Support beam

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Support Beam

Creation
Activate Shaft (1.0 kg) Right-click Log (must be 24.0 kg) Open submenu "Create > Mine doors and support beams"
Additional materials
3 Shafts (1.0 kg) 2 Iron ribbons 1 Log (18.0 to 24.0 kg)
Result
Unfinished support beam Support beam (60.0kg)
Skill and improvement
Uses carpentry

Description

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

Used to reinforce and support cave walls and floors in caves/mines/tunnels.

Usage

• Activate a support beam, right-click a cave wall or cave floor, and select "Reinforce".

Notes

• When creating, the quality of the shaft affects your success chance.
• A support beam is required on every wall of a cave tile (both sides) to prevent the tile from collapsing.
• A reinforced wall can be mined but not excavated.
• A reinforced floor can be mined to remove the reinforcement with 21 body strength. No shard is produced and the slope does not change.
• Support beams may be removed by mayors and villagers of a deed if the reinforced tile is on deed by mining the tile 40-50 times
• Support beams cannot be removed otherwise, not even by collapsing the tile that holds the support beams with a shaker orb. Because the support beamed tile is the tile holding rock, not the empty tile.
• Finished support beams do not fit into a small cart, rowing boat or small sailboat, however a large cart can hold 7 finished support beams.

Hint: If making a support beam outside of the cave, and using a small cart (or rowboat) to transport them, the best approach is to leave the beam unfinished (requiring a shaft or a ribbon), and finish it inside the cave.

See Also

• Strongwall - A spell which can reinforce cave walls.