Found a niche use for the Archimedes screw

[Shoom]

Are you really tight on space and have to run an axle perpendicular to a pulverizer? Too bad because the pulverizer will always take priority, no matter how hard you try your axles will NEVER connect, so you might as well put those foolish ambitions to rest..  

Unless... you use an Archimedes screw, since not even Jonas himself could turn an Archimedes screw horizontally, your axles will FORCIBLY connect with the force of a thousand suns against the will of the drifters and even the universe itself.

Just a neat little trick I found, thought I'd share. 

Edited November 14, 2025 by Shoom

[Teh Pizza Lady]

I need this. It's mine now. Thanks.

[Teh Pizza Lady]

That said, They really should offer a way to have a vertical and horizontal encased shaft so that we can finally seal off our granaries and not have to make them separate rooms away from the rest of the house. I want to wake up in my cozy bed to the sight of my own terrible machinery turning away as if time had no end.

[LadyWYT]

9 hours ago, Shoom said:

Unless... you use an Archimedes screw, since not even Jonas himself could turn an Archimedes screw horizontally, your axles will FORCIBLY connect with the force of a thousand suns against the will of the drifters and even the universe itself.

Sorcery like this is how the Old World was brought to an end. Shame on you.

(I'm kidding, totally going to steal this idea for my own future use)

[Shoom]

9 minutes ago, Teh Pizza Lady said:

That said, They really should offer a way to have a vertical and horizontal encased shaft so that we can finally seal off our granaries and not have to make them separate rooms away from the rest of the house. I want to wake up in my cozy bed to the sight of my own terrible machinery turning away as if time had no end.

I'm a bit split on this, on one hand I really enjoy the added challenge of making your house insulated (and making these utility rooms) but on the other hand it can be such a frustrating endeavor, especially for new players. Once you kind of understand how the system works I feel like it's not that big of a deal but getting to that point involves what feels like bashing your head against a rock for ~10 hours. /debug rooms hi /debug rooms unhi /debug rooms hi /debug rooms unhi /debug rooms hi 

I'm not sure what the best solution would be, maybe incorporate the debug rooms command into the guidebook somehow and make it less jarring to look at?

 

[Shoom]

I uhh.. also just realized you can build the vertical axle first and then place the pulverizer afterwards.. making the Archimedes screw redundant.. I feel stupid for not thinking of this earlier. 

But I suppose this Archimedes screw knowledge could still be useful somewhere, some day if you can't get an axle to place vertically for whatever reason.