Crafting

Solarpunk crafting guide covering early stations, furnace output, alternative recipes, recycler, cooking, machine unlocks, and material flow.

Crafting is the bridge between raw materials and every other system. The safest route is quest station, research station, water, furnace, power, then automation.

What To Do With It

• Craft a stick first, then hoe, crafting table, survival guide, research table, rain collector, Build Hammer, and bed.
• Some recipes have alternatives in the crafting table.
• Glass and other useful resources are made in the furnace.
• Recycler returns crafting parts and is useful after storage starts filling with obsolete items.

Player Route

Crafting should answer the current bottleneck. If you are thirsty, push rain collector, bottle, or well. If materials are stuck as raw ore, push furnace. If powered machines are next, push energy workbench and battery. If storage is clogged, push recycler and shelves. That keeps recipes from becoming a random checklist.

Game Behavior

• Quest text gives the early crafting sequence.
• Gameplay tips name recipe alternatives, furnace resource crafting, and burning wood items.
• Research text names Energy Workbench, Energy Furnace, Recycler, Cooking, Additional Cooking Recipes, and Advanced Crafting Table.

Mechanics Worth Knowing

• Berry cake slows hunger loss for 20 minutes.
• Dough is used for baking bread in the furnace.
• Growing raspberries early on is essential for securing a steady food supply. They also satisfy thirst a little bit.
• Only rainwater is clean enough to drink directly. Some foods, such as raspberries, also help satisfy thirst a bit.
• Pizza needs to be baked in a furnace.
• Raspberry muffin slows hunger loss for 10 minutes.
• Salad slows thirst loss for 15 minutes.
• Soft bread sweetened with natural honey.
• Some food effects make hunger drop half as fast while they last.
• Some food or drink effects make thirst drop half as fast while they last.

Common Links

Crafting, Crafting Machines And Materials, Crafting Recipes, Resources, Tools, Research Unlocks