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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 →
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Work Backpack

Work Backpack

A lighter pack with outside straps that keep spare tools within easy reach.

Weight100 gMax stack1SkillTailoring Lv 3StationAdvanced Tailoring Table

Notes

The Work Backpack is a clothing item that reduces calorie consumption from tool use by 10% and increases your maximum carry weight by 5 kg. It is crafted from a recipe and stacks to one, making it a practical early-to-mid-game upgrade for any player who spends significant time mining, logging, or hauling materials. Wearing this backpack helps you work longer before needing to eat and lets you carry more resources per trip, which is especially useful when gathering bulk materials for construction or industry.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe
IngredientQtyType
Nylon Thread12item
Leather Hide20item
Fabric20category

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe
MaterialQty / craft
Textiles0.32
Bio Residue0.16
Chemical Waste0.1

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
Labor600 calories
Craft time10 min
Throughput6 Work Backpack / hour (base)

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

Steps10Total labor2292.81 calTotal time35.84 min

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

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