Black Gold Beginner Guide

• The full game released 10 September; the first verified patch is 1.0.1.
• Barrels now retain a specific Derrick assignment.
• Construction drones deliver ore to supported unfinished structures; the mine drone sells ore when none needs it.
• The first tree, first employee, first derrick and first oil sale have separate achievements.

Follow the construction objective before expanding. Check which resource each unfinished structure still requires. Keep the rig-to-sale path visible: routing now follows a specific Derrick, so a barrel passing another rig should not interact with it. If a menu or work area is too dark, use the new Options brightness slider. Check Steam achievements at each completed first action; the local checklist does not read your save.

1. 01

   Read the field

   Walk the home base and work site first so material, shop and field routes are familiar.

2. 02

   Stabilize the bottleneck

   Secure the construction inputs shown by the current objective before buying unrelated upgrades.

3. 03

   Record the result

   After each new machine starts, inspect its board and the path that receives its output.

4. 04

   Choose the next move

   Keep a reserve for maintenance and reinvest only after the production-to-sale loop completes once.

• Treating an older demo observation as a permanent rule for beginner.
• Copying an exact cost, rate or coefficient without checking the active build and source date.
• Optimizing construction depends on gathering and processed material before oil can flow while a different field bottleneck is stopping the full loop.