Once Human: how to get Crude Oil

Once Human doesn’t take long to introduce you to modern technologies as you climb its tech tree, so it’s no surprise that you’ll need to be harvesting oil for plastics and fuels before long. Oil is not an easy thing to get your hands on though, and you’ll need to move a long way from wherever you made your starter base to harvest it. We’ll explain where to get Crude Oil, and how to harvest it once you find it. Unsurprisingly, you can only harvest oil from the oil fields. These are a location towards the north of the map, in the eastern section of Red Sands. The map above shows the most popular area players use to set up oil-farming bases.  Start by heading there and moving your base to sit in this location – try to give yourself as much space as possible, avoiding other bases and things like rivers or roads. If you don’t know how to do that, check out our guide on how to move your territory in Once Human . Once you’ve set up your base in the oil field, you need to unlock the following technologies: Water Pum