Drum

A Drum is a source of musical recreation that is used in the Drum Party ritual.

Acquisition[edit]

Drums can be constructed, each requiring 30 Stuff (Leathery/Fabric), 50 Wood and 800 ticks (13.33 secs) of work modified by the construction speed of the builder and the work to build factor and offset of the material.
Drums can not be bought from traders. Pawns do not need an ideoligion with the drum party ritual in order to build this item.

Summary[edit]

At least 1 drum is required to start the drum party ritual. Each drum played adds +5% quality to the ritual, increasing the chance for a positive outcome. 50% of participants, rounded up, will actually play a drum during a ritual. A pawn must have above 0% Manipulation to play a drum.

While drum is being played during the ritual the colonist's recreation and music tolerance will increase. They will gain meager 3 Artistic experience which is impacted by their passion.

If the Royalty DLC is installed, colonists will consider drums a recreation item and play it outside the drum party ritual. They are considered Musical and have a recreation power of 100%.

Unlike the other musical instruments, drums do not produce a mood bonus in an area of effect. This includes both colonists who are not participating in the ritual but are nearby as well as colonists who are included in the ritual and are dancing.

Analysis[edit]

Drum parties are one of the strongest rituals, with the biggest good mood modifiers (+8 / +16), and a chance at a +20% Global Work Speed buff independent of the regular ritual reward. However, drums require a textile to create, which can be a little difficult to obtain at the start of the game, before your first cotton plants have finished growing.

Drums are generally cheaper than the loudspeakers used for the dance party; loudspeakers require 80 Steel, 2 Components per speaker. However, pawns do not have to play a loudspeaker - 6 loudspeakers will give max quality, regardless of how many pawns you have. 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.

Recreation[edit]

If the Royalty DLC is active, drums can be played for recreation. Compared to other musical instruments, they ae unique as the only musical instrument that does not have a quality, as well as the only instrument that does not require any research. Therefore, they can be useful for recreation if there are no good crafters or if the research for other musical instruments has not been unlocked yet. The other musical instruments can benefit from quality and provide a mood buff to nearby colonists, so they will eventually be superior.

Without Royalty, colonists will only play drums during Drum Party rituals. During the ritual they gain both the recreation from the ritual passively, and the recreation from the drum from actively playing it.

Stats table

Drum	Beauty	Work to Build	HP	Flammability	Market Value
Material	Beauty	Work to Build	HP	Flammability	Market Value
Alpaca wool	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	100	0%	177
Bearskin	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	130	0%	165
Birdskin	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	100	0%	117
Bison wool	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	100	0%	144
Bluefur	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	130	0%	132
Camelhide	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	130	0%	132
Chinchilla fur	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	100	0%	260
Cloth	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	100	0%	108
Devilstrand	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	130	0%	230
Dog leather	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	130	0%	123
Elephant leather	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	150	0%	153
Foxfur	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	100	0%	168
Guinea pig fur	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	60	0%	215
Heavy fur	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	150	0%	162
Human leather	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	130	0%	189
Hyperweave	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	240	0%	335
Lightleather	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	100	0%	120
Lizardskin	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	100	0%	126
Megasloth wool	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	100	0%	144
Muffalo wool	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	100	0%	144
Panthera fur	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	130	0%	153
Patchleather	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	100	0%	108
Pigskin	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	130	0%	120
Plainleather	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	130	0%	126
Rhinoceros leather	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	150	0%	189
Sheep wool	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	100	0%	144
Synthread	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	130	0%	183
Thrumbofur	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	200	0%	485
Wolfskin	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	130	0%	153
Dread leather	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	130	0%	168
Armadillo leather	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	130	0%	159
Hippo leather	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	150	0%	174
Mastodon leather	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	150	0%	153
Mastodon wool	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	100	0%	144
Mink fur	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	100	0%	220
Muskox wool	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	100	0%	144
Sealskin	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	100	0%	183
Thrumbomane	0	000,800 ticks (13.33 secs)	220	0%	665

Version history[edit]

Ideology DLC Release - Added.
1.4.3523 - Moved from Misc to new Ideology architect tab.
1.4.3529 - Fix: Clicking drums without Royalty installed produces a missing royalty message.
1.6.4518 - Pawns will now play drums for recreation if Royalty is installed.

Architect

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