Plated Conduit

Plated Conduit is a liquid-transport block that moves fluid straight ahead and ignores inputs from its sides. It is designed to carry liquids without leaking; when placed and connected it transfers the contained liquid directionally and will not spill into adjacent tiles.

Care must be taken when placing Plated Conduits on or in special liquid terrains. If a Plated Conduit is placed in Deep Water terrain, an additional placement requirement applies: at least one of the four orthogonally adjacent tiles (not counting diagonal corners) must be either a shallow-water tile or a non-liquid tile. The same adjacency requirement applies when a Plated Conduit is placed on floor tiles of Slag, Tar, Arkycite, or Cryofluid — one of the four orthogonal neighbors must be shallow water or a non-liquid terrain for placement to be valid.

Practical notes for use and layout:

• Plated Conduits only accept flow from the direction they are facing; do not rely on side inputs to feed them.
• Because they do not leak, Plated Conduits are suitable for running liquid lines across hazardous fluid surfaces or unusual floor types where ordinary conduits might cause spills, provided the placement adjacency requirement is met.
• When routing through Deep Water or Slag/Tar/Arkycite/Cryofluid floor tiles, plan the path so that each Plated Conduit has at least one orthogonally adjacent tile that qualifies (shallow water or non-liquid). This often means routing near shore edges or incorporating occasional non-liquid foundation tiles.
• The placement rule explicitly excludes corner tiles when checking adjacency; only the four cardinal neighbors count toward the requirement.

These constraints affect where Plated Conduits can be used compared with standard conduits, so incorporate the adjacency rule into base and pipeline planning when working in or over special liquid tiles.