Shelf

Shelf

A shelf for storing miscellaneous items. Items stored in this will not affect room beauty and they won't deteriorate, even if outside.

Base Stats

Type

Furniture – Equipment

Mass

8 kg

Beauty

0

HP

100

Flammability

100%

Building

Size

2 × 1

Placeable

Yes

Cover Effectiveness

40%

Creation

Work To Make

600 ticks (10 secs)

Stuff Tags

Metallic, Woody, Stony

Resources to make

30

A shelf is an item of furniture that holds two stacks of items similar to a Stockpile. It also protects these items from deterioration and removes their beauty penalty. Their default setting is to contain weapons only at "Important" priority level, however this can be changed at will. Shelves can be reinstalled as needed and slow, but do not block, passage.

The shelf's beauty depends on both the material it is built from as well as its quality. Similar to grand sculptures or beds, its beauty will be added to the underlying tile. Additionally, any items stored within it will remove the -4 ugliness penalty they would otherwise have if left on the ground.

Acquisition

Constructing a shelf requires the Complex Furniture research to be complete,  20 Stuff (Metallic/Woody/Stony), 500 ticks (8.33 secs) of work.

Analysis

Shelves have three primary uses: to protect the items from the environment, to allow for efficient hauling and to negate the penalties from seeing the items in the shelf.

The effect of the first is simple. Shelves protect their contents from deterioration when placed outdoors and/or in unroofed areas. This makes them useful to preserve weapons, armor, and mortar shells close to defense structures.

Secondly, while effectively acting as Stockpiles otherwise, Shelves allow a pawn to place or remove an item without walking on top of them, making frequent hauling tasks marginally quicker. The direction a shelf faces is purely cosmetic; a pawn can interact with it from any adjacent tile. Thus, a pawn seated at a crafting station can pick ingredients directly off of adjacent shelves without having to leave their seat, significantly improving overall crafting time. This technique is best combined with "drop on floor when finished" and having other pawns restock the shelves.

Lastly, they negate the beauty penalty of the items they store, typically -4, while also providing their own small amount of beauty on top of that. As you'd expect, they also prevent pawns from observing corpses, and thus prevent the mood debuff from seeing them. This makes them great for holding high negative beauty items, allowing easy storage of human corpses in a freezer without affecting the pawns using it, or to cut down on both travel time and the beauty penalty in rooms sensitive to the penalty, such as by storing medicine in hospitals.

Stats table

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Quality

Shelf		Beauty	Work to Build	HP	Flamma­bility	Market Value
Quality	Material
Awful	Bioferrite	0	001,250 ticks (20.83 secs)	200	75%	9.75
Awful	Gold	-2	000,450 ticks (7.5 secs)	60	40%	1,000
Awful	Granite blocks	0	003,140 ticks (52.33 secs)	170	0%	15
Awful	Limestone blocks	0	003,140 ticks (52.33 secs)	155	0%	15
Awful	Marble blocks	0	002,890 ticks (48.17 secs)	120	0%	14
Awful	Plasteel	0	001,100 ticks (18.33 secs)	280	0%	92
Awful	Sandstone blocks	0	002,640 ticks (44 secs)	140	0%	14
Awful	Silver	-1	000,500 ticks (8.33 secs)	70	40%	101
Awful	Slate blocks	0	003,140 ticks (52.33 secs)	130	0%	15
Awful	Steel	0	000,500 ticks (8.33 secs)	100	40%	20
Awful	Jade	-1	002,500 ticks (41.67 secs)	50	0%	55
Awful	Uranium	0	000,950 ticks (15.83 secs)	250	0%	62
Awful	Wood	0	000,350 ticks (5.83 secs)	65	100%	13
Poor	Bioferrite	0	001,250 ticks (20.83 secs)	200	75%	15
Poor	Gold	11	000,450 ticks (7.5 secs)	60	40%	1,500
Poor	Granite blocks	0	003,140 ticks (52.33 secs)	170	0%	22
Poor	Limestone blocks	0	003,140 ticks (52.33 secs)	155	0%	22
Poor	Marble blocks	1	002,890 ticks (48.17 secs)	120	0%	21
Poor	Plasteel	0	001,100 ticks (18.33 secs)	280	0%	138
Poor	Sandstone blocks	0	002,640 ticks (44 secs)	140	0%	21
Poor	Silver	3	000,500 ticks (8.33 secs)	70	40%	151
Poor	Slate blocks	0	003,140 ticks (52.33 secs)	130	0%	22
Poor	Steel	0	000,500 ticks (8.33 secs)	100	40%	30
Poor	Jade	6	002,500 ticks (41.67 secs)	50	0%	82
Poor	Uranium	0	000,950 ticks (15.83 secs)	250	0%	93
Poor	Wood	0	000,350 ticks (5.83 secs)	65	100%	19
Normal	Bioferrite	0	001,250 ticks (20.83 secs)	200	75%	20
Normal	Gold	22	000,450 ticks (7.5 secs)	60	40%	2,000
Normal	Granite blocks	0	003,140 ticks (52.33 secs)	170	0%	29
Normal	Limestone blocks	0	003,140 ticks (52.33 secs)	155	0%	29
Normal	Marble blocks	2	002,890 ticks (48.17 secs)	120	0%	28
Normal	Plasteel	0	001,100 ticks (18.33 secs)	280	0%	184
Normal	Sandstone blocks	1	002,640 ticks (44 secs)	140	0%	28
Normal	Silver	7	000,500 ticks (8.33 secs)	70	40%	200
Normal	Slate blocks	1	003,140 ticks (52.33 secs)	130	0%	29
Normal	Steel	0	000,500 ticks (8.33 secs)	100	40%	40
Normal	Jade	11	002,500 ticks (41.67 secs)	50	0%	109
Normal	Uranium	0	000,950 ticks (15.83 secs)	250	0%	123
Normal	Wood	0	000,350 ticks (5.83 secs)	65	100%	25
Good	Bioferrite	0	001,250 ticks (20.83 secs)	200	75%	24
Good	Gold	44	000,450 ticks (7.5 secs)	60	40%	2,500
Good	Granite blocks	1	003,140 ticks (52.33 secs)	170	0%	37
Good	Limestone blocks	1	003,140 ticks (52.33 secs)	155	0%	37
Good	Marble blocks	3	002,890 ticks (48.17 secs)	120	0%	36
Good	Plasteel	1	001,100 ticks (18.33 secs)	280	0%	230
Good	Sandstone blocks	1	002,640 ticks (44 secs)	140	0%	34
Good	Silver	14	000,500 ticks (8.33 secs)	70	40%	250
Good	Slate blocks	1	003,140 ticks (52.33 secs)	130	0%	37
Good	Steel	1	000,500 ticks (8.33 secs)	100	40%	50
Good	Jade	22	002,500 ticks (41.67 secs)	50	0%	136
Good	Uranium	0	000,950 ticks (15.83 secs)	250	0%	154
Good	Wood	1	000,350 ticks (5.83 secs)	65	100%	32
Excellent	Bioferrite	0	001,250 ticks (20.83 secs)	200	75%	29
Excellent	Gold	66	000,450 ticks (7.5 secs)	60	40%	3,000
Excellent	Granite blocks	1	003,140 ticks (52.33 secs)	170	0%	44
Excellent	Limestone blocks	1	003,140 ticks (52.33 secs)	155	0%	44
Excellent	Marble blocks	5	002,890 ticks (48.17 secs)	120	0%	43
Excellent	Plasteel	1	001,100 ticks (18.33 secs)	280	0%	275
Excellent	Sandstone blocks	2	002,640 ticks (44 secs)	140	0%	41
Excellent	Silver	21	000,500 ticks (8.33 secs)	70	40%	305
Excellent	Slate blocks	2	003,140 ticks (52.33 secs)	130	0%	44
Excellent	Steel	1	000,500 ticks (8.33 secs)	100	40%	60
Excellent	Jade	34	002,500 ticks (41.67 secs)	50	0%	164
Excellent	Uranium	1	000,950 ticks (15.83 secs)	250	0%	185
Excellent	Wood	1	000,350 ticks (5.83 secs)	65	100%	38
Masterwork	Bioferrite	1	001,250 ticks (20.83 secs)	200	75%	49
Masterwork	Gold	110	000,450 ticks (7.5 secs)	60	40%	4,000
Masterwork	Granite blocks	2	003,140 ticks (52.33 secs)	170	0%	73
Masterwork	Limestone blocks	2	003,140 ticks (52.33 secs)	155	0%	73
Masterwork	Marble blocks	8	002,890 ticks (48.17 secs)	120	0%	71
Masterwork	Plasteel	2	001,100 ticks (18.33 secs)	280	0%	460
Masterwork	Sandstone blocks	3	002,640 ticks (44 secs)	140	0%	69
Masterwork	Silver	35	000,500 ticks (8.33 secs)	70	40%	505
Masterwork	Slate blocks	3	003,140 ticks (52.33 secs)	130	0%	73
Masterwork	Steel	2	000,500 ticks (8.33 secs)	100	40%	100
Masterwork	Jade	56	002,500 ticks (41.67 secs)	50	0%	270
Masterwork	Uranium	1	000,950 ticks (15.83 secs)	250	0%	310
Masterwork	Wood	2	000,350 ticks (5.83 secs)	65	100%	63
Legendary	Bioferrite	1	001,250 ticks (20.83 secs)	200	75%	98
Legendary	Gold	176	000,450 ticks (7.5 secs)	60	40%	5,000
Legendary	Granite blocks	4	003,140 ticks (52.33 secs)	170	0%	147
Legendary	Limestone blocks	4	003,140 ticks (52.33 secs)	155	0%	147
Legendary	Marble blocks	13	002,890 ticks (48.17 secs)	120	0%	142
Legendary	Plasteel	4	001,100 ticks (18.33 secs)	280	0%	920
Legendary	Sandstone blocks	4	002,640 ticks (44 secs)	140	0%	138
Legendary	Silver	56	000,500 ticks (8.33 secs)	70	40%	1,010
Legendary	Slate blocks	4	003,140 ticks (52.33 secs)	130	0%	147
Legendary	Steel	4	000,500 ticks (8.33 secs)	100	40%	199
Legendary	Jade	90	002,500 ticks (41.67 secs)	50	0%	545
Legendary	Uranium	2	000,950 ticks (15.83 secs)	250	0%	615
Legendary	Wood	4	000,350 ticks (5.83 secs)	65	100%	127

Version history

In Alpha 16, it was known as the Equipment rack and could only store apparel, mortar shells, or weapons.

In 1.0, shelves were given a path cost. This made them slower to move on top of, but also enabled the behavior of placing items on them without walking on top of them. Prior to this, players would use the "stool trick" for crafting stations, where several stools were placed around a crafting station that had high-priority stockpiles on top of them. Stools had a path cost (but allowed stockpile zones), achieving a similar effect.

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Architect

Furniture

Animal bed • Animal sleeping box • Animal sleeping spot • Bedroll (Double) • Plant pot • Sculptures (Small, Large, Grand, Terror ) • Sleeping spot (Double, Baby ) • Stool • Table (1x2, 2x2, 2x4, 3x3) • Torch lamp • Urn • Animus stone • Darktorch • Fungus darktorch • Crib

Complex Furniture

Armchair • Bed (Double) • Dining chair • Dresser • End table • Royal bed • Shelf (Small) • Brazier (Darklight ) • Drape • Grand meditation throne • Meditation throne • Slab bed (Double) • Baby decoration • Blackboard • School desk • Toy box

(research)

Hospital bed • Standing lamp • Sun lamp • Bonsai pot