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  • 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.
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Laboratory

Laboratory

WorldObject

For more advanced research and manufacturing. Science rules!

Weight2000 gMax stack1SkillMechanics Lv 1StationMachinist Table

Notes

The Laboratory is a high-tier crafting station used for advanced research and manufacturing, producing items like advanced skill books (e.g., Composites Skill Book, Advanced Smelting Skill Book) and high-level upgrade modules. It must be placed in an enclosed room with at least Tier 3 and 24 m³ of free volume, so ensure your settlement has built up to that room quality before trying to set one up.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Upgrade modules (one per slot)

Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe
IngredientQtyType
Iron Bar20item
Glass15item
Paper20item
Lumber8category

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe
MaterialQty / craft
Glass Scrap≈ 0.6
Iron Scrap≈ 0.35
Wood Scrap≈ 0.1
Bio Residue≈ 0.03

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

Crafting stats
Labor120 calories
Craft time15 min
Throughput≈ 4 Laboratory / hour (base)

As a placed object

Size2×2×1
Viewer

Requires connection ports โ€” highlighted below.

Placement
AlignmentMust be grid-aligned
Room requirements
IndoorsIn an enclosed roomRoom tierTier 3Room volume24 m³
Operating
Labor60โ€“9000 cal

Accepts upgrade modules

Crafted here

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

Steps20Total labor11414.01 calTotal time151.76 min

Approximate โ€” category ingredients and any production cycles are counted as raw.

Categories

Obtained from

See also

Advanced Carpentry TableAdvanced Masonry TableAdvanced Tailoring TableAnvilArrastraAssembly Line