Sandbags

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Sandbags

Sandbags

Bags of locally-sourced dirt or sand, stacked for use as cover. Sandbags are ugly, but provide better cover than other low objects.

Base Stats

Type
Building – Security
Beauty
-10
HP
300
Flammability
0%
Path Cost
42 (24%)

Building

Size
1 × 1
Minifiable
False
Placeable
True
Passability
pass through only
Cover Effectiveness
55%
Blocks Wind
False
Terrain Affordance
Light

Creation

Work To Make
180 ticks (3 secs)
Stuff Tags
Fabric, Leathery
Resources to make
Stuff 5
Deconstruct yield
Stuff 2 - 3
Destroy yield
Stuff 1 - 2

Sandbags can be placed to provide pawns cover, sheltering them from gunfire.

Acquisition

Sandbags require Stuff 5 Stuff (Fabric/Leathery) and 180 ticks (3 secs) to build.

Summary

See also: Barricade

Sandbags provide 55% cover effectiveness, meaning that bullets aimed at targets behind them have a 55% chance to hit the barricades, leaving only a 45% chance to hit anything behind them. Cover won't shelter pawns from melee attacks, thrown projectiles, or explosions. Both colonists and enemies benefit from cover, however turrets do not. They provide identical cover to barricades.

Sandbags 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.

Sandbags are largely interchangeable with barricades, as they both have identical cover, base HP, and similar material costs. However, sandbags are made of textiles and are always nonflammable, while barricades are made of metal, wood, and stone materials and their flammability depends on the material chosen. Sandbags also require much less work to make, but barricades are somewhat more beautiful. Unlike barricades, sandbags cannot enclose a pen like the fence.

Analysis

Sandbags and barricades are, in most respects, identical. The material affects the building's health, but not its defensive properties. Sandbags are generally faster to create, making them better in an offensive operation. Barrciades are slightly more beautiful, but require more work to make, so are marginally better at permanent defenses. Just remember that raiders will use cover to the same effect, so deconstruct unneeded buildings when you can.

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

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

Material table

As sandbags and barricades 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 Wood -3 000,224 ticks (3.73 secs) 195 100% Light 6.8 Silver
    Granite blocks Granite blocks -3 002,060 ticks (34.33 secs) 510 0% Heavy 12 Silver
    Limestone blocks Limestone blocks -3 002,060 ticks (34.33 secs) 465 0% Heavy 12 Silver
    Marble blocks Marble blocks -2 001,900 ticks (31.67 secs) 360 0% Heavy 11 Silver
    Sandstone blocks Sandstone blocks -3 001,740 ticks (29 secs) 420 0% Heavy 11 Silver
    Slate blocks Slate blocks -3 002,060 ticks (34.33 secs) 390 0% Heavy 12 Silver
    Jade Jade Expression error: Unexpected < operator. 001,600 ticks (26.67 secs) 150 0% Heavy 31 Silver
    Bioferrite Bioferrite Content added by the Anomaly DLC -3 000,800 ticks (13.33 secs) 600 75% Light 6.65 Silver
    Gold Gold Expression error: Unexpected < operator. 000,288 ticks (4.8 secs) 180 40% Medium 500 Silver
    Plasteel Plasteel -3 000,704 ticks (11.73 secs) 840 0% Medium 48 Silver
    Silver Silver Expression error: Unexpected < operator. 000,320 ticks (5.33 secs) 210 40% Medium 51 Silver
    Steel Steel -3 000,320 ticks (5.33 secs) 300 40% Medium 11 Silver
    Uranium Uranium -3 000,608 ticks (10.13 secs) 750 0% Medium 32 Silver
    Bearskin Bearskin -10 000,180 ticks (3 secs) 390 0% Light 18 Silver
    Birdskin Birdskin -10 000,180 ticks (3 secs) 300 0% Light 9.6 Silver
    Bluefur Bluefur -10 000,180 ticks (3 secs) 390 0% Light 12 Silver
    Camelhide Camelhide -10 000,180 ticks (3 secs) 390 0% Light 12 Silver
    Chinchilla fur Chinchilla fur -10 000,180 ticks (3 secs) 300 0% Light 33 Silver
    Dog leather Dog leather -10 000,180 ticks (3 secs) 390 0% Light 11 Silver
    Dread leather Dread leather Content added by the Anomaly DLC -10 000,180 ticks (3 secs) 390 0% Light 18 Silver
    Elephant leather Elephant leather -10 000,180 ticks (3 secs) 450 0% Light 13 Silver
    Foxfur Foxfur -10 000,180 ticks (3 secs) 300 0% Light 18 Silver
    Guinea pig fur Guinea pig fur -10 000,180 ticks (3 secs) 180 0% Light 26 Silver
    Heavy fur Heavy fur -10 000,180 ticks (3 secs) 450 0% Light 17 Silver
    Human leather Human leather -10 000,180 ticks (3 secs) 390 0% Light 22 Silver
    Lightleather Lightleather -10 000,180 ticks (3 secs) 300 0% Light 10 Silver
    Lizardskin Lizardskin -10 000,180 ticks (3 secs) 300 0% Light 11 Silver
    Panthera fur Panthera fur -10 000,180 ticks (3 secs) 390 0% Light 16 Silver
    Patchleather Patchleather -10 000,180 ticks (3 secs) 300 0% Light 8.1 Silver
    Pigskin Pigskin -10 000,180 ticks (3 secs) 390 0% Light 10 Silver
    Plainleather Plainleather -10 000,180 ticks (3 secs) 390 0% Light 11 Silver
    Rhinoceros leather Rhinoceros leather -10 000,180 ticks (3 secs) 450 0% Light 22 Silver
    Thrumbofur Thrumbofur -10 000,180 ticks (3 secs) 600 0% Light 71 Silver
    Wolfskin Wolfskin -10 000,180 ticks (3 secs) 390 0% Light 16 Silver
    Alpaca wool Alpaca wool -10 000,180 ticks (3 secs) 300 0% Light 20 Silver
    Bison wool Bison wool -10 000,180 ticks (3 secs) 300 0% Light 14 Silver
    Cloth Cloth -10 000,180 ticks (3 secs) 300 0% Light 8.1 Silver
    Devilstrand Devilstrand -10 000,180 ticks (3 secs) 390 0% Light 28 Silver
    Hyperweave Hyperweave -10 000,180 ticks (3 secs) 720 0% Light 46 Silver
    Megasloth wool Megasloth wool -10 000,180 ticks (3 secs) 300 0% Light 14 Silver
    Muffalo wool Muffalo wool -10 000,180 ticks (3 secs) 300 0% Light 14 Silver
    Sheep wool Sheep wool -10 000,180 ticks (3 secs) 300 0% Light 14 Silver
    Synthread Synthread -10 000,180 ticks (3 secs) 390 0% Light 21 Silver

    • Version history

    • Alpha 16/17? - In earlier versions it used to have 70% cover rating.
    • Beta 19 - Received a new, extended description and a retexture, and its cost was reduced from 6 steel to 5.
    • 1.1 - Crafting recipe was changed to use textiles rather than steel, and its health was nerfed (450 -> 300), along with its cover value (65 -> 57%).
    • 1.3.3066 - Fill percent (i.e. cover) reduced from 57% to 55%.

    • Old Sandbag Texture

    See also

    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 Content added by the Biotech DLC • IED deadlife trap Content added by the Anomaly DLC
    Related
    Antigrain warhead • EMP shell • Firefoam shell • High-explosive shell • Incendiary shell • Smoke shell • Tox shell Content added by the Biotech DLC • Deadlife shell Content added by the Anomaly DLC

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