Comparison of Building Materials

This article compares the cost of the most frequently used materials used by player when building a base or fort. This list can help players decide which building material is most cost effective. It does not list all Building Materials.

Calculation

The values in the list where calculated assuming the following:

• All block types are fully upgraded. E.g. it does not list wood frames, only metal reinforced wood.
• If there is more than one way to craft an item, the cheapest version is used.
• The costs for a block do not include any forging fuels.
• All forms of iron are listed as a number of units of iron. For example, one Forged Iron costs 10 units of iron, or upgrading a reinforced wooden wall to it's metal counterpart costs 10 units of iron.
• Costs listed are for 100 blocks. To help put this in perspective, a 7x7x4 bunker with no roof requires 96 blocks.

Cost for 100 Blocks

Stone Based Blocks

• Reinforced Concrete Blocks;
  • 500 Units of iron, 100 Units of Clay for the Rebar Frame.
  • 2000 Small Stones, 1000 Sand, 1000 Cement for the 1000 Concrete Mix.

Metal Based Blocks

• Metal Trussing;
  • 4000 Units of Iron
• Iron Bars;
  • 10000 Units of Iron, 2000 Units of Clay
• Reinforced Scrap Iron Block;
  • 1500 Units of Iron for the Scrap Iron Frame
  • 4000 Units of Iron for the Scrap Iron Block
  • 4000 Units of Iron for the Reinforced Scrap Iron Block
    • 9500 Units of Iron total for 100 Reinforced Scrap Iron Block

Wood Based Blocks

• Metal Reinforced Wood Blocks;
  • 500 Wood for the Wooden Frames
  • 1000 Wood For the Wooden Blocks
  • 1000 Wood For the Reinforced Wooden Blocks
  • 1000 Units of Iron for the Metal Reinforced Wood Blocks
    • 2500 Wood and 1000 Units of Iron total for 100 Metal Reinforced Wood Blocks
• Log Cabin Wood;
  • 2000 Wood for the Log Cabin Wood
• Steel Log Spike;
  • 1500 Wood for the Wood Log Spike
  • 1000 Wood for the Reinforced Wood Log Spike
  • 2000 Units of Iron for the Reinforced Metal Wood Log Spike
  • 4000 Units of Iron for the Scrap Iron Spike
  • 4000 Units of Iron for the Reinforced Scrap Iron Spike
  • 20000 Units of iron (1000 Forged Steel) for the Steel Log Spike
    • 2500 Wood and 30000 Units of Iron total for 100 Steel Log Spikes

Building Material	Wood	Small Stones	Sand	Cement	Iron Units	Clay Units	Pure-Dur
Reinforced Concrete Blocks		2000	1000	1000	500	500	214
Metal Trussing					4000		134
Iron Bars					10000	2000	200
Reinforced Scrap Iron Block					9500		134
Metal Reinforced Wood	2500				1000		161
Steel Log Spike	2500				30000		67
Log Cabin Wood	2000						40

See Also

Upgrading