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Bookshelf

Bookshelf

WorldObject

A place to store knowledge and information; leads to the town hall.

Weight2000 gMax stack100SkillCarpentry Lv 4StationSawmill

Notes

The Bookshelf is a storage container and housing object that contributes a housing value of 2 in a Living Room, but placing multiple shelves in the same room yields diminishing returns—each additional shelf is worth only 50% of the previous one. It must be placed in an enclosed room with at least 4 m³ of free volume. For efficient housing value, limit yourself to one or two Bookshelves per living room rather than stacking many.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe
IngredientQtyType
Paper50item
Lumber14category
Wood Board16category

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe
MaterialQty / craft
Wood Scrap0.68
Bio Residue0.06
Iron Scrap0.06

Approximate — a category ingredient's salvage value depends on the item actually used.

Crafting waste collects in the station's garbage output and must be hauled away or recycled — see the Garbage & Recycling guide.

Crafting

Crafting stats
Labor120 calories
Craft time2 min
Throughput30 Bookshelf / hour (base)

As a placed object

RoomLiving RoomHousing value2Furniture typeShelvesRepeats worth50% eachSize1×2×1

Each extra copy of this furniture type in the same room counts for less housing value than the one before.

Viewer
Room requirements
IndoorsIn an enclosed roomRoom volume4 m³

Recycling & waste

Salvages into (per unit)

The same salvage value leaks out as garbage when this item is consumed in crafting.

How garbage, sorting & recycling work

Total raw to craft this

Steps3Total labor1286.67 calTotal time19.5 min

Approximate — category ingredients and any production cycles are counted as raw.

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