Support beam

Main / Skills / Carpentry / Support beam

Description

A wooden construction made from logs, shafts and iron ribbons intended to support walls in mines.

Method

1. Activate a shaft and right-click the log, select Create>Miscellaneous>Support beam
2. Activate a shaft and right-click the unfinished support beam, select Continue. Repeat x3.
3. Activate a iron ribbon and right-click the unfinished support beam, select Continue. Repeat.
4. Activate a log and right-click the unfinished support beam, select Continue.

Items Required

• 4 Shaft - 1.0kg
• 2 Iron ribbon
• 2 Log - 18.0-24.0kg

Resulting Product

• Unfinished support beam
• Support beam - 60.0kg

Usage

1. Activate a support beam and right-click the cave wall, select "Reinforce Wall".

Notes

You need to attach a support beam to every wall of a cave tile to prevent the tile from collapsing. You cannot mine a reinforced tile, but it will help to prevent cave collapse.

Hint: If you are making the support beams outside of the mine, your best approach is to leave it unfinished (e.g. requiring a shaft or a ribbon) and place them in a cart as more unfinished support beams fit in a cart than finished ones.