Ruins

Ruins are structures spawned in every biome except for the Ice sheet. They may consist of damaged walls, columns, stelae, urns, and stone flooring. They can be deconstructed for quick resources in the early game or be utilized as cover when on the offensive. Ruins can be molded to blend with a mountain. If an undamaged wall is present on a mountainous ruin, the structure may instead be an ancient shrine.

Additional buildings may also spawn scattered accross the map, or along side roads if on a map with them. Some of these are present in the core game, but a greater number and variety will spawn with the Ideology DLC. These structures are largely decorative, and exist simply to enhance the world building, providing further evidence of human habitation. Most cannot be deconstructed and even more no resources when deconstructed or destroyed.

Image	Building	From DLC	Description
	Ancient ATM	Ideology (DLC)	An ancient ATM. Smashed and rusted, it is completely useless now. How it got here is hard to say.
	Ancient air conditioner	Ideology (DLC)	An ancient air conditioning machine. Its internals were smashed long ago and what wasn't looted has rusted away in the time since.
	Ancient band node	Biotech (DLC)	An ancient band node. Valuable parts are missing, and everything else is degraded to uselessness.
	Ancient barrel	Ideology (DLC)	An ancient, broken barrel that looks like it once contained waste of some sort. The only thing it contains now is a smear of dried sludge.
	Ancient basic recharger	Biotech (DLC)	An ancient basic recharger. Valuable parts are missing, and everything else is degraded to uselessness.
	Ancient bed	Ideology (DLC)	An old, rotted mattress on a rusty frame. Though uncomfortable, it can still be used, but it's too dilapidated to restore.
	Ancient car frame	Ideology (DLC)	An ancient, rusted car frame. The body shell has long since rusted away to nothing.
	Ancient concrete barrier		A traffic management solution from long ago.
	Ancient container	Ideology (DLC)	A large container from some ancient freight carrying vehicle. It has long since been looted and deteriorated into uselessness.
	Ancient crate	Ideology (DLC)	An ancient, broken crate. Any valuables it once contained have degraded to uselessness.
	Ancient cryptosleep pod	Ideology (DLC)	A single-use pod for preserving one person in a state of suspended animation. Unlike cryptosleep caskets, cryptosleep pods can only be used once.
	Ancient display bank	Ideology (DLC)	An ancient computer interface. Valuable parts are missing, and everything else is degraded to uselessness.
	Ancient dropship	Ideology (DLC)	The remains of an ancient dropship. The valuable parts were looted long ago and the rest has deteriorated to uselessness.
	Ancient dropship engine	Ideology (DLC)	An ancient dropship engine. It probably came off a military troop carrier. Its delicate internals are rusted to uselessness, and the valuable parts were looted long ago.
	Ancient engine block	Ideology (DLC)	An ancient engine block that is rusted through. No repair could salvage this.
	Ancient equipment blocks	Ideology (DLC)	A collection of ancient equipment blocks of unknown function. Valuable parts are missing, and everything else is degraded to uselessness.
	Ancient exostrider cannon	Biotech (DLC)	The remains of the back-mounted energy cannon of a massive, ancient exostrider mechanoid.
	Ancient exostrider head	Biotech (DLC)	The remains of the head of a massive, ancient exostrider mechanoid. It was blasted by some kind of high-energy weapon.
	Ancient exostrider leg	Biotech (DLC)	The remains of the leg of a massive, ancient exostrider mechanoid.
	Ancient exostrider midsection	Biotech (DLC)	The remains of a massive, ancient exostrider war mechanoid. Long ago, some high-energy weapon shattered the body and fused the parts into an almost-solid mass. In its guts, it looks like there is a still-functional transponder. If you could extract the transponder, you could decrypt it to gather valuable information. The mech's incendiary weapon cells are intact but unstable, and will likely detonate after you do some damage.
	Ancient fence	Ideology (DLC)	An ancient fence made of reinforced concrete posts joined by concrete panels.
	Ancient generator	Ideology (DLC)	An ancient electrical generator. Its usable parts were smashed or looted long ago, and the rest has rusted into uselessness.
	Ancient giant wheel	Ideology (DLC)	A giant wheel which came off some large vehicle many ages ago. The rubber has disintegrated away and the metal is twisted and rusted.
	Ancient hydrant	Ideology (DLC)	An ancient hydrant. Heavily rusted, it is completely useless now. How it got here is hard to say.
	Ancient jet engine	Ideology (DLC)	An ancient jet engine, probably detached from a large airplane. Its delicate internals are rusted to uselessness, and the valuable parts were looted long ago.
	Ancient kitchen sink	Ideology (DLC)	An ancient kitchen sink made of some non-metallic fiber-sheet material. It is badly deteriorated and there's no way to salvage anything from it. How it got here must be a long story.
	Ancient lamppost		Road lighting from long ago. No longer functional.
	Ancient large crate	Ideology (DLC)	A large crate which was abandoned ages ago. It's too rusted to store anything.
	Ancient large mech gestator	Biotech (DLC)	An ancient large mech gestator. Valuable parts are missing, and everything else is degraded to uselessness.
	Ancient locker bank	Ideology (DLC)	An ancient, rusted bank of lockers. All of the lockers have been forced open with nothing valuable left behind.
	Ancient long crate	Ideology (DLC)	A long, empty crate which was abandoned ages ago. It's too rusted to store anything.
	Ancient machine	Ideology (DLC)	A large ancient machine case filled with unknown machinery. Valuable parts are missing, and everything else is degraded to uselessness.
	Ancient macro-engine block	Ideology (DLC)	A large, ancient engine block from some giant vehicle or power source. It's rusted through, and all the useful components are gone. No repair could salvage this.
	Ancient mech drop beacon	Ideology (DLC)	The broken shell of a mech drop beacon. Its useful components are missing and the shell has deteriorated after many years.
	Ancient mech gestator	Biotech (DLC)	An ancient mech gestator. Valuable parts are missing, and everything else is degraded to uselessness.
	Ancient mechanoid shell	Ideology (DLC)	A shell from a smashed mechanoid. It has been deteriorating for many years and the useful components have disintegrated.
	Ancient mega-cannon barrel	Ideology (DLC)	A barrel from a long-range cannon for artillery or anti-ship use. When it was new, it must have been frighteningly powerful. Now, it's far beyond repair and every useful component has been looted.
	Ancient mega-cannon platform	Ideology (DLC)	A mounting platform that once held some sort of cannon. It has been broken for many years and every useful component was looted long ago.
	Ancient microwave	Ideology (DLC)	An ancient device for heating food. Smashed and rusted, it is completely useless now. How it got here is hard to say.
	Ancient nav beacon	Ideology (DLC)	An ancient, broken ship navigation beacon. Every useful component was looted long ago.
	Ancient operating table	Ideology (DLC)	A table once used for surgical operations. It has long since deteriorated into uselessness.
	Ancient oven	Ideology (DLC)	An ancient oven. Smashed and rusted, it is completely useless now. How it got here is hard to say.
	Ancient pipeline section	Ideology (DLC)	A section from an ancient pipeline. It once carried some valuable fluid over long distances. Now it's been looted and deteriorated to uselessness.
	Ancient pipes	Ideology (DLC)	A bunch of rusted old pipes. It is hard to say how these ended up here.
	Ancient pod car	Ideology (DLC)	An ancient pod car once capable of automated flight. Its valuable parts were looted long ago, and the rest is badly deteriorated.
	Ancient postbox	Ideology (DLC)	An ancient postbox, smashed and deteriorated to uselessness. It seems to have been moved here long ago for some unknown reason.
	Ancient razor wire	Ideology (DLC)	A piece of ancient razor wire. It has been deteriorating for many years and no longer poses any danger.
	Ancient refrigerator	Ideology (DLC)	An ancient refrigerator. It was stripped of interesting parts long ago.
	Ancient ruined APC	Ideology (DLC)	The remains of an ancient armored troop carrier which was destroyed by some kind of heavy weapon. All the useful components were looted or deteriorated long ago.
	Ancient ruined tank	Ideology (DLC)	The remains of an ancient tank which was destroyed by some kind of heavy weapon. All the useful components were looted or deteriorated long ago.
	Ancient security turret	Ideology (DLC)	An ancient, broken security turret. The valuable parts have all been looted or smashed.
	Ancient shopping cart	Ideology (DLC)	An ancient, rusted shopping cart. How exactly it got here is a mystery, but the story is long and probably quite sad.
	Ancient small crate	Ideology (DLC)	A small, empty crate which was abandoned ages ago. It's too rusted to store anything.
	Ancient standard recharger	Biotech (DLC)	An ancient standard recharger. Valuable parts are missing, and everything else is degraded to uselessness.
	Ancient storage cylinder	Ideology (DLC)	An ancient device that looks like it once stored some kind of fluid. Valuable parts are missing, and everything else is degraded to uselessness.
	Ancient stove	Ideology (DLC)	An ancient stove. Smashed and rusted, it is completely useless now. How it got here is hard to say.
	Ancient system rack	Ideology (DLC)	An ancient rack unit packed with unidentifiable devices. Valuable parts are missing, and everything else is degraded to uselessness.
	Ancient tank trap	Ideology (DLC)	An defensive fortification for stopping vehicles. It's been deteriorating for many years
	Ancient toilet	Ideology (DLC)	An ancient toilet. Smashed long ago, it is completely useless now. How it got here is hard to say.
	Ancient toxifier generator	Biotech (DLC)	An ancient toxifier generator. Valuable parts are missing, and everything else is degraded to uselessness.
	Ancient troop carrier	Ideology (DLC)	An ancient, broken troop carrier. Everything that isn't rusted away was looted long ago.
	Ancient truck	Ideology (DLC)	An ancient, broken truck. Everything useful either rusted away or was looted long ago.
	Ancient unstable fuel node	Ideology (DLC)	An ancient, unstable fuel node once used to charge machines with fuel. It has become unstable over the years due to lack of maintenance.
	Ancient vending machine	Ideology (DLC)	An ancient vending machine. It was smashed ages ago and generations of looters have taken every conceivably useful part. How it ended up here is a mystery.
	Ancient warspider remains	Ideology (DLC)	The ruined remains of an ancient mid-scale warspider. It has been picked over many times, and there is nothing valuable left to loot.
	Ancient warsprinter remains	Ideology (DLC)	The shattered remains of an ancient sub-scale warsprinter. Whatever parts weren't ruined when it was destroyed were looted long ago.
	Ancient warwalker claw	Ideology (DLC)	The assault claw of an ancient mid-scale warwalker. This weapon specialized in tearing through heavy plasteel armor at close range. Its valuable components were looted long ago.
	Ancient warwalker foot	Ideology (DLC)	A massive foot from an ancient warwalker. It seems to have been torn free from its owner by some kind of heavy weapon. All the useful components were looted or deteriorated long ago.
	Ancient warwalker leg	Ideology (DLC)	The shattered leg of a mid-scale warwalker that fell here long ago. It has been picked clean by looters, and no valuable components remain.
	Ancient warwalker shell	Ideology (DLC)	Most of the armored shell of a warwalker. It appears to have been torn off by some colossal weapon system. All the valuable parts were looted, and the rest is badly deteriorated.
	Ancient warwalker torso	Ideology (DLC)	The torso of a mid-scale warwalker which fell here in ancient days. The valuable parts were looted long ago.
	Ancient washing machine	Ideology (DLC)	An ancient device used for washing textiles. Smashed and rusted, it is completely useless now. How it got here is hard to say.
	Ancient wheel	Ideology (DLC)	An ancient wheel from some kind of vehicle. The rubber has deteriorated away and the metal is twisted and rusted.
	Hermetic crate	Ideology (DLC)	A self-powered hermetically-sealed crate for preserving valuable items. These can preserve their contents for a long time.
	Security crate	Ideology (DLC)	A large self-powered hermetically-sealed crate with built-in security alarms. These can preserve their contents for a long time. If it is opened without the proper code, it will probably activate some nearby security system.
	Ship chunk		A chunk of a spacecraft. It seems to have been torn off either by uncontrolled re-entry forces or some kind of weapon. Having landed not long ago, it still contains useful resources which you can acquire by deconstructing it.

Version history

• 1.1 - Redesigned the system for generating ruined buildings on map start to make much more varied and interesting ruins. Perviously they tend to be rectangles with some clutter furniture.