Monument Base

Monument Base is the first component that must be built for a Great Monument. It serves as the foundation for the rest of the structure, and the entire monument depends on it being placed before any other part can be constructed.

Because the building can be made from materials with extra overheat bonuses, its effective overheat temperature is 2215 °C. Its melting point is determined by the steel used to build it, and if it is melted, the obsidian component becomes an equivalent mass of Molten Steel.

When the Great Monument is completed, this part’s decor bonus and radiation radius are both reduced to 0. That change is permanent; even if the remaining monument parts are later removed, these values do not return.

• Monument Base must be constructed first.
• The completed Great Monument no longer gains decor or radiation from this piece.
• The material interaction with obsidian and steel makes the part extremely heat resistant in practice.