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Watch Tower
Building

Watch Tower

watchtower.wood

A high wooden watchtower with a ladder

Crafting

Wood×250
Workbench Lvl 1Craft time: 15s

Blueprint

30
Research (scrap)
30
Tech tree node (scrap)
210
Tech tree path (scrap)
Workbench Lvl 1
Requires

Recycling

recyclingSafezone Recycler
Wood×100
warningRadtown Recycler
Wood×150

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×125
Condition lost per repair: 0%Blueprint required: No

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

2 h
Decay (outside)
20 h
Decay (inside)

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