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Overview

Basements and Foundations is the ground-level support pieces that raise a building above uneven terrain or water. Windrose offers 7 basement and foundation pieces, including the Pier piece that anchors shoreline construction.

Foundation Pieces

When to Use Foundations

Foundations are placed under Floor pieces to raise a building off the terrain. This matters in three cases:

First, on uneven terrain: a Foundation block can level the ground so your floor sits flat. Second, along shorelines: a Pier piece plus Foundation blocks lets you extend a building over water. Third, for basement construction: stacking Foundation pieces creates a sub-floor space for storage or hidden rooms.

Basement Layout

The Basement sub-group combines Foundation pieces with Block (Stone) walls to create a below-floor storage area. Build the perimeter with Block (Stone), cap with a Floor, and add an access hatch (a single Floor removed) or an interior staircase descent.

Tips

• Foundation (Sticks) has twice the Max Health of a Wall (Sticks), which makes it the strongest piece available at Tier 1.

• Stack multiple Foundation (Stone) pieces to lift your building up a cliff edge. Each tier stacks without collision issues.

• Basements are a good hidden-storage strategy for PvP-enabled zones. Place a removable Floor over the basement entrance so raiders cannot see the hatch.

• For waterside construction use Pier (from this category) as the primary support. It is the only piece that can extend over water.

• Foundation pieces are considered interior for station requirements. A Merchant placed on a Foundation + Floor combo still passes the Roof check as long as a roof is above.

See Also

• Base Building

• Settlement Building

• Building Pieces

• Floors

• Piers

• Walls