Wooden or stone houses?

[TomBomb]

Hello all,

I had a game recently where I was crushed by the firewood requirements of my town. I had all wooden houses, but I upgraded one to stone to see if the firewood reduction was worth the price. From what i could see the firewood consumption was reduced minimally at best. Is this true?

[johntarmac]

Stone houses use 1/3 less firewood than wooden houses.

http://banished-wiki.com/wiki/Housing

[Raging Chimera]

I build with stone and trade with wood/firewood.

[Nugcrusher]

Stone, even in the early game,,,

[Sandwiches!!!]

I build both just for the visual variety.

You can always upgrade later once the resource income stabalised

[Maverick]

Originally posted by Nugcrusher:

Stone, even in the early game,,,

Possibly. Firewood is a cheap and renewable commodity. Stone isn't until you can get the trader up and running and you may need that stone for other buildings.

Irony. People trade firewood for stone so they can build stone houses... so they can save on firewood. Clever. :)

[Raging Chimera]

Originally posted by Maverick:

Originally posted by Nugcrusher:

Stone, even in the early game,,,

Possibly. Firewood is a cheap and renewable commodity. Stone isn't until you can get the trader up and running and you may need that stone for other buildings.

Irony. People trade firewood for stone so they can build stone houses... so they can save on firewood. Clever. :)

Get enough people working a quarry and you never need to worry about stone again. I trade firewood for seeds, livestock and anything I may be short on... I rarely trade it for stone.

[daveware]

I always build stone houses from the start. I'm also not a fan of trading firewood, it's too easy to get caught short, and takes a lot of fiddling to get it right. Once the nearby stone runs out, a single quarry will keep you building until you can get your trade resources up to speed.

[Sariah]

Firewood is money. Treat it like money and you'll never run short.

[Raging Chimera]

Originally posted by WareGames100:

I'm also not a fan of trading firewood, it's too easy to get caught short

By trading it I always have a surplus in my trading post(s). By the time I have a midsized village that surplus can be >4000, so if I have a sudden upswing in demand I have a cushion that keeps me from being caught short.

As Sariah says, "Treat it like money" I know that works for me. The maybe not so unintended irony of the game is, you also burn it.

[daveware]

Fair enough. I've always found that using coats and ale as my trade goods causes me less stress and effort, but a lot of people like firewood.

[kevinshow]

I like firewood as a tradeable item because some of those vendors only accept it and a few other items that are harder to get. So definitely, in that case, firewood would win as the more easily renewable resource item that could be traded.

As for the main question, yes at some point when you have many more houses,you'll see the benefit of the stone houses.