Vaults on Foundations

[Oofdoof]

So. Ive seen this a couple of times, and I guess it has to do with the vault getting bigger at the bottom and that bottom going through the ground a bit - but - how close do you guys put foundatins to your vaults if you keep them contained in a structure? Ive seen two vault pop now when the foundations that arent touching them on the surface break.

[cattibria]

I have placed them on foundations used to level the location. Also have seen YouTubers place them on ceiling panels and then hide them in a building. Guessing it is just personnal choice.

[Antelope Nirvana]

I don't know, now, but on PvP, you USED to destroy the vault set on a foundation if you destroyed the foundation. I played on a server that mandated ALL vaults be placed on foundations to allow reasonable destruction of, and hence, looting of vaults.

[𝔐𝔞𝔱𝔱]

If the foundations are low and the vault is on top, they hardly take any damage I have found.

[Ascay]

Put vaults on the ground if you want maximum security. Yes, vaults get destroyed if you destroy a couple of foundations beneath them but the amount and which ones depend on the angle of the vault. Sometimes 5 foundations are enough. Another time you need like 8.

I know this is offtopic now, but I adress it. If you consider how strong a vault is (600,000 HP) it is actually not even worth it to build a massive building around it. I could spam vaults all day. Actually I just started doing so on an official server. Next week I guess I'll have like 50 or 60 vaults all over of the map. Keeping the alpha tribe busy ;-).

Conclusion: For me it would be fair enough to increase the costs of a vault by the factor 10. Yes, ten times the costs.

[Moses]

DON'T PUT YOUR VAULT ON THE GROUND.
I put 2 vaults on the ground last night and when I logged in there were 2 bags of loot sitting on the ground where my vaults were. Nothing in my event log about them getting destroyed. This also happened with 2 map rooms that I placed on the ground.

[-=Deadly Logic=-]

Originally posted by Eye:

Put vaults on the ground if you want maximum security. Yes, vaults get destroyed if you destroy a couple of foundations beneath them but the amount and which ones depend on the angle of the vault. Sometimes 5 foundations are enough. Another time you need like 8.

I know this is offtopic now, but I adress it. If you consider how strong a vault is (600,000 HP) it is actually not even worth it to build a massive building around it. I could spam vaults all day. Actually I just started doing so on an official server. Next week I guess I'll have like 50 or 60 vaults all over of the map. Keeping the alpha tribe busy ;-).

Conclusion: For me it would be fair enough to increase the costs of a vault by the factor 10. Yes, ten times the costs.

I also recommend to put Vault's and chests on ground for max security in case of some patch fail, decay of foundations, raiding and so on. But i have experienced that Vaults are decaying fast and drop a bag if your base next to it get demolished when decayed, but I am not quite sure of the detailed mecanics here...if for example the vault is out in the wild with your base not close to it, how long before it decaying?

[-=Deadly Logic=-]

Originally posted by Moses:

DON'T PUT YOUR VAULT ON THE GROUND.
I put 2 vaults on the ground last night and when I logged in there were 2 bags of loot sitting on the ground where my vaults were. Nothing in my event log about them getting destroyed. This also happened with 2 map rooms that I placed on the ground.

This can be a bug in the last patch, but i am not sure yet.

[Ascay]

If you place a vault now you want to put some foundations right next to it since the solo decay time right now is something about 4 hours. Check with a repair hammer before leaving the spot. Same with fish traps et cetera.

[Zyana]

All items without foundation seems to decay in 24hour. even torches, if not connected to foundation.