Glassworks
A specialized kiln used to transform sand into buildable blocks and decorations.
Notes
The Glassworks is a mid-tier kiln that smelts sand into glass blocks, lenses, and decorative items, serving as the primary station for glass-based construction and crafting. It must be placed in a Tier 2 room with at least 130 m³ of free volume, so advancing your townโs building materials to mortared stone or brick is a prerequisite. For glass specialists, installing the dedicated Glassworking Advanced Upgrade reduces resource and craft time, making it efficient to mass-produce glass for windows, doors, and housing upgrades.
Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.
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Ingredients
| Ingredient | Qty | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | item | |
| 16 | item | |
| 20 | category |
Byproducts (garbage)
| Material | Qty / craft |
|---|---|
| ≈ 0.64 | |
| ≈ 0.32 | |
| ≈ 0.13 |
Approximate โ 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 โ see the Garbage & Recycling guide.
Crafting
| Labor | 150 calories |
|---|---|
| Craft time | 5 min |
| Throughput | ≈ 12 Glassworks / hour (base) |
As a placed object
Accepts upgrade modules
Crafted here
Decorative Glass Buoy Blue
Framed Glass
Framed Glass Door
Galaxy Vase
Glass
Glass Lens
Glassworking Advanced Upgrade
Light Bulb
Orange Vase
Plant Vase
Purple Vase
Quicklime Glass
Recycled Glass
Red Vase
Standing Glass Sign
Swirl Vase
Recycling & waste
4× Ceramic Scrap
1.6× Iron 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
313.33× Limestone
90× Cement
80× Palm Log
80× Shale
54.22× Iron Ore
44.33× Wood (any)
38.71× Clay
28× Wood Board (any)
24.59× Silica (any)
10× Quicklime
0.67× Rebar
Approximate โ category ingredients and any production cycles are counted as raw.