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Composite Lumber

Composite Lumber

A composite lumber made from a combination of wood and plastic.

Weight10000 gMax stack20Carried on backSkillComposites Lv 1StationAdvanced Carpentry Table

Notes

Composite Lumber is a tier‑5 building block made from wood and plastic, representing one of the highest tiers of construction materials. Because higher‑tier rooms provide better housing‑value bonuses and unlock advanced crafting‑table upgrades, composite lumber is a late‑game building resource that significantly boosts both experience gain and production efficiency. If your town has a reliable supply of composite lumber in the store, players aiming for top‑tier housing and workshops can skip the intermediate material tiers and start building advanced rooms immediately.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe
IngredientQtyType
Plastic1item
Epoxy1item
Wood1category
Wood Board4category

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe
MaterialQty / craft
Wood Scrap0.13
Plastic Scrap0.08
Bio Residue0.02
Chemical Waste0.01

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 time0.64 min
Throughput281.3 Composite Lumber / hour (base)

As a block

Material tierTier 5SolidWall

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

Steps15Total labor390.94 calTotal time1.84 min

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

Categories

Obtained from

Used in

Advanced Carpentry Table
Butchery Table
Electronics Assembly
Robotic Assembly Line
Settlement Crafting Table

See also