How to repair raft?!

[ibanez074]

Im probably doing something stupid but cant figure out how to repair my raft. Ive read that i have to equip hammer highlight raft and left click. When i do this it has a new raft floating above and says i need the wood/resin/leather scraps. I'm not trying to build a new one im trying to repair one ive already built!

[M.Red]

you need a workbench near the ship - and then use the hammer to repair that raft

[Fart Fartley]

When you open up the build menus with the hammer, select the hammer icon in the top left corner. You also need a workbench nearby, if you haven't got one already.

[Jamieson]

Once you right click with the hammer, you have a build menu. Make sure you just have the hammer selected in the build menu and nothing else (like the raft for example), otherwise it will attempt to make that instead of repairing.

[N0ma13]

Originally posted by Jamieson:

Once you right click with the hammer, you have a build menu. Make sure you just have the hammer selected in the build menu and nothing else (like the raft for example), otherwise it will attempt to make that instead of repairing.

This is one of the most annoying aspects of the hammer imho.
I hate that it remembers the last build after putting it away. Would be nice if it remembered until you switched tools then reverted to 'repair' as the default.

[ibanez074]

Yeah got the workbench nearby. Didnt realise I needed to click the hammer icon thanks for the replies!

[rob]

I am trying to repair tools but can't seem to figure it out.

[Pervy]

Originally posted by rob:

I am trying to repair tools but can't seem to figure it out.

you do it in the stations you build them at, with roof over them, and at the level you made them at.

[Pain]

Originally posted by rob:

I am trying to repair tools but can't seem to figure it out.

Build a crafting table in cover. The simplest trick is to build off a roof off a tree and enclose the sides of the table with walls. Though, the simple trick of walls and a roof over the table works as well.

[avatar.zero]

Originally posted by rob:

I am trying to repair tools but can't seem to figure it out.

What do you mean by "repair tools"?

Do you mean things you carry in your inventory, like the hoe or hammer? For that you go to a workbench or forge of high enough level (depends on what kind of material something was made from) and click on the Hammer "tab" that sticks out from the side of the Craft/Upgrade box like a broken thumb. Each press completely repairs some damaged item in your inventory, but you don't get to choose which one. Just keep pressing it until everything damaged has been fixed.

EDIT: As others have pointed out above, said workbench or forge needs to be sufficiently covered (walls on three side and roof pieces overhead) to be able to access those functions.

[hazelrah]

Originally posted by N0ma13:

Originally posted by Jamieson:

Once you right click with the hammer, you have a build menu. Make sure you just have the hammer selected in the build menu and nothing else (like the raft for example), otherwise it will attempt to make that instead of repairing.

This is one of the most annoying aspects of the hammer imho.
I hate that it remembers the last build after putting it away. Would be nice if it remembered until you switched tools then reverted to 'repair' as the default.

this is an aspect which has saved my bacon a few times. you can preselect the bench and the portal, sail up to a hostile biome jump over board and as long as you have an unnamed portal back home, slam down a bench and portal very very quickly.