Recipes & Crafting

How the crafting system works

Every Survival Mode recipe is unlocked at a specific crafting bench. The benches are placed by the Dispenserbot inside the Mechanic Station. Recipes are sorted by tier — basic, advanced and schematic.

Craftbot recipes (basic)

Recipe	Materials	Used for
Driver Seat	4 refined metal	Vehicle control
Battery	4 refined metal + 2 components	Power
Small Wheel	2 refined metal	Light vehicles
Big Wheel	4 refined metal	Heavy vehicles
Bearing	4 refined metal + 2 components	Modular builds
Connector	2 refined metal	Modular builds
Gas Engine	8 refined metal + 4 components	High-speed vehicles
Headlight	1 refined metal + 1 component	Lighting
Light Block	1 refined plastic	Lighting

Craftbot recipes (advanced)

Recipe	Materials	Used for
Pilot Seat	8 refined metal + 4 components	Helicopters
Thruster	6 refined metal + 4 components	Hovercraft
Plasma Drill	16 refined metal + 8 components	Endgame mining
Schematicbot	8 refined metal + 4 components	Unlocks schematic recipes

Refinery Bot recipes

Recipe	Materials	Used for
Refined Metal	Raw ore	All refined metal recipes
Refined Plastic	Raw plastic	Lightest structure
Refined Titanium	Raw titanium (underground)	Highest-tier parts

Cook Bot recipes

Recipe	Materials	Restores
Cooked Carrot	Carrot	25 hunger
Cooked Tomato	Tomato	30 hunger
Cooked Pineapple	Pineapple	60 hunger + 60 thirst
Cooked Broccoli	Broccoli	60 hunger + 60 thirst
Cooked Beet	Beet	20 hunger

Trader recipes

The Trader offers recipes that cannot be crafted elsewhere. See trading and Spud Guns for the full trade menu.

Recipe	Cost	Notes
Spud Gun	10 produce crates + 1 Caged Farmer	First ranged weapon
Spud Shotgun	Red Berry crates + 2 farmers	Indoor combat
Spudling Gun	Pineapple crates + 3 farmers	Boss adds
Spud Launcher	Crate of every crop + 4 farmers	Splash damage
Ore Prospector	Completing the underground questline	Rare metal processing

Schematicbot recipes (1.0)

Schematicbot recipes are unlocked by collecting Schematic items. The most important ones are:

Schematic	Drops from	Unlocks
Plasma Drill	Warehouses	Endgame mining
Schematicbot	Questline	All other schematics
Trash Bot parts	Trash Bot boss	Cosmetic and structural parts
Digital Clock	Underground	Automation projects
Boombox	Warehouse	Base management

Best practices

• Build multiple Craftbots if you are crafting in bulk.
• Place a Refinery Bot next to your storage so refined metal is one click away.
• Use the controllers system to automate cooking.
• Always stockpile at least 50 of every crop before a raid — cooked food heals during combat.

For the broader context on how these recipes fit into the survival loop, see the beginner roadmap.