Construction
Construction, or building, is one of the most accessible mechanics. It allows you to create walls, furniture, makeshift weapons and machines, all via a few clicks of some buttons and the needed materials. There are arguably three types of construction; structures/furniture, items and grids/floors. The former two using the build menu, while the latter just takes a few rods or floor tiles.
The Build Menu
- The first thing you want to familiarize yourself with is the build menu, opened by pressing G or clicking the hammer icon in the top left.
- On the left you should see a list of objects and items, when you click on these the right side should change to match the item you clicked on.
- Above the left side there is a search bar to sift through all the many things you can make.
- The right side shows the materials you need and steps you need to follow to actually construct the object.
- On the bottom right side there should be a "Place construction ghost" button, this is what you use to choose the location you want to build something. Right click to cancel this action
- The "Eraser Mode" is what you use to remove unwanted construction ghosts
- "Clear All" removes ALL of your construction ghosts
Structures/Furniture
Making objects is fairly simple, all you need to do is place the construction ghost of the thing you want to create and then add the needed materials. If it were a basic wall you would first place 2 steel on the ghost itself, then place 2 more on the girder.
Items
Making items is even easier, all you need is the materials needed to create the item around you then just click the construct button in the build menu
Grids/Floors
Now making new grids or extending a already made one just takes a bit of know how. If you wish to expand a already existing one take some rods and click on a empty space right next to a floor, this should create a tile called lattice, note lattice is full of holes and will not function as a proper floor. From there if you want to install proper flooring you place down a steel sheet on the lattice to make a tile called steel plating. And finally you want to get some floor tiles and place them down on the plating.
Making new grids
If you click with rods on any space tile that is not adjacent to a floor tile it will create a new grid which will not be attached to any others, this is how people make shuttles and the such.
Deconstruction
To find deconstruction instructions, right-click the object to bring up the drop-down menu and click ‘Begin Deconstruction.’ Afterwards, every time you examine the object, it will tell you your next step.
Constructable Items
This is not an exhaustive list as the game is changing all the time.
| Name | Description | Required Items | Required Tool(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| air alarm | 2 steel, 2 lv cable, air alarm electronics | screwdriver | |
| air injector | 2 steel | ||
| air scrubber | 2 steel | ||
| air sensor | 2 steel | welder | |
| air vent | 2 steel | ||
| airlock | 4 steel, 5x lv cable, door electronics circuit board | screwdriver | |
| APC | 3 steel, APC electronics | ||
| bar stool | 1 steel | ||
| baseball bat | 5 wood plank | ||
| bed | 2 steel, 2 cloth | ||
| blindfold | 3 cloth | ||
| blunt | 1 dried tobacco leaves, 1 ground cannabis | ||
| cable terminal | 10x lv cable | ||
| camera | 2 steel, 1 lv cable | screwdriver | |
| catwalk | 2 rods | ||
| chair | 1 steel | ||
| cigarette | 1 rolling paper, 1 cigarette filter, 1 ground tobacco | ||
| cleanbot | bucket, proximity sensor, borg arm | ||
| comfy chair | 5 steel | ||
| computer | 5 steel, computer circuit board,5 lv cable, 2 glass | screwdriver | |
| connector port | 2 steel | ||
| conveyor belt | conveyor belt assembly | ||
| crude spear | 2 rods, 2 lv cable, glass shard | ||
| dark office chair | 2 steel | ||
| dark tile | 1 steel | ||
| directional plasma window | 1 plasma glass | ||
| directional reinforced plasma window | 1 reinforced plasma glass | ||
| directional reinforced window | 1 reinforced glass | ||
| directional window | 1 glass | ||
| disposal bend | 2 steel | ||
| disposal junction | 2 steel | ||
| disposal pipe | 2 steel | ||
| disposal router | 2 steel | ||
| disposal tagger | 2 steel | ||
| disposal trunk | 2 steel | ||
| disposal unit | 1 steel, 2 lv cable, 2 plastic, 1 steel | screwdriver | |
| disposal Y junction | 2 steel | ||
| dog bed | 10 wood plank | ||
| dual-port air vent | 2 steel | ||
| durathread | 1 cloth, 1 plastic | ||
| fire alarm | 2 steel, 2 lv cable, fire alarm electronics | screwdriver | |
| firelock | 3 steel, 2 lv cable, firelock electronics | screwdriver | |
| flower crown | flower | ||
| folding chair | 1 plastic, 2 rods | ||
| gas filter | 2 steel | ||
| gas mixer | 2 steel | ||
| gas pipe bend | 2 steel | ||
| gas pipe fourway | 2 steel | ||
| gas pipe half | 2 steel | ||
| gas pipe straight | 2 steel | ||
| gas pipe T junction | 2 steel | ||
| gas pump | 2 steel | ||
| gauze | 2 cloth | ||
| girder | 2 steel | ||
| glass firelock | 3 steel, 2 lv cable, firelock electronics, 2 glass | screwdriver | |
| glass table | 2 rods, 1 glass | ||
| gold door | 20 gold | ||
| gold wall | 2 steel, 2 gold | welder | |
| grille | 2 rods | ||
| ground cannabis | 2 dried cannabis leaves | ||
| ground light post | 5 steel | ||
| ground tobacco | 2 dried tobacco leaves | ||
| honkbot | box of hugs, clowns rubber stamp, bike horn, proximity sensor, borg arm | ||
| improvised pneumatic cannon | pipe, cuffs, 6 steel | ||
| joint | 1 rolling paper, 1 cigarette filter, 1 ground cannabis | ||
| light switch | 1 steel | ||
| livestock crate | 5 wood plank | ||
| machine frame | 5 steel, 1 lv cable, any machine board | screwdriver | |
| mailing unit | 1 steel, 2 lv cable, 2 plastic, mailing unit electronics, 1 steel | screwdriver | |
| makeshift bola | Cuffs, 6 steel | ||
| makeshift handcuffs | 15 lv cable | ||
| makeshift shield | 15 lv cable, 30 steel | ||
| manual valve | 2 steel | ||
| meat spike | 15 steel | ||
| medibot | medkit, health analyzer, proximity sensor, borg arm | ||
| medical bed | 2 plasteel, 2 durathread | ||
| metal counter | 2 steel | ||
| metal door | 20 steel | ||
| metal rod | 1 steel | ||
| modular grenade | 5 steel, 1 lv cable, any trigger, any payload | ||
| modular mine | 5 steel, 1 lv cable, proximity sensor, any payload | ||
| muzzle | 2 steel, 3 cloth | ||
| office chair | 2 steel | ||
| paper door | 20 paper | ||
| passive gate | 2 steel | ||
| passive vent | 2 steel | ||
| plasma door | 20 Salvagingplasma | ||
| plasma glass | 1 glass, 1 Salvagingplasma | ||
| plasma glass table | 2 rods, 1 plasma glass | ||
| plasma wall | 2 steel, 2 Salvagingplasma | welder | |
| plasma window | 2 plasma glass | ||
| plasma crate | 5 plastic | ||
| plastic flaps | 5 plastic | ||
| plastic wall | 2 steel | ||
| pneumatic valve | 2 steel | ||
| poker table | 1 wood plank, 1 cloth | ||
| rack | 2 steel | ||
| railing | 1 rods | ||
| railing corner | 2 rods | ||
| railing corner small | 1 rods | ||
| reinforced girder | 2 steel, 2 plasteel | ||
| reinforced glass | |||
| reinforced glass table | |||
| reinforced plasma glass | |||
| reinforced plasma window | |||
| reinforced steel table | |||
| reinforced wall | |||
| reinforced window | |||
| ritual chair | |||
| secure window | |||
| shutter | |||
| shuttle airlock | |||
| signal button | |||
| signal switch | |||
| silver door | |||
| silver wall | |||
| small wall light | |||
| solar assembly | |||
| steel crate | |||
| steel table | |||
| steel tile | |||
| stool | |||
| telescreen | |||
| tinted window | |||
| toilet | |||
| two-way lever | |||
| uranium wall | |||
| volumetric gas pump | |||
| wall | |||
| wall light | |||
| wallmount APU | |||
| wallmount generator | |||
| wallmount substation | |||
| white tile | |||
| windoor | |||
| window | |||
| wood counter | |||
| wood floor | |||
| wood table | |||
| wood wall | |||
| wooden barricade | |||
| wooden buckler | |||
| wooden chair | |||
| wooden door |
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Troubleshooting
IF YOU’RE HAVING TROUBLE WITH COMPLETING A CONSTRUCTION GHOST: Make sure you aren’t still in ‘place construction ghost’ mode. If you are, the bar in your crafting menu will be green. Press Escape to exit the mode after which you can start construction.
