Crafting spot
Crafting spot
A place for crafting simple items like knives or bows. Production here is slow because of the lack of tools.
Base Stats
- Type
- Production
Building
- Size
- 1 × 1
- Placeable
- Yes
- Power
- 0 W
- Facility
- Tool cabinet
A crafting spot is a 1 x 1 area marked on the ground where a crafter can produce certain neolithic items. Crafting at a crafting spot is 50% slower than elsewhere.
Acquisition
There is no cost, build time or skill requirements for placing crafting spots. Just select them from the production tab in the architect menu and place them.
Summary
The following items can be crafted at the crafting spot.
| Name | Materials | Work to Make | Required Research | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Smokeleaf joint
|
 4
|
450 ticks (7.5 secs) | – | Drug - Social drug |
| 4× Smokeleaf joint
|
16
|
1,800 ticks (30 secs) | – | Drug - Social drug |
 Club
|
 40 (Metallic/Woody/Stony)
|
1,200 ticks (20 secs) | – | Equipment - Weapons |
 Greatbow
|
 60
|
9,000 ticks (2.5 mins) | Greatbow | Equipment - Weapons |
 Knife
|
30 (Metallic)
|
1,800 ticks (30 secs) | Smithing | Equipment - Weapons |
 Recurve bow
|
40
|
5,000 ticks (1.39 mins) | Recurve bow | Equipment - Weapons |
 Short bow
|
30
|
2,400 ticks (40 secs) | – | Equipment - Weapons |
 Veil
|
20 (Fabric)
|
1,400 ticks (23.33 secs) | – | Gear - Armor |
 War mask
|
25 (Woody)
|
3,000 ticks (50 secs) | – | Gear - Armor |
 Tribal headdress
|
50 (Fabric)
|
6,000 ticks (1.67 mins) | – | Gear - Clothing |
 Tribalwear
|
60 (Leathery/Fabric)
|
1,800 ticks (30 secs) | – | Gear - Clothing |
 Kid tribalwear 
|
30 (Leathery/Fabric)
|
1,400 ticks (23.33 secs) | – | Gear - Clothing |
 Harp 
|
150
|
18,000 ticks (5 mins) | Harp | Building - Recreation |
Note that the War mask, Veil, and Tribal headdress are tribal exclusive.
In addition to being used to craft the items mentioned above, the crafting spot can also be used to smash mechanoids. This allows tribals to break down mechanoid corpses without a machining table, albeit at a slower rate.
Performing bills at a crafting spot is 50% slower than the same bills done elsewhere.
A tool cabinet can be placed nearby to increase the work speed at the crafting spot.
Analysis
While vital in some circumstances, any long-term colony should quickly replace crafting spots with dedicated work stations of the relevant types. While tool cabinets are effective on crafting spots, it is far more effective to dedicate those resources instead to creating those dedicated stations, however should they already be available and expedient crafting locations necessary, then there is no reason not to place them in range of the cabinets.