This article is considered accurate for the current version (1.62) of Foxhole.
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An advanced variant of the Universal Assembly Rig, the BMS - Fabricator is fitted with a unique kit designed to handle advanced or specialized construction and excavation jobs.
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The BMS - Fabricator (also known as an Advanced Construction Vehicle, or ACV) is an extremely slow logistics vehicle specially designed to build, rebuild, and upgrade large Structures (including certain player-built ones). It's visually distinct from the BMS - Universal Assembly Rig by its black chassis.
The BMS - Fabricator has 1000 HP and is disabled under 75% health. It has "Unarmoured" resistance, even small arms fire and Flamethrowers are a danger to it. It can be field repaired with a Hammer and Basic Materials. Each hit consumes 1 Basic Materials and repairs 10 hp (100 hits for full repair). Its health can be instantly repaired at a Garage for 100 Basic Materials.
Features
Structure Interactions
The driver can interact with nearby structures by pressing or +. They retrieve items from stockpiles twice as fast compared to on foot and can retrieve three times the normal amount from stockpiles by pressing +.
Construction Arm
Its construction arm can build, rebuild, and upgrade certain structures by pressing/holding . The required materials must be in its inventory. It builds faster than a Hammer at a rate of 1 material every 0.68 seconds. Operating the arm does not consume fuel and can be done even when the vehicle is disabled. Multiple ACVs can work on the same Build Site.
CVs and ACVs build faster than a player with a hammer at a rate of 1 materials every 0.68 second, with multiple ACVs able to work on the same blueprint. As such they are an important tool for constructing defenses or structures in a timely manner, which also makes them a nice target for Partisans and enemies. When near the front, it is advised for ACVs to be escorted by infantry so they safely arrive to their destination, as they will help construct larger defenses (such as bunker bases constructed during pushes into enemy territory) at a quicker rate, allowing pushes to be more aggressive
ACVs should ALWAYS be left unlocked when you are done using it so others can use them. Due to them not being able to be stolen by enemy infantry, their protection varies depending on the situation (ACVs are high-priority targets due to their relatively high production cost)
For a more comprehensive, and detailed guide regarding building in Foxhole:
Trivia
The BMS - Fabricator was introduced as a wider update to building, and adding Quality-of-Life features to building
A lot of the added features added revolve around decreasing building time and increased storage capacity for builders, especially when constructing