Swimming Pool

The Swimming Pool is a Well-Being building exclusive to the Iron Teeth faction, requiring 750 Science Points to unlock. It satisfies the Fun need by providing beavers with a recreational swimming facility. The Swimming Pool has a unique placement requirement: it sits on a 3x1 strip of solid ground with an adjacent 3x3 area that must contain water at least 0.2 meters deep. This means players need to carefully plan their water infrastructure to support the pool, often incorporating it into existing waterway designs or creating dedicated shallow pools.

The water requirement creates an interesting design challenge that ties the Swimming Pool into the colony's broader water management system. Players can use Levees to create contained pools at the right depth, or position the building alongside natural waterways where the depth is suitable. During droughts, maintaining the pool's water level may require redirecting water from storage or deprioritizing the pool in favor of more essential water uses like drinking and irrigation. A dry pool provides no Fun satisfaction.

The Swimming Pool is the Iron Teeth's premium Fun building, offering high satisfaction rates that push beaver Well-Being into upper tiers. It pairs well with other Iron Teeth recreational facilities like the Exercise Plaza, Wind Tunnel, and Scratcher to create a diverse entertainment district. Beavers with fully satisfied Fun needs move faster and work harder, creating economic returns that justify the infrastructure investment. For Iron Teeth players who have mastered water control, the Swimming Pool is a rewarding late-mid-game addition that showcases engineering prowess while keeping beavers entertained.