Material Pallet
| “ | A material pallet. | „ |
| — In-game description |
The Material Pallet (simply known as a Pallet) is a small shippable structure used for transporting large quantities of most Large Items, as well as Construction Materials.
Capacity
The Material Pallet has an item stockpile that accepts Construction Materials and nearly all Large Item types, except for Listening Kit, Hydra's Whisper, and Critically Wounded Soldiers. The stockpile cannot mix item types.
The stockpile capacity depends on the type of item stored:
- 120 for Construction Materials and most Large Items
- 60 for certain larger items: 75mm, 94.5mm, 250mm, Sea Mine, Flame Ammo, 4C-Fire Rocket, and 3C-High Explosive Rocket
- 5 for Moray Torpedoes
The visual model of the pallet changes depending on how many items are in it.
The Material Pallet also has 5 inventory slots, however it cannot be packaged if they are not empty.
Production
| Structure | Input(s) | Output | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction Yard | 25 x Basic Materials  |
Material Pallet  |
25 Hammer hits |
| Mass Production Factory | 75 x Basic Materials |
Crate of 3 x
Material Pallet |
00:20:50 |
| Small Assembly Station | 25 x Basic Materials 2 MW of power  |
Material Pallet |
00:00:05 |
Transportation
To be moved, the Material Pallet must first be packaged, this is done by opening its menu with E and pressing the "package" button at the bottom. Moving cancels the packaging action. It can only be packaged when there are no items in its inventory and everything is submitted to its stockpile (right click > "submit to stockpile").
To unpackage it simply press E.
When packaged, the pallet can be lifted using a Crane and placed on a Flatbed Truck, Barge, Flatbed Car, or Freighter for transport. While it's on a vehicle the pallet cannot be interacted with. You will require another crane at your destination to lift the pallet from the vehicle.
When it is empty, the pallet can be destroyed when a vehicle runs over it (anything larger than a Motorcycle).
When placed on the ground, it is considered a structure and will slowly suffer from Decay if there are no structures that prevents it from decaying.
Interactions
When on the ground and unpackaged, its content can be accessed on foot or from a logistics vehicle by pressing E. The operator of a Small Flatbed Car parked next to the pallet can instantly submit the car's full content into the pallet by pressing LMB. When on foot the Large Items can be submitted by pressing V while next to the pallet, you can also press V to retrieve an item from the pallet without having to open its menu.
It is a neutral structure so its stockpile can be accessed by both factions and cannot be locked.
Crates of Large Items can be submitted directly to transfer their items into a Material Pallet.
The pallet can be deposited with a Crane on the loading area of a Material Transfer Station to quickly transfer materials in or out.
It can also be deposited on the center of a Small Assembly Station or Large Assembly Station to transfer its content.
When empty, the pallet can be submitted into a Storage Depot or Seaport but isn't reservable.
Trivia
- The Material Pallet is the first structure in the game that has a dynamic stockpile, which changes how much items it can hold based on the item being stored.
- Pallets as a general structure were introduced in 0.46 Entrenched, which replaced the way players obtained Barbed Wire, Sandbags, and Metal Beams.
- These materials would have to be built as their own separate structure that contained all their contents (i.e. Barbed Wire Pallets, Metal Beam Pallets, and Sandbag Pallets). This idea would be expanded upon in 1.50 Inferno, where pallets became a separate structure, which had to be filled up with the required materials.
- In its initial release, the Pallet's dynamic stockpile could only switch between 120 or 60 items. This changed with the rework of Torpedos, which are currently the only item that will stack up to 5 items in there.
Gallery
An empty Material Pallet
A Material Pallet being built at a Construction Yard
A Material Pallet loaded with Sandbags
Three Material Pallets loaded with Barbed Wire, Metal Beams, and Sandbags
Moray Torpedoes on a Material Pallet
A Flatbed Truck loaded with a Material Pallet full of 120mm shells
A Material Pallet full of 150mm shells loaded onto one of three Flatbed Car
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