Sandbags

Sandbags

Bags of locally-sourced dirt or sand, stacked for use as cover. Sandbags are ugly, but provide better cover than other low objects.

Base Stats

Type

Building – Security

Beauty

-10

HP

300

Flammability

0%

Path Cost

42

Building

Size

1 × 1

Minifiable

False

Placeable

True

Passability

pass through only

Cover Effectiveness

55%

Blocks Wind

False

Terrain Affordance

Light

Creation

Work To Make

180 ticks (3 secs)

Stuff Tags

Fabric, Leathery

Resources to make

5

Deconstruct yield

2 - 3

Destroy yield

1 - 2

Sandbags are a security building that can be placed to provide pawns cover, sheltering them from ranged attacks.

Acquisition

Sandbags require  5 Stuff (Fabric/Leathery) and 180 ticks (3 secs) to build.

Summary

See also: Barricade

Sandbags provide 55% cover effectiveness, meaning that bullets aimed at targets behind them have a 55% chance to hit the barricades, leaving only a 45% chance to hit anything behind them. Cover won't shelter pawns from melee attacks, thrown projectiles, or explosions. Both colonists and enemies benefit from cover, as do turrets. They provide identical cover to barricades.

Sandbags are placed on the ground. They slow down pawns walking over them, and do not allow a pawn to "stop" to fire or take cover if they are standing on one. They take damage from bullets and explosions.

Sandbags are largely interchangeable with barricades, as they both have identical cover, base HP, and similar material costs. However, sandbags are made of textiles and are always nonflammable, while barricades are made of metal, wood, and stone materials and their flammability depends on the material chosen. Sandbags also require much less work to make, but barricades are somewhat more beautiful. Unlike barricades, sandbags cannot enclose a pen like the fence.

Analysis

Sandbags and barricades are, in most respects, identical. The material affects the building's health, but not its defensive properties. Sandbags are generally faster to create, making them better in an offensive operation. Barricades are slightly more beautiful, but require more work to make, so are marginally better at permanent defenses. Just remember that raiders will use cover to the same effect, so deconstruct unneeded buildings when you can.

Either building can be combined with walls for more cover. Walls provide superior cover, but a full wall will block line of fire. Having a wall with multiple 1-2 tile gaps of sandbags will give more cover than simply using sandbags, while still allowing pawns to fire through.

Other than their use for cover, sandbags and barricades can be used in killboxes. Enemies that funnel in from a hallway will normally use a wall's corner or side for cover. But as pawns cannot path directly to a cell containing a sandbag, they will likely enter the killbox itself. They will also slow down pawns. Fences are cheaper for both purposes, but have almost no health and are easily destroyed from missed shots. Enemies standing on a sandbag or similar directly non-pathable object can stop and fire from that object if they take damage or bump into other enemies.

Material table

As sandbags and barricades are largely interchangeable except for their aesthetics and material properties, both are included in the following table for convenience.

Note that cover effectiveness is 55% regardless of material or structure choice.

Type	Material	Beauty	Work to Build	HP	Flamma­bility	Terrain Affordance	Market Value
Barricade	Gold	17	000,288 ticks (4.8 secs)	180	40%	Medium	500
Barricade	Granite blocks	-3	002,060 ticks (34.33 secs)	510	0%	Heavy	12
Barricade	Limestone blocks	-3	002,060 ticks (34.33 secs)	465	0%	Heavy	12
Barricade	Marble blocks	-2	001,900 ticks (31.67 secs)	360	0%	Heavy	11
Barricade	Plasteel	-3	000,704 ticks (11.73 secs)	840	0%	Medium	48
Barricade	Sandstone blocks	-3	001,740 ticks (29 secs)	420	0%	Heavy	11
Barricade	Silver	3	000,320 ticks (5.33 secs)	210	40%	Medium	51
Barricade	Slate blocks	-3	002,060 ticks (34.33 secs)	390	0%	Heavy	12
Barricade	Steel	-3	000,320 ticks (5.33 secs)	300	40%	Medium	11
Barricade	Jade	7	001,600 ticks (26.67 secs)	150	0%	Heavy	31
Barricade	Uranium	-3	000,608 ticks (10.13 secs)	750	0%	Medium	32
Barricade	Wood	-3	000,224 ticks (3.73 secs)	195	100%	Light	6.8
Sandbags	Alpaca wool	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	300	0%	Light	20
Sandbags	Bearskin	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	390	0%	Light	18
Sandbags	Birdskin	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	300	0%	Light	9.6
Sandbags	Bison wool	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	300	0%	Light	14
Sandbags	Bluefur	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	390	0%	Light	12
Sandbags	Camelhide	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	390	0%	Light	12
Sandbags	Chinchilla fur	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	300	0%	Light	33
Sandbags	Cloth	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	300	0%	Light	8.1
Sandbags	Devilstrand	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	390	0%	Light	28
Sandbags	Dog leather	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	390	0%	Light	11
Sandbags	Elephant leather	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	450	0%	Light	13
Sandbags	Foxfur	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	300	0%	Light	18
Sandbags	Guinea pig fur	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	180	0%	Light	26
Sandbags	Heavy fur	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	450	0%	Light	17
Sandbags	Human leather	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	390	0%	Light	22
Sandbags	Hyperweave	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	720	0%	Light	46
Sandbags	Lightleather	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	300	0%	Light	10
Sandbags	Lizardskin	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	300	0%	Light	11
Sandbags	Megasloth wool	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	300	0%	Light	14
Sandbags	Muffalo wool	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	300	0%	Light	14
Sandbags	Panthera fur	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	390	0%	Light	16
Sandbags	Patchleather	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	300	0%	Light	8.1
Sandbags	Pigskin	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	390	0%	Light	10
Sandbags	Plainleather	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	390	0%	Light	11
Sandbags	Rhinoceros leather	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	450	0%	Light	22
Sandbags	Sheep wool	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	300	0%	Light	14
Sandbags	Synthread	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	390	0%	Light	21
Sandbags	Thrumbofur	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	600	0%	Light	71
Sandbags	Wolfskin	-10	000,180 ticks (3 secs)	390	0%	Light	16

Version history

• Alpha 16/17? - In earlier versions it used to have 70% cover rating.
• Beta 19 - Received a new, extended description and a retexture, and its cost was reduced from 6 steel to 5.
• 1.1 - Crafting recipe was changed to use textiles rather than steel, and its health was nerfed (450 -> 300), along with its cover value (65 -> 57%).
• 1.3.3066 - Fill percent (i.e. cover) reduced from 57% to 55%.

• 

  Old Sandbag Texture

See also

• Rock chunk
• Defense tactics
• Defense structures

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Architect

Security

Barricade • Sandbags • Spike trap

(research)

Autocannon turret • Foam turret • Mini-turret • Rocketswarm launcher • Uranium slug turret • Mortar

IEDs

IED trap • IED incendiary trap • IED EMP trap • IED firefoam trap • IED smoke trap • IED antigrain warhead trap • IED tox trap

Related

Antigrain warhead • EMP shell • Firefoam shell • High-explosive shell • Incendiary shell • Smoke shell • Tox shell