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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.
  • 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 →

Shaper

Shaper

WorldObject

A set of smoothing and woodworking tools that assist in creating wheels and transportation.

Weight5000 gMax stack1SkillMechanics Lv 1StationMachinist Table

Notes

The Shaper is a mid-to-late-game crafting station that produces transportation components such as gearboxes, heat sinks, iron gears, and metal keels. It requires placement in a Tier 3 room with at least 25 m³ of free volume and accepts Advanced and Mechanics Advanced upgrade modules to reduce resource and labor costs. Before building a Shaper, ensure your workshop meets the room tier requirement, as lower-tier rooms will not accommodate it.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

⚙ Craft calculator — adjust for your modules, skill & talents
Upgrade modules (one per slot)

Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe
IngredientQtyType
Iron Plate16item
Piston16item

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe
MaterialQty / craft
Iron Scrap1.15

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
Labor300 calories
Craft time5 min
Throughput12 Shaper / hour (base)

As a placed object

RoomIndustrialSize2×2×1
Viewer
Room requirements
IndoorsIn an enclosed roomRoom tierTier 2Room volume25 m³
Operating
Labor45โ€“120 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

Steps16Total labor7600 calTotal time134.1 min

Categories

Obtained from

See also