Dowel

Dowels used for construction.

Notes

Dowel is a construction ingredient used to craft Hewn Logs, a basic tier‑0 building block. Weighing 50 g and stacking to 100, Dowels are produced by their own dedicated recipe. Stocking Dowels in a store early can help players quickly build structures without needing to wait for a carpenter.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Upgrade modules (one per slot)

Basic (none)Basic Upgrade (−10% cost · −5% labor · −25% time)Advanced (none)Advanced Upgrade (−10% cost · −10% labor · −35% time)Modern (none)Modern Upgrade (−15% cost · −10% labor · −50% time)Specialty (none)Logging Basic Upgrade (−5% cost · −25% time)

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Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe

Ingredient	Qty	Type
Wood	2	category

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe

Material	Qty / craft
Bio Residue	≈ 0.04

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

Labor	40 calories
Craft time	0.4 min
Throughput	≈ 2400 Dowel / hour (base)

Recycling & waste

• 0.1× Wood Scrap

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

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• 2× Wood (any)

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

Categories

• Ingredient
• Product

Obtained from

• Dowel

Used in

• Hewn Log
• Logging Basic Upgrade
• Wooden Dumpster

See also

AcornAdobeAdvanced CircuitAdvanced Combustion EngineAgave LeavesAgave Seed