Plank Blockhouse
Plank Blockhouse
| Plank Blockhouse | ||
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| Research | ||
|---|---|---|
| Basic Building | ||
| Construction Material | ||
 Planks
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34 | |
| Whisker Space | ||
| 2 | ||
| Star Rating | ||
| 2/4 | ||
| Foot Print | ||
| Basic blockhouse for two. | 3x2x1 (L shape) | |
One of your first house options with room for 2 whiskers. This house costs more than the plank abode and takes up two additional tiles for a total footprint of 6 tiles with 1 being usable. Similar to the plan abode, all roof tiles can be built upon so this house is effectively only 1 tile high.
The Plank Blockhouse can be problematic for Whiskers with the loner or snoring trait. Whiskers self house on recruitment and generally avoid creating negative thought problems if appropriate housing is available. You may want to periodically check the End of Day report for negative thoughts like disturbed sleep to see if you have any rogue snorers bunked up with anyone else. Alternatively, avoid recruiting Whiskers with this trait if you plan to use this house type. Whiskers can be manually reassigned to other houses to fix compatibility issues, but this usually is not required.
The Plank Blockhouse can be directly upgraded to the Stone Blockhouse once that technology has been unlocked. If you are able to upgrade a Plank Blockhouse, a button will appear to pay the differential cost when selecting any Plank Blockhouse. It costs 21 cut stone and a few seconds to upgrade a Plank Blockhouse to a Stone Blockhouse. Builders are not required to perform the upgrade and occupants are not displaced in the process.
