Royal bed

Royal Beds are highly resource-intensive to build, but they really liven up the beauty in a room, and also provide a slight bonus to the rate at which colonists recover during sleep, as well as lots of comfort for a good mood boost. So, it is generally wise to upgrade to them as time and resources permit.

Despite its name, it is part of the base game and not the Royalty DLC. It is however required for some content in that DLC, including keeping Nobles happy.

Acquisition

Royal beds require the Complex furniture research project to be completed in order to be constructed. Each requires 100 Stuff (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 1000 for SMVs), 50 Gold, 50,000 ticks (13.89 mins) of work, and a Construction skill of 8.

Summary

Rest Effectiveness

Rest Effectiveness is a measure how fast a pawn will regain rest. A pawn sleeping in a bed with 125% rest effectiveness would regain rest 25% faster, and thus require 80% of the time to sleep.

Rest effectiveness varies by quality and material. With the notable exception of jade, stone materials only offer 90% of the rest effectiveness of a bed made from non-stone materials at the same quality level. Jade can safely be used to make beds with extremely high beauty and value.

Material	Awful	Poor	Normal	Good	Excellent	Masterwork	Legendary
Non-Stone and Jade	90% (11.63 h)	97% (10.87 h)	105% (10 h)	113% (9.26 h)	120% (8.77 h)	131% (8 h)	168% (6.25 h)
Non-Stone and Jade + Sleep accelerator	120% (8.72 h)	129% (8.15 h)	140% (7.5 h)	151% (6.94 h)	160% (6.58 h)	175% (6 h)	224% (4.69 h)
Stone except Jade	81% (12.92 h)	87% (12.08 h)	95% (11.11 h)	102% (10.29 h)	108% (9.75 h)	118% (8.89 h)	151% (6.94 h)
Stone except Jade + Sleep accelerator	111% (9.43 h)	119% (8.81 h)	130% (8.11 h)	140% (7.51 h)	148% (7.11 h)	162% (6.49 h)	207% (5.07 h)

^{Bracketed numbers are in-game hours to refill rest from 0% to 100% at the given rest effectiveness.}

Comfort

Comfort is a measure of how fast a pawn will refill their comfort meter. A pawn sleeping in a bed with a higher comfort value will regain comfort proportionally faster. Comfort varies by quality but not material. Beds of the same quality level will all have the same comfort, regardless of what they're constructed from. An adjacent end table and a nearby dresser will each increase the base comfort by a further +0.05. This increase is applied before the quality multiplier.

Quality	Awful	Poor	Normal	Good	Excellent	Masterwork	Legendary
Comfort	68%	79%	90%	101%	112%	131%	153%
+ End Table	72%	84%	95%	106%	118%	138%	162%
+ Dresser	72%	84%	95%	106%	118%	138%	162%
+ End Table & Dresser	76%	88%	100%	112%	124%	145%	170%

Surgery Success Chance Factor

The Surgery Success Chance Factor is exactly what it sounds like - a multiplier on the chance for a successful surgery assuming it is performed in this bed. The base value depends on the bed type with most beds having a base value of 100%, the sleeping spot a lower value of 70%, and the hospital bed a higher value of 110%. This base value is then modified by the bed's quality level. Beds of the same type and quality level will all have the same factor, regardless of what they're constructed from.

Quality	Awful	Poor	Normal	Good	Excellent	Masterwork	Legendary
Surgery Success Chance Factor	90	95	100	105	110	115	130

Analysis

The direct alternative to the royal bed is the regular double bed, or the bed if your pawn sleeps alone. All else being equal, the royal bed's rest effectiveness is 1.05x that of the regular beds, and its beauty and wealth are much higher (wealth helps maximize a bedroom's impressiveness but also attracts raiders).

However, the rest effectiveness bonus from a royal bed is less than the bonus from having a higher-quality bed, the difference increasing at higher qualities. A good royal bed has 1.13 rest effectiveness vs. an excellent bed's 1.14; excellent royal bed has 1.20 vs. masterwork bed's 1.25; masterwork royal bed has 1.31 vs. legendary bed's 1.6! (Comfort, meanwhile, maxes out at 1, which is reached by masterwork beds, or by an excellent bed with an end table and dresser. Beauty, in turn, is more efficiently obtained with sculptures: the base beauty of a royal bed is 75 for most materials, while one large sculpture has 100, or 135 if it's marble. And if you want to add wealth to your bedroom, you can use silver or even gold tiles.) Also, the sleep accelerator's bonus adds to the royal bed bonus, but is multiplied by the quality bonus.

Given this, if you're thinking of making a royal bed, ask if it's better to construct a bunch of regular beds and roll for higher quality (deconstructing the worse beds). The royal bed costs so much more that the higher-quality regular bed is not just better, but often cheaper and much faster to make—depending on the materials used and your constructor's skill.

A royal bed takes 33x the work of a double bed and 63x that of a single bed, regardless of materials. As for cost: If using wood, the market price is 7x the double bed and 13x the single bed—though much of the market price is from the work, and if you count only the price of the gold and wood, the royal bed is "only" 6x the double bed and 11.4x the single bed. (For more expensive materials, the cost ratio is smaller: the royal bed is, compared to double and single, 4.2x and 8x for steel, 2.3x and 4.4x for jade, 1.8x and 3.4x for plasteel, etc.) Therefore, using wood, for the same material cost as one royal bed you could construct 11 double beds (and deconstruct 10, recovering half the materials), spending only 1/3 the work (minus the hauling and deconstructing); for steel it's 7 double beds. Usually, this is more than enough to get higher quality.

Let's look at some examples. If your colonists all have good wooden double beds, and you're trying to give them the next level up—i.e. a good royal bed or an excellent double bed—then if, say, your constructor is level 10, then on average you need to make 2 royal beds or 8 double beds, which, taking deconstruction and relative costs into account, makes the royal bed approach cost 2x the materials and 8x the work. (There's also a 1/4 chance that the royal bed will be excellent.) At level 13, it's more like, to upgrade 3 colonists you construct either 4 royal beds (two are good, one is excellent) or 13 double beds (with a 1/5 chance that one is masterwork), for a cost ratio of 2.6x and work ratio of 11x. Substituting "steel" for "wood" makes royal beds relatively more appealing, but only by a factor of 1.42x, still less than the cost ratio.

Next, let's imagine your colonists have excellent beds. If your constructor is level 20, then, on average, to upgrade 6 of them, either you make 10 royal beds (getting 5 excellent and 1 masterwork), or you make 63 double beds (getting 6 masterwork); the royal approach costs 1.39x the materials and 5.2x the labor. (For steel, the royal approach costs 0.97x as much.) Rolling for masterworks at lower levels gets worse quickly; at level 18 you need 99 double beds vs roughly 13 royal beds, but the royal approach is still a few percent more expensive. At 17 and below, royal beds are cheaper. (Though at level 15 and below, you're making 3 royal beds to get every 1 excellent+ bed, and you might want to train your constructor more first; likewise, rolling for masterworks is probably best started no earlier than, say, level 19.)

If your constructor is a production specialist, then all quality levels are increased by 1 in the above. The amazing 1.6 rest effectiveness of legendary beds becomes paramount: going "masterwork bed -> legendary bed" saves 4.5x the colonist waking hours as going "masterwork bed -> masterwork royal bed". Therefore, even if you're using steel, rolling for legendary beds is worthwhile (despite being 3% more expensive per bed than masterwork royal beds at level 20), and doubly worthwhile for single beds. (Also, the 2.5x masterwork market price factor overpowers the 0.7x furniture sell price factor, and with a decent negotiator it should be profitable to sell the discarded masterworks and buy the raw resources they're made of.)

In conclusion, royal beds are usually not practical for most pawns, which should instead be given higher-quality regular beds (single or double) plus sculptures. Royal beds are appropriate for (a) noble pawns, (b) if your constructor has a creative inspiration, or (c) your constructor is bored, you've hit the quality ceiling on your regular beds, and you have resources to spare.

Stats table

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Quality

Royal bed		Beauty	Comfort	Rest effectiveness ^[A]	Surgery success chance factor ^[B]	Work to Build	HP	Flammability	Market Value
Quality	Material	Beauty	Comfort	Rest effectiveness ^[A]	Surgery success chance factor ^[B]	Work to Build	HP	Flammability	Market Value
Awful	Bioferrite	-2	0.68	77% (13.68 h)	90%	125,000 ticks (34.72 mins)	400	75%	510
Awful	Gold	-32	0.68	90% (11.63 h)	90%	045,000 ticks (12.5 mins)	120	40%	5,330
Awful	Granite blocks	-7	0.68	81% (12.92 h)	90%	300,140 ticks (83.37 mins)	340	0%	835
Awful	Limestone blocks	-7	0.68	81% (12.92 h)	90%	300,140 ticks (83.37 mins)	310	0%	835
Awful	Marble blocks	-10	0.68	81% (12.92 h)	90%	275,140 ticks (76.43 mins)	240	0%	790
Awful	Plasteel	-7	0.68	90% (11.63 h)	90%	110,000 ticks (30.56 mins)	560	0%	900
Awful	Sandstone blocks	-8	0.68	81% (12.92 h)	90%	250,140 ticks (69.48 mins)	280	0%	745
Awful	Silver	-16	0.68	90% (11.63 h)	90%	050,000 ticks (13.89 mins)	140	40%	840
Awful	Slate blocks	-8	0.68	81% (12.92 h)	90%	300,140 ticks (83.37 mins)	260	0%	835
Awful	Steel	-7	0.68	90% (11.63 h)	90%	050,000 ticks (13.89 mins)	200	40%	435
Awful	Jade	-20	0.68	90% (11.63 h)	90%	250,000 ticks (69.44 mins)	100	0%	950
Awful	Uranium	-4	0.68	90% (11.63 h)	90%	095,000 ticks (26.39 mins)	500	0%	720
Awful	Wood	-7	0.68	90% (11.63 h)	90%	035,000 ticks (9.72 mins)	130	100%	375
Poor	Bioferrite	9	0.79	82% (12.79 h)	95%	125,000 ticks (34.72 mins)	400	75%	770
Poor	Gold	160	0.79	97% (10.87 h)	95%	045,000 ticks (12.5 mins)	120	40%	7,995
Poor	Granite blocks	37	0.79	87% (12.08 h)	95%	300,140 ticks (83.37 mins)	340	0%	1,255
Poor	Limestone blocks	37	0.79	87% (12.08 h)	95%	300,140 ticks (83.37 mins)	310	0%	1,255
Poor	Marble blocks	51	0.79	87% (12.08 h)	95%	275,140 ticks (76.43 mins)	240	0%	1,185
Poor	Plasteel	37	0.79	97% (10.87 h)	95%	110,000 ticks (30.56 mins)	560	0%	1,345
Poor	Sandstone blocks	41	0.79	87% (12.08 h)	95%	250,140 ticks (69.48 mins)	280	0%	1,120
Poor	Silver	78	0.79	97% (10.87 h)	95%	050,000 ticks (13.89 mins)	140	40%	1,260
Poor	Slate blocks	41	0.79	87% (12.08 h)	95%	300,140 ticks (83.37 mins)	260	0%	1,255
Poor	Steel	37	0.79	97% (10.87 h)	95%	050,000 ticks (13.89 mins)	200	40%	650
Poor	Jade	99	0.79	97% (10.87 h)	95%	250,000 ticks (69.44 mins)	100	0%	1,425
Poor	Uranium	19	0.79	97% (10.87 h)	95%	095,000 ticks (26.39 mins)	500	0%	1,080
Poor	Wood	37	0.79	97% (10.87 h)	95%	035,000 ticks (9.72 mins)	130	100%	560
Normal	Bioferrite	19	0.9	89% (11.76 h)	100%	125,000 ticks (34.72 mins)	400	75%	1,025
Normal	Gold	320	0.9	105% (10 h)	100%	045,000 ticks (12.5 mins)	120	40%	10,660
Normal	Granite blocks	75	0.9	95% (11.11 h)	100%	300,140 ticks (83.37 mins)	340	0%	1,670
Normal	Limestone blocks	75	0.9	95% (11.11 h)	100%	300,140 ticks (83.37 mins)	310	0%	1,670
Normal	Marble blocks	102	0.9	95% (11.11 h)	100%	275,140 ticks (76.43 mins)	240	0%	1,580
Normal	Plasteel	75	0.9	105% (10 h)	100%	110,000 ticks (30.56 mins)	560	0%	1,795
Normal	Sandstone blocks	82	0.9	95% (11.11 h)	100%	250,140 ticks (69.48 mins)	280	0%	1,490
Normal	Silver	156	0.9	105% (10 h)	100%	050,000 ticks (13.89 mins)	140	40%	1,680
Normal	Slate blocks	82	0.9	95% (11.11 h)	100%	300,140 ticks (83.37 mins)	260	0%	1,670
Normal	Steel	75	0.9	105% (10 h)	100%	050,000 ticks (13.89 mins)	200	40%	870
Normal	Jade	197	0.9	105% (10 h)	100%	250,000 ticks (69.44 mins)	100	0%	1,900
Normal	Uranium	37	0.9	105% (10 h)	100%	095,000 ticks (26.39 mins)	500	0%	1,440
Normal	Wood	75	0.9	105% (10 h)	100%	035,000 ticks (9.72 mins)	130	100%	745
Good	Bioferrite	37	1.01	96% (10.89 h)	105%	125,000 ticks (34.72 mins)	400	75%	1,280
Good	Gold	640	1.01	113% (9.26 h)	105%	045,000 ticks (12.5 mins)	120	40%	11,160
Good	Granite blocks	150	1.01	102% (10.29 h)	105%	300,140 ticks (83.37 mins)	340	0%	2,090
Good	Limestone blocks	150	1.01	102% (10.29 h)	105%	300,140 ticks (83.37 mins)	310	0%	2,090
Good	Marble blocks	204	1.01	102% (10.29 h)	105%	275,140 ticks (76.43 mins)	240	0%	1,975
Good	Plasteel	150	1.01	113% (9.26 h)	105%	110,000 ticks (30.56 mins)	560	0%	2,245
Good	Sandstone blocks	165	1.01	102% (10.29 h)	105%	250,140 ticks (69.48 mins)	280	0%	1,865
Good	Silver	312	1.01	113% (9.26 h)	105%	050,000 ticks (13.89 mins)	140	40%	2,100
Good	Slate blocks	165	1.01	102% (10.29 h)	105%	300,140 ticks (83.37 mins)	260	0%	2,090
Good	Steel	150	1.01	113% (9.26 h)	105%	050,000 ticks (13.89 mins)	200	40%	1,085
Good	Jade	395	1.01	113% (9.26 h)	105%	250,000 ticks (69.44 mins)	100	0%	2,375
Good	Uranium	75	1.01	113% (9.26 h)	105%	095,000 ticks (26.39 mins)	500	0%	1,800
Good	Wood	150	1.01	113% (9.26 h)	105%	035,000 ticks (9.72 mins)	130	100%	930
Excellent	Bioferrite	56	1.12	102% (10.32 h)	110%	125,000 ticks (34.72 mins)	400	75%	1,535
Excellent	Gold	960	1.12	120% (8.77 h)	110%	045,000 ticks (12.5 mins)	120	40%	11,660
Excellent	Granite blocks	225	1.12	108% (9.75 h)	110%	300,140 ticks (83.37 mins)	340	0%	2,505
Excellent	Limestone blocks	225	1.12	108% (9.75 h)	110%	300,140 ticks (83.37 mins)	310	0%	2,505
Excellent	Marble blocks	307	1.12	108% (9.75 h)	110%	275,140 ticks (76.43 mins)	240	0%	2,370
Excellent	Plasteel	225	1.12	120% (8.77 h)	110%	110,000 ticks (30.56 mins)	560	0%	2,695
Excellent	Sandstone blocks	247	1.12	108% (9.75 h)	110%	250,140 ticks (69.48 mins)	280	0%	2,235
Excellent	Silver	468	1.12	120% (8.77 h)	110%	050,000 ticks (13.89 mins)	140	40%	2,520
Excellent	Slate blocks	247	1.12	108% (9.75 h)	110%	300,140 ticks (83.37 mins)	260	0%	2,505
Excellent	Steel	225	1.12	120% (8.77 h)	110%	050,000 ticks (13.89 mins)	200	40%	1,305
Excellent	Jade	592	1.12	120% (8.77 h)	110%	250,000 ticks (69.44 mins)	100	0%	2,850
Excellent	Uranium	112	1.12	120% (8.77 h)	110%	095,000 ticks (26.39 mins)	500	0%	2,165
Excellent	Wood	225	1.12	120% (8.77 h)	110%	035,000 ticks (9.72 mins)	130	100%	1,120
Masterwork	Bioferrite	94	1.31	112% (9.41 h)	115%	125,000 ticks (34.72 mins)	400	75%	2,560
Masterwork	Gold	1600	1.31	131% (8 h)	115%	045,000 ticks (12.5 mins)	120	40%	12,660
Masterwork	Granite blocks	375	1.31	118% (8.89 h)	115%	300,140 ticks (83.37 mins)	340	0%	3,670
Masterwork	Limestone blocks	375	1.31	118% (8.89 h)	115%	300,140 ticks (83.37 mins)	310	0%	3,670
Masterwork	Marble blocks	511	1.31	118% (8.89 h)	115%	275,140 ticks (76.43 mins)	240	0%	3,580
Masterwork	Plasteel	375	1.31	131% (8 h)	115%	110,000 ticks (30.56 mins)	560	0%	3,795
Masterwork	Sandstone blocks	412	1.31	118% (8.89 h)	115%	250,140 ticks (69.48 mins)	280	0%	3,490
Masterwork	Silver	780	1.31	131% (8 h)	115%	050,000 ticks (13.89 mins)	140	40%	3,680
Masterwork	Slate blocks	412	1.31	118% (8.89 h)	115%	300,140 ticks (83.37 mins)	260	0%	3,670
Masterwork	Steel	375	1.31	131% (8 h)	115%	050,000 ticks (13.89 mins)	200	40%	2,175
Masterwork	Jade	987	1.31	131% (8 h)	115%	250,000 ticks (69.44 mins)	100	0%	3,900
Masterwork	Uranium	187	1.31	131% (8 h)	115%	095,000 ticks (26.39 mins)	500	0%	3,440
Masterwork	Wood	375	1.31	131% (8 h)	115%	035,000 ticks (9.72 mins)	130	100%	1,865
Legendary	Bioferrite	150	1.53	143% (7.35 h)	130%	125,000 ticks (34.72 mins)	400	75%	4,025
Legendary	Gold	2560	1.53	168% (6.25 h)	130%	045,000 ticks (12.5 mins)	120	40%	13,660
Legendary	Granite blocks	600	1.53	151% (6.94 h)	130%	300,140 ticks (83.37 mins)	340	0%	4,670
Legendary	Limestone blocks	600	1.53	151% (6.94 h)	130%	300,140 ticks (83.37 mins)	310	0%	4,670
Legendary	Marble blocks	818	1.53	151% (6.94 h)	130%	275,140 ticks (76.43 mins)	240	0%	4,580
Legendary	Plasteel	600	1.53	168% (6.25 h)	130%	110,000 ticks (30.56 mins)	560	0%	4,795
Legendary	Sandstone blocks	660	1.53	151% (6.94 h)	130%	250,140 ticks (69.48 mins)	280	0%	4,490
Legendary	Silver	1248	1.53	168% (6.25 h)	130%	050,000 ticks (13.89 mins)	140	40%	4,680
Legendary	Slate blocks	660	1.53	151% (6.94 h)	130%	300,140 ticks (83.37 mins)	260	0%	4,670
Legendary	Steel	600	1.53	168% (6.25 h)	130%	050,000 ticks (13.89 mins)	200	40%	3,870
Legendary	Jade	1580	1.53	168% (6.25 h)	130%	250,000 ticks (69.44 mins)	100	0%	4,900
Legendary	Uranium	300	1.53	168% (6.25 h)	130%	095,000 ticks (26.39 mins)	500	0%	4,440
Legendary	Wood	600	1.53	168% (6.25 h)	130%	035,000 ticks (9.72 mins)	130	100%	3,730

^A Bracketed numbers are in-game hours to refill rest to 100% from 0% at the given rest effectiveness.

^B This assumes the royal bed is inside a clean, properly lit room. For the full effects of light, cleanliness and placing a royal bed outside see Surgery Success Chance Factor.

Version history

0.2.363 - Created as a test mod by Ludeon.
? - Integrated into the base game itself
0.13.1135 - Is now gold-trimmed and fancy to differentiate it from the new double bed. Colonists in relationships can now share beds.

Architect

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

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