Table

Tables are one of the two types of furniture necessary for creating a dining room. When placed adjacent to a stool, dining chair, or armchair, colonists will eat their meals at the table. This avoids giving them the "Ate without table" bad thought, and gives them good thoughts if your dining room has high beauty.

Colonists more than 50 tiles away from a table at the moment they decide to eat something will ignore the table and eat where they stand, suffering a mood hit. Larger colonies may benefit from building a second dining room.

Tables are set by default as gathering spots. Colonists will gather here to socialize, especially when idle. This can be toggled off.

Tables come in four sizes:

• Table (1x2) (accommodates 6 seats)
• Table (2x2) (accommodates 8 seats)
• Table (2x4) (accommodates 12 seats)
• Table (3x3) (accommodates 12 seats)

Larger tables are well-suited for use in your primary dining room, while smaller tables are perfect for prison cells to help keep your prisoners happy. All tables function more or less identically, however, and it is perfectly reasonable to choose a table size for purely aesthetic reasons.

History

Prior to Beta 18, tables only came in two forms: short table (2x2) and long table (2x4).