Off The Grid DLC

Off The Grid is the fourth DLC expansion for Two Point Hospital.

Released on 25th March 2020 for the PC edition, Off The Grid was announced on 11th March 2020, two weeks following the release of the console editions of the main game.

Description
From Hogsport to Blighton, from Flemington to Smogley, from here to remote corners of the Wanderoff County Park, everyone is talking about Mother Nature.

Tabitha Windsock, Two Point County’s every-present mayor, has put rivers and forests back on the map with her sudden concern for ‘green-issues’. She’s got morals, integrity and, above all else, a cloying desperation to stay in office.

That’s right, voter research has repeatedly suggested that the environment is the No. 1 issue on everyone’s mind, here in Two Point County, and Ms Windsock is more than willing to fall on the sword of extensive positive press by founding the Department of Green Things.

You’ll face new illnesses, some of them bizarre, even by your standards, and manage new gameplay mechanics on your route to eco-friendly success. We believe in you, and Tabitha does too (sort of).

Unlock
As soon as the player returns to the world map after achieving Star Level in Flemington, three hospitals will be unlocked: Smogley, Melt Downs and Underlook Hotel. In addition, a number of Map Pins will have appeared, one of which is a catamaran, anchored near to a dock on a small island, surrounded by windmills, to the west of Flottering. Clicking on this pin will unlock the first level of the Off The Grid DLC (World 9), Wanderoff. The pin will advise the player, however, that they will benefit from continuing to play the base game first. In particular, the three levels in this DLC require several treatment rooms, most notably the multi-illness rooms Surgery and DNA Lab, that are unlocked in the three hospitals of World 3, and the first two in World 4. Gaining Star Level in Duckworth-upon-Bilge will cause the map pin to disappear, and Off The Grid will be unlocked naturally.

Wanderoff
In Wanderoff County Park, Holistix have been farming rare, natural ingredients for years. Once they heard that the Mayor was planning to trial her green initiative in the area, they decided to open a nature commune, and take advantage of the foot traffic. It's our job to care for the people attached to those feet. Our funding from Holistix will depend on how well we're scoring on their new scale...

Yes, the (less than) fine people at Holistix have developed something called a "Wellness Index", which uses a number of different criteria to measure the overall wellbeing of a community. They believe that they've found a correlation between high scores on the Wellness Index and a willingness to purchase their organic tat. We won't receive much for diagnosing and treating patients, so if we want to make money we'll need to score well on the Wellness Index by focusing on its six criteria: staff and patient happiness; attractiveness; hygiene; reputation; and cure rate.

Old Newpoint
Welcome to Old Newpoint, the original settlement in the current era of Two Point County. Though there is no way to know exactly what happened, a cataclysmic event brought an end to the prior civilisation in Two Point County. It was in Old Newpoint, then just Newpoint, that our foreparents founded life as we know it and began to build sheds, make wicker things, and establish our problems and traditions.

Many of those traditions are practiced in the area to this day, for some reason… Yes, strange traditions such as herbal medicine and horticulture. The residents practice a root-to-stem approach, you won’t find them munching on Cheesy Gubbins, so you’ll need to keep everyone fed and watered by growing your own fruit and vegetables, and collecting rainwater. But the botany doesn’t end there - no! - medicinal Herb Gardens need to be used to treat the region’s most herbaceous afflictions.

Get gardening.

Windsock
Welcome to Windsock, the County’s first eco-city and its most expensive thing to be named after, and founded by, the same person. The city has taken over the news, provoking questions like: “How does this work?”, “Why haven’t we done it before?” and “Who paid for this?”. Say what you like about Tabitha, she really wants to get re-elected.

Windsock City doesn’t rely on the usual means of power. Instead, you’ll need to build green energy machines to stay switched-on and self-sufficient. Each of your green energy machines, whether it’s a wind turbine, solar panel or hydro-dam, will increase the power capacity of the hospital. The power that you generate can be used to open rooms in your hospital, or allocated to the Patient Flow and Staff Applicants systems, to influence transport in and out of the city.

New Illnesses
Heading off the beaten path brings with it a range of new illnesses! Two Point Hospital: Off the Grid features 35 brand new illnesses, 9 of them visual with a range of new and exciting treatment rooms.

Items
Bag yourself a delightful collection of new eco-friendly items for your hospitals, including a fetching rainwater collector, a door between dimensions and what can only be described as one of the best butter churners in videogames.

Eco Rating
As part of the Mayor's green initiative, your hospitals will receive visits from the Department of Green Things and given Eco Ratings.

Eco Ratings may result in bonuses, or fines, from the Mayor, depending on whether you're helping, or hindering, her re-election campaign.

Trivia
This is the only DLC where the invitation and completion letters are not sent by the new VIP, though the sender is an existing VIP, Tabitha Windsock, who will appear in the third hospital, Windsock.