Fence

Fence

A fence made of posts joined by crossbars used for building pens for certain kinds of animals. Some kinds of animals can get past fences. Predators will not hunt creatures on the other side of a fence, but may still wander inside.

Base Stats

Type

Building – Structure

HP

40

Flammability

100%

Path Cost

80 (14%)

Building

Size

1 × 1

Minifiable

False

Placeable

True

Passability

pass through only

Cover Effectiveness

25%

Blocks Wind

False

Terrain Affordance

Depends on materials

Creation

Work To Make

70 ticks (1.17 secs)

Stuff Tags

Metallic, Woody, Stony

Resources to make

1

Deconstruct yield

0 - 1

Destroy yield

nothing

Fences are structures that are passable by all pawns except farm animals, and can be used in combination with walls, doors, barricades, and fence gates to enclose a pen.

Acquisition

Constructing a fence requires  1 Stuff (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 10 for SMVs) and 70 ticks (1.17 secs) of work.

Summary

Fences, along with other options, can be used to enclose a pen. Pen animals, wild or tame, will not be able to cross over the fence even when manhunter or being lead by a colonist. Note however that, like walls, trapped wild animals will still attempt to break down them down if starving. All other pawns can cross over the fence at will, but will be slowed down.

Predators will not hunt animals inside the pen unless they are also inside the pen at the time. Non-pen predators can move across the fence while wandering, and then target its occupants, but will not intentionally do so.

Analysis

Fences provide the cheapest way to create a pen and are more accessible than walls, though the latter benefit is shared by the barricade. They are however extremely weak and can rarely enable predators to eat your farm animals. This risk of predation increases as pen sizes goes up and the chance of a predator randomly walking in gets higher.

Fences slow movement and cannot be stood on. This can be useful for slowing the enemy without providing much cover, and for blocking one side of walls, barricades or sandbags to deny their usage to the enemy. However, fences are not durable and can be easily destroyed during firefights.

Stats table

Fence	Beauty	Work to Build	HP	Flamma­bility	Market Value
Material
Bioferrite	0	000,175 ticks (2.92 secs)	80	75%	1.35
Gold	20	000,063 ticks (1.05 secs)	24	40%	100
Granite blocks	0	000,560 ticks (9.33 secs)	68	0%	2.9
Limestone blocks	0	000,560 ticks (9.33 secs)	62	0%	2.9
Marble blocks	1	000,525 ticks (8.75 secs)	48	0%	2.8
Plasteel	0	000,154 ticks (2.57 secs)	112	0%	9.6
Sandstone blocks	0	000,490 ticks (8.17 secs)	56	0%	2.7
Silver	6	000,070 ticks (1.17 secs)	28	40%	10
Slate blocks	0	000,560 ticks (9.33 secs)	52	0%	2.9
Steel	0	000,070 ticks (1.17 secs)	40	40%	2.2
Jade	10	000,350 ticks (5.83 secs)	20	0%	6.3
Uranium	0	000,133 ticks (2.22 secs)	100	0%	6.5
Wood	0	000,049 ticks (0.82 secs)	26	100%	1.4

Version history

• 1.3.3066 - Added

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Architect

Structure

Animal flap • Autodoor • Bridge • Column • Door • Fence • Fence gate • Ornate door • Wall • Security door

Related

Roof