Caravan hitching spot

Caravan hitching spot

Designates a spot for hitching animals and forming caravans. Colonist will hitch animals here while loading a caravan. You can also use these during encounters away from home to keep animals from wandering.

Base Stats

Type

Building – Misc

Building

Size

1 × 1

Minifiable

False

Placeable

True

Passability

standable

Terrain Affordance

Light

Creation

Work To Make

0 ticks (0 secs)

A caravan hitching spot designates a place for caravans to gather around when forming. Pack animals will be led and roped to the Caravan hitching spot, be aware this can quickly accumulate animal filth. Other Animals that have been designated to be brought along with the caravan will be tied to the caravan hitching spot to await the finishing of the packing. The caravan hitching spot should be placed in the main stockpile to minimize travel time and maximize efficiency. They may also be used on Event and Caravan Ambush maps to keep animals from wandering.

If your colony have no pen for an animal , your colonist will automatically tie your animal to the hitching spot. But be careful, they may starve if they cannot reach any food.

Acquisition

There is no cost, build time or skill requirements for placing caravan packing spots. Just select them from the misc tab in the architect menu and place them.

Version history

• 1.3.3159 - Renamed from caravan packing spot to caravan hitching spot and functionality significantly expanded. Caravan hitching spot now can be used to keep animals in place on temporary maps. Animals will eat and sleep within their rope area if they're roped to a spot. Added an alert that shows when hungry animals are tied to hitching spot.

Trivia

In the 1.3.3136 unstable build, the caravan packing spot was replaced with a caravan hitching post that required wood and work to be constructed but functioned similarly to the hitching spot. This construction requirement was abandoned in the 1.3.3144 unstable, and spot implementation that would eventually come to the stable was used instead. This is why several entries in the version history refer to the post.

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  Texture of the original caravan packing spot

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Architect

Misc

Caravan hitching spot • Egg box • Grave • Marriage spot • Party spot • Pen marker • Sarcophagus • Tool cabinet • Meditation spot • Nature shrine (Large, Small)

(research)

Comms console • Cryptosleep casket • Firefoam popper • Ground-penetrating scanner • Long-range mineral scanner • Moisture pump • Multi-analyzer • Orbital trade beacon • Pod launcher • Stele (Large, Grand) • Transport pod • Vitals monitor • Ship landing beacon