Beams

Beams / Columns

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Statistics

Type	Furniture
Placeable	✔️ (1 wide × 1 high)
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Rarity	00*
Research	50 required

• Internal Tile ID: 124, 561, 574 - 578

"Beam" redirects here. For the foreground block crafted from Adamantite, see Adamantite Beam.

"Column" redirects here. For the foreground block crafted from Palladium, see Palladium Column.

Beams or columns are background furniture items that provide support for torches and can be used as decoration. They form continuous vertical pillars when stacked. They are found naturally in Underground Cabins, and can be crafted.

Beams and columns can be stacked from the ground, and exist in the background, providing support for suspended torches that will not inhibit character movement. In this way, beams and columns provide a function similar to trees (which also exist in the background and allow the player to suspend high torches), but which the player can construct where they like. Where background walls exist, beams and columns can also be placed in "midair", without support from below.

Despite their appearance as background walls, beams and columns instead share a layer with other furniture items (like tables, torches, statues, Switches, timers, etc.), thus the two cannot share the same tile space. They can also prevent a door from opening.

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Boreal Beam Internal Item ID: 4717 2	Boreal Wood	Sawmill
Granite Column Internal Item ID: 4719 2	Smooth Granite Block
Marble Column Internal Item ID: 4554 2	Smooth Marble Block
Mushroom Beam Internal Item ID: 4721 2	Glowing Mushroom
Rich Mahogany Beam Internal Item ID: 4718 2	Rich Mahogany
Sandstone Column Internal Item ID: 4720 2	Smooth Sandstone
Wooden Beam Internal Item ID: 480 2	Any Wood

Notes

• Despite their names, the Adamantite Beam and Palladium Column do not count as beams. Instead, they are types of blocks.
• Prior to 1.2, Wooden Beams presented the only method of placing suspended Torches without foreground blocks for them to attach to. As Torches can be placed directly on background walls in 1.2, Wooden Beams are far less functional within houses. They can still be helpful in other places where background walls are not present.

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Added Boreal Beam, Granite Column, Marble Column, Mushroom Beam, Rich Mahogany Beam, and Sandstone Column.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Wooden Beams now generate beneath Underground Cabins.

• Desktop 1.2: Stack limit of Wooden Beams increased from 250 to 999.

• Desktop 1.1: Introduced Wooden Beams.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced Wooden Beams.

 Mobile version

• Mobile-Release: Introduced Wooden Beams.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced Wooden Beams.