Large stele

A large stele is a purely decorative Miscellaneous structure. A stele provides less beauty than most sculptures and require more resources, but have no quality. They cannot be roofed over^{[This does not to appear to be the case in 1.4 (both with and without Biotech)]}, and, despite appearances, do not count as a wall.

They are the smaller, less beautiful version of the grand stele.

Acquisition

Constructing a large stele requires Complex Furniture to be researched, 125 of any one type of stone and 8,000 ticks (2.22 mins) of work to construct.

Analysis

Since they cannot be roofed over, that all but excludes them for any "indoor" beautification. However, as outdoor art, they have their uses.

Large steles provide half the amount of beauty, and health as grand steles for half the material and build cost, while being 1 tile smaller in both axes. They are also sometimes required for monuments. However, neither stele type should be constructed. While they have no quality, and thus you can build steles without skilled artists, this is not cost or space effective.

For the same cost as a single grand stele, you can construct 2.5 small sculptures. Small sculptures have 25 beauty at Poor quality, and even a Skill 0 artist will average 0.9 Poor quality or better sculptures with the same resource investment, each one of which offers almost as much beauty while also taking up significantly less space. Even a modestly skilled artist will quickly and massively outstrip the beauty per material of steles of both kinds. Thus steles should only be built when required by a monument, and those found in ruins are better deconstructed for their blocks than integrated into builds.

Stats table

Large stele	Beauty	Work to Build	HP	Flammability	Market Value
Material	Beauty	Work to Build	HP	Flammability	Market Value
Granite blocks	15	048,140 ticks (13.37 mins)	340	0%	285
Limestone blocks	15	048,140 ticks (13.37 mins)	310	0%	285
Marble blocks	21	044,140 ticks (12.26 mins)	240	0%	270
Sandstone blocks	16	040,140 ticks (11.15 mins)	280	0%	255
Slate blocks	16	048,140 ticks (13.37 mins)	260	0%	285
Jade	47	040,000 ticks (11.11 mins)	100	0%	770