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, and fence gates to enclose a pen.

Acquisition

The fence constructed out of  1 Stuff (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 10 for SMVs).

Summary

In combination with the above mentioned structures, the fence is used to enclose a pen. Be aware that predatorial animals can enter pens by jumping over.

Analysis

Fences provide a cheaper and more accessible way of creating a pen (colonists can walk over to do what they need to do, unlike walls), but have the weakness of enabling predators to eat your farm animals, if the predator happens to wander* into the pen.

(* This can be a confusing mechanic; predators will not detect an animal on the other side of a fence and so will not "hunt" them. However, predators, while wandering a map, are not blocked by that fence, and can, randomly, cross over to the same side as your animals - and then they can detect, hunt and kill them. If there are wolves/wargs/bears/cougars or other predators on your map, keep an eye on them, or (better?) hunt and kill them first.)

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.

(* Wooden fences have about 1/8 the hit points of a wooden barricade, 1/12 of cloth sandbags; stone fences are only about twice that value.)

Fences do not block Wind turbines.

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