⚠️ Eco v0.14 is coming — the next major update reworks upgrade modules, so some of these numbers will change. They reflect the current version. What’s changing →
  • Simpler tiers: the 1–4 tiered upgrades become a single Basic / Advanced / Modern upgrade each.
  • Permanent upgrades: a module placed in a workstation is permanent — no more swapping lower tiers out as you progress.
  • Power transitions: a module can change a station’s power type/draw (e.g. a Modern upgrade moves a sawmill from mechanical to electrical power).
  • Talent-integrated: modules now use the same bonus/talent system — any talent benefit (power, labor cost, recipe unlocks) can come from a module.
  • Cheaper to upgrade: with the multi-tier parts gone, fully upgrading a workstation costs significantly less.

We’ll update this calculator shortly after the update releases.

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Basic Engineering Skill Book

Basic Engineering Skill Book

Hidden/Research
Weight1000 gMax stack1SkillCarpentry Lv 1StationResearch Table

Notes

The Basic Engineering Skill Book is a research item crafted at a Research Table to unlock the Basic Engineering specialty. Once created, right-clicking the book produces an unlimited number of skill scrolls, allowing any player to learn the specialty by reading a scroll. Since a single book supplies the entire server, craft only one and share the scrolls to avoid wasted resources.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Ingredients

IngredientQtyType
Dendrology Research Paper Advanced3item
Geology Research Paper Advanced3item
Basic Research5category

Crafting

Labor600 calories
Craft time5 min
Throughput12 Basic Engineering Skill Book / hour (base)

Total raw to craft this

Steps3Total labor1320 calTotal time11 min

Approximate โ€” category ingredients and any production cycles are counted as raw.

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