Work Bench

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General

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Statistics

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<label>Harvest</label> <label>Repair</label> </group> </group> </infobox> A Work Bench is an Interactable Object used for Crafting new items, and is found across many locations in The Long Dark.

Overview

The Work Bench is a dedicated workspace that makes use of a Workbench Vice to create more useful items that cannot normally be created by hand. 2 versions can be found across Great Bear Island, a metal or wood version. The metal one has a Drawer, while the wood version does not.

Different tools can be used to create different items. Higher quality tools (such as knives, hatchets, and Sewing Kits) can speed up the creation process (providing up to a 50% time discount) compared to their makeshift counterparts (improvised tools/Fishing Tackles).

A Sewing Kit or Fishing Tackle is required for crafting any piece of fur clothing
A Hunting Knife/Hatchet is required to craft bear-skin bedrolls, wolf-skin coats, simple arrows, a survival bow, or arrow shafts.
Sometimes, items do not require any tools to craft, but using Simple Tools/Quality Tools can speed up the creation process.

Since some of these items require a considerable amount of time to complete, the work can be done in intervals without losing any progress. The minimum amount of time to spent is half an hour. According to the overall progress the required materials will be consumed and the semi-finished product will appear in the player's inventory.

Note - Fishing Tackles, Bandages, Old Man's Beard Wound Dressings, Tinder Plugs, and Torches do not need a Work Bench. They can normally be crafted anywhere, but the option to create them will still appear while using a Work Bench.

Craftable Items

Only one item of each type can be worked on at any given time. Optional tools that can be used below are in Italics:

Recipe	Materials	Time	Tools Needed
3x Arrow Shaft	1x Cured Birch Sapling	30 to 60 Min	Hunting Knife Improvised Knife Cougar Claw Knife Survival Knife Hatchet Improvised Hatchet
Bear Hide Rug	1x Cured Deer Hide 1x Cured Black Bear Hide 2x Cured Gut	8 Hours	Quality Tools
Bear Skin Bedroll	2x Cured Black Bear Hide 5x Cloth 6x Cured Gut	17 Hours 30 Min to 35 Hours	Hunting Knife Improvised Knife Cougar Claw Knife Survival Knife Hatchet Improvised Hatchet
Bearskin Coat	2x Cured Black Bear Hide 4x Cured Gut	30 to 60 Hours	Hunting Knife Improvised Knife Cougar Claw Knife Survival Knife Hatchet Improvised Hatchet
Bushcraft Bow (requires Bushcraft Bow Blueprint Card)	2x Green Birch Sapling 2x Cured Gut	5 hours	Hunting Knife Improvised Knife Cougar Claw Knife Survival Knife Hatchet Improvised Hatchet
Cougar Hide Wrap (Blueprint doesn't appear on Pilgrim)	1x Cured Cougar Hide 2x Cured Gut	11 Hours 40 Min to 23 Hours 20 Min	Sewing Kit Fishing Tackle
Deerskin Boots	2x Cured Deer Hide 4x Cured Gut	12 Hours 30 Min to 25 Hours	Sewing Kit Fishing Tackle
Deerskin Pants	3x Cured Deer Hide 4x Cured Gut	12 Hours 30 Min to 25 Hours	Sewing Kit Fishing Tackle
Fishing Lure (Acorns)	1x Scrap Metal 1x Crow Feather 1x Acorns	25-50 Minutes	Simple Tools Quality Tools
Fishing Lure (Revolver Shell Casing)	1x Scrap Metal 1x Crow Feather 1x Revolver Shell Casing	25-50 Minutes	Simple Tools Quality Tools
Fishing Lure (Wire Bundle)	1x Scrap Metal 1x Crow Feather 1x Wires	25-50 Minutes	Simple Tools Quality Tools
Fishing Tip-Up	2x Stick 1x Cloth 1x Scrap Metal 1x Fishing Tackle	20-40 Min	Simple Tools Quality Tools
3x Hook	1x Scrap Metal	10-20 Min	Simple Tools Quality Tools
Improvised Crampons	4x Scrap Metal 2x Cured Leather	2-4 Hours	Simple Tools Quality Tools
2x Line	1x Cured Gut	15 Min	None
Moose-Hide Cloak	1x Cured Moose Hide 4x Cured Gut	16 Hours 40 Min to 33 Hours 20 Min	Hunting Knife Improvised Knife Cougar Claw Knife Survival Knife Hatchet Improvised Hatchet
Moose-Hide Satchel	1x Cured Moose Hide 2x Cured Gut	10 to 20 Hours	Sewing Kit Fishing Tackle
Rabbitskin Hat	3x Cured Rabbit Pelt 1x Cured Gut	3 Hours 30 Min to 7 Hours	Sewing Kit Fishing Tackle
Rabbitskin Mitts	4x Cured Rabbit Pelt 2x Cured Gut	5 to 10 Hours	Sewing Kit Fishing Tackle
Simple Arrow	1x Arrowhead 1x Arrow Shaft 3x Crow Feather	45 to 90 Min	Simple Tools Quality Tools
Simple Fishing Lure	1x Scrap Metal	15-30 Min	Simple Tools Quality Tools
Snare	1x Cured Gut 1x Reclaimed Wood	15-30 Min	Simple Tools Quality Tools
Survival Bow	1x Cured Maple Sapling 2x Cured Gut	5 to 10 Hours	Hunting Knife Improvised Knife Cougar Claw Knife Survival Knife Hatchet Improvised Hatchet
File:Travois icon.png Travois	1x Cured Deer Hide 2x Cured Gut 4x Cured Maple Sapling	3 to 6 Hours	Hunting Knife Improvised Knife Cougar Claw Knife Survival Knife Hatchet Improvised Hatchet
Wolfskin Coat	4x Cured Wolf Pelt 4x Cured Gut	25 to 50 Hours	Hunting Knife Improvised Knife Cougar Claw Knife Survival Knife Hatchet Improvised Hatchet
Wolfskin Hat (requires Wolfskin Hat Blueprint Card)	1x Cured Wolf Pelt 2x Cured Gut	17 hours	Hunting Knife Improvised Knife Cougar Claw Knife Survival Knife Hatchet Improvised Hatchet
Wolfskin Pants (requires Wolfskin Pants Blueprint Card)	4x Cured Wolf Pelt 3x Cured Gut	29 hours	Hunting Knife Improvised Knife Cougar Claw Knife Survival Knife Hatchet Improvised Hatchet
Noisemaker (Wintermute EP4 only)	1x Recycled Can 1x Cloth 0.10kg x Can of Gunpowder	30 Min	None

Craftable Decorations Work Bench

A craftable Decorations Work Bench is a wooden variant of the common wooden Work Bench, albeit without the Drawer. This allows the player to craft a Work Bench at Safehouse locations that do not normally contain one, providing better Crafting opportunities and requiring less traveling to dangerous locations.

A player made Work Bench can be crafted at a Furniture Workbench, but requires Woodworking Tools and a Workbench Vice. Progress for Crafting this item will be stored in the Furniture Workbench's container inventory, rather than the player's inventory. Once crafted, the item can be automatically placed in the Safehouse. Canceling this prompt will force the item back into the Furniture Workbench's container inventory. The Work Bench can only be placed on a wide, clear space on the floor or a flat surface when in Customization Mode.

Despite having a Backpack carry weight value of 5.00 kg, a player made Work Bench cannot be picked up and placed back into the player's inventory once crafted, and so it cannot be carried from one base to another. The only option is to move, harvest, or destroy it (destroying the Work Bench will yield no resources, so consider the material cost/time investment before creating this item).

WARNING! Using the Destroy option on any Work Bench will PERMENANTLY destroy the Workbench Vice!!! If you wish to rebuild the Work Bench somewhere else, always choose the Harvest option when outside of Safehouse Customization mode to safely destroy the Work Bench.

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