Trench Connector

Versioning

This article is considered accurate for the current version (1.56) of the game.

The Trench Connector is a dynamic Trench piece that can connect two Trenches or Bunkers. It can be upgraded for better health.

Trench Connector (Tier 1)
Information
Building Type	Defense
Health	1500 (husk: 1500)
Resistance(damage reduction)	Trench -75%  -95%  -93%  -00%  -95%
Construction Tool
Cost	90
Repair Cost	90
Decay	Starts after: 12.5h Duration: 6h

“	A dugout that's used for cover and as passageways between Bunkers. Connects to other Trenches and Bunker. This is a special Trench variant that can resize dynamically and can be built underneath roads.	„
	— In-game description

Construction

The Tier 1 Trench Connector is dug with a Shovel. It can placed on its own or be attached to existing Trenches or Bunkers by its two extremities. You place the first end with LMB then move your cursor to choose the desired length, use RMB to change the angle of the trench end, and press LMB to place it. During placement the trench snaps automatically to existing trenches or bunkers, hold Shift to disable this. The connector connects on the same spots regular trenches and bunkers would snap.

Its length is adjustable, the trench can extend up to 7 meters from the center of the connection points. The cost of the connector is not determined by its length; it is always the same cost. Because it spans less distance than a regular trench would, it is not cost-friendly to frequently use it in defense structures.

Trench connectors can be built across roads, Provisional Roads, and Railway Tracks if they attach to existing trenches/bunkers (or blueprints) on both sides, but it doesn't allow soldiers in the trench to pass under the road/track. This is mostly useful to spread a Bunker Base's upgrades across roads and tracks.

Trench Connector (Tier 2)
Information
Building Type	Defense
Health	1850 (husk: 1750)
Resistance(damage reduction)	Trench -75%  -95%  -93%  -00%  -95%
Construction Tool
Cost	60
Repair Cost	60
Decay	Starts after: 24.7h Duration: 30h

“	A dugout that's used for cover and as passageways between Bunkers. Connects to other Trenches and Bunker. This is a special Trench variant that can resize dynamically and can be built underneath roads.	„
	— In-game description

Construction

A Tier 1 Trench Connector can be upgraded to Tier 2 with a Hammer and 60 Basic Materials.

Trench Connector (Tier 3)
Information
Building Type	Defense
Health	3500 (husk: 3500)
Resistance(damage reduction)	Trench -75%  -95%  -93%  -00%  -95%
Construction Tool
Cost	15
Repair Cost	120
Decay	Starts after: 43.8h Duration: 29h

“	A dugout that's used for cover and as passageways between Bunkers. Connects to other Trenches and Bunker. This is a special Trench variant that can resize dynamically and can be built underneath roads.	„
	— In-game description

Construction

A Tier 2 Trench Connector can be upgraded to Tier 3 with a Hammer and 15 Concrete Materials if it is connected (by bunkers and trenches) to a Bunker Base with the Concrete Structures upgrade. The concrete takes 24 hours to dry, during which the Trench is more vulnerable.

Modifications

Trench Connectors can have the same Trench Modifications as regular trenches except for Stairs and Bridges. The Barbed Wire and Sandbags Modifications cover the entire length of the trench rather than just a third of it. These Modifications cost the same as they do for regular trenches, despite this increased length.

Gallery

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  Two trench connectors joined together by destroying one of the original parent trenches.

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  The blueprint of the Tier 1 trench connector

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  A trench connector blueprint across a road, linking two bunker blueprints.