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{{About|the mechanoid from the [[Biotech DLC]]|the [[artificial body part]] from the [[Royalty DLC]]|Field hand}}
 
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A '''agrihand''' is a [[mechanoids|mechanoid]] added by the [[Biotech DLC]].
 
A '''agrihand''' is a [[mechanoids|mechanoid]] added by the [[Biotech DLC]].
  
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== Summary ==
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== Acquisition ==
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As mechanoids, agrihands are immune to [[fire]], toxicity, and temperature extremes, despite having a Comfortable Temperature. They do not need to eat, rest, and have no mood. They will be stunned by [[EMP]] attacks and will "adapt" for {{Ticks|2200}}, rendering them immune to further EMP strikes. Mechs do not count as a pawn for determining [[raid points]], but still contribute towards wealth.
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{{Acquisition}}
  
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{{PAGENAME}}s are light mechanoids. They are created from a standard [[mech gestator]] with 1 [[basic subcore]] and 50 [[steel]], taking up 1 [[bandwidth]] from a [[mechanitor]]. They take 1800 [[ticks]] to initally craft, and then it must gestate for 1 cycle (default 1.8 game days). Mechanoids can be fully repaired at the cost of power and nothing else. A dead agrihand can be resurected for 25 [[steel]] and 1 gestation cycle so long as the corpse is extant.
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Dead, friendly {{lc:{{PAGENAME}}}}s can also be resurrected at the {{lc:{{P|Production Facility 1}}}} using the "''Resurrect light mechanoid''" bill. This requires the corpse of the friendly {{PAGENAME}}, {{Icon Small|Steel||25}} [[steel]], and 1 [[gestation cycle]] taking {{ticks|1800}} to initiate.
  
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== Summary ==
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{{Mechanoid Summary}}
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Dead agrihands may be shredded at the [[machining table]] or [[crafting spot]] for {{Icon Small|Steel||10}} [[steel]]. However, these values are affected by [[Mechanoid Shredding Efficiency|mechanoid shredding efficiency]], as well as missing parts on the agrihand.
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=== Combat ===
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Agrihands can only make melee attacks. They have a [[melee hit chance]] of 62%, equivalent to a pawn with a [[Melee]] skill of 4.
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As a labor-focused mech, agrihands are never found in mechanoid [[raid]]s.
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=== As an ally ===
 
Mechs under player control require power: agrihands use 10% of their power per day while active.  If set to dormant self-charging, they instead recharge for +1% power / day, without pollution. They recharge in a [[mech recharger]] (constant 200W), for 50% power/day, creating 5 [[wastepack]]s whenever the recharger's waste is filled up.
 
Mechs under player control require power: agrihands use 10% of their power per day while active.  If set to dormant self-charging, they instead recharge for +1% power / day, without pollution. They recharge in a [[mech recharger]] (constant 200W), for 50% power/day, creating 5 [[wastepack]]s whenever the recharger's waste is filled up.
  
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Agrihands will automatically perform tasks under the [[Work#Grow|Grow]] and [[Work#Plant cut|Plant Cut]] [[work]] types; they can't be manually controlled, except when [[draft]]ed]] for combat. They have an effective [[Plants (skill)|Plants skill]] of 10, resulting in [[Plant Harvest Yield]] of 102% however their [[Plant Work Speed]] is capped at 40%.
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===Work===
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Agrihands will automatically perform tasks under the [[Work#Grow|Grow]] and [[Work#Plant cut|Plant Cut]] [[work]] types; they can't be manually controlled, except when [[draft]]ed for combat. They have an effective [[Plants (skill)|Plants skill]] of 10, resulting in [[Plant Harvest Yield]] of 102%.
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However, they have a base [[Plant Work Speed]] ''set'' to 80%, and a further [[Global Work Speed]] modifier of 50%. This results in a Plant Work Speed stat of 40%, which is {{%|40 / 123 round 2}} as fast as a human of skill 10.
  
 
== Analysis ==
 
== Analysis ==
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Agrihands are a fairly simple mechanoid, increasing the number of crops you can grow and harvest at any one time. With 10 plants skill, they can grow any crop, and as a 24/7 worker, they can allow your colony to grow and harvest a substantial number of additional crops, even if all your human growers are [[injury|injured]] or otherwise [[mood|grumpy]].
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Agrihands are fairly simple, increasing the number of crops you can grow and harvest at any one time. With 10 plants skill, they can grow any crop, and as a 24/7 worker, they can allow your colony to grow and harvest a substantial number of crops.  
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Agrihands are useful if pawn time, or pawns with enough skill, are limited. In other words: useful if you need to grow more crops. If grow area is limited, then using a human with >10 skill will maximize the return off the finite space. Ideally, you could use both planters and agrihands when sowing crops, and have the mechs enter dormancy during the harvest. You can set an [[allowed area]] for agrihands if you need a specific area sowed or cut. With a proper [[allowed area]] set, agrihands should never have to get into combat, so they can remain operational no matter how damaged your colonists may be.
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As mechanoids are immune to toxicity, agrihands are especially helpful for growing [[toxipotato]]es and other plants in polluted soil - which you may cause by using mechanoids in the first place.
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===Yield calculation===
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[[File:Agrihand_theoretical.png|400px|left|thumb|Theoretical yield of an agrihand working 5/6 days.<br>Top Left: [[Rice plant|Rice]] in [[hydroponics]]. Bottom Left: Rice in rich soil.<br>Right: [[Corn plant|Corn]] in rich soil.]]
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Most non-tree plants take a ''base'' of {{ticks|370}} to harvest and resow, which becomes {{ticks|370/.4}} due to their Plants Work Speed stat. This results in the agrihand being able to grow {{#expr:60000/(370/.4) round 1}} crops per day online.
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It takes about 1.98 days for rice to grow in hydroponics, counting the plant resting period. Therefore, an agrihand can manage almost {{#expr:(60000*.4/370)*(1.98/4)*(5/6) round 0}} full [[hydroponics]] ''basins'' of [[rice plant|rice]] ({{#expr:(60000*.4/370)*1.98*(5/6) round 0}} plants), enough to power a little more than 1 full [[sun lamp]] setup. The agrihand can recharge as soon as it's done sowing. In rich soil, an agrihand can plant {{#expr:(60000*.4/370)*(3.96)*(5/6) round 0}} rice plants.
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Due to [[blight]], travel time, and general inefficiency, actual yield will be smaller. These calculations also assume that recharge is micromanaged and that mechs work under full [[light]] all the time. But in a realistic scenario, you don't always need this many crops, and can turn off the agrihand to save on pollution.
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For reference, an agrihand can grow enough rice to ''practically'' sustain around 10 baseline humans in a temperate [[biome]] when cooked into [[simple meal]]s, even in the Losing is Fun [[difficulty]], and even after accounting for work inefficiencies. With any other crop, the agrihand can sustain much larger fields - a ''theoretical'' yield of {{#expr:(60000*.4/370) * 14.9 * 5/6 round 0}} [[corn plant]]s in rich soil or {{#expr:(60000*.4/370) * 9.66 * 5/6 round 0}} [[psychoid plant]]s in hydroponics, for instance.
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===Compared to planters===
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An agrihand's harvest yield, both per plant and per day, can be outstripped by skilled human growers. A skill 10 human working only 8 hours a day will grow the same {{#expr:(60000/370)*(1.98/4)*(8/24) round 0}} basins of rice. Humans can become even more efficient if they are equipped with [[field hand]]s{{RoyaltyIcon}}, have the [[Ideoligion#Plants specialist|Plants specialist role]]{{IdeologyIcon}}, and for drugs, the [[Ideoligion#Drug_use|Drug Use: Essential]] precept{{IdeologyIcon}}.  
  
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However, with a [[Plant Work Speed]] of 40% and [[Plant Harvest Yield]] of 102%, their harvest yield, both per plant and per day, can be outstripped by skilled human growers. Humans can become even more efficent if they are equipped with [[field hand]]s{{RoyaltyIcon}}, have the [[Ideoligion#Plants specialist|Plants specialist role]]{{IdeologyIcon}}, and for drugs, the [[Ideoligion#Drug_use|Drug Use:Essential]] precept. There's nothing stopping you from using both human and mech labor, though other than the [[pollution]] cost, it may be [[wealth management|too much]] yield.
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There's nothing stopping you from using both human and mech labor, or using mechs so that a human grower has more time for other tasks. But other than the [[pollution]] cost, mechs may create [[wealth management|too much]] yield, too much to actually use (even [[trader]]s have silver limits).
  
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Therefore, agrihands are a tradeoff - they can fill the gap if pawn time, or pawns with enough skill are limited; i.e., you need to plant more crops. If grow area is limited, then using a human with >10 skill will maximise the return per tile per day. Ideally, you could use both planters and agrihands outside of harvest, and have the mechs enter dormancy during the harvest. You can set a [[zone]] for agrihands if you need a specific area sowed or cut.
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== Health ==
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=== Body parts ===
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{{Animal Health Table|Mech_Agrihand}}
  
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As mechanoids are immune to toxicity, agrihands are especially useful for growing [[toxipotato]]es and other plants in polluted soil - which you may cause by using mechanoids in the first place.
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== Gallery ==
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<gallery>
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Agrihand east.png| Age 0-99 Agrihand facing east
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Agrihand north.png| Age 0-99 Agrihand facing north
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Agrihand south.png| Age 0-99 Agrihand facing south
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</gallery><gallery>
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AgrihandAncient east.png| Age 100+ Agrihand facing east
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AgrihandAncient north.png| Age 100+ Agrihand facing north
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AgrihandAncient south.png| Age 100+ Agrihand facing south
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</gallery>
  
 
== Version history ==
 
== Version history ==

Latest revision as of 19:27, 24 November 2024

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This article relates to content added by Biotech (DLC). Please note that it will not be present without the DLC enabled.
This article is about the mechanoid from the Biotech DLC. For the artificial body part from the Royalty DLC, see Field hand.

Agrihand

Agrihand

A small mechanoid designed to sow and harvest crops. While it is better suited to labor than combat, it can fight with built-in cutting blades if necessary.

Base Stats

Type
Mechanoid
Market Value
800 Silver
Flammability
0%

Mechanoid

Bandwidth Cost
1

Armor

Armor - Sharp
20%
Armor - Blunt
10%
Armor - Heat
200%

Pawn Stats

Move Speed
3.4 c/s
Health Scale
100% HP
Body Size
0.7
Mass
42 kg
Pack Capacity
24.5 kg
Carrying Capacity
53 kg
Filth Rate
1
Comfortable Temp Range
-100 °C – 250 °C (-148 °F – 482 °F)

Melee Combat

Attack 1
Right blade
8 dmg (Cut)
12 % AP
2 second cooldown
Attack 2
Right blade
8 dmg (Stab)
12 % AP
2 second cooldown
Average DPS
2.48

Creation

Crafted At
Mech gestator
Required Research
Basic mechtech
Gestation Cycles
1
Resources to make
Steel 50 + Basic subcore 1

A agrihand is a mechanoid added by the Biotech DLC.

Acquisition[edit]

Agrihands can be gestated by a mechanitor at a mech gestator once the basic mechtech research project has been completed. Each requires Steel 50 Steel, Basic subcore 1 Basic subcore and 1 gestation cycle taking 1,800 ticks (30 secs) to initiate. They take up 1 bandwidth from their linked mechanitor.

Dead, friendly agrihands can also be resurrected at the mech gestator using the "Resurrect light mechanoid" bill. This requires the corpse of the friendly Agrihand, Steel 25 steel, and 1 gestation cycle taking 1,800 ticks (30 secs) to initiate.

Summary[edit]

As mechanoids, every agrihand is immune to fire, Flame and Heat damage, and temperature extremes, despite having Comfortable Temperatures defined. They have 100% Toxic Resistance and Toxic Environment Resistance, making them immune to toxic buildup, rot stink and other toxic effects. They do not need to eat, rest, and have no mood. They will be stunned by EMP attacks for a time proportional to the EMP damage inflicted and will "adapt" and rendered immune to further EMP strikes for 2,200 ticks (36.67 secs).

Dead agrihands may be shredded at the machining table or crafting spot for Steel 10 steel. However, these values are affected by mechanoid shredding efficiency, as well as missing parts on the agrihand.

Combat[edit]

Agrihands can only make melee attacks. They have a melee hit chance of 62%, equivalent to a pawn with a Melee skill of 4.

As a labor-focused mech, agrihands are never found in mechanoid raids.

As an ally[edit]

Mechs under player control require power: agrihands use 10% of their power per day while active. If set to dormant self-charging, they instead recharge for +1% power / day, without pollution. They recharge in a mech recharger (constant 200W), for 50% power/day, creating 5 wastepacks whenever the recharger's waste is filled up.

Work[edit]

Agrihands will automatically perform tasks under the Grow and Plant Cut work types; they can't be manually controlled, except when drafted for combat. They have an effective Plants skill of 10, resulting in Plant Harvest Yield of 102%.

However, they have a base Plant Work Speed set to 80%, and a further Global Work Speed modifier of 50%. This results in a Plant Work Speed stat of 40%, which is 33% as fast as a human of skill 10.

Analysis[edit]

Agrihands are a fairly simple mechanoid, increasing the number of crops you can grow and harvest at any one time. With 10 plants skill, they can grow any crop, and as a 24/7 worker, they can allow your colony to grow and harvest a substantial number of additional crops, even if all your human growers are injured or otherwise grumpy.

Agrihands are useful if pawn time, or pawns with enough skill, are limited. In other words: useful if you need to grow more crops. If grow area is limited, then using a human with >10 skill will maximize the return off the finite space. Ideally, you could use both planters and agrihands when sowing crops, and have the mechs enter dormancy during the harvest. You can set an allowed area for agrihands if you need a specific area sowed or cut. With a proper allowed area set, agrihands should never have to get into combat, so they can remain operational no matter how damaged your colonists may be.

As mechanoids are immune to toxicity, agrihands are especially helpful for growing toxipotatoes and other plants in polluted soil - which you may cause by using mechanoids in the first place.

Yield calculation[edit]

Theoretical yield of an agrihand working 5/6 days.
Top Left: Rice in hydroponics. Bottom Left: Rice in rich soil.
Right: Corn in rich soil.

Most non-tree plants take a base of 370 ticks (6.17 secs) to harvest and resow, which becomes 925 ticks (15.42 secs) due to their Plants Work Speed stat. This results in the agrihand being able to grow 64.9 crops per day online.

It takes about 1.98 days for rice to grow in hydroponics, counting the plant resting period. Therefore, an agrihand can manage almost 27 full hydroponics basins of rice (107 plants), enough to power a little more than 1 full sun lamp setup. The agrihand can recharge as soon as it's done sowing. In rich soil, an agrihand can plant 214 rice plants.

Due to blight, travel time, and general inefficiency, actual yield will be smaller. These calculations also assume that recharge is micromanaged and that mechs work under full light all the time. But in a realistic scenario, you don't always need this many crops, and can turn off the agrihand to save on pollution.

For reference, an agrihand can grow enough rice to practically sustain around 10 baseline humans in a temperate biome when cooked into simple meals, even in the Losing is Fun difficulty, and even after accounting for work inefficiencies. With any other crop, the agrihand can sustain much larger fields - a theoretical yield of 805 corn plants in rich soil or 522 psychoid plants in hydroponics, for instance.

Compared to planters[edit]

An agrihand's harvest yield, both per plant and per day, can be outstripped by skilled human growers. A skill 10 human working only 8 hours a day will grow the same 27 basins of rice. Humans can become even more efficient if they are equipped with field handsContent added by the Royalty DLC, have the Plants specialist roleContent added by the Ideology DLC, and for drugs, the Drug Use: Essential preceptContent added by the Ideology DLC.

There's nothing stopping you from using both human and mech labor, or using mechs so that a human grower has more time for other tasks. But other than the pollution cost, mechs may create too much yield, too much to actually use (even traders have silver limits).

Health[edit]

Body parts[edit]


Body Part Name Health Quantity Coverage[1] Target Chance[2] Subpart of Internal Capacity[3] Effect if Destroyed/Removed
Thorax 40 1 100% 23% N/A[4] Ex.png - Death
Will never take permanent injury
Neck 30 1 10% 2% Thorax Ex.png Communication Death
Will never take permanent injury
Head 30 1 80% 4.6% Neck Ex.png - Death
Will never take permanent injury
Artificial Brain 10 1 10% 0.8% Head Check.png Data Processing Death
Will never take permanent injury
Sight Sensor 10 1 13% 1% Head Ex.png Sight −25% Sight. −100% if both lost.
Will never take permanent injury
Hearing Sensor 10 1 10% 0.8% Head Ex.png Hearing −25% Hearing. −100% if both lost.
Will never take permanent injury
Chemical Analyzer 10 1 10% 0.8% Head Ex.png - Will never take permanent injury
Shoulder 25 1 17% 2.5% Thorax Ex.png Manipulation −50% Manipulation.
Will never take permanent injury
Arm 30 1 85% 10% Shoulder Ex.png Manipulation −50% Manipulation.
Will never take permanent injury
Blade 20 1 30% 4.3% Arm Ex.png - Will never take permanent injury
Leg 30 2 20% 16% Thorax Ex.png Moving −50% Moving.
Will never take permanent injury
Foot 20 2 20% 4% Leg Ex.png Moving −50% Moving.
Will never take permanent injury
Reactor 20 1 6% 6% Thorax Check.png Power Generation Death
Will never take permanent injury
Fluid Reprocessor 15 1 4% 4% Thorax Check.png Fluid Reprocessing Death
Will never take permanent injury
  1. ↑ Coverage determines the chance to hit this body part. It refers to the percentage of the super-part that this part covers, before its own sub-parts claim their own percentage. For example, if the base coverage of the super-part is 100%, and the coverage of the part is 20%, 20% of hits would hit the part, and 80% the super-part. If the part had its own sub-part with 50% coverage, the chances would be 10% sub-part, 10% part, 80% super part.
  2. ↑ Target Chance is the actual chance for each part to be be selected as the target when each part's coverage has been taken into account(I.E. Neck covers 7.5% of Torso but Head covers 80% of Neck so it actually has only a 1.5% chance to be selected). This is not pure hit chance, as different damage types propagate damage in different ways. See that page for details.
  3. ↑ Note that capacities can affect other capacities in turn. Only the primary effect is listed. See specific pages for details.
  4. ↑ This is the part that everything else connects to to be considered 'connected'.

Gallery[edit]

  • Age 0-99 Agrihand facing east

  • Age 0-99 Agrihand facing north

  • Age 0-99 Agrihand facing south

  • Age 100+ Agrihand facing east

  • Age 100+ Agrihand facing north

  • Age 100+ Agrihand facing south

Version history[edit]

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