[2022] Ground stability in wasteland

That could indeed happen, yep. Better (CAREFULLY) build in supporting pillars beneath your base. :)

I just tested it, and destroyed stone has 200 HP, compared to topsoil that has 200 HP or forest ground that has 250 HP. So yes, it's worth taking into account that the terrain on which your pillars rest is relatively weak and could be destroyed. But I wouldn't say the terrain of the wasteland is especially bad for this.

Originally posted by Sgt_Serge:

Originally posted by Crater Creator: I just tested it, and destroyed stone has 200 HP, compared to topsoil that has 200 HP or forest ground that has 250 HP. So yes, it's worth taking into account that the terrain on which your pillars rest is relatively weak and could be destroyed. But I wouldn't say the terrain of the wasteland is especially bad for this.

according to the wiki, destroyed stone has 1 hitpoint. It might be that I had no exploding cop in grass biome but in wasteland it creates a hole of about 1 block depth and 2-3x4 Blocks horizontally. This could easily bring down a 2x2 pillar.

Well, I tested the block in game in the current build. So either the wasteland is using some other block, or else the wiki is wrong. It's probably the latter: I've never known destroyed stone to be that weak. Harvesting it for stone and sand would be too easy then.

Originally posted by Sgt_Serge:
OK, had an exploding cop now on grassland. No destroyed grassland block. In wasteland it causes a hole. So there definitely is a difference.

I don't know what to tell you. It's in the files.
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I can say with certainty that destroyed stone has 200 HP. And it's the topsoil block used in the wasteland biome:

topsoil_block="terrDestroyedStone" biomemapcolor="#ffa800" lootstage_modifier = "1.5" lootstage_bonus="30">
Try it. Punch the ground in the wasteland with your fist. If it's not destroyed, then it has more than 1 HP.