🆕 Updated for Eco 14 — “Garbage & Recycling” — this server and these numbers now reflect the new version. What changed →
  • 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.
  • Pollution has four kinds: acid rain, chemical, soil and heavy mineral, each settling into the ground differently. Pollution guide →
  • Modules reworked: upgrades are now Basic / Advanced / Modern / Specialty, one per slot, driving the same bonus system as talents. Module guide →
  • Fresh water: machines need it — water drawn from the ocean has to be desalinated first.

The character calculator has been updated for these changes. Read the garbage & recycling guide →

Research Table

Research Table

WorldObject

A basic table for researching new technologies and skills.

Weight2000 gMax stack1StationWorkbench

Notes

The Research Table is the primary crafting station for discovering new specialties, producing skill books and advanced research papers that unlock the tech tree for the server. It must be placed inside an enclosed room of at least tier 1 with 18 cubic meters of free volume—without a proper room the table cannot be used. To keep progression moving, build a tier-1 room first; any player with the table can then craft skill scrolls for the whole town.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe
IngredientQtyType
Plant Fibers30item
Wood30category
Rock40category

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe
MaterialQty / craft
Crushed Mixed Rock≈ 3.2
Bio Residue≈ 0.84

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
Labor250 calories
Craft time5 min
Throughput≈ 12 Research Table / hour (base)

As a placed object

Size2×3×2
Viewer
Room requirements
IndoorsIn an enclosed roomRoom tierTier 1Room volume18 m³
Operating
Labor30–2400 cal

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

Steps2Total labor4450 calTotal time125 min

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

Categories

Obtained from

See also

Advanced Carpentry TableAdvanced Masonry TableAdvanced Tailoring TableAnvilArrastraAssembly Line