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Engineering Workbench
Misc

Engineering Workbench

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This allows you to craft and unlock electrical, water and industrial items

Crafting one takes 500× Wood, 100× Metal Fragments at a Workbench Lvl 1. A recycler breaks one down into Wood, Metal Fragments.

Crafting

Wood×500
Metal Fragments×100
Workbench Lvl 1Craft time: 30s

Blueprint

60
Research (scrap)
60
Tech tree node (scrap)
90
Tech tree path (scrap)
Workbench Lvl 1
Requires

Recycling

recyclingSafezone Recycler
Wood×200
Metal Fragments×40
warningRadtown Recycler
Wood×300
Metal Fragments×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
Wood×248
Metal Fragments×52
Condition lost per repair: 0%Blueprint required: No

Cost shown is the maximum, to repair from near-broken to full condition.

buildRepair Bench
Wood×100
Metal Fragments×20
Condition lost per repair: 20%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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