How to get fuel in Once Human

Much like in the real world, fuel is an important resource in Once Human to power your vehicles and get around the map. Whether you’re riding a Motorcycle, or driving a car, fuel is needed for travel. Later in the game, it’s used to construct turrets to defend your Territory and produce higher-tier ammunition. Thankfully there are a few ways to get fuel in Once Human, and we’ll list all the methods and ideas below.

Where to get fuel in Once Human

To get fuel in Once Human, you’ll need to loot the trunks of abandoned cars, trucks, and vans. You’ll find these throughout all regions alongside roads, especially dirt roads. Not all cars can be looted, including those in points of interests. Use the Q snap ability near cars to find out whether they can be looted. Looting cars will get you Portable Mixed Fuel, which can use to fill up the Motorcycle. However, note that higher-tier vehicles require Premium Fuel. You can check what fuel is needed by approaching one of your vehicles then selecting the refuel option.

Refinery Pollution Point

Participating and completing Workshop events at Refinery Pollution Points rewards Premium Fuel alongside other materials like Stardust Source. These are tower defense mini-games where you set up fortifications then defeat waves of enemies while protecting the extractor. You’ll need an Extraction Permit to take part.

How to craft fuel

To make fuel, you’ll need a Water Pump (x25 Steel Ingot, x20 Carbon Fiber Fabric, x20 Refined Parts, x25 Electronic Parts, and x70 Standard Parts) and Refining Facility (x25 Bronze Ingots, x5 Electronic Parts, x10 Standard Parts, and x10 Copper Ingots)) set up near a crude oil deposit in the ground. Oil fields are represented on the map by dark veins but also spawn as puddles in random locations. The Water Pump will extract crude oil that you then put into the Refining Facility to produce Portable Mixed Fuel. You can also place Portable Mixed Fuel into the Refining Facility to produce Barreled Premium Fuel.

Convert Acid to Fuel using the Super Refinery memetic specialization

You can also unlock the Super Refinery memetic specialization. What specializations you can unlock is randomised so there’s a degree of luck here. With the perk unlocked, Refineries produce oil much faster (about twice as fast) and even allow you to make Portable Mixed Fuel and Premium Oil at the same time courtesy of two production slots.

Additionally, the Super Refinery specialization allows you to transform Acid in Portable Mixed Fuel. Though this is costly given the need for Acid in other recipes, it’s a viable option once you’ve set up a reliable Acid farming operation.