Build anything from a lean-to to a fortress with the Build Tool. Bases are saved, and in co-op they're shared with everyone.
How to build
- Equip the Build Tool.
- Right-click to open the piece menu. Its tabs are Foundations, Walls, Floors, Roofs, Stairs, Doors & Windows, Supports, Utility and Classic, each split into Wood, Silicate and Other rows.
- Pick a piece, rotate it with the mouse wheel, and left-click to place it. Its cost comes out of your inventory.
Snapping
Walls, doors and windows snap to the edges of foundations. Pillars and beams snap to corners. Wood and silicate pieces fit together, so you can mix them.
Removing pieces
- Middle mouse removes the piece you're looking at.
- Hold R to enter destroy mode.
- Pieces you built give back their full cost. Pieces that were already part of the world give back a third.
- Moving a piece charges its full cost again.
Building quietly
Placing a piece makes noise you can hear 6 m away, and a lit fire keeps making noise. Build away from patrol routes. See Noise.
Full piece list and costs: Building Pieces.