DREADMOOR Fuel Guide – Fuel Larva, Fuel Gun & Trip Planning

Fuel is the quiet timer under every DREADMOOR trip. The boat burns it, and the only production chain in the demo runs through a larva in a trader's workshop. Here is the whole loop and how to plan around it.

The Fuel Production Chain

1. Grind fish — process caught fish at the Grinder into Fish Meat.
2. Feed the Fuel Larva — the larva eats Fish Meat and produces fuel over time.
3. Fill the tank — use the Fuel Gun to transfer the produced fuel into the boat.

Step 3 is the one everyone misses the first time: feeding the larva does not fill the boat. If the tank shows empty after feeding, you skipped the Fuel Gun.

Trip Planning

The Submerged Lands punish optimistic routing:

• Check the gauge at the dock, not at the horizon.
• Long legs — Angler's Island, the Salvage Fields, The Throat — deserve a full tank and a patched hull.
• Budget the return leg before chasing one more salvage container.
• Faster engines burn the distance down but do not change the rule: fuel out and back.

The Fuel Tank Module

The cheapest insurance in the ship tree: the Fuel Tank costs 1× Metal Plate at the Ship Upgrades Table and stretches every fill. It competes with nothing important — craft it once the required modules are funded. See the boat upgrades database for the full module list.