How do you prevent epidemic outbreaks in The Crust 1.0?

Install sufficient Shower and Toilet sanitary modules in colonist habitats and maintain a positive stockpile of medicine in local storage.

Can you fire underperforming colonists in version 1.0?

Yes, version 1.0 introduces a direct colonist firing and salary management interface allowing commanders to terminate unwanted personnel.

How many survivors must be rescued for the Hope-2 achievement?

Rescuing all 12 survivors of the Hope-2 expedition unlocks the Heroes Never Die achievement, held by 7.5% of Steam players.

The Crust: Colonist Management & Morale Guide

The Crust Colonist Quarters and Habitat Management

Sourcing note: Colonist needs, sanitary mechanics, and epidemic vectors are drawn from official VEOM Studio 1.0 developer updates and Steam achievement metrics.

While autonomous rovers and robotic drills handle primary excavation in The Crust, complex scientific breakthroughs, high-precision chip fabrication, and Earth corporate negotiations demand living human personnel. Human specialists bring immense productivity bonuses, but they also bring psychological frailty, physiological needs, and vulnerability to lunar pathogens.

Colonist Hierarchy & Professions

Personnel recruited from Earth arrive via transport shuttles and specialize in specific operational disciplines:

Extraction Engineers: Boost drilling yields and accelerate mechanical repairs.
Metallurgical Chemists: Maximize purity outputs in electric arc smelters and vacuum leaching tanks.
Life Support Technicians: Reduce oxygen and water consumption across subterranean living domes.
Corporate Diplomats: Negotiate lucrative Earth faction contracts and maximize trade profit margins.

Training a colonist until they achieve the absolute maximum rank in their profession unlocks the prestigious My mom’s friend’s son achievement (0.1% unlock rate), representing the pinnacle of lunar workforce mastery.

The Crust Earth Trade Contracts and Faction Diplomacy

Version 1.0 Sanitary Architecture & Epidemics

One of the most consequential mechanics introduced in the 1.0 commercial release is the Hygiene & Sanitary System:

1. Showers & Toilets

Colonists require functional sanitary modules located adjacent to their sleeping quarters. Neglecting hygiene triggers rapid moral decay and creates breeding grounds for viral strains.

2. Epidemic Outbreaks

When hygiene indicators drop, Epidemics spread through air filtration corridors. Infected personnel suffer drastic work speed penalties, experience severe morale collapse, and can perish if medical supplies are exhausted.

Keep a baseline stockpile of medical units in hospital storage.
Quarantine sick specialists to specialized infirmary modules until symptoms abate.

Room Wall Painting & Interior Styling

To eliminate psychological disorientation in subterranean habitats, version 1.0 incorporates a dedicated room wall painting tool:

Wall Finish Options: Choose between structural steel, natural wood, textured stone, and bright designer wallpaper.
Psychological Buff: Providing comfortable aesthetic quarters reduces colonist stress and significantly reduces turnover.

Wage Management & Firing System

Commanders can now control operational overhead using the 1.0 salary system:

Salary Sliders: Adjust wage payouts on an individual or guild-wide basis to incentivize productivity.
Termination Tool: Instantly dismiss toxic or redundant specialists, freeing up pressurized life support quotas for high-skill replacements.

Finally, exploring surface signals to locate and rescue all 12 survivors of the stranded Hope-2 expedition awards the Heroes Never Die achievement (7.5% unlock rate), providing veteran specialists ready for immediate deployment.