How do I get a vending machine?

[ilTortuga]

Do I need to craft or buy the vending machine? If I have to craft it, do I have to research something first?

[pauloandrade224]

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you're vanilla only or mods?

the vending machines are cosmetic only in vanilla

[ichifish]

If you mean a nutrient paste dispenser, you need to research nutrient paste if you’re tribal. Crashlanded comes with me t already unlocked.

[Astasia]

Originally posted by Insert_Username:

do I have to research something first?

You have to research which mod adds the vending machine you are talking about.

[Kittenpox]

It is possible to set up a https://www.rimworldwiki.com/wiki/Nutrient_paste_dispenser as a Vending Machine with this mod: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=753498552 So if that's what you're doing, you'll need to have the Electricity technology first, and then research 'Nutrient Paste'.
Any further information about the NPD can be found on the wiki link above, or in this vid: https://youtube.com/watch?v=c-3GcucTuuI Alternately, if that's not what you had in mind, you may need to specify which 'vending machine' you're referring to. :-)

(You can use zones to mark areas as places visitors can purchase from, with thr Hospitality mod; but that's a whole other thing so I won't go in-depth about that just now.)
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If you meant https://www.rimworldwiki.com/wiki/Ancient_vending_machine , the flavour text reads:

An ancient vending machine. It was smashed ages ago and generations of looters have taken every conceivably useful part. How it ended up here is a mystery.

[Akadai]

The simple storage mod has 2 vending machines you can build. They act like a storage container though, not like real vending machines. I like to build them in my mess hall and store various drinks from vanilla expanded mods

With the simple storage mod, they do need to be researched, but I forget which research they unlock under. Typically it's for something more important, and you just unlock them as you play the game

[ilTortuga]

thanks for the help im new to the game and I didn't understand what it meant by vending machine, I thought it was its own separate device