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The architect menu is the most used menus in the game, and for good reason, as it allows you to carry out most of the game actions.
- The Orders tab gives you access to tools to direct your colonists actions, things such as chopping wood and hauling things. There is a useful plan tool as well, which allows you to draw out your plans without your colonists wasting resources.
- The Zone/Area tab gives you access to an ability to make Stockpile zones, expand your home area, and important growing zones to grow crops.
- The Structure tab allows you to build walls and doors, and autodoors. Hopefully you won't build phallic objects with this tool.
- The Production tab contains all of the things your colonists need to refine raw resources, ranging from the neolithic crafting spot to the industrial component assembly bench. Don't forget to put a chair so they'll have some comfort!
- The Furniture tab contains mainly decorative objects to keep your colonists happy. It also has useful animal sleeping spots, so your animals won't sleep on the other side of the map.
- The Power tab contains useful things such as solar panels, wind turbines and batteries, which is needed to power things such as standing lamps and coolers, and power conduits to connect it all up.
- The Security tab has objects which allow you to handle pesky raiders and mechanoids much more easily with the help of sandbags, turrets, mortars and traps.
- The Misc tab contains things which do not belong anywhere else.
- The Floors tab allows you to build floors which usually increase the beauty of the room it's built in, and also increase walking speed if a colonist is walking on it.
- The Joy tab allows you to build objects which increase colonist's joy, stopping them from going into a berserk rage and punching out your janitor.
- As of now, the Decoration tab has been removed from the game, and has been merged with the Furniture tab.
- The Ship tab contains all of the things you need to build in order to blast off and finish the game.
- The Temperature tab has all the objects you need to build things such as a walk-in freezer or a heating system.
- Orders
- Deconstruct • Mine • Haul things • Cut plants • Harvest • Chop Wood • Hunt • Slaughter • Tame • Uninstall • Claim • Strip • Rearm Trap • Open • Plan (Remove Plans)
- Zone/Area
- Stockpile zone • Dumping stockpile zone • Growing zone • Allowed area • Home area • Build roof area • Remove roof area • Snow clear area
- Structure
- Animal flap • Autodoor • Bridge • Column • Door • Fence • Fence gate • Ornate door • Wall • Security door
- Related
- Roof
- Production | Neolithic
- Art bench • Brewery • Butcher spot • Butcher table • Campfire • Crafting spot • Fueled stove • Fermenting barrel • Simple research bench
- Medieval
- Fueled smithy • Hand tailor bench • Stonecutter's table
- Industrial
- Biofuel refinery • Deep drill • Drug lab • Electric crematorium • Electric smelter • Electric smithy • Electric stove • Electric tailor bench • Fabrication bench • Hi-tech research bench • Hydroponics basin • Machining table • Nutrient paste dispenser (Hopper)
- Related
- Bioferrite shaper • Serum lab
- Furniture
- Animal bed • Animal sleeping box • Animal sleeping spot • Bedroll (Double) • Plant pot • Sculptures (Small, Large, Grand, Terror ) • Sleeping spot (Double, Baby ) • Stool • Table (1x2, 2x2, 2x4, 3x3) • Torch lamp • Wall torch lamp • Wall lamp • Animus stone • Darktorch • Fungus darktorch • Crib
- Complex Furniture
- Armchair • Bed (Double) • Bookcase (Small) • Couch • Dining chair • Dresser • End table • Royal bed • Shelf (Small) • Brazier (Darklight ) • Drape • Grand meditation throne • Meditation throne • Slab bed (Double) • Baby decoration • Blackboard • School desk • Toy box
- (research)
- Flood light • Hospital bed • Standing lamp • Sun lamp • Bonsai pot
- (uncraftable)
- Urn • Blood torch
- Power
- Power conduit (Hidden, Waterproof) • Power switch • Wood-fired generator • Chemfuel powered generator • Wind turbine
- (research)
- Battery • Geothermal generator • Solar generator • Watermill generator • Toxifier generator • Bioferrite generator
- (uncraftable)
- Vanometric power cell • Unstable power cell
- Related
- Ship reactor • Electroharvester
- 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
- Misc
- Caravan hitching spot • Egg box • Grave • Marriage spot • Party spot • Pen marker • Sarcophagus • Tool cabinet • Meditation spot • Nature shrine (Large, Small)
- (research)
- Comms console • Cryptosleep casket • Firefoam popper • Ground-penetrating scanner • Long-range mineral scanner • Moisture pump • Multi-analyzer • Orbital trade beacon • Pod launcher • Stele (Large, Grand) • Transport pod • Vitals monitor • Ship landing beacon
- Floors
- Burned floors (Carpet, Straw matting, Wood floor, Bioferrite plate) • Concrete • Flagstones (Sandstone, Granite, Limestone, Slate, Marble) • Gold tile • Paved tile • Silver tile • Steel tile • Sterile tile • Straw matting • Wood floor • Fungal gravel • Hex tile • Spikecore plates • Totemic boards
- (research)
- Carpet • Stone tiles (Sandstone, Granite, Limestone, Slate, Marble) • Fine carpets • Fine stone tiles (Sandstone, Granite, Limestone, Slate, Marble) • Hex carpet • Mindbend carpet • Morbid carpet • Morbid stone tiles (Sandstone, Granite, Limestone, Slate, Marble) • Spikecore stone tiles (Sandstone, Granite, Limestone, Slate, Marble) • Totemic stone tiles (Sandstone, Granite, Limestone, Slate, Marble) • Bioferrite plate
- Floor coverings
- Animalist slab (Medium, Broad) • Morbid slab (Medium, Broad) • Rustic rug (Medium, Broad) • Spikecore floor-star (Medium, Broad) • Totemic slab (Medium, Broad)
- Related
- Bridge • Smooth stone • Void metal
- Recreation
- Horseshoes pin (Colony) • Hoopstone ring (Tribal) • Game-of-Ur board (Tribal)
- Complex Furniture
- Billiards table • Chess table (Colony) • Poker table
- (research)
- Tube television • Flatscreen television • Harp • Harpsichord • Piano
- (trade)
- Megascreen television • Telescope
- Related
- Books (Novel • Schematic • Textbook • Tome) • Snowman
- Ship
- Ship structural beam • Ship cryptosleep casket • Ship computer core • Ship reactor • Ship engine • Sensor cluster
- Temperature
- Campfire • Heater • Cooler • Passive cooler • Vent