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A roof slope made of straw at 26°

Game Data

Properties

Build Cost

Duration: 1s

Taught By

Overview

Roof (Straw) is part of the Straw building set, an alternate low-tier roof and decoration material in Windrose. The straw set sits beside the Reed set in the early-game roofing options. Its 26° shallow pitch produces a flatter, longer silhouette that pairs well with single-story longhouses and lean-to additions where a steep reed peak would look cramped.

Each slope is cheap to raise, costing only Wood x1 and Plant Fiber x1, which makes the straw set the most affordable way to enclose a roof early on, at the cost of a low 500 Max Health that the steeper Roof (Reed) set improves on.

Building Set

This piece belongs to the Straw building set. Set siblings include: Roof (Straw), Large Roof (Straw), Roof Ridge (Straw), Long Roof Ridge (Straw), Roof Corner (Straw), Roof Pediment (Straw), Pediment (Straw), Left Gable (Straw), and Right Gable (Straw).

Snap and Placement

Roof (Straw) snaps onto compatible top-of-wall slots inside the same straw silhouette. The shallow 26° pitch is the defining trait: roofs in this set lay almost flat compared with the steep Reed alternatives, so they suit longhouse or workshop footprints where keeping interior height low improves cohesion with the rest of the base.

Straw pieces are the cheapest roof option but the most fragile in raids. For exterior surfaces that face the coast or open water, plan to upgrade to a tougher set once Foothills resources are routine.

Placement Tips

The straw roof and its gables are taught together by Plans: Straw Roofs and Triangular Walls, so the matching triangular walls are ready as soon as the roof is. Cap the open ends with Left Gable (Straw) and Right Gable (Straw), and run a Roof Ridge (Straw) along the peak to seal where two slopes meet.

See Also

• Building Pieces

• Base Building

• Roof (Reed)

• Pediment (Straw)

• Wall (Clay and Log)