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Kenshi Basic Workbench

A multi-purpose utility crafting bench.

Adds the level zero Basic Workbench (Iron) research and building for survivalist playthroughs or when you are just getting started! By forming iron plates into basic tools, this basic workbench can be used in place of crafted tools. It's less efficient, but crafted tools can sometimes be hard to find.

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The basic workbench comes preloaded with the ability to craft tools, hacksaws, hoes, and pickaxes. It is possible to add more recipes and features through sub mod expansions. (You can do it too!)

KBWB research is unlocked at tech level one and has minimal requirements of 1 book and 4 hours of research time.

KBWB construction:
Built with 1 building material and 1 set of tools.

75% efficiency rate.
Slightly increases hunger rate by 0.02%.
Uses labouring skill.

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Basic Workbench should now go into any house. Please let me know if any issues!

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Giving these items build ingredients automatically raises their prices. I have adjusted this to pull back their default profitability rate, but they are made of what they are made of, so I’m mostly letting the game handle those economics. However, since they are slightly more expensive and some are trade items, it could provide additional manufacturing and merchant opportunities.

The hacksaw and tools are very useful as they can cut through locks.
The pickaxe and hoe are not used in vanilla but can be used in other mods.

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Once I started playing with the mod “Mining with Pickaxe,” which oddly enough requires a pickaxe to mine, I wanted to find a way to craft one. I could not find anything like a multipurpose crafting bench in the workshop, and well, this is the result.

(The pickaxes have been tested and are compatible with said mod. And again, I get the pleasure of showcasing Stupendous Man’s work.)

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The basic workbench is essentially a copy of the outdoor workbench from the mod Interactive World. Stupendous Man has kindly given his blessing to use his mods in the community. I needed a crafting bench/mod outside of Interactive World: Kenshi + (IWK+) to provide compatibility for both vanilla and IWK+.

If you’d like this to reflect IWK+ type build materials (lumber, etc.), you’ll also need The Basic Workbench Patch for IWK+, placed below this mod in your load order.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3483055812

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3463403302

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3455944692

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Please let me know any errors and feedback. You can also suggest any items you want added, and we’ll take a look.

- Mandalf