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Ghoul plating is an implant added by Anomaly DLC that gives a ghoul increased resistance against damage at the cost of move speed.

Acquisition[edit]

Ghoul platings can be crafted at a crafting spot or bioferrite shaper once the Ghoul enhancements research project has been completed. Note that this research requires dark study to unlock. Each requires 70 Bioferrite and 9,000 ticks (2.5 mins) of work modified by the general labor speed of the crafter.

Summary[edit]

When installed into a ghoul,^[Where?] ghoul plating multiplies their Incoming Damage Multiplier by ×50%, halving all incoming damage. This stacks multiplicatively with other multipliers to the factor such as the Tough trait and the Robust gene. For example, a ghoul with ghoul plating, the Tough trait and the Robust gene will see their total incoming damage reduced to only ×19%.

Plating also reduces the ghoul's base move speed by −0.70 c/s. As offsets such as these apply before multiplicative effects such as from Moving capacity, the actual impact on move speed can be larger or smaller than this value. For example, a pawn with 125% Moving would have their speed decreased by −0.875 c/s, while a pawn with only 50% Moving would only have their speed decreased by −0.35 c/s. See Move Speed for details.

Installation[edit]

Ghoul plating can only be installed in ghouls. Note that despite the description noting pain as the reason it cannot be installed in other pawns, methods of pain nullification such as painstoppers do not allow the plating's installation into other pawns.

Installing the part requires 2,500 ticks (41.67 secs) of work. It doesn't anesthetize the ghoul, requires no medicine, cannot fail and has no skill requirements.

Analysis[edit]

While their regeneration and lack of pain make ghouls durable by default, they can often be overwhelmed and downed by mid- and late-game raids, especially when used for melee blocking. Unable to wear traditional armor, ghoul plating is one of the key ways that ghouls can compete with end-game human melee pawns in this role. When stacked with other reductions of incoming damage multiplier, or with other improvements to durability such as metalblood and stoneskin glands, it makes ghouls into top of the line melee tanks, and with the right build, premier melee units generally. Every ghoul should have ghoul plating equipped, and besides ghoul barbs, a body part weapon and some select gene options, it should be the prioritised over most other upgrades.

Because of the large impact on move speed, and because other upgrades will reduce it further, plating all but necessitates ways to counter the penalty unless intending to use them in a fairly static melee blocking role and keep them near their expected battlefield at all times. Otherwise, prioritise move speed buffs such as bionic legs and move speed genes.

Gallery[edit]

Variant A, facing north
Variant A, facing east
Variant A, facing south
Variant B, facing north
Variant B, facing east
Variant B, facing south
Variant C, facing north
Variant C, facing east
Variant C, facing south
Variant D, facing north
Variant D, facing east
Variant D, facing south
Variant E, facing north
Variant E, facing east
Variant E, facing south
Variant F, facing north
Variant F, facing east
Variant F, facing south

Version history[edit]

Anomaly DLC Release - Added.

Artificial body parts

Arm/Hand: Archotech arm • Bionic arm • Power claw • Prosthetic arm • Wooden hand • Drill arm • Elbow blade • Field hand • Hand talon • Venom talon • Flesh tentacle • Flesh whip
Head: Archotech eye • Bionic eye • Bionic ear • Bionic jaw • Bionic tongue • Cochlear implant • Denture • Aesthetic nose
Head implants: Joywire • Painstopper • Circadian assistant • Circadian half-cycler • Gastro-analyzer • Learning assistant • Mindscrew • Neurocalculator • Psychic harmonizer • Psychic reader • Psychic sensitizer • Venom fangs • Control sublink (Standard, High) • Mechlink • Mech gestation processor • Remote repairer • Remote shielder • Repair probe
Spine: Bionic spine • Revenant vertebrae
Stomach: Bionic stomach • Nuclear stomach • Reprocessor stomach • Sterilizing stomach • Fleshmass stomach
Heart: Bionic heart • Prosthetic heart • Heart • Adrenal heart • Corrosive heart • Metalblood heart
Lung: Lung • Detoxifier lung • Fleshmass lung
Kidney: Kidney • Detoxifier kidney
Organs: Liver
Visceral implants: Death acidifier • Aesthetic shaper • Coagulator • Healing enhancer • Armorskin gland • Stoneskin gland • Toughskin gland • Immunoenhancer • Love enhancer • Ghoul plating • Ghoul barbs
Leg/Foot: Archotech leg • Bionic leg • Prosthetic leg • Peg leg • Wooden foot • Knee spike
Related: Psylink neuroformer • Xenogerm
Deprecated: Scyther blade • Psychic silencer

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 {{Anomaly}}
-{{Image wanted|reason=1) Main icon - the coloring is off since the exact RGB value is not known 2) Images on ghouls}}
+{{Image wanted|reason= Images on ghouls}}
 {{Infobox main
-| description = Bioferrite plates that can be surgically attached to a ghoul, protecting vulnerable areas. The plates will reduce incoming damage significantly but also slow the ghoul down.<br>
-Due to the extremely painful nature of the prosthetic, only ghouls can tolerate this enhancement.
 | name = Ghoul plating
 | image = Health_item_ghoul.png
+| description = Bioferrite plates that can be surgically attached to a ghoul, protecting vulnerable areas. The plates will reduce incoming damage significantly but also slow the ghoul down.<br/>
+Due to the extremely painful nature of the prosthetic, only ghouls can tolerate this enhancement.
+<!-- Base Stats -->
 | type = Medical Items
 | type2 = Body Parts
+| tech level = Industrial
 | marketvalue = 85
 | mass base = 0.3
 | hp = 50
+<!-- Creation -->
 | production facility 1 = Crafting spot
 | production facility 2 = Bioferrite shaper
 | research = Ghoul enhancements
+| work to make = 9000
+| work speed stat = General Labor Speed
 | resource 1 = Bioferrite
 | resource 1 amount = 70
-| work to make = 9000
+<!-- Technical -->
-| work speed stat = General Labor Speed
+| techHediffsTags = Ghoul
+| thingCategories = BodyPartsGhoul
 }}
 '''Ghoul plating''' is an [[Artificial body part|implant]] added by [[Anomaly DLC]] that gives a [[ghoul]] increased resistance against damage at the cost of [[move speed]].
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 == Summary ==
-{{Stub|section=1|reason=Detail, also how long does it take to install the part. Medicine? Anesthetized?}}
+When installed into a [[ghoul]],{{Check Tag|Where?|What body part?}} ghoul plating multiplies their [[Incoming Damage Multiplier]] by {{Good|x50%}}, halving all incoming damage. This stacks multiplicatively with other multipliers to the factor such as the [[Tough]] trait and the [[Robust]] gene.{{BiotechIcon}} For example, a ghoul with ghoul plating, the Tough trait and the Robust gene will see their total incoming damage reduced to only {{Good|x19%}}.
-Once implanted into a ghoul, it provides a {{Good|x50%}} [[incoming damage multiplier]] and {{Bad|-0.70}} {{CS}} [[Move speed]] .
-This can stack multiplicatively the [[Tough]] trait and the [[Robust]] gene.{{BiotechIcon}}
-A ghoul with ghoul plating, the Tough trait and the Robust gene will see their total incoming damage reduced to 19%.
+Plating also reduces the ghoul's base [[move speed]] by {{--|0.70}} {{CS}}. As offsets such as these apply before multiplicative effects such as from [[Moving]] capacity, the actual impact on move speed can be larger or smaller than this value. For example, a pawn with {{Good|125%}} Moving would have their speed decreased by {{--|{{#expr:1.25*0.70}}}} {{CS}}, while a pawn with only {{Bad|50%}} Moving would only have their speed decreased by {{--|{{#expr:0.5*0.70}}}} {{CS}}. See [[Move Speed]] for details.
 === Installation ===
 Ghoul plating can only be installed in [[ghoul]]s. Note that despite the description noting [[pain]] as the reason it cannot be installed in other pawns, methods of pain nullification such as [[painstopper]]s do not allow the plating's installation into other pawns.
-Installing the part cannot fail and has no skill requirements.
+Installing the part requires {{ticks|2500}} of work. It doesn't [[Anesthetic|anesthetize]] the ghoul, requires no medicine, cannot fail and has no skill requirements.
 == Analysis ==
-{{Stub|section=1|reason=Missing section}}
+While their regeneration and lack of pain make ghouls durable by default, they can often be overwhelmed and [[downed]] by mid- and late-game raids, especially when used for [[melee block]]ing. Unable to wear traditional armor, ghoul plating is one of the key ways that ghouls can compete with end-game human melee pawns in this role. When stacked with other reductions of [[incoming damage multiplier]], or with other improvements to durability such as [[metalblood]] and [[stoneskin gland]]s,{{RoyaltyIcon}} it makes ghouls into top of the line melee tanks, and with the right build, premier melee units generally. Every ghoul should have ghoul plating equipped, and besides [[ghoul barbs]], a [[body part weapon]] and some select [[gene]]{{BiotechIcon}} options, it should be the prioritised over most other [[Ghoul#Analysis|upgrades]].
-ANALYSIS TEXT
+Because of the large impact on [[move speed]], and because other upgrades will reduce it further, plating all but necessitates ways to counter the penalty unless intending to use them in a fairly static melee blocking role and keep them near their expected battlefield at all times. Otherwise, prioritise move speed buffs such as [[bionic leg]]s and move speed genes.{{BiotechIcon}}
+== Gallery ==
+<gallery>
+Ghoul plating a north.png|Variant A, facing north
+Ghoul plating a east.png|Variant A, facing east
+Ghoul plating a south.png|Variant A, facing south
+Ghoul plating b north.png|Variant B, facing north
+Ghoul plating b east.png|Variant B, facing east
+Ghoul plating b south.png|Variant B, facing south
+Ghoul plating c north.png|Variant C, facing north
+Ghoul plating c east.png|Variant C, facing east
+Ghoul plating c south.png|Variant C, facing south
+Ghoul plating d north.png|Variant D, facing north
+Ghoul plating d east.png|Variant D, facing east
+Ghoul plating d south.png|Variant D, facing south
+Ghoul plating e north.png|Variant E, facing north
+Ghoul plating e east.png|Variant E, facing east
+Ghoul plating e south.png|Variant E, facing south
+Ghoul plating f north.png|Variant F, facing north
+Ghoul plating f east.png|Variant F, facing east
+Ghoul plating f south.png|Variant F, facing south
+</gallery>
 == Version history ==