Buildings

Buildings are the constructed elements that make up a colony. Buildings provide living accommodations, protection from enemies and the weather, and various vital functions for the colony.

Buildings that are owned by the colony can be deconstructed; or copied by clicking the [Build copy] button.

Buildings owned by an enemy faction on a local map can be claimed once the enemy are all defeated. Once claimed, the buildings are free to be used by colonists, or deconstructed.

Certain buildings have an option to Uninstall them or Reinstall them at a new location, a task carried out by constructors. An uninstalled building is converted to a minified item and can be sold to traders or reinstalled at another location.

Production Art bench Biofuel refinery Brewery Butcher spot Butcher table Campfire Crafting spot Deep drill Drug lab Electric crematorium Electric smelter Electric smithy Electric stove Electric tailor bench Fabrication bench Fermenting barrel Fueled smithy Fueled stove Hand tailor bench Hi-tech research bench Hopper Hydroponics basin Infinite chemreactor Machining table Nutrient paste dispenser Simple research bench Stonecutter's table Sun lamp Temperature Campfire Cooler Heater Passive cooler Vent

Structure Door Autodoor Wall Furniture Ancient bed Ancient lamp Animal bed Animal sleeping box Animal sleeping spot Animus stone Armchair Baby decoration Baby sleeping spot Bed Bedroll Blackboard Blood torch Bonsai pot Brazier Campfire Couch Crib Darklight brazier Darktorch Dining chair Double bed Double bedroll Double sleeping spot Drape Dresser End table Flood light Fungus darktorch Glow pod Grand meditation throne Grand sculpture Hospital bed Kneel pillow Kneel sheet Large nature shrine Large sculpture Mech node Meditation throne Pew Plant pot Royal bed School desk Shelf Slab bed Slab double bed Sleeping spot Small nature shrine Small sculpture Small shelf ... further results Power Battery Bioferrite generator Chemfuel powered generator Geothermal generator Hidden conduit Power conduit Power switch Solar generator Toxifier generator Unstable power cell Vanometric power cell Watermill generator Waterproof conduit Wind turbine Wood-fired generator Ship Sensor cluster Ship computer core Ship cryptosleep casket Ship engine Ship reactor Ship structural beam

Security Auto charge turret Auto inferno turret Auto mortar Autocannon turret Barricade Foam turret IED EMP trap IED antigrain warhead trap IED firefoam trap IED incendiary trap IED smoke trap IED tox trap IED trap Mini-slugger turret Mini-turret Mortar Rocketswarm launcher Sandbags Spike trap Uranium slug turret Misc Ancient cryptosleep casket Archonexus core Archotech tower Caravan hitching spot Climate adjuster Comms console Crashed mechanitor ship Cryptosleep casket Dryad cocoon EMI dynamo Egg box Firefoam popper Gaumaker pod Grand altar Grand archotech structure Grand stele Grave Ground-penetrating scanner Ideogram Large altar Large stele Long-range mineral scanner Major archotech structure Marriage spot Meditation spot Medium altar Moisture pump Multi-analyzer Orbital trade beacon Party spot Pen marker Pod launcher Psychic droner Sarcophagus Ship landing beacon Shuttle Small altar Smoke spewer Spacedrone Sun blocker Tool cabinet Toxic spewer Transport pod Urn Vitals monitor Weather controller Joy

Building Materials

The material a building is made from drastically changes all statistics it has. Note that all those statistics are separate from the actuall material values itself.

Among the more important ones are Flammability and Market Value. A soft stat of sorts is the local availability, as not every materials is equally likely in every world tile and many might have uses for more important stuff then building

Picking the right material is second only to picking the right Item to build in the first place.

• Beauty relates to how much Pawns like seeing that item.
• Market Value The market value per full unit. The effective Market value of an Item is based on the cost of all the materials and the work to make.
• Hitpoints The amount by which maximum Hitpoints for the Item is multiplied.
• Flammability How likely the item is to catch fire.
• Build time The multiplier is applied to change the time it takes to build something out of the specified material. As such it directly affects the Market Value of the item.
• Door Open Speed how quick the door is to open.
• Rest modifier how quickly pawns rest in a bed made from this material.

Material	Beauty Offset	Beauty Multiplier	Market Value	Hitpoints	Flammability	Buildtime	Door Open Speed	Bedrest
Silver	6	2	10	0.7	0.2	1	1	1
Gold	12	4	100	0.6	0.2	0.9	1	1
Steel	0	1	1.9	1	0.2	1	1	1
Plasteel	0	1	14	2.8	0.1	2.2	1	1
Wood	0	1	1.2	0.4	1	0.7	1.2	1
Uranium	0	0.5	60	2.5	0	1.9	1	1
Jade	6	2.5	50	0.5	0.2	5	1	1
Sandstone Blocks	0	1.1	1.9	2.4	0	5	0.45	0.9
Granite Blocks	0	1	2.1	1.7	0	6	0.45	0.9
Limestone Blocks	0	1	1.9	1.55	0	6	0.45	0.9
Slate Blocks	0	1.1	1.9	1.3	0	6	0.45	0.9
Marble Blocks	0	1.35	1.9	1.2	0	5.5	0.45	0.9

Wood is the starter material. It is very quick to process, is naturally present in most biomes and has a very low market value. Unfortunately it is also the most flammable and least durable of them all.

Steel as with any other case, the most average material against which all others can be compared. Due to its high usability in crafting, it is often not adviseable to make the bulk of a colonies structure from it

Stone Blocks are fully resistant to fire, but long build time and poor comfort.

• Granite is the most durable, perfect for building defenses.
• Marble offers the highest beauty, making it ideal for furniture and in particular art.

The remaining materials are often way too valuable, rare or expensive to be practical.