40d:Building

A building is a structure that can be placed from the build menu. Some buildings are made with furniture from a workshop, which can then be made into rooms. Building tasks and preferences are changed with the building tasks/prefs command q.

Building Technicalities

This section is valid as of version 40d.

The table below details which building and constructions will prevent the construction of certain other buildings and constructions, since the system isn't always consistent. This table isn't necessarily complete, there's probably more buildings which are inconsistent.

	Workshop	Other Buildings	Terrain Floor	Terrain Up Stair	Terrain Down Stair	Up Slope	Down Slope	Constructed Floor	Constructed Up Stair	Constructed Down Stair	Up Ramp	Down Ramp	No Floor
Workshop	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Other Buildings	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Constructed Floor*	No	No	Yes**	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes†	Yes
Constructed Wall***	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes†	Yes
Constructed Up Stair	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes†	Yes
Constructed Down Stair††	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Up/Down Stair	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Ramp	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes†	Yes

†This construction can be built on this tile, but the tile doesn't support the construction.

††This construction can not be supported by floor tiles.

It might be that Up/Down Stairs are identical to Down Stairs, as far as what can be built on them is concerned.

\*Strangely, floors won't connect to a tile which has a tree on it.
\**Attempting to build a constructed floor where terrain floor already exist will replace it. Attempting to remove the constructed floor will only make it a terrain floor, unless the constructed floor isn't a a stone or soil type, in which case the floor is reverted to what it originally was.
\***Building a wall without a floor above it will cause a floor to be built on the wall, however a constructed wall will never replace anything existing above it with floor. Also, the floors that are on top of constructed wall don't appear to get in the way of anything any more than a terrain floor. If you try to build a new floor on top of a wall it will only temporarily replace the old floor, deconstructing the new floor will bring back the old one.
\****Walls can't be built on constructed floors, but they can be built on top of constructed walls.

List of buildings

V · T · E Buildings
Workshops • Furnaces
Rooms	Barracks • Bedroom • Dining room • Jail • Meeting hall • Office • Sculpture garden • Tomb • Zoo
Furniture	Animal trap • Anvil • Armor stand • Bed • Bin • Bucket • Cabinet • Cage • Coffin • Container • Restraint • Seat • Statue • Table • Weapon rack
Access	Door • Floodgate • Bars • Grate • Floor hatch • Bridge • Road • Window
Constructions	Fortification • Floor • Stairs • Ramp • Wall
Machine & Trap parts	Axle • Gear assembly • Millstone • Screw pump • Water wheel • Windmill • Lever • Pressure plate • Trap • Support
Other Buildings	Archery target • Kennel • Shop • Siege engine • Trade depot • Wagon • Well
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