Is the dresser worth it?

[TC]

So every bedroom has a dresser. Taking up 2 tiles.
It gives a +0.05 comfort.

Is it really worth that?
Where can I see the comfort values?

[Astasia]

You can click on a bed (or anything) and click the 'i' on the lower left of the screen to see the detailed stats, including the comfort value. The comfort range for a bed is something like 0.5 to 1.2 depending on quality. I'm not sure what you mean by "worth that" though as we are talking about a very small amount of resources to build larger rooms that easily fit dressers in them. It's not just the comfort addition though, there's also a decent amount of beauty and wealth depending on the material you make them out of. Silver dressers are a great addition to any room. The comfort alone though does very little.

[Monoxide]

Its my opinion that anything that adds a benefit (no matter how little) is worth making if you have the resources. Often times I have an over abundance of wood, so I will make beneficial items out of it. My bedroom standard is a 5x5 with a double bed, dresser, end table, light source, and a statue once I can. Pawns remain pretty happy, but the raids tick up pretty fast.

[Cake for Mumm-Ra]

Originally posted by Monoxide:

Its my opinion that anything that adds a benefit (no matter how little) is worth making if you have the resources. Often times I have an over abundance of wood, so I will make beneficial items out of it. My bedroom standard is a 5x5 with a double bed, dresser, end table, light source, and a statue once I can. Pawns remain pretty happy, but the raids tick up pretty fast.

What do you mean the raids tick up pretty fast? Does comfort have something to do with raids?

[Bar0th]

No, but colony wealth and time affect raids. So making expensive rooms means bigger raids. Structure value is only 50% for the purpose of raids, however item quality can raise it's base value much higher (making the structure worth much more than the raw resources that went into it).

As a side note though, some items are worth making / placing. At the extreme end, a Legendary Golden Grand Sculpture is worth $25,210 (so $12,605 installed). The cost to make it is 2,200 gold worth $10 each - so $22,000. You have lowered your colony wealth (for purposes of raids) by $9,395 by creating the sculpture and placing it, rather than storing the sculpture or the raw gold it was made from.