{"id":1877,"date":"2025-12-30T16:17:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T15:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.gamestrategies.io\/index.php\/docs\/kepler-pollution\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T10:35:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T09:35:33","password":"","slug":"kepler-pollution","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/support.gamestrategies.io\/en\/docs\/games\/kepler\/kepler-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"[Kepler] &#8211; Contamination"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 16px; margin-bottom: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-variant: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Inter,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #27abf0;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\">What can I do to reduce contamination?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 13px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Inter,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\">There are several things you can do to reduce contamination:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Inter,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\">Construct green buildings.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Inter,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\">Buy policies.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Inter,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\">Water the tree when it is not leafy.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Inter,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\">Demolish business or residential buildings, which are the most polluting.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 13px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-variant: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Inter,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #27abf0;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\">What happens if my contamination indicator reaches the maximum?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 13px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Inter,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\">If the current contamination exceeds the meter&#8217;s threshold, several things can happen, depending on the segment in which it is positioned:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Inter,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\">Maroon segment:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: circle;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Inter,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\">Population growth is frozen. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: circle;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Inter,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\">You cannot level up the city.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: circle;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Inter,sans-serif;\">The business buildings <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\">stop producing Keplers.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Inter,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\">Black segment<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Inter,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\">: the construction and improvement of buildings is prohibited, except for the construction of green buildings.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 160px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-793\" src=\"https:\/\/support.gamestrategies.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-01-08-a-las-12.53.14-110x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"110\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.gamestrategies.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-01-08-a-las-12.53.14-110x300.png 110w, https:\/\/support.gamestrategies.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-01-08-a-las-12.53.14.png 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px\" \/><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 13px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-variant: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Inter,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #27abf0;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\">Why do I have two indicators on the contamination meter?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 13px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Inter,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\">There are two indicators:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Inter,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\">Current contamination indicator: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Inter,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\">indicates the pollution in your city at that moment. It\u2019s represented by a white bar with a circle.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Inter,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\">Future contamination indicator: i<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Inter,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\">ndicates what the level will be once all the buildings currently under construction are completed. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 48px; text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 13px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Inter,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\">This indicator should help you make decisions about which buildings to build and when to build them. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 48px; text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 13px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Inter,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\">Before buying a building, you can find out how its construction will affect contamination by checking its corresponding information card. The color of the arrow on the contamination meter will indicate what the future contamination will be. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 13px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Inter,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\">These indicators exist to warn you of pollution in your city, which, if the threshold (marked by a dotted line) is exceeded, can have negative effects.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3502\" src=\"https:\/\/support.gamestrategies.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Contamination_en.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"159\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 13px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-variant: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Inter,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #27abf0;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\">How can I see the impact a building, an improvement, or a policy has on contamination?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3508\" src=\"https:\/\/support.gamestrategies.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Contamination_en3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"204\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 13px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Inter,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\">You\u2019ll find the buildings of each category in the \u201cBuild\u201d menu. Each of these is represented on a card. At the top right, you\u2019ll see the contamination symbol and a colored arrow. The color of the arrow represents at what level future contamination will be after the building is constructed<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>. <span style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Inter,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">The position of the arrow represents the increase or decrease of contamination: the up arrow means that future contamination will go up; the down arrow means that future contamination will go down.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 13px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Inter,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\">For example, if you build a green building, the arrow will point downwards and will be the same color as where the indicator of future contamination will be located once the building is bought. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What can I do to reduce contamination? There are several things you can do to reduce contamination: Construct green buildings. Buy policies. Water the tree when it is not leafy. Demolish business or residential buildings, which are the most polluting. What happens if my contamination indicator reaches the maximum? 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