Editing Sculptures

'''Sculptures''' are buildings of art that have a high [[beauty]] stat. There are three types of sculptures:

== Acquisition ==

All 3 sculptures are created from an [[art bench]] using {{Icon Small|stuff}} [[Wood]], [[Stone|Stony]], or [[Metal]]lic ingredients. Counter-intuitively, stone sculptures are not made from stone [[chunk]]s, but from [[stone block]]s.

Small sculptures require 50 materials and {{Ticks|18000}} of work, large sculptures require 100 materials and {{Ticks|30000}} of work, and grand sculptures require 400 materials and {{Ticks|105000}} of work. Note that "small volume" materials ([[silver]] and [[gold]]) require 10x more items to create.  

The sculpter's Art skill is the primary factor in determining the sculpture's [[quality]]. A sculptor cannot work on another sculptor's piece.

Sculptures have a high [[beauty]] rating, which depends on the sculpture size, material, and [[quality]]. For the same material and quality, a small sculpture has half the beauty of a large sculpture, which has 4x less beauty than a grand sculpture. Small and large sculptures take 1 tile, and grand sculptures take a 2x2 grid of tiles. Also, sculptures have a 1.1x trade multiplier when compared to other items of the same [[market value]].  

The following table compares the three sizes of sculpture:

! Sculptures !! Size !! Materials !! Beauty (Normal)!! Max HP !! Work to make !! Value (Normal) !! Beauty/work !! Value/Work !! Value/Material

! [[Small sculpture|Small]]

| 1x1 || 50 || 50 || 90 || 300 || 159.8 || 0.1667 || 0.5327 || 3.196

! [[Large sculpture|Large]]

| 1x1 || 100 || 100 || 150 || 500 || 298 || 0.2 || 0.596 || 2.98

! [[Grand sculpture|Grand]]

| 2x2 || 400 || 400 || 300 || 1750 || 1138 || 0.2286 || 0.6503 || 2.845

 

Pawns with the ''Artistic'' [[Psycasts#Psyfocus|meditation]] focus can use sculptures in a 10-tile radius to increase psyfocus. This includes all pawns who are not Tribal or [[Traits#Ascetic|Ascetic]].

Sculptures can quickly increase the Impressiveness of a room through Wealth and Beauty, in addition to fulfilling the actual [[beauty|beauty need]]. Certain rooms give increasing [[mood]] buffs for being more impressive:

Other than these rooms, place art where pawns will stay for a long time, such as a [[research]] station. For extra points, you can combine these rooms to make the most out of the sculptures. If Dining, Recreation, and Work all happen in the same room, then the same sculpture can apply to all 3 rooms, in addition to the general increase to Wealth.

Note that sculptures increase a ''room'''s beauty rating from anywhere inside, but will only fulfil the beauty ''need'' when in a 10-tile radius from a pawn.

For each point of beauty, small sculptures require the most work and take up the most space. However, as they also have the highest work / material, and as [[Market Value]] takes work into account, they are the most profitable to sell (per material). Small sculptures also have another advantage - [[quality]] is a multiplier to price, but has a flat cap for increasing it. Small sculptures, especially of [[gold]] or [[jade]], are less impacted by the cap than the larger sculptures. Plus, traders ​likely won't have enough [[silver]] to afford a masterwork grand sculpture.

Conversely, large and grand sculptures are better to actually place around your base. Both are equally as space efficient (before rounding), but 4 large sculptures are more flexible to place than 1 grand sculpture. Making grand sculptures also exhibits a greater risk - if it turns out awful, you've had wasted 4 sculpture's worth of time. Conversely, grand sculptures are the best when you have [[inspiration#inspired creativity|inspired creativity]], assuming you can actually complete it. It may be wise to work on a grand sculpture, suspend it before it's completed, and finish it once the inspiration hits.

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{| {{STDT| sortable c_24 text-center}}

! Material !! Cost !! Work !! Beauty !! Max HP !! Flammability

|-

! [[Silver]]

| 10 || 1 || 2 +6 || 0.7 || 0.4

|-

! [[Gold]]

| 100 || 0.9 || 4 +20 || 0.6 || 0.4

|-

! [[Steel]]

| 1.9 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0.4

|-

! [[Plasteel]]

| 9 || 2.2 || 1 || 2.8 || 0

|-

! [[Wood]]

| 1.2 || 0.7 || 1 || 0.65 || 1

|-

! [[Uranium]]

| 6 || 1.9 || 0.5 || 2.5 || 0

|-

! [[Jade]]

| 5 || 1.4 || 2.5 +10 || 0.5 || 0

|-

! [[Sandstone Blocks|Sandstone]]

| 0.9 || 1.1 || 1.1 || 1.4 || 0

|-

! [[Granite Blocks|Granite]]

| 0.9 || 1.3 || 1 || 1.7 || 0

|-

! [[Limestone Blocks|Limestone]]

| 0.9 || 1.3 || 1 || 1.55 || 0

|-

! [[Slate Blocks|Slate]]

| 0.9 || 1.3 || 1.1 || 1.3 || 0

|-

! [[Marble Blocks|Marble]]

| 0.9 || 1.15 || 1.35 +1 || 1.2 || 0

 

* A texture (e.g. "<i>insert texture example</i>")

Alternatively, they can contain something random, without relating to any events in the colony at all (e.g. "this sculpture bears a portrayal of a cube"). Because of this grammar generator, artwork can have some humorous descriptions.