Sandbags

Sandbags

Bags of locally-sourced dirt or sand, stacked for use as cover. Sandbags are ugly, but provide better cover than other low objects.

Base Stats

Type

Building – Security

Beauty

-10

HP

300

Flammability

0%

Path Cost

42 (24%)

Building

Size

1 × 1

Minifiable

False

Placeable

True

Passability

pass through only

Cover Effectiveness

55%

Blocks Wind

False

Terrain Affordance

Light

Creation

Work To Make

180 ticks (3 secs)

Stuff Tags

Fabric, Leathery

Resources to make

5

Deconstruct yield

2 - 3

Destroy yield

1 - 2

Sandbags can be placed to provide pawns cover, sheltering them from gunfire.

Acquisition

Sandbags require  5 Stuff (Fabric/Leathery) and 180 ticks (3 secs) to build.

Summary

See also: Barricade

Sandbags provide 55% cover effectiveness, meaning that bullets aimed at targets behind them have a 55% chance to hit the barricades, leaving only a 45% chance to hit anything behind them. Cover won't shelter pawns from melee attacks, thrown projectiles, or explosions. Both colonists and enemies benefit from cover, however turrets do not. They provide identical cover to barricades.

Sandbags are placed on the ground. They slow down pawns walking over them, and do not allow a pawn to "stop" to fire or take cover if they are standing on one. They take damage from bullets and explosions.

Sandbags are largely interchangeable with barricades, as they both have identical cover, base HP, and similar material costs. However, sandbags are made of textiles and are always nonflammable, while barricades are made of metal, wood, and stone materials and their flammability depends on the material chosen. Sandbags also require much less work to make, but barricades are somewhat more beautiful. Unlike barricades, sandbags cannot enclose a pen like the fence.

Analysis

Sandbags and barricades are, in most respects, identical. The material affects the building's health, but not its defensive properties. Sandbags are generally faster to create, making them better in an offensive operation. Barrciades are slightly more beautiful, but require more work to make, so are marginally better at permanent defenses. Just remember that raiders will use cover to the same effect, so deconstruct unneeded buildings when you can.

Either building can be combined with walls for more cover. Walls provide superior cover, but a full wall will block line of fire. Having a wall with multiple 1-2 tile gaps of sandbags will give more cover than simply using sandbags, while still allowing pawns to fire through.

Other than their use for cover, sandbags and barricades can be used in killboxes. Enemies that funnel in from a hallway will normally use a wall's corner or side for cover. But as pawns can't fire while on a sandbag, they will be forced into the box itself. They will also slow down pawns.

Material table

As sandbags and barricades are largely interchangeable except for their aesthetics and material properties, both are included in the following table for convenience.

Note that cover effectiveness is 55% regardless of material or structure choice.

Material	Stuff cost	Beauty	Work	HP	Flammability	Terrain Affordance	Market Value
Wood	-3	000,224 ticks (3.73 secs)	195	100%	Light	6.8
Granite blocks	-3	002,060 ticks (34.33 secs)	510	0%	Heavy	12
Limestone blocks	-3	002,060 ticks (34.33 secs)	465	0%	Heavy	12
Marble blocks	-2	001,900 ticks (31.67 secs)	360	0%	Heavy	11
Sandstone blocks	-3	001,740 ticks (29 secs)	420	0%	Heavy	11
Slate blocks	-3	002,060 ticks (34.33 secs)	390	0%	Heavy	12
Jade		001,600 ticks (26.67 secs)	150	0%	Heavy	31
Bioferrite	-3	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	600	75%	Light	6.65
Gold		000,288 ticks (4.8 secs)	180	40%	Medium	500
Plasteel	-3	000,704 ticks (11.73 secs)	840	0%	Medium	48
Silver		000,320 ticks (5.33 secs)	210	40%	Medium	51
Steel	-3	000,320 ticks (5.33 secs)	300	40%	Medium	11
Uranium	-3	000,608 ticks (10.13 secs)	750	0%	Medium	32
Bearskin	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	390	0%	Light	18
Birdskin	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	300	0%	Light	9.6
Bluefur	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	390	0%	Light	12
Camelhide	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	390	0%	Light	12
Chinchilla fur	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	300	0%	Light	33
Dog leather	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	390	0%	Light	11
Dread leather	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	390	0%	Light	18
Elephant leather	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	450	0%	Light	13
Foxfur	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	300	0%	Light	18
Guinea pig fur	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	180	0%	Light	26
Heavy fur	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	450	0%	Light	17
Human leather	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	390	0%	Light	22
Lightleather	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	300	0%	Light	10
Lizardskin	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	300	0%	Light	11
Panthera fur	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	390	0%	Light	16
Patchleather	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	300	0%	Light	8.1
Pigskin	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	390	0%	Light	10
Plainleather	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	390	0%	Light	11
Rhinoceros leather	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	450	0%	Light	22
Thrumbofur	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	600	0%	Light	71
Wolfskin	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	390	0%	Light	16
Alpaca wool	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	300	0%	Light	20
Bison wool	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	300	0%	Light	14
Cloth	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	300	0%	Light	8.1
Devilstrand	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	390	0%	Light	28
Hyperweave	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	720	0%	Light	46
Megasloth wool	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	300	0%	Light	14
Muffalo wool	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	300	0%	Light	14
Sheep wool	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	300	0%	Light	14
Synthread	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	390	0%	Light	21

Version history

• Alpha 16/17? - In earlier versions it used to have 70% cover rating.
• Beta 19 - Received a new, extended description and a retexture, and its cost was reduced from 6 steel to 5.
• 1.1 - Crafting recipe was changed to use textiles rather than steel, and its health was nerfed (450 -> 300), along with its cover value (65 -> 57%).
• 1.3.3066 - Fill percent (i.e. cover) reduced from 57% to 55%.

• 

  Old Sandbag Texture

See also

• Rock chunk
• Defense tactics
• Defense structures

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Architect

Security

Barricade • Sandbags • Spike trap

(research)

Autocannon turret • Foam turret • Mini-turret • Rocketswarm launcher • Uranium slug turret • Mortar

IEDs

IED trap • IED incendiary trap • IED EMP trap • IED firefoam trap • IED smoke trap • IED antigrain warhead trap • IED tox trap • IED deadlife trap

Related

Antigrain warhead • EMP shell • Firefoam shell • High-explosive shell • Incendiary shell • Smoke shell • Tox shell • Deadlife shell