Workbench

The workbench is the only place that makes building kits and C4.

Getting one#

Bought from the tools trader for 16,000 $. It occasionally turns up in Construction Supplies crates.

A workbench is placed like any structure inside your own territory and takes a slot against the build limit. It holds up to 100 kg of items.

You can only pick it back up when it is empty, undamaged and has no PIN code.

Crafting#

Stand within 3.5 metres of the workbench and open the menu. Categories are picked from a dropdown: All, Building, Raid, Nets, Fortifications. The middle of the screen shows a 3D preview you can spin with the mouse; ingredients and stats sit on the right.

There is a one second pause between craft presses. The working sound carries 18 metres.

Where materials come from#

Material	Source
Logs and planks	Axe and saw. Chop a tree, saw the log into planks. Never found as loot
Nails	Building loot, but far more often Construction Supplies crates
Concrete, sand	Building loot, civilian and military
Wires, duct tape, phone, circuit boards	Building loot
Plastic explosive	Military buildings only and Military Cache crates
Folded nets	Military buildings only and Construction Supplies crates
Generator	Building loot, military and civilian

The shredder — a workbench in reverse#

The shredder breaks crafted items back down into resources. It is bought from the tools trader for 28,000 $ and placed on your territory like any other structure.

• It needs a running generator — without power the action is unavailable.
• Items go inside via "Shredder storage", then you run "Process contents".
• The cycle takes 5 seconds with a loud hum everyone nearby can hear. You can drop more in while it runs — it joins the same batch.
• You get half the ingredients back, rounded up: a wall that cost 4 planks returns 2.
• Only items with a recipe are processed: kits, nets, sandbags, C4. Loot, weapons and tools are ignored and left in the storage.

The shredder — the reverse operation#

The shredder breaks crafted items back down into resources. It costs 28,000 $ at the tools trader, is placed on your territory like any other structure and needs generator power — without it the action is unavailable.

It works like this: put items into the shredder's storage, hit "Recycle contents", the machine runs for five seconds and hands back resources.

• Anything with a recipe can be recycled: building kits, camo nets, sandbags, C4. Loot, weapons and tools are ignored and simply stay inside.
• You get back half of the ingredients, rounded up, at least one per entry. A kit made from 4 planks and 2 nails returns 2 planks and 1 nail.

What cannot be crafted#

Territory flags, safes and the workbench itself are not craftable — trader or Construction Supplies crates only.

Code locks, crowbars and grinders are not craftable either.