Furniture in Oxygen Not Included Oxygen Not Included Guide

Furniture is not as important as the remaining aspects of the game - with the right playstyle, all you have to do is place beds and lamps above plants. Nevertheless, this doesn't change the fact that furniture is very useful if we want to maintain high morale and happiness of our colonists. If we decide to place furniture, start by placing beds for all inhabitants. The slots are assigned automatically, but you can do it manually. Don't forget to place a few beds away from the rest, as duplicants with Loud Sleep trait will interrupt the sleep of their comrades. You can continue with placing tables, which increase morale, as our duplicants won't have to eat on the floor anymore. The mess table works quite similarly. It also affects the mood positively, the duplicates no longer have to eat on the floor. The tables are automatically assigned. The case is a bit different with massage tables. You decide when your duplicants can get a massage. This can be done by setting the maximum and minimum levels of stress that will allow the duplicants to use the tables. A duplicant will be chosen automatically, and he will use the table when he's got a free moment to spare. Additionally, a table needs to be plugged into the power grid. It's a key piece of furniture as one of the few things that can affect stress levels of your duplicants directly. Make sure you have enough tables as your colony expands and take care to decorate the rooms in which you put them.

Lighting also affects stress. Duplicates feel better if the room is well lit. The floor lamp gives light at a small distance around itself. The ceiling lamp illuminates most of the room if it is placed high enough. Lamps require electricity, which makes them a quite inefficient method of decorating, especially when compared to other objects that give more bonuses and do not need any electricity.