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− | + | :''This article refers to building blocks. Blocking in combat is part of the [[shield]] page.'' | |
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− | + | A '''Block''' is a material shaped into a block. [[Stone]] and [[wood]] can be shaped into blocks at the [[Mason's workshop]] or [[Carpenter's workshop]]. [[Glass]] blocks can be made at the [[Glass Furnace]], and [[metal]] blocks can be made at the [[forge]] from a single metal [[bar]]. | |
− | + | Blocks are required to make [[well]]s, [[pump]]s, and are used when constructing an [[ashery]]. They can also be used in place of raw stone or wood in [[roads]] and other major constructions (but not in items like [[craft]]s or [[furniture]]), but the difference is purely in the value. A pillar made out of normal stones is called a rough pillar. | |
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Blocks, unlike raw stone or wood, can stack in [[bin]]s in [[bar]]/block [[stockpile]]s. | Blocks, unlike raw stone or wood, can stack in [[bin]]s in [[bar]]/block [[stockpile]]s. | ||
− | + | A block has a [[Item value|value]] of 5 times the multiplier for the material it is made out of. A block made out of pine wood (multiplier of 1☼) has a value of 5☼. A block made out of [[obsidian]] (multiplier of 3☼) has a value of 15☼. Blocks do not have [[quality]] levels. | |
− | + | Blocks are sometimes used as materials during [[strange mood]]s. | |
− | + | It is possible to turn blocks back into stone. You'll need blocks in a bin (preferably metal) that is exposed to lava. Each blocks object will become a molten object of the same stone type, and because it is in the bin, won't be subsumed into the lava. After it cools down, each object will have reverted to the base stone type. Metal bins will not risk destruction by the lava. Note that this does result in having stone in bins, a state of affairs that isn't normally possible. | |
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