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🆕 Updated for Eco 14 — “Garbage & Recycling” — this server and these numbers now reflect the new version. What changed →

Byproducts: nearly every recipe now leaves waste behind, so recipe pages list byproducts alongside ingredients.
Garbage & recycling: waste sorts from mixed garbage down to pure materials, and can be recycled back into stock.
Pollution has four kinds: acid rain, chemical, soil and heavy mineral, each settling into the ground differently. Pollution guide →
Modules reworked: upgrades are now Basic / Advanced / Modern / Specialty, one per slot, driving the same bonus system as talents. Module guide →
Fresh water: machines need it — water drawn from the ocean has to be desalinated first.

The character calculator has been updated for these changes. Read the garbage & recycling guide →

Builder Boots

Snug work boots with side zippers.

Weight100 gMax stack1SkillTailoring Lv 5StationAdvanced Tailoring Table

Notes

Builder Boots are a clothing item that reduces calorie consumption when using tools by 30%, making them a valuable early-to-mid-game accessory for any player who spends significant time crafting, mining, or chopping. Since calories are consumed by labor actions and running out of them stops you from working, wearing these boots effectively extends your work stamina between meals. They are a practical investment for anyone whose daily routine involves heavy tool use.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Upgrade modules (one per slot)

Basic Advanced Modern Specialty

Tailoring level 0Skill level changes labor only.

Talents

Modern Materials (Tailoring Lv 3) Natural Fibers (Tailoring Lv 3) Custom Made (Tailoring Lv 6)

Quantity to craftScales ingredients, labor, time, output & total raw by the number of crafts.

Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe
Ingredient	Qty	Type
Steel Bar	1	item
Leather Hide	5	item
Nylon Fabric	5	item

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe
Material	Qty / craft
Textiles	0.08
Bio Residue	0.04
Chemical Waste	0.02
Iron Scrap	0.02

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

Crafting

Crafting stats
Labor	1200 calories
Craft time	10 min
Throughput	≈ 6 Builder Boots / hour (base)

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

Steps21Total labor2742.45 calTotal time27.33 min

10.78× Iron Ore
10× Limestone
7× Wood (any)
3.75× Quicklime
2.5× Bison Carcass
1.65× Clay
0.17× Steel Bar
0.09× Silica (any)

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

Categories

Obtained from

Builder Boots

See also

Sturdy leather and quick-release zippers—built for long shifts at the forge and the field.