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Jade is a rare material with high beauty but little utility. Sculptures produced with jade can greatly improve their surroundings, while blunt weapons made of jade are tremendously effective. Its curious fragility makes it poorly suited to other situations, however, unless you appreciate its striking green color.

Acquisition

Jade veins occur rarely on most maps, and must be mined before they can be used. Jade can occasionally be found in random cargo pods, and may be purchased from bulk goods traders. Once you've completed the research necessary to construct a deep drill, it can also be found in small deposits underground.

Jade may occasionally be dropped by tribal raiders, as part of raid loot.

Ore

Jade tiles have 1,500 health each, making them one of the faster ores to mine. They can be found in smaller veins, ranging from 2 to 8 tiles in size. Each mined block has a base yield of 40 jade, however this is modified by factors such as the Difficulty setting and the mining yield of the pawn.

Usage

Jade is not required for any recipe. However, jade can be used as "Stony" stuff, so it can be used for items like walls, sculptures, and clubs.

Unlike other stone types, beds made from jade suffer no penalty to Rest Effectiveness.

Analysis

Jade is relatively scarce and hard to find. It is best used for beauty.

Beauty

The most efficient uses of jade are:

Sculptures. Sculptures are very beautiful, and jade sculptures more so.
Fences. Each fence costs 1 jade, but gives +10 beauty. Until you can create masterwork sculptures, fences give more beauty / jade then any other item, until you can create masterwork sculptures. In addition, jade fences are very low wealth. They are great at raising a room's beauty (and thus room Impressiveness).

However, jade fences consume a lot of space. Thus, they are poor at raising the pawn beauty need. Colonists check for beauty within an 8-tile radius, and you can't fit 100 or so fences into a colonist's sight. In addition, space itself can be an issue for many base setups.

If you have a surplus of jade, then it can be used for walls, beds and other furniture, though it is less effective for beauty.

"Omnistructure" barracks / dining / recreation / workshop room, built with room to spare for fences.]]

Weapon

Jade has a surprisingly high Blunt damage rating. It is better than all materials, other than uranium. However, the only Blunt weapon that accepts Stony stuff is the club. Jade can be an acceptable material in the early game, as a jade club would be stronger than a steel mace.

Lost Tribe scenarios also start with the jade knife, which would otherwise be uncraftable. As an actual weapon, the jade knife is worse than even a wooden club.

Trivia

Despite being unavailable for use in any Apparel in the current version, it has stats for armor and insulation.

Gallery

One jade
Partial stack
Full stack

Version history

0.17.1546 - no longer a small volume material.
? - vein size increased from 1-6 -> 2-8 and yield increased from 35 -> 40

Materials

Stony: Granite blocks • Limestone blocks • Marble blocks • Sandstone blocks • Slate blocks • Jade
Metallic: Gold • Plasteel • Silver • Steel • Uranium • Bioferrite
Woody: Wood
Leathery: Bearskin • Birdskin • Bluefur • Camelhide • Chinchilla fur • Dog leather • Elephant leather • Foxfur • Guinea pig fur • Heavy fur • Human leather • Lightleather • Lizardskin • Panthera fur • Patchleather • Pigskin • Plainleather • Rhinoceros leather • Thrumbofur • Wolfskin • Dread leather
Fabric: Alpaca wool • Bison wool • Cloth • Devilstrand • Hyperweave • Megasloth wool • Muffalo wool • Sheep wool • Synthread
Other: Gray

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 == Acquisition ==
 Jade veins occur rarely on most maps, and must be [[mine]]d before they can be used. Jade can occasionally be found in random cargo pods, and may be [[trade|purchased]] from [[Trader#Bulk Goods Trader|bulk goods traders]]. Once you've completed the [[Research#Deep drilling|research]] necessary to construct a [[deep drill]], it can also be found in small deposits underground.
+Jade may occasionally be dropped by [[tribal]] [[raider]]s, as part of raid loot.
+== Ore ==
+[[File:Jade_ore.png|frameless|left|Jade in game]]
+'''Jade''' tiles have 1,500 health each, making them one of the faster ores to mine. They can be found in smaller veins, ranging from 2 to 8 tiles in size. Each mined block has a base yield of 40 jade, however this is modified by factors such as the [[Difficulty]] setting and the [[Mining_Yield|mining yield]] of the pawn.
 == Usage ==
-Jade is a high-value material best suited to use in high beauty items that can be made out of stone, especially sculptures and [[royal bed]]s.  Unlike the common stone types, beds made from jade suffer no penalty to [[Rest Effectiveness]].
+Jade is not required for any recipe. However, jade can be used as "Stony" [[stuff]], so it can be used for items like [[wall]]s, [[sculpture]]s, and [[club]]s.
-Jade is relatively scarce and hard to find, and may be worth saving until a constructor or artist has [[Inspiration#Inspired creativity|Inspired Creativity]].
+Unlike other stone types, [[bed]]s made from jade suffer no penalty to [[Rest Effectiveness]].
-Jade is not specifically required for any recipes, but may be used in many recipes with the "Stony" stuff tag.
+== Analysis ==
+Jade is relatively scarce and hard to find. It is best used for beauty.
-== Ore ==
+=== Beauty ===
-[[File:Jade_ore.png|frameless|left|Jade in game]]
+The most efficient uses of jade are:
+* [[Sculpture]]s. Sculptures are very beautiful, and jade sculptures more so.
+* [[Fence]]s. Each fence costs {{icon small|Jade}} 1 jade, but gives {{+|10}} beauty. Until you can create masterwork sculptures, fences give more beauty / jade then any other item, until you can create masterwork sculptures. In addition, jade fences are very low [[wealth]]. They are great at raising a ''room'''s beauty (and thus room [[Impressiveness]]).
+: However, jade fences consume a lot of space. Thus, they are poor at raising the ''pawn'' [[beauty|beauty need]]. Colonists check for beauty within an 8-tile radius, and you can't fit 100 or so fences into a colonist's sight.  In addition, space itself can be an issue for many base setups.
+If you have a surplus of jade, then it can be used for [[wall]]s, [[bed]]s and other furniture, though it is less effective for beauty.
+<gallery widths="350px" heights="350px" class="left" mode="nolines">
+Superstructure_fences.png|"Omnistructure" barracks / dining / recreation / workshop room, built with room to spare for fences.]]
+</gallery>
+=== Weapon ===
+Jade has a surprisingly high Blunt damage rating. It is better than all materials, other than [[uranium]]. However, the only Blunt weapon that accepts Stony stuff is the [[club]]. Jade can be an acceptable material in the early game, as a jade club would be stronger than a [[steel]] [[mace]].
-'''Jade''' tiles have 1,500 health each, making them one of the faster ores to mine. They can be found in smaller veins, ranging from 2 to 8 tiles in size. Each mined block has a base yield of 40 jade, however this is modified by factors such as the [[Difficulty]] setting and the [[Mining_Yield|mining yield]] of the pawn.
+[[Scenario system#Lost Tribe|Lost Tribe]] scenarios also start with the [[jade knife]], which would otherwise be uncraftable. As an actual weapon, the jade knife is worse than even a wooden club.
 == Trivia ==