temporal storms Easy and cheap killbox / bunker

[Chickon_20]

This is a Guide on how to build an easy and cheap killbox / bunker (I designed it myself).

You are required to at least have access to copper tools already.

(I´m not really experienced at posting stuff online and English is also not my main language, so please correct me if I make any mistakes)

 

Building Materials

You´ll need:

• ~ a Stack of any solid building blocks
• 9 slabs of any kind
• 4 stairs of any kind
• 4 ladders of any kind
• 36 trapdoors
• 4 doors (1*2 of any kind)
• 1 dry grass
• 4 firewood
• a bucket of water
• some storage (any storage will work)

 

Tools

You´ll need:

• a hammer
• a chisel
• a shovel (for digging dirt)
• an axe for breaking misplaced trapdoors and doors
• tools for breaking the building materials (in case you misplace them)

 

Building it

 

1. First, dig a 9*9*3 hole (you may need to flatten the terrain around it).
   
   (the packed dirt is just for illustration)
    
2. Build a fire pit in the middle.
   
    
3. Fill the corners with water (on the with packed dirt marked spots).
   
    
4. Place ladders in all four corners (exactly like in the picture below).
   
    
5. Build a 5*5 ring out of the building block you´ve chosen at the same height level as the terrain around the pit.
   
    
6. Replace 4 of the building blocks with stairs (like in the image).
   
    
7. Fill in the empty space with slabs (facing downward).
   
    
8. Carve of a layer of the middle slab using the 4*4*4 chisel brush.
   
    
9. Carve a hole into the middle using the 4*4*4 chisel brush.
   
    
10. Carve of parts of the inner edge using the 2*2*2 chisel brush.
    
     
11. You need to place trapdoors (it will make drifters and other think that they can walk onto that space).
    First, place two parallel rows of trapdoors, which face sideways from the trapdoors (so you don´t get stuck on them).
    
     
12. Add two more parallel rows.
    
     
13. Place trapdoors at the stairs, each facing the stair they´re placed at.
    
     
14. Fold down the trapdoors.
    
     
15. Place doors on each of the stairs.
    
     
16. Build a 2 block high wall out of the building block you´ve chosen.
    
     
17. Build a roof out of the building block you´ve chosen.
    
     
18. Add storage.
    
     
19. Add necessities.
    
     
20. You´re done building it! Now it´s ready to use!

 

How to use it

Just get in when the temporal storm starts and fuel up the campfire (through the hole).

To cut up the drifters corpses, sit down right next to the hole and cut them up (through the hole).
You can also use it catch wolfs and bears and cook!

 

That´s it!

Please leave a review if you have any questions or issues.

Edited February 28, 2024 by Chickon_20
I finished it!

[brokentool]

i'm just reaching the 10-day grace period without monsters i set for this world (my first)

definitely going to try this tonight

thanks!

[NyeteyN]

Tried it, works pretty well. Thank you

[Chickon_20]

5 hours ago, NyeteyN said:

Tried it, works pretty well. Thank you

No problem.

[TheRealFlynn]

so worth the investment of time and materials. got a temporal gear the first storm. 1.19.6 working well

 

Edited April 1, 2024 by TheRealFlynn

[Chickon_20]

Thank you for the 1k views and keeping this guide up this long. Maybe I should make another guide.

[Vratislav]

Have anyone tried this or similar design to be built in a cave (like in a crossing of multiple caves providing solid feed of monsters to your location) to harvest Jonas parts from sawblade locusts?

[Chickon_20]

1 hour ago, Vratislav said:

Have anyone tried this or similar design to be built in a cave (like in a crossing of multiple caves providing solid feed of monsters to your location) to harvest Jonas parts from sawblade locusts?

I can try 

[Maelstrom]

I'm not sure sawblades spawn regularly enough to make it worth the effort.  But I don't spend time underground like a dwarf either.

[Thorfinn]

10 hours ago, Vratislav said:

Have anyone tried this or similar design to be built in a cave (like in a crossing of multiple caves providing solid feed of monsters to your location) to harvest Jonas parts from sawblade locusts?

Double-headed drifters are a whole lot better source of Jonas parts. I get 2-4 JP per storm. Maybe crank the storm frequency, if that's an option?

[Chickon_20]

Why not. It functions as long as there is firewood or another fuel thought refueling can become a problem.

[Vratislav]

41 minutes ago, Thorfinn said:

Double-headed drifters are a whole lot better source of Jonas parts. I get 2-4 JP per storm. Maybe crank the storm frequency, if that's an option?

Oh, I did not know that double-headed drifters can provide them. I was avoiding fighting drifters during temporal storms till now so I haven't much experience with these guys. Then for my purposes the surface killbox may be sufficient, I've just built it, so I will try it this way  . 

[Chickon_20]

I've noticed some problems with the killbox in the more recent versions. So I announce: I'll be making a new version very soon!

[Chickon_20]

Hmmmmmmm..........

[Maelstrom]

21 hours ago, Chickon_20 said:

Hmmmmmmm..........

Indeed!

[StCatharines]

On 8/12/2024 at 10:37 AM, Chickon_20 said:

Hmmmmmmm.........

Ah, yes, a drifter cementation furnace. 

[Chickon_20]

4 minutes ago, StCatharines said:

Ah, yes, a drifter cementation furnace. 

Good naming idea!

[r4d6]

I am currently trying it for the first time in the middle of a Heavy Temporal Storm.

The Drifters are killing each other more than the campfire because they keep trying to throw rocks at me.
I do get hit by rocks quite often, even if they hurt way less than what the melee attacks would do.
It is near-impossible to actually cut up any of the bodies, as the sheer mass of drifters keeps moving them, and then you right-click the campfire whose hitbox occupy like 90% of the hole.

[Chickon_20]

15 hours ago, r4d6 said:

I am currently trying it for the first time in the middle of a Heavy Temporal Storm.

The Drifters are killing each other more than the campfire because they keep trying to throw rocks at me.
I do get hit by rocks quite often, even if they hurt way less than what the melee attacks would do.
It is near-impossible to actually cut up any of the bodies, as the sheer mass of drifters keeps moving them, and then you right-click the campfire whose hitbox occupy like 90% of the hole.

Yeah that's the main problem rn. This is why I'm redisyning it.

[elismyer]

On 2/27/2024 at 1:24 PM, Chickon_20 said:

This is a Guide on how to build an easy and cheap killbox / bunker (I designed it myself).

You are required to at least have access to copper tools already.

(I´m not really experienced at posting stuff online and English is also not my main language, so please correct me if I make any mistakes)

 

Building Materials

You´ll need:

• ~ a Stack of any solid building blocks
• 9 slabs of any kind
• 4 stairs of any kind
• 4 ladders of any kind
• 36 trapdoors
• 4 doors (1*2 of any kind)
• 1 dry grass
• 4 firewood
• a bucket of water
• some storage (any storage will work)

 

Tools

You´ll need:

• a hammer
• a chisel
• a shovel (for digging dirt)
• an axe for breaking misplaced trapdoors and doors
• tools for breaking the building materials (in case you misplace them)

 

Building it

 

1. First, dig a 9*9*3 hole (you may need to flatten the terrain around it).
   
   (the packed dirt is just for illustration)
    
2. Build a fire pit in the middle.
   
    
3. Fill the corners with water (on the with packed dirt marked spots).
   
    
4. Place ladders in all four corners (exactly like in the picture below).
   
    
5. Build a 5*5 ring out of the building block you´ve chosen at the same height level as the terrain around the pit.
   
    
6. Replace 4 of the building blocks with stairs (like in the image).
   
    
7. Fill in the empty space with slabs (facing downward).
   
    
8. Carve of a layer of the middle slab using the 4*4*4 chisel brush.
   
    
9. Carve a hole into the middle using the 4*4*4 chisel brush.
   
    
10. Carve of parts of the inner edge using the 2*2*2 chisel brush.
    
     
11. You need to place trapdoors (it will make drifters and other think that they can walk onto that space).
    First, place two parallel rows of trapdoors, which face sideways from the trapdoors (so you don´t get stuck on them).
    
     
12. Add two more parallel rows.
    
     
13. Place trapdoors at the stairs, each facing the stair they´re placed at.
    
     
14. Fold down the trapdoors.
    
     
15. Place doors on each of the stairs.
    
     
16. Build a 2 block high wall out of the building block you´ve chosen.
    
     
17. Build a roof out of the building block you´ve chosen.
    
     
18. Add storage.
    
     
19. Add necessities.
    
     
20. You´re done building it! Now it´s ready to use!

 

How to use it

Just get in when the temporal storm starts and fuel up the campfire (through the hole).

To cut up the drifters corpses, sit down right next to the hole and cut them up (through the hole).
You can also use it catch wolfs and bears and cook!

 

That´s it!

Please leave a review if you have any questions or issues.

Two questions. First, why the campfire? Just to do damage to the drifters or does a campfire in a storm attract them? Second, would you mind if I made a video on this, of course giving credit to you?

[r4d6]

2 minutes ago, elismyer said:

Two questions. First, why the campfire? Just to do damage to the drifters or does a campfire in a storm attract them? Second, would you mind if I made a video on this, of course giving credit to you?

The campfire doesn't attract them, but it is mandatory to be able to deal enough damage to the drifters, as otherwise dead bodies can eat hits that were meant for living Drifters.

[Chickon_20]

7 minutes ago, elismyer said:

Two questions. First, why the campfire? Just to do damage to the drifters or does a campfire in a storm attract them? Second, would you mind if I made a video on this, of course giving credit to you?

1. Just for damage that doesn't destroy the loot table.

2. Sure why not. Mind sending me the link once ur done?

[Echo Weaver]

Does a pit kiln do more damage than a campfire? That was a suggestion in a different killbox thread. I think it wouldn't have the hitbox problem that the campfire does, though I haven't tried.

I like this layout. Seems like it would be a good base for a multi-story home.

Edited December 5, 2024 by Echo Weaver

[Thorfinn]

Maybe try kind of a quadrant pattern? They should path towards you to the fire of whatever type, and once all the baddies in any quadrant are dead, you should be able to cut them up, then move to the next quadrant.

[Echo Weaver]

What is the function of the water?