How to make Passive Gasoline?

Want to know how to make Passive Gasoline in Town Star where it’s not a worry anymore? Are you tired of running out of Gas in Town Star? Tired of toggling back and forth between refining Petroleum and then into Gasoline? Are you still needing help on what it takes to produce Gas and a sustainable economy?

You’ve found the right website. We’ve got a ton of Guides for Gasoline production in Town Star.

First you need to understand that Passive Gasoline production requires a handful of different buildings; a Power Plant (to create raw energy from crude oil as well as provide passive energy to the Refinery), a Refinery (to refine the raw harvested materials), an oil pump (quite a few here – 10 or so), and two water pumps and a Lumber Mill (to build the Power Plant). Additionally, you need a warehouse to store your energy, and a worker house (industrial worker) to fetch the oil & energy and deliver it to the warehouse. The crude oil is refined into petroleum and then petroleum is refined into gasoline.

In this guide we will teach you how to produce Passive Gasoline so you can sub-stain a growing economy throughout the week.

Before you begin producing Passive Gasoline, you have to have a reliable income. Typically it’s best to plan to begin producing Gas when you hit the 20 Gas marker it is time to build your Gasoline operation. This guide is going to assume you’re already producing gas and you want to move onto the next phase which is passive gas production.

Note: that you will not be able to grow to building a passive gas production in Town Star beyond this point unless you are producing higher tier goods like for example Flour, Sugar, Eggs or Wool at minimum but you should be crafting Tier 3 items at this point.

To make Passive Gasoline, you will need the following buildings:

Refinery (and the Paved Road req. to build it) – $15,000 x 2 = $30,000
Power Plant (to produce passive energy and create energy from crude oil) – $100,000
Lumber Mill (to create Lumber to build the power plant) – $50,000
Wind Turbine (to produce energy) – $2,500 x 6 = $12,500
Oil Pump (to produce crude oil) – $2,500 x 10 = $25,000
Pond (to place the Water Pump) – $20,000
Water Pump (to produce passive water) – $50,000 x 2 = $100,000
Industrial Worker (to harvest the crude oil and energy) – $2,500
Fuel Storage (to store the crude oil and gasoline; every Town comes with this base building, one additional needed) – $15,000
Warehouse (to store the energy and crude oil) – $10,000 x 2 = $20,000
Paved Roads – $10,000 x 3 = $30,000

Total Cost to Produce Passive Gasoline in Town Star: $405,000

The Town Star Passive Gasoline Production Process

Be very conservative with your Gasoline in the beginning. You will run out much faster than you think. Therefore, it is important to make the most out of every tank of gas – try only to sell higher value items like Flour, Sugar or Salt, Eggs or Wool.

Start off by building (1) Worker House. Next lay down a Water Facility. Once this building is complete, lay down (1) Wind Turbine followed by (1) Oil Pump. Before these two buildings are complete you need to lay down a Warehouse for your energy to be stored. Next build a paved road and lay down your Refinery.

Your Industrial Worker will fetch Crude Oil from the Oil Pump, and store it in the Fuel Storage. He will also fetch Energy from the Wind Turbine, and store it in the Warehouse.

The Water Facility fetches Water from Wells to make Water Drums, and stores them in the Warehouse.

The refinery makes Petroleum (2 Crude Oil, 2 Energy, 1 Water Drum). You then refine it into Gasoline (1 Petroleum, 2 Water Drums, 6 Energy) using the same building. The refinery worker will fetch all of these ingredients himself. It’s also important to note that the farther you place the Warehouse from the Refinery, the longer it will take to fetch the necessary ingredients.

Remember that most of these buildings will cause Pollution around them, affecting crops and animal farms severely. Place the buildings somewhere out of the way to avoid this.

See our Guide on: How to Build an Economy in Town Star for Gasoline Production

Step 1 towards Passive Gas in Town Star

After you’ve built up your economy and your crafting Tier 3 items, it’s time to start the passive gasoline production. This is done by building a pond near your refinery, one tile away so you can fit a Water Pump in between. Sometimes I’ll build a pond before the Water Facility that way it provides passive Water Drums while you’re getting up and building.

Step 2 towards Passive Gas in Town Star

After you’ve laid down the Water Pump it’s time to build out the Lumber Mill. It’s essential you get this going before hand that way you’re not waiting on construction time for the upcoming Power Plant. Build at this time an additional Fuel Storage to hold all the Crude Oil.

Step 3 towards Passive Gas in Town Star

Lay down a few more Oil Pumps that way once the Power Plant is built, you can supply it with enough Crude Oil to create Energy from it in the early phases. After you’ve laid down the additional Oil Pumps, it’s time to start saving up for the Power Plant.

The Power Plant is going to require an additional paved road, and it’s going to need to sit next to your Water Pump – hope you planned accordingly, or this may be a costly mistake. You can use our Town Star Visualizer to see how placement should go.

Step 4 towards Passive Gas in Town Star

Once you’ve saved up enough money it’s time to lay down the Power Plant. This will allow you to provide passive energy to your Refinery as well as passive water to the Refinery. Although it still won’t be enough yet to provide Passive Gasoline to your town.

Step 5 towards Passive Gas in Town Star

After you’ve built the first Water Pump it’s time to build the second one on the other side of the pond. This will allow for placement of the 2nd refinery as well as providing passive water again to the first so no additional water drums will need to be supplied to the first refinery.
Step 6 towards Passive Gas in Town Star

Build a second Refinery now that will require you’ve built an additional paved road before you do this. Once your second refinery is built toggle the first refinery to just producing Gasoline and the second refinery to just providing Petroleum.

Your Power Plant should be providing sufficient energy output to keep up with your Gas Production as well as the additional Oil Pumps you placed down earlier.

That completes the passive production of Gasoline in Town Star.

To keep up a sustainable economy you’ll want to ensure all of your buildings are kept up and running, as well as ensuring you have a steady flow of Crude Oil and Energy coming into your Refinery.

If you’re still having difficulties please see our Guide on: How to Build an Economy in Town Star for Gasoline Production