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Walls are capable of supporting [[roof]]ing up to 6 tiles away in all directions. If a wall is destroyed or deconstructed, any unsupported roofing will instantly fall and injure any pawn below it, possibly fatally.
 
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[[Power conduit]]s may be constructed in an existing wall without the mood penalty if the conduit is not in the wall. Smoothing natural stone walls allows conduits to be placed beneath them.
 
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Walls provide excellent [[cover]] from projectile attacks.
 
  
 
==Acquisition==
 
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Walls are constructed with {{Required Resources}} and take {{Ticks|{{P|Work To Make}}}} to build.
 
Walls are constructed with {{Required Resources}} and take {{Ticks|{{P|Work To Make}}}} to build.
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==Summary==
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Walls are an impassible terrain, blocking both movement and line of fire. Pawns can't move through diagonal gaps of walls or other terrain. An enclosed space of impassible terrain, including [[door]]s, is considered a [[room]]. Walls can also support [[roof]]ing, up to 6 tiles away in all directions. If walls, [[column]]s, and other supporting objects are removed, then the roof will fall and injure any pawn below it.
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[[Power conduit]]s can be constructed below a wall, negating the conduit's [[beauty]] penalty.
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Walls also provide excellent [[cover]] from projectile attacks, blocking 75% of shots. Pawns will "peek" from a wall and fire to its side.
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===Special===
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Certain [[damage type]]s are designed to deal more damage to impassible terrain, and to walls specifically:
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*Walls take 8x damage from [[Damage Type#Bomb|Bomb]] type damage; 4x from being an impassable, and 2x for being a wall
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*Walls take 30x damage from [[Damage Type#Thump|Thump]] type damage; 15x from being an impassable, and 2x for being a wall
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*Walls take 7.5x damage from [[Daage Type#Breach|Breach]] type damage; 10x from being impassable, but 0.75x for being a wall
  
 
==Analysis==
 
==Analysis==
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As far as [[room stats]], most wood and stone walls are interchangeable. The exception is [[marble blocks|marble]] walls, which add +1 beauty/wall to any room that shares that wall.
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Walls are practically essential for every colony. Enclosed rooms are required to regulate [[temperature]], prevent item [[deterioration]] and a 30% Work Speed penalty, and are responsible for many [[mood]]lets (preventing '''Slept Outside''', '''Soaking Wet''', and giving mood buffs for Impressive rooms). It's certainly possible to create a room of [[door]]s or [[cooler]]s, but this isn't exactly practical.
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Outside of sapper or breach [[raid]]s, walls can be used to control enemy flow and create [[killbox]]es. They are also very powerful as cover; have walls alternate with [[sandbag]]s or [[barricade]]s so that you can shoot while taking advantage of the wall's cover.
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Wall materials each have their own advantages and disadvantages:
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===Wood===
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[[Wood]] is easily obtainable in a vast majority of [[biome]]s, and are the fastest material to create. They are very helpful when first starting a Crashlanded [[scenario]], and nearly essential for Lost Tribe starts.
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However, wood is [[fire|flammable]]. Other than [[raider]] slighting it on fire, a bad [[weather|dry thunderstorm]] or [[Events#Zzztt...|conduit explosion]] could end up engulfing your entire base in flames. Especially by the time you get to using [[Research#Electricity|Electricity]], you should replace wood with another material.
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===Stone===
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Stone is very plentiful, but very time consuming. In addition to actually creating the wall, cutting up [[stone block]]s takes quite a bit of time. However, stone is a fairly durable material, and is completely fire-proof. Strategically placed sections of stone walls will act as a "fire break" to limit the spread of a fire while your colonists fight it.
  
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Another consideration is [[fire]]. [[Power conduit]], which can occasionally try to [[Events#Zzztt...|start a fire]]; if the conduit runs under a wooden wall this is guaranteed, but if under a stone wall then only nearby flammable objects may catch fire, and then only if the short is serious enough. And any fire that does start will easily spread to wooden walls, but stone walls will not burn.  Strategically placed sections of stone walls will act as a "fire break" to limit the spread of a fire while your colonists fight it.
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*[[Granite]] is the most durable wall material. [[Limestone blocks|Limestone]] is the 2nd most durable. Limestone and [[slate blocks|slate]] have no redeeming qualities as walls over granite, unless your biome happens to lack granite.
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**Note that breachers, one of the most relevant cases of wall durability, can break any stone wall in the same amount of hits.
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*[[Marble blocks|Marble]] walls give +1 [[beauty]] to a room and colonists looking at it. They are otherwise the least durable stone wall.
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*[[Sandstone blocks|Sandstone]] walls are the quickest stone wall to build, which can save a lot of time for large bases.
  
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Walls take an additional 2x damage against [[Damage Type#Bomb|Bomb type damage]], in addition to the 4x multiplier it already receives for being an impassable building, resulting in 8x the damage when damaged with this type. Additionally, they take an additional 2x damage against [[Damage Type#Thump|Thump type damage]], in addition to the 15x multiplier it already receives for being an impassable building, resulting in 30x the damage when damaged with this type. Thus, the [[frag grenades]] and [[thump cannon]] favored by breacher raids can rapidly destroy walls of all types.
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===Metal===
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[[Steel]] isn't as durable as stone, but is much quicker to make. Steel may be a necessity in wood-scare biomes like the [[Biomes#Ice sheet|ice sheet]]. Steel walls are also flammable, unlike [[concrete]] and the actual steel item. It's also a quick installation when creating defensive fortifications.
  
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[[Granite block]] walls are more durable, and should be used where damage is expected, such as behind a fixed defensive position, around vulnerable facilities such as remote [[geothermal generator]]s, or at the receiving end of a killbox.  [[Plasteel]] walls are by far the most durable, if the valuable material can be purposed for such.
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[[Plasteel]] and [[Uranium]] are even bulkier than stone, but these materials shouldn't be wasted except on the most important of wall sections, like the entrance of a [[killbox]].
  
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When used as [[cover]], a [[draft]]ed colonist will "hide" behind a single wall tile or the end of a wall section, and "lean out" to shoot from the side of it, getting 75% cover from it. This can be combined with [[sandbag]]s or [[barricade]]s in front of the firing position for a more complex arrangement. Ranged fire and grenades cannot go "over" a wall or wall section, but [[mortar]] fire can.
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[[Gold]] and [[Jade]] walls are more beautiful, but are inferior to [[sculpture]]s for room stats.
  
 
{{Building Material Table|Wall||Terrain affordance}}
 
{{Building Material Table|Wall||Terrain affordance}}

Revision as of 00:30, 2 November 2022

This article is about the constructable building only. For natural and smoothed walls, see Structure.

Wall

Wall

An impassable wall. Capable of holding up a roof.

Base Stats

Type
Building – Structure
HP
300
Flammability
100%

Building

Size
1 × 1
Minifiable
False
Placeable
True
Passability
impassable
Cover Effectiveness
75%
Blocks Wind
True
Terrain Affordance
Depends on materials

Creation

Work To Make
135 ticks (2.25 secs)
Stuff Tags
Metallic, Woody, Stony
Resources to make
Stuff 5
Deconstruct yield
Stuff 2 - 3
Destroy yield
nothing

Walls are impassable structures primarily used to create rooms.


Acquisition

Walls are built and repaired by colonists assigned to construct. Wall construction may sometimes fail and waste the materials, more often with lower construction skill.

Walls are constructed with Stuff 5 Stuff (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 50 for SMVs) and take 135 ticks (2.25 secs) to build.

Summary

Walls are an impassible terrain, blocking both movement and line of fire. Pawns can't move through diagonal gaps of walls or other terrain. An enclosed space of impassible terrain, including doors, is considered a room. Walls can also support roofing, up to 6 tiles away in all directions. If walls, columns, and other supporting objects are removed, then the roof will fall and injure any pawn below it.

Power conduits can be constructed below a wall, negating the conduit's beauty penalty.

Walls also provide excellent cover from projectile attacks, blocking 75% of shots. Pawns will "peek" from a wall and fire to its side.

Special

Certain damage types are designed to deal more damage to impassible terrain, and to walls specifically:

  • Walls take 8x damage from Bomb type damage; 4x from being an impassable, and 2x for being a wall
  • Walls take 30x damage from Thump type damage; 15x from being an impassable, and 2x for being a wall
  • Walls take 7.5x damage from Breach type damage; 10x from being impassable, but 0.75x for being a wall

Analysis

Walls are practically essential for every colony. Enclosed rooms are required to regulate temperature, prevent item deterioration and a 30% Work Speed penalty, and are responsible for many moodlets (preventing Slept Outside, Soaking Wet, and giving mood buffs for Impressive rooms). It's certainly possible to create a room of doors or coolers, but this isn't exactly practical.

Outside of sapper or breach raids, walls can be used to control enemy flow and create killboxes. They are also very powerful as cover; have walls alternate with sandbags or barricades so that you can shoot while taking advantage of the wall's cover.

Wall materials each have their own advantages and disadvantages:

Wood

Wood is easily obtainable in a vast majority of biomes, and are the fastest material to create. They are very helpful when first starting a Crashlanded scenario, and nearly essential for Lost Tribe starts.

However, wood is flammable. Other than raider slighting it on fire, a bad dry thunderstorm or conduit explosion could end up engulfing your entire base in flames. Especially by the time you get to using Electricity, you should replace wood with another material.

Stone

Stone is very plentiful, but very time consuming. In addition to actually creating the wall, cutting up stone blocks takes quite a bit of time. However, stone is a fairly durable material, and is completely fire-proof. Strategically placed sections of stone walls will act as a "fire break" to limit the spread of a fire while your colonists fight it.

  • Granite is the most durable wall material. Limestone is the 2nd most durable. Limestone and slate have no redeeming qualities as walls over granite, unless your biome happens to lack granite.
    • Note that breachers, one of the most relevant cases of wall durability, can break any stone wall in the same amount of hits.
  • Marble walls give +1 beauty to a room and colonists looking at it. They are otherwise the least durable stone wall.
  • Sandstone walls are the quickest stone wall to build, which can save a lot of time for large bases.

Metal

Steel isn't as durable as stone, but is much quicker to make. Steel may be a necessity in wood-scare biomes like the ice sheet. Steel walls are also flammable, unlike concrete and the actual steel item. It's also a quick installation when creating defensive fortifications.

Plasteel and Uranium are even bulkier than stone, but these materials shouldn't be wasted except on the most important of wall sections, like the entrance of a killbox.

Gold and Jade walls are more beautiful, but are inferior to sculptures for room stats.

Stats table

  • Wall Wall Beauty Work to Build HP Flamma­bility Market
    Value
    Material
    Bioferrite Bioferrite Content added by the Anomaly DLC 0 000,338 ticks (5.63 secs) 600 75% 4.95 Silver
    Gold Gold 20 000,122 ticks (2.03 secs) 180 40% 500 Silver
    Granite blocks Granite blocks 0 000,950 ticks (15.83 secs) 510 0% 7.9 Silver
    Limestone blocks Limestone blocks 0 000,950 ticks (15.83 secs) 465 0% 7.9 Silver
    Marble blocks Marble blocks 1 000,883 ticks (14.72 secs) 360 0% 7.7 Silver
    Plasteel Plasteel 0 000,297 ticks (4.95 secs) 840 0% 46 Silver
    Sandstone blocks Sandstone blocks 0 000,815 ticks (13.58 secs) 420 0% 7.4 Silver
    Silver Silver 6 000,135 ticks (2.25 secs) 210 40% 51 Silver
    Slate blocks Slate blocks 0 000,950 ticks (15.83 secs) 390 0% 7.9 Silver
    Steel Steel 0 000,135 ticks (2.25 secs) 300 40% 10 Silver
    Jade Jade 10 000,675 ticks (11.25 secs) 150 0% 27 Silver
    Uranium Uranium 0 000,257 ticks (4.28 secs) 750 0% 31 Silver
    Wood Wood 0 000,095 ticks (1.58 secs) 195 100% 6.3 Silver

    • Version history

    • 0.7.581 - Wood wall and metal wall merged into wall with the introduction of the stuff system.
    • 1.1.0 - Terrain requirements now depends on what they’re built from. This means stone walls can’t be built on bridges any more.
    • 1.1.2654 - Increase psyfocus gain of wall from 11 to 22.
    • 1.3.3200 - thump damage multiplier versus walls reduced from 4x to 2x.
    Architect
    Structure
    Animal flap • Autodoor • Bridge • Column • Door • Fence • Fence gate • Ornate door • Wall • Security doorContent added by the Anomaly DLC
    Related
    Roof

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