Items and equipment

Resources, food, medicine, weapons, clothing and animal corpses. Values shown are starting values. Quality, material, skills and conditions can change them during play.

48 entries. Use the site search to find an entry by name.

ResourceRaw foodMealFeedMedicineWeaponApparelCorpseAnimal corpse

Resource

Wood

Logs cut from trees. Used for most early construction.

Stack limit

75

Stone chunk

A heavy chunk of rock. Cut it into blocks at a stonecutter.

Stack limit

5

Stone blocks

Cut stone. Sturdy building material.

Stack limit

75

Steel

Refined metal for tools, weapons and machines.

Stack limit

75

Jade

A precious green stone. Adds to colony wealth.

Stack limit

50

Cloth

Woven cotton. Tailored into clothes at a tailoring bench.

Stack limit

75

Leather

Tanned animal hide from butchering. Warmer clothes than cloth, but hotter in summer.

Stack limit

75

Wool

Sheared from the colony's sheep. By far the warmest clothes in winter, and the hottest in summer.

Stack limit

75

Compost

Crops left to rot down in a compost bin. Spread over rough stone or sand it makes soil you can farm (Architect > Structure > Soil). Spread on crops it makes them grow faster (a grow zone's Fertilize).

Stack limit

75

Raw food

Grain

Raw cereal grain.

Stack limit

75

Nutrition per unit

0.05

Base shelf life

30 days at normal temperature

Potatoes

Hardy tubers.

Stack limit

75

Nutrition per unit

0.05

Base shelf life

30 days at normal temperature

Berries

Wild berries. Tasty enough raw.

Stack limit

75

Nutrition per unit

0.05

Base shelf life

14 days at normal temperature

Raw meat

Raw meat from a hunted animal.

Stack limit

75

Nutrition per unit

0.05

Base shelf life

8 days at normal temperature

Milk

Fresh milk from the colony's cows and goats. Drunk as it is, or cooked: it counts like meat in a fine meal. Spoils in 3 days unless frozen.

Stack limit

75

Nutrition per unit

0.05

Base shelf life

3 days at normal temperature

Eggs

Laid by the colony's hens. Cooked into meals: they count like meat in a fine meal.

Stack limit

75

Nutrition per unit

0.05

Base shelf life

12 days at normal temperature

Fertilized eggs

Laid by a hen while the colony has a rooster. Haulers take them to a nest box, where a hen broods them into chicks; they can be cooked like eggs, too.

Stack limit

75

Nutrition per unit

0.05

Base shelf life

12 days at normal temperature

Meal

Simple meal

A plain but nourishing cooked meal.

Stack limit

10

Nutrition per unit

0.9

Base shelf life

6 days at normal temperature

Fine meal

A carefully prepared meal. Lifts the spirit.

Stack limit

10

Nutrition per unit

0.9

Base shelf life

6 days at normal temperature

Research

Cuisine

Travel ration

Dry preserved food. Never spoils.

Stack limit

20

Nutrition per unit

0.8

Feed

Hay

Dried haygrass. Animal feed: the colony's animals eat it when there is no pasture left, and handlers bring it to animals they tame. It keeps for two months. People can't eat it.

Stack limit

75

Animal feed per unit

0.05

Base shelf life

60 days at normal temperature

Kibble

Pellets of meat and hay pressed together at a butcher table. Animal feed that never spoils, a little more filling than hay. People can't eat it.

Stack limit

75

Animal feed per unit

0.06

Medicine

Herbal medicine

Poultices made from healing herbs.

Stack limit

25

Medkit

Proper bandages and salves.

Stack limit

25

Research

Herbalism

Weapon

Knife

A short blade. Quick melee weapon.

Stack limit

1

Weapon

9 cut damage · 1.5 cells range

Club

A heavy wooden club.

Stack limit

1

Weapon

11 blunt damage · 1.5 cells range

Spear

A long spear with a steel tip.

Stack limit

1

Weapon

15 stab damage · 1.8 cells range

Research

Smithing

Short bow

A simple wooden bow.

Stack limit

1

Weapon

10 stab damage · 14 cells range

Pipe rifle

A crude but effective rifle made from salvaged pipe.

Stack limit

1

Weapon

14 bullet damage · 18 cells range

Research

Gunsmithing

Repeater

A fast-firing precision rifle.

Stack limit

1

Weapon

12 bullet damage · 20 cells range

Research

Advanced arms

Apparel

Shirt

A simple shirt. Covers the torso and arms.

Stack limit

1

Worn on

torso

Pants

Plain trousers. Covers the legs.

Stack limit

1

Worn on

legs

Parka

A thick hooded coat for winter. Worn over a shirt; far too warm in summer.

Stack limit

1

Worn on

outer

Duster

A long, light coat that keeps the sun off. Worn over a shirt.

Stack limit

1

Worn on

outer

Tuque

A knitted winter cap.

Stack limit

1

Worn on

head

Wide-brim hat

A hat with a wide brim for shade in the heat.

Stack limit

1

Worn on

head

Simple helmet

A hammered steel cap. Turns many blows and bullets to the head.

Stack limit

1

Worn on

head

Research

Smithing

Flak vest

Steel plates sewn into a padded vest, worn instead of a shirt and under a coat. Good against bullets, light enough to work in.

Stack limit

1

Worn on

torso

Research

Gunsmithing

Plate armor

Overlapping steel plates over the body, arms and legs. Stops most cuts and many bullets, but it is heavy: its wearer walks 20% slower.

Stack limit

1

Worn on

outer

Research

Smithing

Backpack

A pack worn on the back. Holds 3 stacks of things (4 in leather): colonists keep a meal in it to eat far from home, doctors some medicine.

Stack limit

1

Worn on

back

Base backpack capacity

3 stacks; material can add capacity

Corpse

Corpse

The remains of someone. It will decay with time.

Stack limit

1

Base shelf life

3 days at normal temperature

Animal corpse

Deer corpse

A dead deer. Butcher it at a butcher table for about 30 raw meat and 18 leather.

Stack limit

1

Base shelf life

4 days at normal temperature

Hare corpse

A dead hare. Butcher it at a butcher table for about 8 raw meat and 4 leather.

Stack limit

1

Base shelf life

4 days at normal temperature

Boar corpse

A dead boar. Butcher it at a butcher table for about 35 raw meat and 20 leather.

Stack limit

1

Base shelf life

4 days at normal temperature

Wolf corpse

A dead wolf. Butcher it at a butcher table for about 20 raw meat and 14 leather.

Stack limit

1

Base shelf life

4 days at normal temperature

Chicken corpse

A dead chicken. Butcher it at a butcher table for about 8 raw meat and 0 leather.

Stack limit

1

Base shelf life

4 days at normal temperature

Goat corpse

A dead goat. Butcher it at a butcher table for about 24 raw meat and 14 leather.

Stack limit

1

Base shelf life

4 days at normal temperature

Cow corpse

A dead cow. Butcher it at a butcher table for about 55 raw meat and 32 leather.

Stack limit

1

Base shelf life

4 days at normal temperature

Sheep corpse

A dead sheep. Butcher it at a butcher table for about 24 raw meat and 12 leather.

Stack limit

1

Base shelf life

4 days at normal temperature