Egg box

Egg boxes are miscellaneous buildings that egg-laying animals will try to lay eggs in. They do not protect eggs from temperature spoilage, but do prevent deterioration from exposure.

Acquisition[edit]

Egg boxes can be constructed, each requiring 20 Stuff (Metallic/Woody, 200 for SVMs) and 2,000 ticks (33.33 secs) of work modified by the construction speed of the builder and the work to build factor and offset of the material.

Summary[edit]

Egg-laying animals will always lay their eggs in an egg box if one is accessible to them, available in their assigned pen if relevant, capable of receiving the egg/s, and within a 30 tile range of the animal. Egg boxes can hold up to 25 eggs and new eggs must be able to stack with any existing eggs in the box. Once the box contains 20 eggs it will be emptied by haulers.

Egg boxes prevent deterioration of the eggs from exposure but do not protect eggs from temperature spoilage.

Analysis[edit]

Egg laying animals will always lay egg in an egg box if one is available in their assigned pen and within a 30 tile range, therefore, egg boxes are extremely useful to control the environment in which the eggs are placed.

Egg boxes function as shelves preventing weather and outdoors degradation types e.g. "Outdoors", "Unroofed", "Rain", "Shallow Water", etc., however, they do not prevent eggs from rotting (rotting eggs vanish just like all other food stuffs). Additionally, egg boxes do not prevent fertilized eggs from being spoiled, however they can be used to force animals to lay eggs in a temperature controlled room, preventing temperature spoilage.

Strategically placing egg boxes can also minimize the amount of hauling work to be done, as it both prevents pawns from hauling eggs until the egg boxes egg count reaches 20 (or until they are manually tasked to do so) and collects all eggs in a single location rather then having them be spread across a room or pen, greatly reducing the distance traveled by the hauler.

Stats table

Egg box	Beauty	Work to Build	HP	Flammability	Market Value
Material	Beauty	Work to Build	HP	Flammability	Market Value
Gold	20	001,800 ticks (30 secs)	30	40%	2,005
Plasteel	0	004,400 ticks (1.22 mins)	140	0%	196
Silver	6	002,000 ticks (33.33 secs)	35	40%	205
Steel	0	002,000 ticks (33.33 secs)	50	40%	45
Uranium	0	003,800 ticks (1.06 mins)	125	0%	134
Wood	0	001,400 ticks (23.33 secs)	33	100%	29
Bioferrite	0	005,000 ticks (1.39 mins)	100	75%	33
Obsidian	8	011,000 ticks (3.06 mins)	25	0%	140