Misc
Cooking Workbench
cookingworkbench
Used to cook advanced recipes for food, fuel, ammunition and explosives.
Crafting
 Metal Fragments | ×200 |
| Stones | ×200 |
 Wood | ×100 |
Workbench Lvl 2Craft time: 25s
Blueprint
30
Research (scrap)
30
Tech tree node (scrap)
420
Tech tree path (scrap)
Workbench Lvl 2
Requires
Recycling
recyclingSafezone Recycler
| Metal Fragments | ×80 |
| Stones | ×80 |
| Wood | ×40 |
warningRadtown Recycler
| Metal Fragments | ×120 |
| Stones | ×120 |
| Wood | ×60 |
Radtown recyclers (found in monuments) give more than the safe-zone recyclers at Outpost and Bandit Camp. A percentage next to a yield is the chance of receiving it.
Repair
buildHammer
| Metal Fragments | ×100 |
| Stones | ×100 |
| Wood | ×50 |
Condition lost per repair: 0%Blueprint required: No
Cost shown is the maximum, to repair from near-broken to full condition.
buildRepair Bench
| Metal Fragments | ×40 |
| Stones | ×40 |
| Wood | ×20 |
Condition lost per repair: 0%Blueprint required: Yes
Cost shown is the maximum, to repair from near-broken to full condition.
Looted From
Underwater Advanced CrateWagon - Normal CrateNormal CrateUnderwater Lab - Normal Crate 2Abandoned Military Base ScientistAirfield ScientistArctic Research Base ScientistBradley ScientistCargo Ship ScientistDeep Sea Ghost Ship ScientistDeep Sea Island ScientistExcavator Scientist
Decay & Upkeep
96 h
Decay (outside)
960 h
Decay (inside)
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