Workbench Handbook: Dimensions, Crafting Skills, and Materials

The primary goal of this guide is to provide clear and comprehensive information on the size requirements for various benches, the upgrades that can be attached to them, and the skills they utilize. By understanding these elements, you'll be able to plan your base layout effectively, manage your resources wisely, and progress through the ages with confidence.

Introduction

If you're like me, you enjoy optimizing your gameplay experience, striving for the perfect layout and mastering every aspect of the game. In Soulmask, the variety of crafting benches, their upgrades, and the skills they utilize can be overwhelming. I created this guide to help fellow players navigate these complexities and achieve the most efficient and effective setups.

What You’ll Find in This Guide

1. Detailed Bench Information: Discover the size requirements for each bench and how to optimize your base layout.
   
2. Upgrade Attachments: Learn about the upgrades available for each bench and how they enhance your crafting capabilities.
   
3. Skill Utilization: Find out which skills are associated with each bench, helping you assign tasks to your tribesmen more efficiently.
   
4. Unlock Order Recommendations: Get a step-by-step guide on the optimal order to unlock benches and structures, considering awareness strength and resource management.
   
5. Skill-Based Workbench Allocations: Quick overview of what skills cover which benches so you can group them easily.

Whether you're a seasoned player looking to refine your strategy or a newcomer seeking guidance, this guide aims to make your Soulmask journey more enjoyable and successful. Dive in and let's optimize your path to mastery together!

Skills Overview

Understanding the skills in the game is crucial for efficient crafting and progression. Each workbench requires specific skills that can be developed over time through gameplay. Here's a brief overview of the key skills:

• Logging: Essential for harvesting wood.
  
• Harvest: General skill for gathering various resources.
  
• Weaving: Necessary for creating fabric and cloth-based items.
  
• Wood & Stone: Essential for crafting basic to advanced items from wood and stone.
  
• Kiln: Used for creating items that require high-temperature processing.
  
• Alchemy: Used for creating potions and other alchemical items.
  
• Weapon Crafting: Specialized skill for creating and upgrading weapons.
  
• Mining: Used for extracting minerals.
  
• Plant: Related to farming and growing plants.
  
• Potting: Involved in crafting pottery items.
  
• Leatherworking: Used for crafting items related to leather.
  
• Craftsman: General crafting skill for various basic items.
  
• Cooking: Essential for preparing food and drink.
  
• Armor Crafting: Used for creating and upgrading armor.

Age: Campfire

Leatherworking

Butcher's Table

• Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: Leatherworking
  
• Usage: Processing various animal products
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Branch x5
    
  • Extra optional x10
    
    • Stone
      
    • Flint
  • Extra Optional x10
    
    • Log
      
    • Hardwood
• Where to Craft: Craft Manually
  
• Awareness Strength: 4

Tanning Rack

• Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: Leatherworking
  
• Usage: Used for tannery
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Branch x20
    
  • Thick Rope x5
• Where to Craft: Craft Manually
  
• Awareness Strength: 4

Wood & Stone

Carpenter's Table

• Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
  
• Upgradable: Yes
  
• Dimensions (Final): 2x1
  
• Required Skill: Wood & Stone
  
• Usage: Processing various types of wood
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Thick Rope x5
    
  • Extra Optional x20
    
    • Log
      
    • Hardwood
  • Materials Needed (Upgrade 1):
    
  • Bronze Ingot x15
    
  • Leather x10
    
  • Wooden Handle x5
• Materials Needed (Upgrade 2):
  
  • Leather Rope x10
    
  • Plank x5
    
  • Bronze Chainmail x5
• Materials Needed (Upgrade 3):
  
  • Iron Ingot x10
    
  • Iron Chainmail x10
    
  • Hardwood Strip x10
• Where to Craft: Craft Manually
  
• Awareness Strength: 3 (initial), 20, 30, 40 (upgrades)
  
• Additional Tips: The final form slightly overflows on one foundation.

Craftsman

Craftsman’s Bench

• Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
  
• Upgradable: Yes
  
• Required Skill: Craftsman
  
• Usage: Used for processing various animal products
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Branch x5
• Extra optional x10
  
  • Stone
    
  • Flint
• Extra Optional x10
  
  • Log
    
  • Hardwood
• Materials Needed (Upgrade 1):
  
  • Thin Rope x10
    
  • Hardwood Plank x20
    
  • Iron Ingot x29
• Where to Craft: Craft Manually
  
• Awareness Strength: 9 (initial), 35 (upgrades)

Weaving

Loom

• Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: Weaving
  
• Usage: Used for making textiles and ropes
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Plank x10
    
  • Rough Leather x5
    
  • Thick Rope x5
• Where to Craft: Craft Manually
  
• Awareness Strength: 6

Alchemy

Grinder

• Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: Alchemy
  
• Usage: Used for grinding
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Stone x10
    
  • Plank x5
• Where to Craft: Craft Manually
  
• Awareness Strength: 3

Potting

Potting Table

• Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: Potting
  
• Usage: Used for pottery
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Clay x24
    
  • Stone x10
    
  • Plank x10
• Where to Craft: Craft Manually
  
• Awareness Strength: 8

Cooking

Cooking Stove

• Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: Cooking
  
• Usage: Used for processing various food materials
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Branch x10
    
  • Stone x20
    
  • Ceramic Mold x2
• Where to Craft: Craft Manually
  
• Awareness Strength: 8

Age: Bonfire

Wood & Stone

Building Workshop

• Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
  
• Upgradable: Yes
  
• Dimensions (Final): 2x2
  
• Required Skill: Wood & Stone
  
• Usage: Used for crafting advanced building materials and tables
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Clay x20
    
  • Plank x20
    
  • Thick Rope x10
    
  • Extra Optional
    
    • Stone x39
      
    • Flint x39
• Materials Needed (Upgrade 1):
  
  • Premium Leather x10
    
  • Hardwood Handle x5
    
  • Extra Optional x20
    
    • Bronze Ingot
      
    • Iron Ingot
• Materials Needed (Upgrade 2):
  
  • Premium Hardwood x48
    
  • Premium Hardwood Plank x20
    
  • Leather Rope x10
    
  • Steel Ingot x20
• Where to Craft: Craft Manually
  
• Awareness Strength: 10 (initial), 30, 50 (upgrades)

Cooking

Drying Rack

• Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: Cooking
  
• Usage: Use for drying meats
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Plank x20
    
  • Branch x39
    
  • Resin x10
• Where to Craft: Craft Manually
  
• Awareness Strength: 18

Plant

Farmland

• Dimensions (Beginning): 2x2
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: Plant
  
• Usage: Common farmland to grow various crops in
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Clay x20
    
  • Extra Optional x39
    
    • Stone
      
    • Flint
• Where to Craft: Craft Manually
  
• Awareness Strength: 10
  
• Additional Tips: Can be built on the ground or on the flooring. Can snap to one another. Doesn't work with a roof over it.

Fertilizer Bucket

• Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: Plant
  
• Usage: Used for producing fertilizers
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Stone x10
    
  • Clay x20
    
  • Plank x10
• Where to Craft: Craft Manually
  
• Awareness Strength: 10
  
• Additional Tips: Can only place on the ground. No foundation

Granary

• Dimensions (Beginning): 2x2
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: Plant
  
• Usage: Assign a Tribesman to automatically manage the surrounding farmlands (Seed; Fertilize; Water; Harvest)
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Stone x50
    
  • Hardwood Plank x99
    
  • Leather Rope x20
• Where to Craft: Building Workshop
  
• Awareness Strength: 10
  
  

  Kiln

  Earth Kiln
  
  • Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
    
  • Upgradable: Yes
    
  • Dimensions (Final): 1x1
    
  • Required Skill: Kiln
    
  • Usage: Used for making charcoal, lime, etc.
    
  • Materials Needed:
    
    • Clay x48
      
    • Extra Optional x96
      
      • Stone
        
      • Flint
  • Materials Needed (Upgrade 1):
    
    • Stone Brick x20
      
    • Clay x20
  • Where to Craft: Craft Manually
    
  • Awareness Strength: 14 (initial), 45 (upgrades)
  
  

  Weapon Crafting

  Weapon Crafting Bench
  
  • Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
    
  • Upgradable: Yes
    
  • Dimensions (Final): 1x2
    
  • Required Skill: Weapon Crafting
    
  • Usage: Used for forging weapons
    
  • Materials Needed:
    
    • Plank x20
      
    • Wooden Handle x10
      
    • Leather Rope x5
  • Materials Needed (Upgrade 1):
    
    • Bronze Ingot x77
      
    • Ceramic Mold x5
      
    • Hardwood Plank x20
  • Where to Craft: Building Workshop
    
  • Awareness Strength: 12 (initial), 22 (upgrades)
  
  

  Armor Crafting

  Armor Forging Table
  
  • Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
    
  • Upgradable: Yes
    
  • Dimensions (Final): 1x1
    
  • Required Skill: Armor Crafting
    
  • Usage: Used for crafting various gear
    
  • Materials Needed:
    
    • Plank x20
      
    • Leather x10
      
    • Thin Rope x10
  • Materials Needed (Upgrade 1):
    
    • Thin Rope x10
      
    • Plank x10
      
    • Copper Wire x10
      
    • Copper Ingot x20
  • Materials Needed (Upgrade 2):
    
    • Thin Rope x10
      
    • Hardwood Plank x20
      
    • Iron Wire x10
      
    • Iron Ingot x20
  • Materials Needed (Upgrade 3):
    
    • Thin Rope x10
      
    • Premium Hardwood Plank x20
      
    • Steel Wire x10
      
    • Steel Ingot x20
  • Where to Craft: Building Workshop
    
  • Awareness Strength: 15 (initial), 25, 36, 51 (upgrades)
  
  

  Others

  Rainwater Collector
  
  • Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
    
  • Upgradable: No
    
  • Required Skill: None
    
  • Usage: Collects water
    
  • Materials Needed:
    
    • Clay x20
      
    • Ceramic Mold x2
      
    • Wooden Handle x8
      
    • Thick Rope x5
  • Where to Craft: Craft Manually
    
  • Awareness Strength: 10
    
  • Additional Tips: Great to have before getting the well or if not living close to water

Age: Bonfire Cont.

Capybara Pen

• Dimensions (Beginning): 3x3
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: None
  
• Usage: Used to breed capybaras
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Plank x77
    
  • Thatch x48
    
  • Thick Rope x20
• Where to Craft: Building Workshop
  
• Awareness Strength: 10
  
• Additional Tips: Medium trap to capture young Capybaras

Turkey Coop

• Dimensions (Beginning): 2x2
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: None
  
• Usage: Used to breed turkeys
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Plank x29
    
  • Branch x20
    
  • Thick Rope x20
• Where to Craft: Building Workshop
  
• Awareness Strength: 10
  
• Additional Tips: Small trap to capture young turkeys

Monkey Storage Nest

• Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: None
  
• Usage: Den of tamed monkey for storing items
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Log x10
    
  • Fiber x10
    
  • Thatch x10
    
  • Extra Optional x5
    
    • Wild Fruit
      
    • Nut
• Where to Craft: Building Workshop
  
• Awareness Strength: 10

Breeding Farm

• Dimensions (Beginning): 2x2
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: None
  
• Usage: Assign a Tribesman to auto manage surrounding animal pens (Feed; Water; Collect; Slaughter)
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Clay x20
    
  • Thatch x60
    
  • Plank x99
    
  • Thick Rope x20
• Where to Craft: Building Workshop
  
• Awareness Strength: 10
  
  Repair Bench
  
  • Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
    
  • Upgradable: No
    
  • Required Skill: None
    
  • Usage: Used for repairing items
    
  • Materials Needed:
    
    • Plank x10
      
    • Wooden Handle x15
      
    • Leather Rope x5
  • Where to Craft: Building Workshop
    
  • Awareness Strength: 15
  
  Decor Table
  
  • Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
    
  • Upgradable: No
    
  • Required Skill: None
    
  • Usage: Used to customize Mask or alter body art, painting, hairstyle, etc.
    
  • Materials Needed:
    
    • Hardwood Plank x20
      
    • Ceramic Mold x4
      
    • Hardwood Handle x5
  • Where to Craft: Building Workshop
    
  • Awareness Strength: 15
  
  Well
  
  • Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
    
  • Upgradable: No
    
  • Required Skill: None
    
  • Usage: Used for getting water
    
  • Materials Needed:
    
    • Thatch x20
      
    • Clay x20
      
    • Thin Rope x10
      
    • Extra Optional x10
      
      • Log
        
      • Hardwood
  • Where to Craft: Craft Manually
    
  • Awareness Strength: 15
    
  • Additional Tips: Can only place on the ground. No foundation
  
  Outhouse
  
  • Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
    
  • Upgradable: No
    
  • Required Skill: None
    
  • Usage: Makeshift Outhouse
    
  • Materials Needed:
    
    • Hardwood Plank x10
      
    • Ceramic Mold x5
      
    • Thatch x39
  • Where to Craft: Building Workshop
    
  • Awareness Strength: 15
    
  • Additional Tips: Used to collect feces from tribesman

Age: Bronze Pit Bonfire

Logging

Logging Yard

• Dimensions (Beginning): 2x2
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: Logging
  
• Usage: Assign a Tribesman to auto chop trees in the surroundings
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Stone x48
    
  • Bronze Ingot x77
    
  • Hardwood Plank x29
    
  • Leather Rope x39
• Where to Craft: Building Workshop
  
• Awareness Strength: 25

Harvest

Collection Yard

• Dimensions (Beginning): 2x2
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: Harvest
  
• Usage: Assign a Tribesman to auto gather bush in the surroundings
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Flint x48
    
  • Bronze Ingot x77
    
  • Plank x58
    
  • Leather Rope x39
• Where to Craft: Building Workshop
  
• Awareness Strength: 25

Kiln

Furnace

• Dimensions (Beginning): 3x1
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: Kiln
  
• Usage: Used for smelthing all kinds of metals with a low melting point
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Stone x96
    
  • Ceramic Mold x5
    
  • Clay x48
• Where to Craft: Building Workshop
  
• Awareness Strength: 20

Alchemy

Bewing Stand

• Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
  
• Upgradable: Yes
  
• Dimensions (Final): 1x1
  
• Required Skill: Kiln
  
• Usage: Used for producing potions and medicines
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Bronze Ingot x48
    
  • Thin Rope x10
    
  • Hardwood Plank x10
    
  • Leather x20
• Materials Needed (Upgrade 1):
  
  • Ceramic Mold x5
    
  • Bronze Ingot x10
    
  • Wooden Handle x10
• Materials Needed (Upgrade 2):
  
  • Hardwood Handle x5
    
  • Iron Ingot x10
    
  • Hardwood Strip x10
• Where to Craft: Building Workshop
  
• Awareness Strength: 24 (initial), 25, 35 (upgrades)

Mining

Excavation Pit

• Dimensions (Beginning): 2x2
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: Mining
  
• Usage: Assign a Tribesman to auto mine in the surroundings
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Flint x39
    
  • Bronze Ingot x96
    
  • Hardwood Plank x48
    
  • Leather Rope x20
• Where to Craft: Building Workshop
  
• Awareness Strength: 25

Cooking

Brewing Tank

• Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: Cooking
  
• Usage: Used for brewing various wines
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Stone x20
    
  • Ceramic Mold x2
    
  • Hardwood Plank x10
    
  • Clay x48
• Where to Craft: Craft Manually
  
• Awareness Strength: 20

Oil Press

• Dimensions (Beginning): 2x1
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: Cooking
  
• Usage: Used for making oil
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Bronze Ingot x20
    
  • Hardwood Strip x20
    
  • Hardwood Plank x20
    
  • Thin Rope x20
• Where to Craft: Building Workshop
  
• Awareness Strength: 30

Worktop

• Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: Cooking
  
• Usage: Used for processing various advanced food materials
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Bronze Ingot x58
    
  • Stone Brick x96
    
  • Hardwood Plank x20
    
  • Clay x48
• Where to Craft: Building Workshop
  
• Awareness Strength: 30
  
• Additional Tips: Still need Cooking Pot

Others

Uncrafting Table

• Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
  
• Upgradable: Yes
  
• Dimensions (Final): 1x2
  
• Required Skill: None
  
• Usage: Used for uncrafting items
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Bronze Ingot x39
    
  • Hardwood Plank x20
    
  • Thin Rope x10
    
  • Extra optional x39
    
    • Stone
      
    • Flint
• Materials Needed (Upgrade 1):
  
  • Iron Ingot x10
    
  • Metal Part x5
    
  • Iron Wire x5
• Materials Needed (Upgrade 2):
  
  • Steel Ingot x10
    
  • Steel Mold x5
    
  • Steel Wire x5
• Where to Craft: Building Workshop
  
• Awareness Strength: 23 (initial), 35, 50 (upgrades)

Piranha Pool

• Dimensions (Beginning): 2x3
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: None
  
• Usage: Used to breed piranhas
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Water Consumption x960
    
  • Stone Brick x48
    
  • Hardwood Plank x20
    
  • Hardwood Handle x10
    
  • Thin Rope x20
• Where to Craft: Building Workshop
  
• Awareness Strength: 30
  
• Additional Tips: Fishing trap is required to capture piranhas

Beehive

• Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: None
  
• Usage: Bees can be kept to produce honey
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Plank x39
    
  • Thin Rope x5
    
  • Thatch x20
    
  • Wooden Strip x39
• Where to Craft: Building Workshop
  
• Awareness Strength: 30
  
• Additional Tips: Use Bee syrup to attract 500 bees. After you get that amount they syrup won't be consumed anymore.

Bath

• Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: None
  
• Usage: Large, self-heating bathtub
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Hardwood Plank x29
    
  • Stone Brick x20
    
  • Clay x20
    
  • Bronze Ingot x10
• Where to Craft: Building Workshop
  
• Awareness Strength: 30

Arena

• Dimensions (Beginning): 10x12
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: None
  
• Usage: Battle tribesman at the Area
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Stone Brick x192
    
  • Hardwood Plank x39
    
  • Hardwood x20
    
  • Thick Rope x39
• Where to Craft: Building Workshop
  
• Awareness Strength: 30
  
• Additional Tips: Tribesman will not die in the arena and they can up their combat skill while in there. They will automatically fight in it on their own.

Crossbow Tower

• Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: None
  
• Usage: Defensive structure that fires various bolts on people or animals
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Bronze Ingot x39
    
  • Hardwood Plank x39
    
  • Leather Rope x10
    
  • Leather x10
• Where to Craft: Building Workshop
  
• Awareness Strength: 30
  
• Additional Tips: Ineffective against buildings. Requires Tribesman to operate it

Siege Ballista

• Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: None
  
• Usage: Siege engine that can launch various projectiles over long distances
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Bronze Ingot x58
    
  • Hardwood Plank x48
    
  • Leather Rope x10
    
  • Leather x15
    
  • Hardwood Strip x20
• Where to Craft: Building Workshop
  
• Awareness Strength: 30
  
• Additional Tips: More damage to constructions when using better projectiles. Requires manual operation.

Age: Iron Pit Bonfire

Weaving

Powered Spinning Wheel

• Dimensions (Beginning): 2x1
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: None
  
• Usage: Designed for fast weaving. Needs windmill for power
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Hardwood Strip x48
    
  • Premium Leather x20
    
  • Leather Rope x20
    
  • Metal Plate x20
• Where to Craft: Building Workshop
  
• Awareness Strength: 46
  
• Additional Tips: Still need Loom. Connection is on the left side.

Alchemy

Dye Vat

• Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: Alchemy
  
• Usage: Used for making paints
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Clay x77
    
  • Ceramic Mold x2
    
  • Branch x20
    
  • Cotton Rope x10
• Where to Craft: Building Workshop
  
• Awareness Strength: 35

Kiln

Blast Furnace

• Dimensions (Beginning): 1x3
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: Kiln
  
• Usage: Used for smelting iron ingots
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Stone Brick x192
    
  • Ceramic Mold x10
    
  • Bronze Ingot x96
• Where to Craft: Building Workshop
  
• Awareness Strength: 35
  
• Additional Tips: Still need Furnace

Others

Cooling Table

• Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: None
  
• Usage: Reduces the temperature in an area when the ice melts
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Stone Brick x48
    
  • Premium Leather x39
    
  • Clay x39
    
  • Hardwood Plank x20
• Where to Craft: Building Workshop
  
• Awareness Strength: 35

Ice Cellar

• Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: None
  
• Usage: Utilizing the freezing effect of ice, it can preserve food ingredients at low temperatures to reduce the spoilage speed
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Stone Brick x96
    
  • Clay x48
• Where to Craft: Building Workshop
  
• Awareness Strength: 40

Air Heater

• Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: None
  
• Usage: Provides heating in a large area
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Iron Ingot x48
    
  • Premium Leather x39
    
  • Hardwood Plank x20
    
  • Leather Rope x20
    
  • Rubber x20
• Where to Craft: Building Workshop
  
• Awareness Strength: 40

Windmill

• Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: None
  
• Usage: Allows power conversion via wind power
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Hardwood Plank x96
    
  • Premium Leather x48
    
  • Iron Ingot x96
    
  • Metal Part x20
• Materials Needed (Blades):
  
  • Premium Hardwood Plank x15
    
  • Hardwood Part x5
    
  • Premium Hardwood Handle x5
• Materials Needed (Power Extender):
  
  • Hardwood Plank x10
    
  • Premium Leather x5
    
  • Iron Ingot x20
    
  • Metal Part x10
• Where to Craft: Building Workshop
  
• Awareness Strength: 46
  
• Additional Tips: Must be placed on a foundation. Picture taken with the Wooden Windmill Blade placed on top. Just place it down for it to snap on top as windmill doesn't have a slot.

Age: Steel Pit Bonfire

Wood & Stone

Powered Cutting Machine

• Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: Wood & Stone
  
• Usage: Used for cutting and processing various large items quickly. Needs windmill for power
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Iron Ingot x48
    
  • Leather Rope x48
    
  • Metal Plate x48
    
  • Metal Part x20
• Where to Craft: Building Workshop
  
• Awareness Strength: 50
  
• Additional Tips: Connection on the back

Power Workshop

• Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: Wood & Stone
  
• Usage: Can process various precision parts and requires a windmill to operate
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Steel Ingot x96
    
  • Delicate Leather x48
    
  • Metal Part x96
    
  • Metal Plate x48
    
  • Steel Mold x10
• Where to Craft: Building Workshop
  
• Awareness Strength: 54
  
• Additional Tips: Connection on the left

Alchemy

Powered Mill

• Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: Alchemy
  
• Usage: Used for grinding various ores and hard objects quickly. It needs a windmill for power
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Blackstone Brick x48
    
  • Premium Hardwood Plank x48
    
  • Metal Part x20
    
  • Metal Plate x48
    
  • Steel Mold x50
• Where to Craft: Building Workshop
  
• Awareness Strength: 54
  
• Additional Tips: Connection on the back

Distiller

• Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
  
• Upgradable: Yes
  
• Dimensions (Final): 1x2
  
• Required Skill: Alchemy
  
• Usage: Used for purifying and distilling various items
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Precision Part x10
    
  • Ceramic Mold x10
    
  • Glass x48
    
  • Extra optional x39
    
  • Wooden Strip
    
  • Hardwood Strip
• Materials Needed (Upgrade 1):
  
  • Steel Ingot x15
    
  • Ceramic Mold x5
    
  • Premium Hardwood Plank x20
• Where to Craft: Building Workshop
  
• Awareness Strength: 54 (initial), 54 (upgrades)

Kiln

Powered Refining Furnace

• Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: Kiln
  
• Usage: Used for refining and purifying metals. A windmill is required to operate
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Blackstone Bar x48
    
  • Ceramic Mold x10
    
  • Metal Part x48
    
  • Metal Plate x48
• Where to Craft: Building Workshop
  
• Awareness Strength: 50
  
• Additional Tips: Connection on the back. Still need previous furnace unless you don't need coking coal. You can get rid of the normal Furnace. Blast Furnace has the plaster, but if you don't need it, you can get rid of it.

Age: Fine Steel Pit Bonfire

Age: Fine Steel Pit Bonfire

Weapon Crafting

Ancient Enhance Table

• Dimensions (Beginning): 2x1
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: Weapon Crafting
  
• Usage: Designed for fast weaving. Needs windmill for power
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Hardwood Strip x48
    
  • Premium Leather x20
    
  • Leather Rope x20
    
  • Metal Plate x20
• Where to Craft: Building Workshop
  
• Awareness Strength: 46
  
• Additional Tips: Still need Loom. Connection is on the left side

Unknown

Others

Basic Portal

• Dimensions (Beginning): 3x2
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: None
  
• Usage: Let's you teleport between bases
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Portal Part 1
    
  • Portal Part 2
    
  • Portal Part 3
• Where to Craft: Mysterious Stone Table
  
• Awareness Strength: N/A
  
• Additional Tips: Depends on when you go to the dungeon that has this item. It's very heavy, so bring a mount or tribesman to help carry it home. Need to kill the third boss to use. Normally, mounts and items can't go through. Only what you are wearing and what's on your hot bar can go. A setting on the server can be changed to allow items through.

Mine

• Dimensions (Beginning): N/A
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: None
  
• Usage: A large collection device that gathers resources quickly and automatically
  
• Materials Needed: N/A
  
• Where to Craft: Building Workshop (For Upgrade Parts)
  
• Awareness Strength: N/A
  
• Additional Tips: Not placeable. Wild mines exist out on the map in some mines. The parts can go into it. Needs to be fixed and fueled. Only a Tribesman can run it. Since they're in an area with mob spawns, only a mine chest can be placed near it, as bonfires and campfires won't work there.

Anti Radiation Tower

• Dimensions (Beginning): 1x1
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: None
  
• Usage: Blocks radiation within 30m
  
• Materials Needed: N/A
  
• Where to Craft: N/A
  
• Awareness Strength: N/A

Mysterious Stone Table

• Dimensions (Beginning): 2x1
  
• Upgradable: No
  
• Required Skill: None
  
• Usage: Adjust mask and save your tribesman data
  
• Materials Needed:
  
  • Mystery Stone Table
    
  • Mysterious Stone Table Part 1
• Where to Craft: Place Manually
  
• Awareness Strength: N/A
  
• Additional Tips: Retrieve from the dungeons on the map. Very heavy, bring a mount to bring it back with you more easily.

Suggested Unlock Order

• Campfire Age

  1. Butcher's Table (Awareness Strength: 4)
     
     • Essential for processing animal products early on.
  2. Grinder (Awareness Strength: 3)
     
     • Useful for alchemy and grinding materials.
  3. Tanning Rack (Awareness Strength: 4)
     
     • Important for leatherworking and processing hides.
  4. Loom (Awareness Strength: 6)
     
     • Vital for weaving and creating textiles.
  5. Cooking Stove (Awareness Strength: 8)
     
     • Necessary for processing various food materials.
  6. Potting Table (Awareness Strength: 8)
     
     • Needed for pottery and creating ceramic items.
  7. Craftsman's Bench (Awareness Strength: 9)
     
     • Useful for crafting various tools and equipment.
  
  

• Bonfire Age

  1. Rainwater Collector (Awareness Strength: 10)
     
     • Collects water, critical before unlocking the well.
  2. Farmland (Awareness Strength: 10)
     
     • Essential for growing crops.
  3. Fertilizer Bucket (Awareness Strength: 10)
     
     • Important for producing fertilizers.
  4. Granary (Awareness Strength: 10)
     
     • Assign a Tribesman to automatically manage the surrounding farmlands (Seed; Fertilize; Water; Harvest)
  5. Turkey Coop (Awareness Strength: 10)
     
     • Useful for breeding turkeys and getting meat/feathers.
  6. Capybara Pen (Awareness Strength: 10)
     
     • Necessary for breeding capybaras.
  7. Monkey Storage Nest (Awareness Strength: 10)
     
     • Provides additional storage.
  8. Breeding Farm (Awareness Strength: 10)
     
     • Assign a Tribesman to auto manage surrounding animal pens (Feed; Water; Collect; Slaughter)
  9. Building Workshop (Awareness Strength: 10)
     
     • Required for crafting advanced building materials.
  10. Weapon Crafting Bench (Awareness Strength: 12)
      
      • For forging weapons.
  11. Repair Bench (Awareness Strength: 15)
      
      • Needed for repairing items.
  12. Well (Awareness Strength: 15)
      
      • Provides a steady water source.
  13. Armor Forging Table (Awareness Strength: 15)
      
      • For crafting armor.
  14. Decor Table (Awareness Strength: 15)
      
      • Used for customizing masks and body art.
  15. Earth Kiln (Awareness Strength: 14)
      
      • For making charcoal, lime, etc.
  16. Drying Rack (Awareness Strength: 18)
      
      • For drying meats.
  
  

• Bronze Pit Bonfire Age

  1. Furnace (Awareness Strength: 20)
     
     • Crucial for smelting metals.
  2. Brewing Tank (Awareness Strength: 20)
     
     • Used for brewing wines.
  3. Uncrafting Table (Awareness Strength: 23)
     
     • For uncrafting items.
  4. Brewing Stand (Awareness Strength: 24)
     
     • Produces potions and medicines.
  5. Granary (Awareness Strength: 25)
     
     • Manages farmlands automatically.
  6. Collection Yard (Awareness Strength: 25)
     
     • Automatically gathers bushes.
  7. Excavation Pit (Awareness Strength: 25)
     
     • Automatically mines the surroundings.
  8. Logging Yard (Awareness Strength: 25)
     
     • Automatically chops trees.
  9. Breeding Farm (Awareness Strength: 25)
     
     • Manages animal pens.
  10. Oil Press (Awareness Strength: 30)
      
      • For making oil.
  11. Piranha Pool (Awareness Strength: 30)
      
      • Breeds piranhas.
  12. Beehive (Awareness Strength: 30)
      
      • Produces honey.
  13. Bath (Awareness Strength: 30)
      
      • Provides a large, self-heating bath.
  14. Worktop (Awareness Strength: 30)
      
      • For processing advanced food materials.
  15. Crossbow Tower (Awareness Strength: 30)
      
      • Defensive structure.
  16. Siege Ballista (Awareness Strength: 30)
      
      • For launching projectiles over long distances.
  17. Arena (Awareness Strength: 30)
      
      • For training tribesmen in combat.
  
  

• Iron Pit Bonfire Age

  1. Dye Vat (Awareness Strength: 35)
     
     • Used for making paints.
  2. Cooling Table (Awareness Strength: 35)
     
     • Reduces temperature in an area.
  3. Blast Furnace (Awareness Strength: 35)
     
     • For smelting iron ingots.
  4. Ice Cellar (Awareness Strength: 40)
     
     • Preserves food by reducing spoilage.
  5. Air Heater (Awareness Strength: 40)
     
     • Provides heating in a large area.
  6. Windmill (Awareness Strength: 46)
     
     • Allows power conversion via wind power.
  7. Powered Spinning Wheel (Awareness Strength: 46)
     
     • Designed for fast weaving, needs windmill power.
  
  

• Steel Pit Bonfire Age

  1. Powered Cutting Machine (Awareness Strength: 50)
     
     • For cutting and processing large materials quickly.
  2. Powered Mill (Awareness Strength: 50)
     
     • Grinds ores and hard objects quickly.
  3. Powered Refining Furnace (Awareness Strength: 50)
     
     • Refines and purifies metals, requires windmill.
  4. Distiller (Awareness Strength: 54)
     
     • For purifying and distilling various items.
  5. Power Workshop (Awareness Strength: 54)
     
     • Processes precision parts, requires windmill.
  
  

• Fine Steel Pit Bonfire Age

  1. Ancient Enhance Table (Awareness Strength: 60)
     
     • Enhances weapons and armor.
  
  

• Unknown

  1. Basic Portal
     
     • Allows teleportation between bases.
  2. Anti Radiation Tower
     
     • Blocks radiation within 30 meters.
  3. Mysterious Stone Table
     
     • Adjusts masks and saves tribesman data.
  4. Mine
     
     • It’s out there in the wilds. One location that I know of is on the west side of the volcano.

Skill-Based Workbench Allocations

This section outlines the various skills and the corresponding workbenches required for crafting and other activities. Each skill is associated with specific workbenches that enable the crafting of related items.

Logging

• Logging Yard

Harvest

• Collection Yard

Weaving

• Loom
  
• Powered Spinning Wheel

Wood & Stone

• Carpenter's Table
  
• Building Workshop
  
• Powered Cutting Machine
  
• Power Workshop

Kiln

• Earth Kiln
  
• Furnace
  
• Blast Furnace
  
• Powered Refining Furnace

Alchemy

• Grinder
  
• Brewing Stand
  
• Dye Vat
  
• Powered Mill
  
• Distiller

Weapon Crafting

• Weapon Crafting Bench
  
• Ancient Enhance Table

Mining

• Excavation Pit
  
• Mine

Plant

• Farmland
  
• Fertilizer Bucket
  
• Granary

Potting

• Potting Table

Leatherworking

• Butcher's Table
  
• Tanning Rack

Craftsman

• Craftsman's Bench

Cooking

• Cooking Stove
  
• Drying Rack
  
• Brewing Tank
  
• Oil Press
  
• Worktop

Armor Crafting

• Armor Forging Table

None (General or Unknown)

• Rainwater Collector
  
• Capybara Pen
  
• Turkey Coop
  
• Monkey Storage Nest
  
• Repair Bench
  
• Decor Table
  
• Well
  
• Outhouse
  
• Uncrafting Table
  
• Breeding Farm
  
• Piranha Pool
  
• Beehive
  
• Bath
  
• Arena
  
• Crossbow Tower
  
• Siege Ballista
  
• Cooling Table
  
• Ice Cellar
  
• Air Heater
  
• Windmill
  
• Basic Portal
  
• Anti Radiation Tower
  
• Mysterious Stone Table

Tips and Tricks

• Suggested Unlock Order: Balance the awareness strength required and the utility of each bench or structure to ensure a smooth progression.
  
• Resource Management: Always keep track of your materials and maintain a stockpile of essential items to avoid crafting delays. Ensure you have enough resources to craft and upgrade the next essential items.
  
• Tribesmen Management: Assign tribesmen efficiently to automate tasks and maximize productivity.
  
• Environmental Considerations: Plan your base layout considering specific structure requirements (e.g., no roof over farmland).
  
• Placement Efficiency: Group related workbenches together and place them near relevant resource storage to minimize travel time and streamline crafting processes.
  
• Upgrade Strategically: Prioritize upgrading workbenches that will give you the most immediate benefit.

FAQ Section

1. Q: How do I unlock workbenches?
   
   • A: Workbenches are unlocked by progressing through the game’s ages and by upgrading specific skills. Refer to the "Suggested Unlock Order" section of this guide for a recommended sequence.
   
   
2. Q: What materials do I need to craft each workbench?
   
   • A: Each workbench requires a different set of materials. Check the "Workbench Details" section for a detailed list of materials needed for each workbench.
   
   
3. Q: How do I upgrade a workbench?
   
   • A: Upgrading a workbench typically involves using additional materials and sometimes requires higher skill levels. Detailed upgrade paths and requirements are listed in the "Workbench Details" section.
   
   
4. Q: How do I increase my skill levels?
   
   • A: Skills are increased by performing relevant tasks and crafting items related to those skills. Consistently using workbenches associated with a specific skill will help you level up faster.
   
   
5. Q: Are there any tips for optimizing workbench placement?
   
   • A: Yes, place workbenches near relevant resource storage or production areas to minimize travel time. Group related workbenches together to streamline crafting processes. See the "Tips and Tricks" section for more detailed advice.
   
   
6. Q: How do I know which workbench to prioritize for upgrades?
   
   • A: Prioritize workbenches that will give you the most immediate benefit for your current needs. For example, upgrading a Forge early can be crucial if you require advanced metal tools. The "Suggested Unlock Order" and "Tips and Tricks" sections provide more detailed recommendations.
   
   
7. Q: What are the benefits of upgrading a workbench?
   
   • A: Upgrading a workbench can unlock new crafting recipes, increase crafting efficiency, and improve the quality of crafted items. Detailed benefits for each workbench are listed in the "Workbench Details" section.
   
   
8. Q: How do I know if I have the right skills for a workbench?
   
   • A: Each workbench entry in this guide lists the required skills. You can also check your character’s skill tree in the game to see your current levels and what is needed for specific workbenches.
   
   
9. Q: What is the best strategy for resource gathering to build workbenches?
   
   • A: Efficient resource gathering involves planning ahead and creating stockpiles of essential materials. Focus on gathering basic materials in bulk early on, and set up resource production areas near your crafting stations. The "Tips and Tricks" section has more detailed strategies.
   
   
10. Q: Are there any hidden or secret workbenches?
    
    • A: Some games include hidden or secret workbenches that can be unlocked through special achievements or quests. Keep an eye out for in-game hints or community forums for these secrets.
    
    
11. Q: How can I maximize the efficiency of my crafting operations?
    
    • A: Plan your workbench layout to minimize travel time between related crafting stations. Upgrade storage near crafting areas, and prioritize upgrading workbenches that will streamline your most common crafting tasks. More detailed strategies are in the "Tips and Tricks" section.

Updates and Revisions

This guide is a living document which will be regularly updated to reflect new information, patches, and player feedback. Here’s a record of the changes and improvements made:

Version 1.1 (June 20 2024)

• Changes: Adjusted for the new changes to Granary and Breeding pen down to Bonfire Age.
  
• Fixes: Brewing Stand was incorrectly labelled as Cooking instead of Alchemy
  
• Fixes: Fixed repeating Bonfire age and fixed the missing Bronze Age

Version 1.0 (June 14 2024)

• Initial Release: Launched the first version of the guide, covering the basics of crafting and building in Soulmask, including detailed bench information, upgrade attachments, and skill utilization.

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