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Tool Cupboard
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Tool Cupboard

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The Tool Cupboard authorises building and upkeep within its radius. Destroying or accessing it is the goal of most raids.

Crafting one takes 1000× Wood, straight from your inventory — no workbench needed. A recycler breaks one down into Wood. It has 100 HP: breaking one takes 1 C4 or 1 rockets, and the cheapest way is 10× Explosive 5.56 Ammo (250 sulfur) — the Tool Cupboard raid page compares every explosive.

bombRaid Cost

Crafting

Wood×1,000
Hand craftCraft time: 30s

Blueprint

Default blueprint — known from the start, no research required.

Recycling

recyclingSafezone Recycler

Wood×400

warningRadtown Recycler

Wood×600

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

buildRepair Bench
Wood×200
Condition lost per repair: 0%Blueprint required: No

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

buildHammer
Wood×500
Condition lost per repair: 0%Blueprint required: No

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

Decay & Upkeep

48 h
Decay (outside)
480 h
Decay (inside)

Raiding

The Tool Cupboard has 100 HP. Breaking one takes 1× C4 or 1× Rocket.

MethodNeededSulfur
Explosive 5.56 Ammo×10250cheapest
Incendiary Rocket×1300
High Velocity Rocket×2400
Satchel Charge×1480
Beancan Grenade×4480
Propane Explosive Bomb×1900
Rocket×11,400
Timed Explosive Charge×12,200
F1 Grenade×432,580

One target, from either side (explosives ignore the soft side). Sulfur is the raw sulfur to craft that many, cheapest first.

Full raid cost breakdown →
Upkeep calculatorBuilding tiers

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