Doloc Town Power Guide: Do You Need to Connect Wires?

Why there is no cable-placement step

The electricity system tracks total generation, total use, stored charge, and capacity for the farm. The separate WireWireA crafted material; farm devices share a power pool rather than manual cable drawing. item appears in crafting recipes; it is not a cable-drawing tool. Once a power producer or consumer is placed, the farm-power UI appears at the upper left.

Troubleshoot a machine that will not run

1. 01

   Confirm the generator is actually active: fuel generators need fuel, solar stops at night, and wind or solar must be outdoors or in a zero-durability building.

2. 02

   Compare the first UI line: generation must cover use, or a battery must have stored charge.

3. 03

   Compare the second line: without a battery, excess generation cannot create useful stored capacity.

4. 04

   If storage is zero and use exceeds generation, pause a consumer or add generation before blaming the machine recipe.

Power hardware at a glance

Hardware	Output / capacity	Important condition
Basic Generator	2 generation	Fuel-powered; fails during acid rain
Fuel GeneratorFuel GeneratorA fuel-driven generator with more output than the basic model.	3 generation	Consumes the same fuel-duration classes
Improved Fuel GeneratorFuel GeneratorA fuel-driven generator with more output than the basic model.	4 generation	Higher output from each fuel interval
Wind GeneratorWind GeneratorWeather-dependent renewable power equipment.	0–2 by weather	Works outdoors or in a zero-durability building
Solar GeneratorSolar GeneratorDaylight and weather determine its power output.	0 at night; 0.2–3 by weather	Works outdoors or in a zero-durability building
Small BatterySmall BatteryEarly power storage with a capacity of 300 in the checked guide data.	300 capacity	Stores surplus farm power
Heavy BatteryHeavy BatteryA larger battery that joins the farm's shared power pool.	1,500 capacity	Larger shared storage pool

How to get Wire

Method	Input	Output	Unlock / cost
Hand Workbench	Broken WireWireA crafted material; farm devices share a power pool rather than manual cable drawing. ×2	WireWireA crafted material; farm devices share a power pool rather than manual cable drawing. ×1	Finish the early crop tutorial and open the 'Waste Not' mail
Assembly Molding Machine	Rubber ×1 + Copper IngotCopper IngotRefined copper used by machines, tools, and repair recipes. ×1	WireWireA crafted material; farm devices share a power pool rather than manual cable drawing. ×3	30 minutes; 24 total power