Does anyone use the sod blocks ?

[Xorg78]

Everything is in the title..
I think i never used that. I just crafted it just to see what it looked like but i didn't find some really practical use for that.

For those that don't know it, it can be crafted by combined 1 block of fertile dirt and 1 plant fiber.

[Me]

Nope. No point.

[Surmene]

I have a little bit in my base walls. I only did it since I had so much fertile dirt flattening the land at my base.

[wordwaster]

i'm assuming that the game will be balanced "much" later on to make sod blocks the first ones that players will be able to use. i expect to use them as "beginner" blocks when the game gets to beta.

[thomi]

i tried them once but they are pretty worthless. with a stone shovel (the most likely tool you will have at the start when it would make sense to build with sod) it takes much longer to collect enough dirt/plant fibres than it does to chop a couple of trees with a stone axe and use the much stronger wood frames.

[jynx]

It's ok for fencing off the tops of caves. Otherwise, Meh.

[Johnman]

Yeah they're pretty useless and a waste of developer time. I hope there is a future plan for them that will make them useful.

[Stewi]

I made a sod house and I was the envy of my friends (at least that's why I assumed they were laughing).

[Flustig]

it doubles the number of fertile dirt you can have, you make 2 sods from one dirt and one grass and you can shovel it to receive 2 dirt or you can hoe it to turn it in normal farmland

also its the only block that is not a square that can be picked up

[Uradamus]

Yes, as Flustig has said, sod is a great way to extend your soil supply. For each soil and grass you get 2 sod. Since grass is faster to harvest then soil in the early game, you can use this trick to get away with digging only half the soil you need. Though while they can be picked up at first, they do dry into hard sod not long after being placed which can't be picked up.

One use I have found is roof top gardens. It looks pretty cool if you place down just the rows you plan to plant on while leaving the rows in between empty until after you hoe your planting rows. Once they are hoed, fill the middle rows with sod. This will allow those vacant rows to have the sod texture. If you place them before using the hoe though, it will change the vacant rows the same way it does the soil.

Another use is for creating paths. It looks nice as it blends in well with the other dirt like material blocks, but has that brick like pattern to it. Similarly, you can do decent looking brick patios around your base to set it off better from the surrounding ground.

One last use is doing things like sewers, dungeons, or maintenance tunnels that you want to look dark and grimy. Really adds to the atmosphere in low lit dark areas.

[Flustig]

Originally posted by Uradamus:

Though while they can be picked up at first, they do dry into hard sod not long after being placed which can't be picked up.

they dont harden, they glitch out if you pick all and leave last one on the narrow ground, it becomes unpickable (making blocks that work as dirt and stone and be able to pick them up glitchless is hard hitbox of said terrain blocks is not good enough now)

[Xorg78]

I experienced something very strange yesterday : i put one sod block and couldn't pick it up but i could do it with the block just next of it.

[Flustig]

Originally posted by Xorg78:

I experienced something very strange yesterday : i put one sod block and couldn't pick it up but i could do it with the block just next of it.

if you leave solo sod block o a square block it cant be picked up

[Xorg78]

Thx

Originally posted by Flustig:

Originally posted by Xorg78:

I experienced something very strange yesterday : i put one sod block and couldn't pick it up but i could do it with the block just next of it.

if you leave solo sod block o a square block it cant be picked up

Thx for the info ! do you know if that's a bug or is that the normal behaviour ?

[Flustig]

Originally posted by Xorg78:

Thx

Originally posted by Flustig:

if you leave solo sod block o a square block it cant be picked up

Thx for the info ! do you know if that's a bug or is that the normal behaviour ?

90% bug

[Xorg78]

I thought so ! thx again mate