Slate blocks
Blocks of solid slate. A dull-looking rock that chips easily.
Base Stats
- Type
- Material – Stone
- Stuff Categories
- Stony
- Market Value
- 0.9
- Stack Limit
- 75
- Mass
- 0.9 kg
- Beauty
- -12
- Rotatable
- False
- Path Cost
- 14
Building
- Terrain Affordance
- Heavy
Stat Modifiers
- Beauty Factor
- ×1.1
- Beauty Offset
- +0
- Work To Make Factor
- ×1.3
- Work To Build Factor
- ×6
- Work To Build Offset
- +140 ticks (2.33 secs)
- Max Hit Points
- ×1.3
- Flammability
- ×0
- Melee Blunt Damage
- ×1.0
- Melee Sharp Damage
- ×0.6
- Melee Cooldown
- ×1.3
- Door Opening Speed
- ×0.45
- Rest Effectiveness
- ×0.9
Creation
- Crafted At
- Work To Make
- 1,600 ticks (26.67 secs)
- Resources to make
- 1
- Product Amount
- 20
Technical
- defName
- BlocksSlate
- Color
- (70,70,70)
- Stuff Adjective
- slate
The only advantage of slate blocks is that they are the least heavy. If for some reason you need to carry stone blocks or chunks in a caravan in bulk, slate might be the best choice.
Acquisition[edit]
Slate blocks are cut from slate chunks at a Stonecutter's table. It takes 1,600 ticks (26.67 secs) of work to cut a single chunk into 20 blocks.
Slate blocks can be used to craft and build the following things:
Product |
Ingredients |
Type [ExpandCollapse]
|
Grand sculpture
|
400 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 4000 for SMVs)
|
Art
|
Large sculpture
|
100 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 1000 for SMVs)
|
Art
|
Small sculpture
|
50 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 500 for SMVs)
|
Art
|
Animal sleeping box
|
25 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 250 for SMVs)
|
Building - Furniture
|
Bed
|
45 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 450 for SMVs)
|
Building - Furniture
|
Bookcase
|
20 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 200 for SMVs)
|
Building - Furniture
|
Double bed
|
85 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 850 for SMVs)
|
Building - Furniture
|
Dresser
|
50 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 500 for SMVs)
|
Building - Furniture
|
End table
|
30 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 300 for SMVs)
|
Building - Furniture
|
Plant pot
|
20 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 200 for SMVs)
|
Building - Furniture
|
Royal bed
|
100 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 1000 for SMVs) + 50
|
Building - Furniture
|
Shelf
|
20 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 200 for SMVs)
|
Building - Furniture
|
Small bookcase
|
10 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 100 for SMVs)
|
Building - Furniture
|
Small shelf
|
10 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 100 for SMVs)
|
Building - Furniture
|
Stool
|
25 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 250 for SMVs)
|
Building - Furniture
|
Table (1x2)
|
28 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 280 for SMVs)
|
Building - Furniture
|
Table (2x2)
|
50 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 500 for SMVs)
|
Building - Furniture
|
Table (2x4)
|
95 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 950 for SMVs)
|
Building - Furniture
|
Table (3x3)
|
100 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 1000 for SMVs)
|
Building - Furniture
|
Grand stele
|
250 (Stony)
|
Building - Misc
|
Large stele
|
125 (Stony)
|
Building - Misc
|
Pen marker
|
30 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 300 for SMVs)
|
Building - Misc
|
Sarcophagus
|
60 (Woody/Metallic/Stony, 600 for SMVs)
|
Building - Misc
|
Urn
|
20 (Metallic/Stony, 200 for SMVs)
|
Building - Misc
|
Electric crematorium
|
150 (Stony) + 20 + 2
|
Building - Production
|
Simple research bench
|
75 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 750 for SMVs) + 25
|
Building - Production
|
Billiards table
|
80 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 800 for SMVs) + 80 + 30
|
Building - Recreation
|
Chess table
|
70 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 700 for SMVs)
|
Building - Recreation
|
Game-of-Ur board
|
35 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 350 for SMVs)
|
Building - Recreation
|
Hoopstone ring
|
20 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 200 for SMVs)
|
Building - Recreation
|
Horseshoes pin
|
10 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 100 for SMVs)
|
Building - Recreation
|
Poker table
|
50 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 500 for SMVs) + 50 + 25
|
Building - Recreation
|
Barricade
|
5 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 50 for SMVs)
|
Building - Security
|
Spike trap
|
45 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 450 for SMVs)
|
Building - Security
|
Autodoor
|
25 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 250 for SMVs) + 40 + 2
|
Building - Structure
|
Column
|
20 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 200 for SMVs)
|
Building - Structure
|
Door
|
25 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 250 for SMVs)
|
Building - Structure
|
Fence
|
1 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 10 for SMVs)
|
Building - Structure
|
Fence gate
|
25 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 250 for SMVs)
|
Building - Structure
|
Ornate door
|
75 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 750 for SMVs) + 50
|
Building - Structure
|
Wall
|
5 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 50 for SMVs)
|
Building - Structure
|
Club
|
40 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 400 for SMVs)
|
Equipment - Weapons
|
Flagstone
|
4 (Stony)
|
Floor
|
Stone tile
|
4 (Stony)
|
Floor
|
Baby decoration
|
60 (Woody/Stony/Metallic, 600 for SMVs)
|
Building - Furniture
|
Blackboard
|
15 (Woody/Stony)
|
Building - Furniture
|
Crib
|
25 (Woody/Stony/Metallic, 250 for SMVs)
|
Building - Furniture
|
School desk
|
30 (Woody/Stony/Metallic, 300 for SMVs)
|
Building - Furniture
|
Toy box
|
80 (Woody/Stony/Metallic, 800 for SMVs)
|
Building - Furniture
|
Terror sculpture
|
100 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 1000 for SMVs)
|
Art
|
Morbid slab (broad)
|
150 (Stony)
|
Building - Floor
|
Morbid slab (medium)
|
100 (Stony)
|
Building - Floor
|
Bonsai pot
|
24 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 240 for SMVs)
|
Building - Furniture
|
Darklight brazier
|
50 (Metallic/Stony, 500 for SMVs)
|
Building - Furniture
|
Slab bed
|
30 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 300 for SMVs)
|
Building - Furniture
|
Slab double bed
|
85 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 850 for SMVs)
|
Building - Furniture
|
Grand altar
|
300 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 3000 for SMVs)
|
Building - Ideology (Buildings)
|
Large altar
|
200 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 2000 for SMVs)
|
Building - Ideology (Buildings)
|
Lectern
|
50 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 500 for SMVs)
|
Building - Ideology (Buildings)
|
Medium altar
|
100 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 1000 for SMVs)
|
Building - Ideology (Buildings)
|
Pew
|
100 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 1000 for SMVs)
|
Building - Ideology (Buildings)
|
Reliquary
|
300 (Metallic/Stony, 3000 for SMVs) + 75
|
Building - Ideology (Buildings)
|
Small altar
|
50 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 500 for SMVs)
|
Building - Ideology (Buildings)
|
Morbid stone tile
|
20 (Stony)
|
Floor
|
Spikecore stone tile
|
20 (Stony)
|
Floor
|
Totemic stone tile
|
20 (Stony)
|
Floor
|
Brazier
|
50 (Metallic/Stony, 500 for SMVs)
|
Building - Furniture
|
Grand meditation throne
|
300 (Metallic/Stony, 3000 for SMVs) + 75
|
Building - Furniture
|
Meditation throne
|
125 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 1250 for SMVs)
|
Building - Furniture
|
Large nature shrine
|
300 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 3000 for SMVs)
|
Building - Misc
|
Small nature shrine
|
150 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 1500 for SMVs)
|
Building - Misc
|
Fine stone tile
|
20 (Stony)
|
Floor
|
Analysis[edit]
Production strategy
- This section is transcluded from Stonecutting maximization.
Stonecutting speed is controlled by the cutting pawn's General Labor Speed stat which is determined by a pawn's stats and capacities rather than any skill. Thus, maximization is based on improving that stat and removing process inefficiencies rather than grinding for experience.
General Labor Speed[edit]
General labor speed is affected by manipulation, sight and global work speed.
- Sight decreases general labor speed if below 100%, but offers no benefit above 100%.
- Manipulation can be improved with bionic or archotech arms, or with drugs that improve Manipulation or Consciousness such as Go-juice or Wake-up.
- Global work speed can be improved by certain traits, such as Industrious or Neurotic, a Leader's Work Drive, and the drug Wake-up, which stacks with the drug's manipulation improvement.
- General Labor Speed can also be directly increased by +50% Production specialists, and those affected by their Production Command.
- The ability stacks with the role, but a specialist cannot self-buff.
Like other workbenches, using a stonecutter while outdoors, having no light, or under extreme temperature will negatively affect production speed. Care should be taken to avoid these conditions. Pawns with damaged vision / manipulation, or with traits such as Lazy should avoid stonecutting unless they are otherwise unoccupied.
While being a production specialist will lock out a pawn out of many other work types and the quality increase is useless for stonecutting, a stonecutter may want to become a specialist regardless. You can have as many specialists of a type as you wish, and the role can always be removed if the pawn is required for another role or once a sufficient stockpile of blocks has been made. Note that there is a −15 <Role> lost if you decide to switch or remove the specialist role later. If a temporary role switch is still untenable, consider placing the stonecutter table in range of your regular production specialist's workstations to benefit from their aura.
Process efficiency[edit]
Positioning the cutting table next to the chunk stockpile is ideal.
Placing an armchair or other chair will not improve production rates, but will ensure that the pawn remains comfortable and happy while cutting, however it will slow pawns as they path over it.
It's worth mentioning, with the Ideology DLC installed, slaves are ideal as stone cutters as the task doesn't raise any of the pawns skills. The -15% work speed from slaves is offset by a lack of need for recreation. Adding a circadian half-cycler further increases efficiency by removing the need for sleep at the cost of -15% consciousness.
Gallery[edit]
Stack of multiple slate blocks
Full stack of slate blocks
Version history[edit]
- 0.7.581 - Added, previously there was only generic "stone".
- Beta 19/1.0 - Slowed constructing buildings with all stone types by 20%