produce wattage through two methods:

• Combustible Fuel: Fill the generator's inventory with high-density fuel items. Monitor the operational duration timer in the generator interface to avoid unexpected fuel depletion while away from camp.
• Assigned Electric Aniimo: Station an Electric-element Aniimo with power work suitability at the generator. Assigned creatures provide continuous, renewable power without consuming crafting materials, though they stop generating power when resting or recovering stamina.

How to Wire Relay Poles and Connect Stations

Electricity does not travel wirelessly across your base. You must establish a physical transmission network using relay poles and cables:

1. Open Build Mode: Switch to the electrical tool within your Homeland building menu. Every generator and relay pole displays a visible boundary radius indicating its connection reach.
2. Anchor the Initial Line: Interact with the generator's electrical terminal to draw a cable, then snap it to your first relay pole.
3. Chain Additional Relay Poles: Run subsequent cables from pole to pole. Each connected pole activates an electrified zone around its base. Place poles slightly elevated on terrain or foundations to prevent cables from clipping through walls.
4. Wire Individual Stations: Route a direct cable from the nearest active relay pole into the target machine's power socket. The socket indicator turns green when the circuit is complete.

If a connection line turns red or refuses to snap, the distance between the two points exceeds the maximum cable length. Move the relay pole closer to the previous node to complete the circuit.

Grid Load Capacity and Component Priority

Every active station, light, and automated unit draws a fixed amount of wattage from the grid. If total demand exceeds generator output, the network suffers a brownout, which halts active crafting timers, freezes automated sorting, and shuts down defensive turrets.

To safeguard against sudden spikes when multiple processing queues start simultaneously, maintain a buffer of at least 20% unused wattage capacity. Before adding advanced machinery, check your generator control board to confirm you have enough surplus power. If demand nears your maximum output, upgrade the generator's components or install a secondary generator on the same grid before expanding.

Troubleshooting Power Failures

When a machine shows an unpowered icon, check the grid in this order:

1. Verify Power Generation: Check the generator terminal. Refill empty fuel tanks, or check whether assigned Electric Aniimo are exhausted and resting.
2. Trace the Cable Route: In build mode, visually follow the lines from the generator to the unpowered machine. Deleting, moving, or replacing structural walls and foundation tiles can sever attached cables.
3. Check the Wattage Load: Open the generator interface to see if total consumption matches or exceeds capacity. If the network is overloaded, power down heavy crafting benches until output can be increased.
4. Reconnect the Socket: If a machine remains unpowered despite an active generator and surplus wattage, remove the machine's individual power cable and rewire it directly from the nearest relay pole to reset the connection.