⚠️ Eco v0.14 is coming — the next major update reworks upgrade modules, so some of these numbers will change. They reflect the current version. What’s changing →

Simpler tiers: the 1–4 tiered upgrades become a single Basic / Advanced / Modern upgrade each.
Permanent upgrades: a module placed in a workstation is permanent — no more swapping lower tiers out as you progress.
Power transitions: a module can change a station’s power type/draw (e.g. a Modern upgrade moves a sawmill from mechanical to electrical power).
Talent-integrated: modules now use the same bonus/talent system — any talent benefit (power, labor cost, recipe unlocks) can come from a module.
Cheaper to upgrade: with the multi-tier parts gone, fully upgrading a workstation costs significantly less.

We’ll update this calculator shortly after the update releases.

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Iron Road Tool

Tool

A tool for tamping dirt into roads.

Weight1000 gMax stack1SkillBasic Engineering Lv 3StationWainwright Table

Notes

The Iron Road Tool is a tier 3 hand tool used specifically for tamping dirt into finished roads, improving vehicle travel speed across the settlement. It trains the Basic Engineering skill each time it is used, making it useful for players pursuing that profession. With 2000 durability and a moderate calorie cost of 15 per use, it holds up well for extended road-building projects — a common public-works task that benefits everyone by speeding up logistics and reducing fuel consumption.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Upgrade modules

Basic Engineering Upgrade (−25% cost)

Basic Engineering level 0Skill level changes labor only.

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

Ingredients

Ingredient	Qty	Type
Iron Bar	20	item
Leather Hide	6	item
Lumber	16	category

Crafting

Labor	125 calories
Craft time	0.5 min
Throughput	≈ 120 Iron Road Tool / hour (base)

As a tool

Tier3Damage1Vs animals×0.2Calories/use15Durability/use1Max durability2000TrainsBasic Engineering

Showing base values. Set Basic Engineering level / talents in the ⚙ Character panel to recompute.

Total raw to craft this

Steps6Total labor1747.5 calTotal time20.25 min

75× Iron Ore
16× Lumber (any)
5× Clay
3× Bison Carcass

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

Categories

Obtained from

Iron Road Tool

Used in

Scrap Tool

See also

Stone Road Tool