Grave

Grave

Grave

A decent final resting place. Colonists will visit full graves to gain meditative joy.

Base Stats

Type

Miscellaneous – Thoughts

Building

Size

1 × 2

Placeable

Yes

Creation

Work To Make

800 ticks (13.33 secs)

A grave provides a place to bury corpses. Graves can be constructed without need of materials. The default storage setting only allows human corpses, but can be set to accept animals, strangers or mechanoids. A body can be removed (hauled) from a grave with the 'Open' command. Deconstructing will also release the buried.

Effects

• Unburied human corpses trigger 'observed corpse' negative thought for passersbys.
• Unburied colonist bodies trigger the 'colonist left unburied' negative thought.
• Unburied corpses have -150 beauty, resulting in an ugly environment.
• Colonists visiting graves of fellow members gain a recreation boost.

Graves cannot be stood on, though they can be walked through. This allows tactical usage by positioning graves to prevent enemies from standing on some locations.

Alternatives

• Molotov cocktails can be thrown on corpses for fire to burn them up.
• Electric crematorium can be used to burn corpses while requiring electricity.
• Sarcophagi are nicer but require materials to make.

Trivia

• Until Alpha 4, there used to be another version called Gibbet cage which caused mood debuff (Fear) to characters passing nearby.

Version history

• 0.12.906 - ‘Open’ designator added. Can now be visited as a joy activity.
• Beta 19/1.0 = Burying corpses takes 2x longer. Digging graves takes 20% longer

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Architect

Misc

Caravan hitching spot • Egg box • Grave • Marriage spot • Party spot • Pen marker • Sarcophagus • Tool cabinet • Meditation spot • Nature shrine (Large, Small)

(research)

Comms console • Cryptosleep casket • Firefoam popper • Ground-penetrating scanner • Long-range mineral scanner • Moisture pump • Multi-analyzer • Orbital trade beacon • Pod launcher • Stele (Large, Grand) • Transport pod • Vitals monitor • Ship landing beacon