Barricade

Barricade

A waist-high barrier for use as cover from incoming shots. Barricades are ugly, but provide better cover than other low objects. Barricades will block certain kinds of animals the same way that fences do.

Base Stats

Type

Building – Security

Beauty

-3

HP

300

Flammability

100%

Path Cost

42 (24%)

Building

Size

1 × 1

Minifiable

False

Placeable

True

Passability

pass through only

Cover Effectiveness

55%

Terrain Affordance

Depends on materials

Creation

Work To Make

320 ticks (5.33 secs)

Stuff Tags

Metallic, Woody, Stony

Resources to make

5

Deconstruct yield

2 - 3

Destroy yield

1 - 2

Barricades can be placed to provide cover for your colonists from gunfire.

Acquisition

Barricades require  5 Stuff (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 50 for SMVs) and 320 ticks (5.33 secs) to build.

Summary

See also: Sandbags

Barricades provide 55% cover effectiveness, meaning that bullets aimed at targets behind Barricades have a 55% chance to hit the barricades, leaving only a 45% chance to hit anything behind them. Cover won't shelter them from melee attacks, thrown projectiles, or explosions. Raiders can also use barricades as cover, so place them in a way so enemy units cannot take advantage of them. They provide identical cover to sandbags.

Barricades 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.

Barricades are mostly identical to sandbags, as they both have identical cover. Sandbags are made of textiles, while barricades are made of wally materials. Sandbags require much less work to make, but barricades are somewhat prettier. Barricades will also enclose a pen, similar to the fence.

Material table

As barricades and sandbags 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

Analysis

Barricades and sandbags are, in most respects, identical. The material affects the building's health, but not its defensive properties. Barricades are easier to build in the early game, where access to textiles in bulk quantities is difficult. As they are slightly more beautiful, but require more work to make, they are marginally better at permanent defenses, while sandbags are better when attacking.

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

Other than their use for cover, barricades and sandbags 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 barricade, they will be forced into the box itself. They will also slow down pawns.

Version history

• 1.1.0 - Added.
• 1.3.3066 - fill percent (i.e. cover) reduced from 57% to 55%.

See also

• Sandbags
• 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