Building stability
Every piece has a support value. Touching the ground sets it to the material's maximum; every piece carried by another gets the carrier's support minus a share lost per metre, one rate straight down and a much worse one sideways. A piece that drops below its material's minimum turns red and breaks. The colour you see with the hammer out is that number, blue at full support and then green, yellow, orange and red as it falls. The whole table is nine lines of code, and this is it.
| Material | Max support | Breaks under | Lost per metre down | Lost per metre sideways | Reach down | Reach sideways |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WoodEvery plain wood piece, thatch and most furniture. | 100 | 10 | 12.5% | 20% | 17 m | 10 m |
| Core woodLog poles and beams. | 140 | 10 | 10% | 16.7% | 25 m | 14 m |
| TimberwoodDeep North timber. Wood's sideways loss with iron's vertical reach. | 200 | 10 | 7.7% | 20% | 37 m | 13 m |
| StoneStone blocks and the stonecutter set. Loses all of it in one metre sideways. | 1,000 | 100 | 12.5% | 100% | 17 m | 0 m |
| IceDeep North ice blocks. Stone's strength, three times its sideways reach. | 1,000 | 100 | 12.5% | 33.3% | 17 m | 5 m |
| Black marbleThe Mistlands set. | 1,500 | 100 | 12.5% | 50% | 20 m | 3 m |
| IronWood-iron poles and beams. The longest reach in any direction. | 1,500 | 20 | 7.7% | 7.7% | 53 m | 53 m |
| GraustenThe Ashlands stone set. | 2,000 | 100 | 10% | 33.3% | 28 m | 7 m |
| AncientNot in any build menu: the material of ruins and Dvergr structures. | 5,000 | 100 | 6.7% | 25% | 56 m | 13 m |
Reach is how many metres of the same material can hang off a grounded piece in a straight line before the last one falls under the minimum, counting from full support. A mixed chain takes each piece's own loss, and a piece touching the ground anywhere resets to maximum, which is why a single pillar to the ground under a long floor fixes a whole wing.
Sideways is the number that hurts. Stone loses all of its support in one metre horizontally, so a stone floor can't extend past the block under it at all and only carries weight straight up. Wood loses 20% per metre sideways and reaches 10 m, core wood 14 m, and iron-reinforced wood, at 7.7% in both directions, reaches 53 m before it breaks: that is the material for a roof span or a bridge. Timberwood from the Deep North is a wooden material with iron's vertical loss, so a timberwood mast stands 37 m against core wood's 25 while spanning sideways only as far as plain wood.
Durability is separate. Each piece has its own health, 400 for a wood wall and 1,500 for a stone one, listed on every piece page. Most wood and wood-iron pieces wear down to half health in the rain unless something roofs them; roofs themselves, stone, marble and nearly all grausten don't. Whether a piece shrugs off the ash in the Ashlands or the snow in the Deep North is on the page too.
Adze, Antler Throne, Anvils, Archery Target, Armour Stand, Artisan Press, Artisan Table, Ashwood Arch, Ashwood Arched Wall, Ashwood Beam 1 m, Ashwood Beam 2 m, Ashwood Beam 26°, Ashwood Beam 45°, Ashwood Beam 67°, Ashwood Bed, Ashwood Bench, Ashwood Decorative Floor, Ashwood Decorative Wall, Ashwood Decorative Window, Ashwood Divider, Ashwood Door, Ashwood Floor 1x1, Ashwood Floor 2x2, Ashwood Half Wall, Ashwood Pole 1 m, Ashwood Pole 2 m, Ashwood Quarter Wall, Ashwood Roof Cross 26°, Ashwood Roof Cross 45°, Ashwood Roof Cross 67°, Ashwood Stack, Ashwood Stair, Ashwood Stakewall, Ashwood Wall, Ashwood Wall 26°, Ashwood Wall 26° (Inverted), Ashwood Wall 45°, Ashwood Wall 45° (Inverted), Ashwood Wall 67°, Ashwood Wall 67° (Inverted), Asksvin Rug, Asksvin Skeleton, Ballista, Barber Station, Battering Ram, Bearskin Rug, Bed, Beehive, Birds' Nest, Black Banner, Black Forge, Black Forge Cooler, Black Marble Pile, Black Metal Stack, Bloodgold Stack, Blue Banner, Blue Jute Carpet, Blue Jute Curtain, Blue Jute Drapes, Blue Standing Brazier, Blue, Red and White Banner, Bone Stack, Bonfire, Bronze Stack, Butcher's Table, Campfire, Cart, Cartography Table, Carved Bench, Carved Chair, Carved Darkwood Divider, Catapult, Cauldron, Chest, Chopping Block, Coal Pile, Coin Pile, Coin Stack, Cooking Station, Copper Stack, Corewood Stack, Crystal Wall 1x1, Darkwood Arch, Darkwood Beam 2 m, Darkwood Beam 26°, Darkwood Beam 4 m, Darkwood Beam 45°, Darkwood Chair, Darkwood Pole 2m, Darkwood Pole 4m, Deer Rug, Dragon Bed, Drakkar, Eitr Refinery, Feathery Wreath, Fermenter, Fey Lights, Finewood Stack, Flametal Stack, Flint Pile, Flower Garland, Food Preparation Table, Forge, Forge Bellows, Forge Cooler, Forge Tool Rack, Galdr Table, Gem Cutter, Grausten Pile, Green Banner, Grinding Wheel, Hanging Brazier, Hare Rug, Hooded Lantern, Hot Tub, Iron Fire Pit, Iron Stack, Item Stand, Jack-o-turnip, Karve, Large Green Pot, Lava Lantern, Long Carved Table, Long Heavy Table, Longship, Lox Rug, Maypole, Mead Ketill, Medium Green Pot, Metal Cutter, Mistletoe, Moose Hide Carpet, Mortar and Pestle, Mysterious Rock, Orange Banner, Personal Chest, Pile of Skulls, Portal, Pots and Pans, Purple Banner, Raft, Raven Adornment, Raven Throne, Red Banner, Red Jute Carpet, Red Jute Curtain, Reinforced Chest, Resin Candle, Rolling Pins and Cutting Boards, Round Table, Roundpole Fence, Roundpole Gate, Rune Table, Rustic Drawbridge, Sap Extractor, Scalewood Half Wall, Scalewood Quarter Wall, Scalewood Wall, Scalewood Wall 26° Left, Scalewood Wall 26° Left (Inverted), Scalewood Wall 26° Right, Scalewood Wall 26° Right (Inverted), Scalewood Wall 45° Left, Scalewood Wall 45° Left (Inverted), Scalewood Wall 45° Right, Scalewood Wall 45° Right (Inverted), Scalewood Wall 67° Left, Scalewood Wall 67° Left (Inverted), Scalewood Wall 67° Right, Scalewood Wall 67° Right (Inverted), Sconce, Sealskin Rug, Sharp Stakes, Shingle Roof 26°, Shingle Roof 45°, Shingle Roof 67°, Shingle Roof Inner Corner 26°, Shingle Roof Inner Corner 45°, Shingle Roof Inner Corner 67°, Shingle Roof Outer Corner 26°, Shingle Roof Outer Corner 45°, Shingle Roof Outer Corner 67°, Shingle Roof Ridge 26°, Shingle Roof Ridge 45°, Shingle Roof Ridge 67°, Sign, Silver Stack, Sitting Log, Small Green Pot, Smith's Anvil, Smith's Aprons, Smoker, Snow Lantern, Spice Rack, Spinning Wheel, Square Carved Table, Stakewall, Standing Blue-burning Iron Torch, Standing Brazier, Standing Green-burning Iron Torch, Standing Iron Torch, Standing Loom, Standing Wood Torch, Stone Pile, Stonecutter, Stool, Straw, Table, Tanning Rack, Thatch Roof 26°, Thatch Roof 45°, Thatch Roof 67°, Thatch Roof Inner Corner 26°, Thatch Roof Inner Corner 45°, Thatch Roof Inner Corner 67°, Thatch Roof Outer Corner 26°, Thatch Roof Outer Corner 45°, Thatch Roof Outer Corner 67°, Thatch Roof Ridge 26°, Thatch Roof Ridge 45°, Thatch Roof Ridge 67°, Timberwood Drawbridge, Timberwood Stack, Tin Stack, Tool Shelf, Treasure Chest, Unfading Candles, Vice, White Banner, White and Blue Striped Banner, White and Red Striped Banner, Wisp Torch, Wolf Adornment, Wolf Rug, Wood Beam 1 m, Wood Beam 2 m, Wood Beam 26°, Wood Beam 45°, Wood Beam 67°, Wood Bench, Wood Chair, Wood Door, Wood Dragon Adornment, Wood Floor 1x1, Wood Floor 2x2, Wood Gate, Wood Ladder, Wood Pole 1 m, Wood Pole 2 m, Wood Roof Cross 26°, Wood Roof Cross 45°, Wood Roof Cross 67°, Wood Shutter, Wood Stack, Wood Stairs, Wood Wall, Wood Wall 1x1, Wood Wall 26°, Wood Wall 26° (Inverted), Wood Wall 45°, Wood Wall 45° (Inverted), Wood Wall 67°, Wood Wall 67° (Inverted), Wood Wall Half, Workbench, Yellow Banner, Yule Garland, Yule Tree, Yule Wreath, Yuleklapp, darkwood beam 67
Darkwood Gate, Dvergr Sharp Stakes, Dvergr Spiral Staircase Left, Dvergr Spiral Staircase Right, Dvergr Stakewall, Hexagonal Gate, Log Beam 2 m, Log Beam 26°, Log Beam 4 m, Log Beam 45°, Log Beam 67°, Log Pole 2 m, Log Pole 4 m, Timberwood Gate, Yggdrasil Wood Stack
Decorated Timber Beam 26°, Decorated Timber Beam 2m, Decorated Timber Beam 45°, Decorated Timber Beam 67°, Decorated Timber Pole 2m, Lathed Timber Wall, Timber Beam 26°, Timber Beam 2m, Timber Beam 45°, Timber Beam 4m, Timber Beam 67°, Timber Pole 2m, Timber Pole 4m, Timber Roof Cross 26°, Timber Roof Cross 45°, Timber Roof Cross 67°, Timber Wall
Blast Furnace, Charcoal Kiln, Eternal Pyre, Frigid Kiln, Frost Foundry, Hearth, Portal – Stone, Shield Generator, Smelter, Stone, Stone Arch, Stone Fence, Stone Floor 2x2, Stone Oven, Stone Pillar, Stone Stair, Stone Throne, Stone Wall 1x1, Stone Wall 2x1, Stone Wall 4x2, Ward, Windmill, Wisp Fountain
Black Marble 1x1x1, Black Marble 2x1x1, Black Marble 2x2x2, Black Marble Arch, Black Marble Bench, Black Marble Column Small, Black Marble Column Wide, Black Marble Cornice, Black Marble Cornice Corner, Black Marble Floor, Black Marble Floor Triangle, Black Marble Plinth, Black Marble Plinth Corner, Black Marble Quarter Spire, Black Marble Stair, Black Marble Table, Black Marble Throne, Bone Throne
Barrel, Black Metal Chest, Cage Floor 1x1, Cage Floor 2x2, Cage Wall 1x1, Cage Wall 2x2, Dvergr Metal Wall, Dvergr Pole Lantern, Dvergr Wall Lantern, Flametal Beam, Flametal Gate, Flametal Pillar, Grausten Chest, Iron Cooking Station, Iron Gate, Obliterator, Trap, Wardrobe, Wood Iron Beam, Wood Iron Beam 26°, Wood Iron Beam 45°, Wood Iron Beam 67°, Wood Iron Pole
Grausten Arched Roof, Grausten Arched Roof Corner, Grausten Floor 1x1, Grausten Floor 2x2, Grausten Floor 4x4, Grausten Medium Arch, Grausten Medium Beam, Grausten Medium Pillar, Grausten Roof, Grausten Roof Corner, Grausten Small Arch, Grausten Small Beam, Grausten Small Pillar, Grausten Stairs, Grausten Steep Stairs, Grausten Tapered Pillar, Grausten Tapered Pillar (Inverted), Grausten Wall 1x2, Grausten Wall 2x2, Grausten Wall 4x2, Grausten Wall Arch, Grausten Wall Arch (Inverted), Grausten Window 2x2, Grausten Window 4x2