Skullspike

Skullspike

A spike mounted upright for the purpose of piercing and displaying a human skull. To some, displayed skulls are a symbol of power. To others, they represent barbaric evil. Skullspikes are an especially brutal and effective way to terrorize slaves.

Base Stats

Type

Building – Ideology (Buildings)

Mass

15 kg

Beauty

0

HP

150

Flammability

0%

Path Cost

30 (30%)

Building

Size

1 × 1

Minifiable

True

Placeable

True

Passability

pass through only

Cover Effectiveness

50%

Blocks Wind

True

Terrain Affordance

Medium

Creation

Skill Required

Construction 4

Work To Make

1,600 ticks (26.67 secs)

Stuff Tags

Woody, Metallic

Resources to make

25 + 1

Deconstruct yield

12 - 13 + 0 - 1

Destroy yield

6 - 7 + 0 - 1

Technical

thingCategories

BuildingsMisc

A Skullspike is a decoration added by the Ideology DLC. It inflicts terror on slaves and gives a mood buff or debuff to other pawns depending on their ideology.

Acquisition

Skullspikes can be constructed, each requiring  25 Stuff (Woody/Metallic, 250 for SMVs),  1 Skull, 1,600 ticks (26.67 secs) of work modified by the construction speed of the builder and the work to build factor and offset of the material, and a construction skill of 4. They can be created regardless of ideoligion.

They can also be found in the faction bases of factions with the Skullspike: Desired precept as part of their ideoligion.

Summary

The radius from which the skullspike is visible to pawns. Any pawn on a steel tile will be able to see the skullspike, and will gain the appropriate moodlet.

Skullspikes give a mood buff or malus depending on the Skullspike precept, though the Masochist trait negates these mood effects. Non-mashochist pawns with the 'Skullspikes: Desired' precept gain a +1 moodlet for being within 11 tiles of 1-3 of them, +2 mood for being near 4-8, and +3 mood for being near 9 or more. Pawns with the 'Skullspikes: Disapproved' precept get −1 to −3 mood at the same thresholds.

Skullspikes project 25% terror to slaves in a 4 tile radius. Terror decreases suppression loss in nearby slaves.

Skullspikes will display the name of the pawn from whom the skull used to construct it was extracted.

Analysis

Skullspikes are a rather cheap way to get up to +3 mood for suitable ideoligions, simply by being near them. Install them in dining/recreation rooms, so that all your pawns will see them.

There is no functional reason to not have the Skullspikes: Desired precept; this precept can be put on any ideoligion, it does not penalize you for not having skulls around, and the Skullspikes: Disapproved precept offers no benefit.

Their improvement in slave suppression is small, and redundant when slaves are in slave collars and slave body straps and not wearing any suppression loss increasing apparel. If there is cause to put slaves in other apparel, then skullspikes are a cheap way to slightly reduce reliance on wardens, especially if they already provide the small mood buff to your colonists.

Stats table

Skullspike	Beauty	Work to Build	HP	Flamma­bility	Market Value
Material
Bioferrite	0	004,000 ticks (1.11 mins)	300	0%	38
Gold	20	001,440 ticks (24 secs)	90	0%	2,510
Plasteel	0	003,520 ticks (58.67 secs)	420	0%	245
Silver	6	001,600 ticks (26.67 secs)	105	0%	260
Steel	0	001,600 ticks (26.67 secs)	150	0%	58
Uranium	0	003,040 ticks (50.67 secs)	375	0%	166
Wood	0	001,120 ticks (18.67 secs)	98	0%	39

Version history

• Ideology DLC Release - Added.
• 1.3.3101 - Can now be walked through.
• 1.3.3117 - Now displays whose skull is contained inside on their inspect pane. Path cost 0 -> 30.

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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