Horseshoes pin

A horseshoes pin is used by colonists to take a break and gain recreation. It is the second cheapest and quickest to build of all the joy-related buildings, after the hoopstone ring.

Acquisition

A horseshoe pin can made from any material (wood, metals, or stone) through the Architect menu, under the Recreation tab in 100 ticks (1.67 secs). It costs 10 materials for standard volume material (such as ( wood, steel, plasteel, stone blocks, uranium, jade) and 100 materials for low volume material, such as ( silver, gold). Regardless of the material used, a horseshoe pin has neutral beauty, and has no quality level. Once placed it can be uninstalled and then reinstalled in a new location.

Summary

Up to three colonists can use a single horseshoes pin at once, taking turns throwing horseshoes at it. Each instance of this activity lasts 4,000 ticks (1.11 mins), and it increases Recreation need at a rate of ?? per second. It provides Dexterity Play-type recreation.

To be usable, a horseshoe pin must have a standable spot five spaces away. It also needs line of sight to it in a straight line (many structures like chairs, lamps, and tables, do not block line of sight). Colonists can throw through a held open doorway into an adjacent room while playing horseshoes. Mood bonuses for room impressiveness are determined by the thrower's location.

A pawn must have Sight and Manipulation capacities above 0% to play.

Playing horseshoes increases the player's shooting skill at a rate of 0.003 XP per 1 tick (0.02 secs), or 0.18 XP per second.

Analysis

The horseshoes pin is the second weakest of all recreation objects, tied with the Chess table and the Hoopstone ring with a recreation power of only 100%. The only recreation object worse is the Game-of-Ur board, with a meager recreation power of 80%. Because of its low cost and ability to slowly raise colonist shooting skill, it is often advisable to build a horseshoe pin early after starting a colony.

Stats table

Horseshoes pin	Beauty	Recreation power	Work to Build	HP	Flammability	Market Value
Material	Beauty	Recreation power	Work to Build	HP	Flammability	Market Value
Bioferrite	0	1	000,250 ticks (4.17 secs)	150	75%	8.4
Gold	20	1	000,090 ticks (1.5 secs)	45	40%	1,000
Granite blocks	0	1	000,740 ticks (12.33 secs)	128	0%	12
Limestone blocks	0	1	000,740 ticks (12.33 secs)	116	0%	12
Marble blocks	1	1	000,690 ticks (11.5 secs)	90	0%	12
Plasteel	0	1	000,220 ticks (3.67 secs)	210	0%	91
Sandstone blocks	0	1	000,640 ticks (10.67 secs)	105	0%	11
Silver	6	1	000,100 ticks (1.67 secs)	53	40%	100
Slate blocks	0	1	000,740 ticks (12.33 secs)	98	0%	12
Steel	0	1	000,100 ticks (1.67 secs)	75	40%	19
Jade	10	1	000,500 ticks (8.33 secs)	38	0%	52
Uranium	0	1	000,190 ticks (3.17 secs)	188	0%	61
Wood	0	1	000,070 ticks (1.17 secs)	49	100%	12