Mechanistry have released the second big content update for their lumberpunk beaver city builder, Timberborn.

Timberborn‘s second big update adds golems, a new type of robotic beaver worker. These super-efficient workers can perform tasks faster than normal beavers, don’t require as many needs, and can even be ordered to complete especially dangerous jobs that living beavers wouldn’t risk.

However, golems have their own set of limitations, like requiring energy to run. There are also still tasks that simply can’t be effectively automated with your new robotic minions.

Other big additions to the game include a reworked well-being system, negative conditions and injuries, terraforming, batteries, an enhanced new player experience, and much more.

You can find a trailer below.

You can find a rundown (via Steam) below:

Mankind turned Earth into a dry wasteland and perished, but some species adapted and evolved. Pick one of the beaver factions and see how long your colony can last.

Features

• Beaver societies – Control one of two beaver factions: the nature-friendly Folktails or the industrious Iron Teeth. Each faction has a unique style, buildings, and gameplay traits. Choose what fits your playstyle!
• Wet and dry seasons – Prepare your settlement for recurring droughts. Stockpile on food and keep fields and forests alive even after rivers dry up. Rely on both natural water sources and artificial irrigation to keep the land arable.
• River control – Beavers of the future have millennia of experience in water engineering. Put up dams and floodgates, dig canals with explosives, and redirect rivers to bring life back to the wasteland. Just be careful with that dynamite.
• Lumberpunk – Turn timber into sophisticated machinery – from water wheels and sawmills to engines and mechanized pumps. Wood is the core resource in Timberborn, but the most advanced structures require metal. To find it, send your scavengers to the ruins of the old world.
• Golems – Supercharge your colony with mechanized beavers! Power them up, maintain them, and you’ll get extra efficient workers for almost any job. They will literally move mountains for you thanks to their unique ability to put up land blocks.
• Vertical architecture – Create a thriving beaver settlement using a vertical architecture system. Space is limited, so stack lodges and workshops on top of each other, construct platforms and bridges, and set up a power grid for your growing population.
• Day and night cycle – Build a multi-district city with efficient production chains and nighttime activities. Follow the lives of individually simulated inhabitants throughout their day and celebrate when the next generation is born!
• Wellbeing – An evolved beaver’s lifestyle is not just “work, sleep and chomp on wood”. Satisfy the needs of your rodents with a balanced diet, decorations, monuments, and more – on top of keeping the colony alive.
• Map editor – Play on one of the included maps or create your own and share it with the community! With hills of different heights, ruins scattered in the desert, and all life depending on access to water, each map poses a different challenge.
• …and more! – Ever since the project started, we have been improving the game and adding new features based on community feedback. We’re making the world’s first beaver city-builder so if you want to carve it with us, hop into Timberborn Early Access!

Timberborn is in Early Access for Windows PC and Mac via the Epic Games Store, GOG, and Steam.