Loudspeaker
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Loudspeaker
A large loudspeaker for playing music. At least one is necessary to hold a dance party, and more loudspeakers will enhance the effect.
Base Stats
- Type
- Building – Ideology (Buildings)
- Market Value
- 220
[Note] - Mass
- 15 kg
- HP
- 100
- Flammability
- 0%
Building
- Size
- 1 × 1
- Minifiable
- True
- Placeable
- True
- Passability
- pass through only
- Cover Effectiveness
- 35%
- Terrain Affordance
- Light
- Power
- -150 W
- Light Radius
- 1.66
Creation
- Required Research
- Electricity
- Work To Make
- 1,000 ticks (16.67 secs)
- Resources to make
80 + 
2- Deconstruct yield
- 40 + 1
- Destroy yield
- 20 + 0 - 1
- thingCategories
- BuildingsMisc
A Loudspeaker is a ritual item added by the Ideology DLC, contributing to the dance party ritual.
Acquisition[edit]
Loudspeakers can be constructed once the Electricity research is completed. It requires 80 Steel, 2 Components. Pawns do not need an ideoligion with the dance party ritual in order to build this item.
Summary[edit]
Each loudspeaker adds +5% quality to the dance party ritual, increasing the chance for a positive outcome. At least 1 loudspeaker is required to start this ritual at a lightball. You can start a dance party without using a loudspeaker, so long as the lightball is not the focus.
Analysis[edit]
Compared to the drum party, lightballs and loudspeakers require steel, components, and power - which are generally more valuable than wood and textiles for a campfire and drums. However, with the drum party, pawns need to actually play drums. Only 50% of pawns participating, rounded up, will play them, meaning you'll need 11 pawns for max quality. Meanwhile, you can have max quality with 6 loudspeakers and any amount of pawns - it just cost more material to do so. Drums also take 1 more tile of space due to requiring an interaction spot.
Dance Party and Drum Party are otherwise equivalent rituals, with the same moodlets and same possible Global Work Speed buff.
Version history[edit]
- Ideology DLC Release - Added.
- Ideology
- Altar (Small, Medium, Large, Grand) • Burnbong • Cannibal platter • Christmas tree • Drum • Effigy • Gibbet cage • Ideogram • Incense shrine • Kneel pillow • Kneel sheet • Lectern • Pew • Pyre • Reliquary • Ritual spot • Sacrificial flag • Skullspike • Styling station
- (research)
- Autobong • Biosculpter pod • Lightball • Loudspeaker • Neural supercharger • Sleep accelerator