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A cover can be anything that have the possibility to stop a fired bullet from hitting the intended target, cover in RimWorld can be found in several ways, some examples are: [[Rubble]], [[Sandbags]], [[Wall|Walls]], the [[Saguaro_cactus|Saguaro cactus]], and even [[animals]].<br/>
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Cover can be divided in 2 ways, ''high/low cover'' or ''natural/artificial cover''.<br/>
High cover usually provides better cover than low cover.<br/>
Artificial cover have a tendency to either start burning, exploding or both, natural cover just burns at worst.<br/>
High cover is things that you can lean around, low cover is what you can shoot over.<br/>
Natural cover is anything that can protect you on a newly generated map, artificial cover is anything you build, even debris that you move could potentially counts as artificial cover.

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!Contents:  !! High Cover !! Low Cover !! other/unknown
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! Artificial Cover
| * [[Cover#Door|Door]]<br/>* [[Cover#Walls|Walls]]
| * [[Cover#Sandbags|Sand Bags]]
| * [[Cover#Buildings|Buildings]]
|-
! Natural Cover
| * [[Cover#Mountain walls|Mountain walls]]<br/>* [[Cover#Saguaro cactus|Saguaro cactus]]
| * [[Cover#Rubble|Rubble]]
| * [[Cover#Animals|Animals]]
|}

==Natural cover==
Natural cover is anything that is generated when the map is created, and is almost everything you can find on a newly generated map.

===[[Mountain walls]]===
[[Mountains]] is the brown rocks structure that you can mine into.
The corners of the mountains is effective covers if the raiders comes from the right angle, if they comes from the wrong angle it can easily become a [[Death_trap|death trap]].

=== [[Rubble]] ===
[[Rubble]] is littered all over the map and will be used by attackers to gain an advantage over you. You can also use rubble for protection, but the random rubble placement is unlikely to favour you. so it's advisable to use it as a last resort

Rubble in combination with a dumping area can easily give a turret some extra protection, for free!<br/>
(New Alpha version)
* First place the turret blueprint
* Then drag a dumping zone around the turret
* Designate the desired amount of rubble to be hauled 
* Wait for the rubble be hauled
* (optional, leave a 1x1 empty space next to the turret where a colonist can repair it while still being in cover)


(Old version, what version number?)<br/>
First designate a dumping area where you want your turret to be, then mark 16 rocks to be hauled to the area, when it is filed sell the dumping area and mark the middle 4 rocks to be hauled again but to another dumping area (designate a new area somewhere if you must), then build a turret inside the resulting square of rocks.

===[[Saguaro_cactus|Saguaro cactus]]===
It's a large tree like cactus with 2 branches, [[Saguaro_cactus|see this page for a picture.]]

===[[Animals]]===
A last resort to cover if you have nothing else can be animal(s), by having animal(s) between your colonist(s) and the attackers, they can actually work as a makeshift cover by being hit instead of your colonists. (I learned this from personal experience, when a squirrel got in the crossfire and got hit from a raiders [[M-24]] bullet, and instantly died which means the squirrel was a one time cover).

==Artificial cover==
Artifical covers is anything that you can build, (in a sense [[rock rubble]] could be counted as artificial cover after you have moved it, and is using it as cover).

=== [[Sandbag|Sandbags]] ===
[[Sandbag]]s are the easiest and cheapest method of protection. U shapes are good for one character to hide in. Zigzag patterns will allow multiple characters to cover close together, which is handy if you want to focus fire on a few attackers.

Sandbags enclosing a turret make a great attack point But keep the turret repaired, as it will explode when destroyed and can damaged nearby characters, a good practice is to leave a 1 [[tile]] gap (or make it a hole with sandbags on the back of the tile too) in the back (most protected side) where a colonist can stand and repair the turret and still be mostly in cover, but be prepared to make the colonist run away when the sparks begin to fly from the turret.

=== [[Wall|Walls]] ===
[[Wall]]s can be used as cover as well. Characters will lean around them to shoot. Three wall blocks placed diagonally make a great sniper nest. 
Natural walls work in the same way.

===[[Door]]===
A door can be used as a high cover if it stands alone so a colonist can lean around it.

===[[Buildings]]===
Most things that you can build can also stop bullets, although they take damage and will eventually be destroyed, catch fire or explode, if not repaired in time.

* [[Battery]]
* [[Nutrient_paste_dispenser|Nutrient paste dispenser]]
* [[Geothermal_generator|Geothermal generator]]
* [[Comms_console|Comms console]]
* [[Solar_generator|Solar generator]]
* [[Auto-turret]] ('''will explode''' in a 3 tile radius if too damaged)
* [[Research_bench|Research bench]]
* [[Plant_pot|Plant_pot]] (needs confirmation)
* [[Hydroponics_table|Hydroponics table]] (needs confirmation)
* [[Chair]] (needs confirmation)
* [[Equipment_rack|Equipment rack]] (needs confirmation)
* [[Bed]] (needs confirmation, questionable cover)
* [[Sun_lamp|Sun lamp]] (needs confirmation, questionable cover)
* [[Standing_lamp|Standing lamp]] (needs confirmation, questionable cover)

==[[Not Cover]]==
To minimize confusion, see this page: '''[[Not Cover]]''', for things that don't work as cover and you should stay away from during a fire fight.

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+A cover can be anything that have the possibility to stop a fired bullet from hitting the intended target, cover in RimWorld can be found in several ways, some examples are: [[Rubble]], [[Sandbags]], [[Wall|Walls]], the [[Saguaro_cactus|Saguaro cactus]], and even [[animals]].<br/>
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-'''Cover''' can be anything that has the possibility to stop a fired bullet from hitting the intended target. Cover in RimWorld can be found in several forms. Some examples are: [[Chunk|Rubble]], [[Sandbags]], [[Wall]]s, the [[Saguaro cactus]], and even [[animals]].<br/>
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+Cover can be divided in 2 ways, ''high/low cover'' or ''natural/artificial cover''.<br/>
-'''High cover''' consists of any wall, constructed or otherwise, which a character can lean around to shoot enemies (if they're standing next to the wall). Any wall counts as high cover, and will stop bullets or other projectiles not just from hitting whoever is taking cover behind them, but prevent them from continuing on to hit anything else. It also blocks explosives.<br/>
+High cover usually provides better cover than low cover.<br/>
-'''Low cover''' consists of sandbags, rock or slag chunks, trees, bushes, animals, some types of furniture and structures, and virtually anything else that a character can shoot over. Low cover does not provide as high a chance of stopping projectiles as high cover, but it's still far better than nothing, and it allows your colonists to shoot over it whereas a wall could block your shooters' line of sight to target completely.<br/>
+Artificial cover have a tendency to either start burning, exploding or both, natural cover just burns at worst.<br/>
-'''Natural cover''' is anything that can protect you on a newly generated map.<br/>
+High cover is things that you can lean around, low cover is what you can shoot over.<br/>
-'''Artificial cover''' is anything you build; even debris that you move could potentially count as artificial cover.
+Natural cover is anything that can protect you on a newly generated map, artificial cover is anything you build, even debris that you move could potentially counts as artificial cover.
-Cover is multiplied by a factor of 20-100% depending which direction the attack is coming from. Cover works best against attacks coming straight at it, but doesn't work so well against incoming attacks from the sides.
-[[File:Cover Angle.png|thumb|right|Cover effectiveness on tiles at each angle]]
-Here's a list of each angle threshold and the corresponding cover effectiveness multiplier in a list - as this doesn't look particularly great in a table:
-*'''a < 15°''' = 100% effectiveness
-*'''15° < a < 27°''' = 80% effectiveness
-*'''27° < a < 40°''' = 60% effectiveness
-*'''40° < a < 52°''' = 40% effectiveness
-*'''52° < a < 65°''' = 20% effectiveness
-*'''a > 65°''' = 0% effectiveness
-Cover is additionally less effective at point-blank range: cover's only 33.33% as effective when the shooter is directly in front of the target's cover, and 66.666% if the shooter is 1 tile away from the cover.
-Sometimes multiple sources of cover also work together to block additional projectiles. For example, shooting at a pawn behind low cover from a diagonal angle will result in 2 units of low cover providing protection at once, each at a reduced efficiency.
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-! Contents: !! High Cover !! Low Cover !! other/unknown
+!Contents:  !! High Cover !! Low Cover !! other/unknown
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 ! Artificial Cover
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+| * [[Cover#Door|Door]]<br/>* [[Cover#Walls|Walls]]
-* [[Cover#Door|Door]]
+| * [[Cover#Sandbags|Sand Bags]]
-* [[Cover#Walls|Walls]]
+| * [[Cover#Buildings|Buildings]]
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-* [[Cover#Sandbags|Sand Bags]]
-|
-* [[Cover#Buildings|Buildings]]
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 ! Natural Cover
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+| * [[Cover#Mountain walls|Mountain walls]]<br/>* [[Cover#Saguaro cactus|Saguaro cactus]]
-* [[Cover#Mountain walls|Mountain walls]]
+| * [[Cover#Rubble|Rubble]]
-* [[Cover#Saguaro cactus|Saguaro cactus]]
+| * [[Cover#Animals|Animals]]
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-* [[Cover#Rubble|Rubble]]
-* [[Cover#Bushes|Bushes]]
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-* [[Cover#Animals|Animals]]
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-== Natural cover ==
+==Natural cover==
 Natural cover is anything that is generated when the map is created, and is almost everything you can find on a newly generated map.
-=== Walls ===
+===[[Mountain walls]]===
-Solid walls in general, from mountain walls to walls of ruins scattered across the map, are all capable of providing good cover.
+[[Mountains]] is the brown rocks structure that you can mine into.
-Pawns using walls as cover will fire from behind the corner of the wall.
+The corners of the mountains is effective covers if the raiders comes from the right angle, if they comes from the wrong angle it can easily become a [[Death_trap|death trap]].
-Walls provide up to 75% cover, but is heavily affected by direction.
+=== [[Rubble]] ===
+[[Rubble]] is littered all over the map and will be used by attackers to gain an advantage over you. You can also use rubble for protection, but the random rubble placement is unlikely to favour you. so it's advisable to use it as a last resort
-=== Chunks ===
+Rubble in combination with a dumping area can easily give a turret some extra protection, for free!<br/>
-[[Chunk]]s provide 50% cover.
+(New Alpha version)
+* First place the turret blueprint
+* Then drag a dumping zone around the turret
+* Designate the desired amount of rubble to be hauled
+* Wait for the rubble be hauled
+* (optional, leave a 1x1 empty space next to the turret where a colonist can repair it while still being in cover)
-They are littered all over the map, in the form of [[Rock chunk|rock]] or [[steel slag chunk]]s. They will be used by attackers to gain an advantage over you.<br>
-You can also use chunks for protection, but their random placement is unlikely to favor you, so it's advisable to use it only during mobile warfare or as a last resort.
-Chunks, in combination with a dumping area, can provide a free alternative to sandbag and barricade emplacements in the early game when cloth or solid materials are scarce. Here is how it works:
+(Old version, what version number?)<br/>
-* Create a [[dumping stockpile zone]] in the desired shape (typically 1 square wide).
+First designate a dumping area where you want your turret to be, then mark 16 rocks to be hauled to the area, when it is filed sell the dumping area and mark the middle 4 rocks to be hauled again but to another dumping area (designate a new area somewhere if you must), then build a turret inside the resulting square of rocks.
-* The dumping zones accept Chunks and Corpses by default, you can choose only the type of chunk you want.
-* Select chunks on the map using the "Haul things" option in the "Orders" tab of the [[Architect]] menu.
-* Wait for them to be hauled.
-* Place Colonists behind this line for cover during a firefight.
-=== Bushes ===
+===[[Saguaro_cactus|Saguaro cactus]]===
-Bushes provide 20% cover. In general, you'll want to avoid these—especially as they can catch fire very easily.
+It's a large tree like cactus with 2 branches, [[Saguaro_cactus|see this page for a picture.]]
-=== Trees ===
+===[[Animals]]===
-Trees provide 25% cover.
+A last resort to cover if you have nothing else can be animal(s), by having animal(s) between your colonist(s) and the attackers, they can actually work as a makeshift cover by being hit instead of your colonists. (I learned this from personal experience, when a squirrel got in the crossfire and got hit from a raiders [[M-24]] bullet, and instantly died which means the squirrel was a one time cover).
-=== Saguaro cactus ===
+==Artificial cover==
-A [[saguaro cactus]] is a large tree-like cactus with 2 branches. They provide 35% cover.
+Artifical covers is anything that you can build, (in a sense [[rock rubble]] could be counted as artificial cover after you have moved it, and is using it as cover).
-=== Animals ===
+=== [[Sandbag|Sandbags]] ===
-A last resort to cover if you have nothing else can be animals. By having animals between your colonist(s) and the attackers, they can actually work as a makeshift barricade (or 'meat shield') by being hit instead of your colonists. Larger animals (e.g. [[Muffalo]]) work better for this. However, you shouldn't rely on this, as animals tend to wander off at random. They can, however, become enraged and attack your enemies (or you) if fired upon long enough, so there may be something to it after all.
+[[Sandbag]]s are the easiest and cheapest method of protection. U shapes are good for one character to hide in. Zigzag patterns will allow multiple characters to cover close together, which is handy if you want to focus fire on a few attackers.
-=== Pawns ===
+Sandbags enclosing a turret make a great attack point But keep the turret repaired, as it will explode when destroyed and can damaged nearby characters, a good practice is to leave a 1 [[tile]] gap (or make it a hole with sandbags on the back of the tile too) in the back (most protected side) where a colonist can stand and repair the turret and still be mostly in cover, but be prepared to make the colonist run away when the sparks begin to fly from the turret.
-Other pawns can be used to shield your colonist from fire if they are in between them and the attacker. This is a natural shield when going up against a brawler that is backed up by a ranged attacker as their allies will accidentally hit them. Putting one colonist in front of another will also be used as a meat shield for the one behind. A downed pawn can provide cover as long as they're still alive, but once they die they lose the ability to soak up projectiles.
-== Artificial cover ==
+=== [[Wall|Walls]] ===
-Artificial cover is anything that you can build. (In a sense, [[rubble]] could be counted as artificial cover after you have moved it, and are using it as cover.)
+[[Wall]]s can be used as cover as well. Characters will lean around them to shoot. Three wall blocks placed diagonally make a great sniper nest.
+Natural walls work in the same way.
-=== Sandbags and barricades ===
+===[[Door]]===
-[[Sandbags]] and [[barricade]]s are the easiest and cheapest method of protection, offering substantial survivability potential while maintaining maximum angles of fire — great for shooters that need to cover a wide area of approach. U-shapes are good for one character to hide in. Zigzag patterns will allow multiple characters to cover close together, which is handy if you want to focus fire on a few attackers. They can also be combined with walls to provide additional cover from more angles.
+A door can be used as a high cover if it stands alone so a colonist can lean around it.
-Sandbags and barricades both provide {{%|{{Q|Barricade|Cover Effectiveness}}}} cover. Barricades differ from Sandbags in that they are made from solid materials such as [[stone]], [[wood]] and [[metals]], while sandbags use [[textiles]]. This allows barricades to be made slightly earlier in game as textiles can sometimes be difficult to find early on, however wood and steel are flammable and not particularly strong. Once stonecutting comes online however, stone barricades are cost effective and fireproof low cover
+===[[Buildings]]===
-=== Walls ===
-[[Wall]]s can be used as cover as well. Characters will lean around them to shoot. Natural walls work in the same way, and will almost always have more durability than any artificial wall.
-=== Door ===
-A [[door]] can be used as a high cover if it stands alone so a colonist can lean around it.
-=== Buildings ===
 Most things that you can build can also stop bullets, although they take damage and will eventually be destroyed, catch fire or explode, if not repaired in time.
 * [[Battery]]
-* [[Nutrient paste dispenser]]
+* [[Nutrient_paste_dispenser|Nutrient paste dispenser]]
-* [[Geothermal generator]]
+* [[Geothermal_generator|Geothermal generator]]
-* [[Comms console]]
+* [[Comms_console|Comms console]]
-* [[Solar generator]]
+* [[Solar_generator|Solar generator]]
-* [[Mini-turret]] ('''will explode''' in a 3 tile radius if too damaged!)
+* [[Auto-turret]] ('''will explode''' in a 3 tile radius if too damaged)
-* [[Research bench]]
+* [[Research_bench|Research bench]]
-* [[Hydroponics basin]]
+* [[Plant_pot|Plant_pot]] (needs confirmation)
-* [[Stool]]
+* [[Hydroponics_table|Hydroponics table]] (needs confirmation)
-* [[Dining chair]]
+* [[Chair]] (needs confirmation)
-* [[Table]]
+* [[Equipment_rack|Equipment rack]] (needs confirmation)
-* [[Shelf]]
+* [[Bed]] (needs confirmation, questionable cover)
-* [[Bed]]
+* [[Sun_lamp|Sun lamp]] (needs confirmation, questionable cover)
-* [[Plant pot]] (low cover)
+* [[Standing_lamp|Standing lamp]] (needs confirmation, questionable cover)
-* [[Torch lamp]] (low cover)
-* [[Sun lamp]] (low cover)
-* [[Standing lamp]] (low cover)
-== Not cover ==
-The following things ''do not'' provide cover.
-* resources and items that can be picked up (i.e. steel, wood logs, stone blocks)
-* plants (except for trees, Saguaro cactus, bushes, and raspberry bushes)
-* minified items
-* power conduit; power switch
-* graves
-* dead bodies
-* spots (i.e. sleeping spot, crafting spot)
-== Full list ==
+==[[Not Cover]]==
-The following expandable table lists all objects that provide cover, sorted by cover effectiveness, then name.
+To minimize confusion, see this page: '''[[Not Cover]]''', for things that don't work as cover and you should stay away from during a fire fight.
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-! Name !! Cover effectiveness !! Hit points
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-{{#ask: [[Cover Effectiveness::>>0]]
- | ?Cover Effectiveness
- | ?Max Hit Points Base
- | limit = 500
- | sort = Cover Effectiveness, Name
- | order = desc, asc
- | format = template
- | template = Ask Table Formatter
- | link = none
-}}
-|}
-</div></div>
-[[Category:Game mechanics]]