Black Gold Wiki — Oil Drilling, Workers, Machines & Profit
Solve the field problem in front of you. Follow current patch fixes, untangle barrel and drone routes, and plan your next sale or achievement.
1.0.1
Released 2026-09-10. Current verified patch 1.0.1, published 2026-09-11.
Find your field problem.
The first post-launch patch changes routing, delivery and machine behavior. Start with the symptom you can see.
Patch 1.0.1
Barrels assigned to a specific Derrick. Ore deliveries corrected. Faster wood work and flights. New brightness control.
Use your numbers. Keep the assumptions visible.
Nothing here claims to reveal a hidden economy or worker formula. Each planner stores useful state in this browser and explains its result.
Achievements
Track all 12 goals, completed sales and your cash target locally.
Open desk →TOOL 02Barrel goals
Estimate remaining sessions from your observed sale pace.
Open desk →TOOL 03Patch impact
Match a field problem with the official 1.0.1 change.
Open desk →TOOL 04PC checklist
Compare listed requirements without invented benchmark scores.
Open desk →TOOL 05Oil profit
Gross, net, margin, break-even and scenario delta from your inputs.
Open desk →TOOL 06Maintenance
Rank machines as critical, service next, monitor or healthy.
Open desk →TOOL 07Workers
Compare roles with transparent cost, benefit and bottleneck ratings.
Open desk →TOOL 08Upgrades
Choose between machinery, crew, base, production, logistics and tech.
Open desk →
Timber to first oil
The field starts before the well. Clear the site, process timber against a known build requirement, assemble the derrick, then verify every board and connection before calling the chain ready.
Drilling is a connected system
Derricks, pumpjacks and Large Oil Pumps only earn their place when storage and sale flow can absorb output. Public sources do not provide universal rates, so this desk stays operational and evidence-led.
Keep iron working
Rust, grinding gears, valves and spare parts are not flavor text—they are the uptime loop. Read the active cue, service the highest-consequence confirmed need, and verify downstream flow afterward.
Workers need a real bottleneck
Hiring and upgrades are official systems, but no public official coefficient makes one worker universally best. Put labor against a visible repeated task, observe the change, then strengthen home and skills when the field can use them.
Store it. Move it. Sell it.
A big gross receipt is not profit. Follow crude into barrels or silos, confirm the tanker interaction, and keep production, sale value, maintenance, labor and transport entries separate.
Technology without invented recipes
Technology and expansion are verified. The Train Station clock received a 1.0.1 visual fix. That does not establish refinery recipes or electricity coefficients; those details remain unverified.
Check the game. Check your setup.
Mixed · 53% positive in the 2026-09-13 Steam snapshot. Partial controller support. Deck compatibility has limitations.
Reports are not automatically bugs
Track official 1.0.1 fixes separately from current player reports, compatibility snapshots and historical demo issues.
Check known issues →FIXED — 1.0.1 Derrick save-load firing, final-level firing and treasure chance scaling
COMMUNITY REPORTED Lumberjack drone drop-off reports; not independently reproduced
MONITORING Controller support and launch-build performance
Barrels routed. Ore delivered. Field visibility improved.
Patch 1.0.1 changes routing and construction delivery, improves worker and aerocopter speed, and adds a Brightness slider. Review its exact scope before treating an older complaint as a current defect.
Read the current patch timeline →The work, not wallpaper
Before the first shift
What is the first thing to check for Wiki — Oil Drilling, Workers, Machines & Profit?
Start with the beginner route if you are still assembling the first production loop.
Does this guide use official hidden formulas?
No. Black Gold Wiki does not publish guessed prices, production rates, worker coefficients or upgrade costs.
How current is this information?
Current release and patch sources were checked on 13 September 2026; older demo citations retain their original source dates. Patch-sensitive details are marked and should be rechecked after launch updates.