Workbenches

A guide in what’s needed to make them and what’s crafted in them.

• Basic Tables/Workbenches/Labs.
  • Crafting Table.
  • Medical Lab.
  • Chemical Lab.
  • Loom.
  • Sewing Table.
  • Agriculture Workbench.

• Advanced Tables/Workbenches/Labs.
  • Machining Table.
  • Advanced Chemical Lab.
  • Advanced Medical Lab.
  • Sewing Machine.

Basic Tables/Workbenches

A Workbench or Crafting Table refers to a crafting station that allows players to create more complex items by combining various resources. It acts as the primary tool for building and upgrading equipment within the game and the necessary materials will need to gathered, looted or mined. Crafting Experience can be gained whilst interacting with each Bench/Table/Lab but only whilst item is being made, nothing is gained when the UI is left. The required items needed to craft anything need to be put into the Table/lab/Benches inventory on the right hand side.

As progression is made in the game blueprints will also be required to unlock more advanced workbenches that allow crafting of higher-level items. Once a Bench/Table/Lab and an Item is unlocked, the Skill requirement does not apply anymore to what can be crafted in it.

Most will need Toolboxes to build which are a fairly common loot item and found most places with Farms, Houses and Industrial Buildings being the best sources.

Crafting Table

The first thing to be made and requires x1 Log and x3 Stone to unlock with x3 Logs and x5 Stone to build*. This table is where you make Planks for building walls, floors and roof section with the advanced version of this being the Machining Table.

Tips: If short on Simple Parts, a Crafting Table can be used as temporary storage. Always click on the item you wish to craft first as it defaults back to “Building Hammers” each time.

*Update (0.0.8.7) removed the need for a Toolbox in the construction of Crafting Tables.

Medical Lab

This Lab requires Engineering 1, x5 Fabric and Medicine 1 to unlock with x9 Stone, x9 Planks, x5 Fabric, x5 Simple Parts, x1 Toolbox and x5 Glass to build. This Lab makes basic medical items and the advanced version of this is the Advanced Medical Lab. Update 0089 brought in new Medical icons and world models.

Chemical Lab

This Lab requires Engineering 2, Electrical 1 and x3 Glass to unlock. It needs x9 Plank, x9 Stone, x5 Fabric, x5 Simple Parts, x10 Glass and x1 Toolbox to build. The advanced version of this is the Advanced Chemical Lab.

Fermented Alcohol should be found ASAP either from a Trader (Li Na) or by growing Wheat (6) and fermented in a Fermentation Barrel to unlock Alcohol which in turn will unlock Gunpowder.

Loom

This is where Fabric and when unlocked Fine Fabric can be made from Plant Fibres (chop small Trees/Bushes) and requires Mechanical 1, Tailoring 1, Engineering 2 and x5 Plant Fibres to unlock. To build it needs x15 Planks, x5 Stone, x20 Plant Fibre, x5 Simple Parts and x1 Toolbox. This table has no advance option.

Sewing Table

This is where Bags, Basic Clothes and Clothing Repair Kits can be made. It requires Engineering 2, tailoring 2 and x2 Iron Ingots to unlock. To build it needs x9 Planks, x5 Iron Ingots, x20 Plant Fibre, x9 Simple Parts, x3 Fur and x1 Toolbox. The advance version of this is the Sewing Machine. The DLC when purchased can be crafted here.

Agriculture Workbench

This workbench needs the Cultivation Box unlocked first (x3 Planks) in the Technology Tree and itself then needs Agriculture 3*, x3 Planks and x3 Clay. To build it requires x15 Planks, x2 Simple Parts, x5 Clay and x1 Toolbox.

This table also has no advanced option and only has Nutrient Solution to unlock (Needs Agriculture 5 and x3 Rotten Food) which is used for the Greenhouse Hydroponics Box.

This is where Fertiliser is crafted (used in growing crops), Fishing Bait uses Rotten Food and Fishing Line uses Plant Fibres. Seeds are made from the actual Fruit, Vegetable, Cotton or Plant Fibre at a 1-1 ratio . More information on Crops is here and more on Fishing here.

Advanced Workbenches/Labs

As well as making more advanced items it halves the items production time (when crafted in the basic version IE:Crafting Table) and the following Tables/Labs need to be connected to Battery Table with enough power for them to run. More information on Power is here.

Machining Table

Machining Tables are the gateway to unlocking the more advanced building and crafting options and so the Blueprints for it are top priority when looting. The Attribute “Book Collector” in Character creation lets you start the game with x2 random Skill Books and the Blueprint:Machining Table.

The table requires power to work and as well as Blueprint:Machining Table it needs Electrical 2 , Engineering 3, Mechanical 4 , x3 Electronic Component and x3 Electrical Wire. . To build: x1 Motor, x5 Planks, x20 Simple Parts, x5 Electrical Component, x9 Electrical Wire and x2 Toolboxes.

Advanced Chemical Lab

This Lab is where Oil is crafted into Fuel, Plastic and Rubber and to make Car Paint.

It requires Electrical 4, Engineering 4, Blueprint:Advanced Medical Lab and x3 Steel to unlock. To build it needs x5 Aluminium Ingots, x15 Advanced Parts, x10 Electrical Wire, x15 Electronic Components, x15 Steel Ingots, x5 Silver Ingots, x5 Copper Ingots and x5 Toolboxes.

Advanced Medical Lab

This is where all Medical items are made and it also requires power. More information on Medical is here.

It requires Engineering 4, Medical 4, Blueprint: Advanced Medical Lab and x3 Steel to unlock. It needs x5 Aluminium, x10 Advanced Parts, x5 Electrical Wire, x10 Electronic Components, x10 Plastic, x15 Rubber, x20 Glass, x5 Silver Ingots and x5 Toolboxes to build. Update 0089 brought in new Medical icons and world models.

Sewing machine

This Machine has more options than the Sewing Table. It requires Engineering 3, Tailoring 4, Blueprint: Sewing Machine and x3 Advanced Parts to unlock. To build it needs x9 Planks, x9 Advanced Parts, x20 Plant Fibre, x5 Steel Ingots, x3 Fur, x1 Motor, x9 Electrical Wire and x5 Toolboxes. The DLC when purchased can be crafted here.