Barricade

See also: Sandbags

Barricade

A waist-high barrier for use as cover from incoming shots. Barricades are ugly, but provide better cover than other low objects.

Base Stats

Type

Security

Beauty

-3

HP

300

Flammability

100%

Building

Size

1 × 1

Placeable

Yes

Cover Effectiveness

57%

Creation

Work To Make

320 ticks (5.33 secs)

Stuff Tags

Metallic, Woody, Stony

Resources to make

5

Barricades can be placed to cover your colonists from gunfire, but not melee attacks, thrown projectiles, or explosions. Barricades take damage from bullets and explosions. Raiders can also use Barricades as cover, so place them in a way so enemy units cannot take advantage of them.

Barricades provide 57% cover effectiveness, meaning that bullets aimed at targets behind Barricades have a 57% chance to hit the barricades, and a 43% chance to cross over. Barricades slow down pawns walking over them.

They are useful during the early game, when textiles are not conveniently available.

They look better than sandbags, although they are still unsightly.

Barricades require  5 Stuff (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 50 for SMVs) and 320 ticks (5.33 secs) to build.

Material Table

As Barricades and Sandbags are largely interchangeable except for their aesthetics and material properties, both are included in the following table for convenience.

Note that cover effectiveness is 57% regardless of material.

Material	Stuff cost	Beauty	Work	Mass	HP	Flammability	Market Value
Wood	-3	000,224 ticks (3.73 secs)	195	100%	6.8
Granite blocks	-3	002,060 ticks (34.33 secs)	510	0%	12
Limestone blocks	-3	002,060 ticks (34.33 secs)	465	0%	12
Marble blocks	-2	001,900 ticks (31.67 secs)	360	0%	11
Sandstone blocks	-3	001,740 ticks (29 secs)	420	0%	11
Slate blocks	-3	002,060 ticks (34.33 secs)	390	0%	12
Jade		001,600 ticks (26.67 secs)	150	0%	31
Gold		000,288 ticks (4.8 secs)	180	40%	500
Plasteel	-3	000,704 ticks (11.73 secs)	840	0%	48
Silver		000,320 ticks (5.33 secs)	210	40%	51
Steel	-3	000,320 ticks (5.33 secs)	300	40%	11
Uranium	-3	000,608 ticks (10.13 secs)	750	0%	32
Bearskin	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	390	0%	18
Birdskin	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	300	0%	9.6
Bluefur	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	390	0%	12
Camelhide	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	390	0%	12
Chinchilla fur	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	300	0%	33
Dog leather	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	390	0%	11
Elephant leather	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	450	0%	13
Foxfur	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	300	0%	18
Guinea pig fur	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	180	0%	26
Heavy fur	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	450	0%	17
Human leather	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	390	0%	22
Lightleather	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	300	0%	10
Lizardskin	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	300	0%	11
Panthera fur	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	390	0%	16
Patchleather	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	300	0%	8.1
Pigskin	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	390	0%	10
Plainleather	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	390	0%	11
Rhinoceros leather	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	450	0%	22
Thrumbofur	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	600	0%	71
Wolfskin	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	390	0%	16
Alpaca wool	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	300	0%	20
Bison wool	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	300	0%	14
Cloth	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	300	0%	8.1
Devilstrand	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	390	0%	28
Hyperweave	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	720	0%	46
Megasloth wool	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	300	0%	14
Muffalo wool	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	300	0%	14
Sheep wool	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	300	0%	14
Synthread	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	390	0%	21

Version history

Added in 1.1.

See also

• Sandbags
• Defense tactics
• Defense structures

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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 • IED deadlife trap

Related

Antigrain warhead • EMP shell • Firefoam shell • High-explosive shell • Incendiary shell • Smoke shell • Tox shell • Deadlife shell