Crafting

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“I find myself returning more and more frequently to my magnificent science machine, busying myself with prototyping new tools to aid in our survival. After all, I must do something to keep myself sane in this strange place...”

–W

Crafting is an in-game mechanic that allows players to craft or make Items and Structures. This is done by selecting an item or structure to be crafted in one of the 16 Crafting Tabs (including DLCs, and Character-Specific tabs). Provided the player has sufficient materials in their inventory and, if necessary, has unlocked the item recipe, they will receive 1 or more of the crafted item. Below are the crafting tables for the different game modes available. The availability of crafting recipes are further affected by game version, the player's world (Game Mode), special Events, etc.

Unlocked[]

Unlocked for the first time will grant the player 15 Sanity. Once prototyped, items can be crafted without being near a Science Machine.

Prototype[]

Generally, each Item or Structure must be "prototyped" at a particular Prototyper or through other means to unlocked. Once the item has been unlocked, it can be crafted anywhere, anytime (so long as the required materials are available). Tier 1 items can be unlocked at either a Science Machine or Alchemy Engine. Tier 2 items can only be unlocked at an Alchemy Engine, ETC.

Whenever an item is unlocked, the player's Sanity will be restored by 15 points. This is only when prototyping the item and not during subsequent construction of that item.Therefore, a very simple tactic for healing sanity is to hold off on prototyping new items until you need the sanity.

Standing near the Prototyper allows prototyping new recipes. Here is a list of all the Prototyper:

Blueprint[]

See also: Blueprint

Webber's Switcherdoodle[]

See also: Switcherdoodle

Crafting Station[]

Crafting Tab[]

There are 19 Crafting Tabs in Don't Starve and it's DLCs for different Items and Structures that can be crafted.


Tools	Light	Survival	Food	Science

Fight	Structures	Refine	Magic	Dress

Ancient	Books	Tinkering	Nautical	Volcanic

Treasure Hunting	Renovate	City Planning	Green Thumb

Crafting Filter[]

At DST, the Crafting menu has been redesigned to accommodate more items, with filters replacing categories


Charater Item	Tools	Light Sources	Prototypers & Stations	Refined Materials	Weapons	Armour	Clothing	Healing	Shadow Magic	Decorations

Structures	Storage Solutions	Cooking	Food & Gardening	Fishing	Seafaring	Beefalo Riding	Winter Items	Summer Items	Rain Gear	Everything

Ancient Pseudoscience	Bottle Exchange	Cartography	Cawnival Creation	Celestial	Codex Umbra	Critters

Mad Science	Offerings	Sculptures	Seasonings	Trinket Trove	Winter's Feast Cooking

Craftable Items and Structures[]

Crafting Requirements
Tab	Always Available	Science Tier 1	Science Tier 2	Magic Tier 1	Magic Tier 2	Ancient Tier 1	Ancient Tier 2	Blueprint
Tools
Light
Survival
Food
Science
Fight
Structures
Refine
Magic
Dress
Books
Tinkering
Ancient

Crafting Requirements
Tab	Always Available	Science Tier 1	Science Tier 2	Magic Tier 1	Magic Tier 2	Ancient Tier 1	Ancient Tier 2	Blueprint
Tools
Light
Survival
Food
Science
Fight
Structures
Refine
Magic
Dress
Books
Tinkering
Ancient

Crafting Requirements
Tab	Always Available	Science Tier 1	Science Tier 2	Magic Tier 1	Magic Tier 2	Volcanic	Blueprint
Tools
Light
Nautical
Survival
Food
Science
Fight
Structures
Refine
Magic
Dress
Books
Tinkering
Volcanic

Crafting Requirements
Tab	Always Available	Science Tier 1	Science Tier 2	Magic Tier 1	Magic Tier 2	Key to the City	Blueprint
Tools
Light
Treasure Hunting
Survival
Nautical
Food
Science
Fight
Structures
Refine
Magic
Dress
Books
Green Thumb
Tinkering
City Planning
Renovate

This article is incomplete because the Survivor Items tab and some character exclusive recipes are missing .
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Crafting Requirements
Filter	Always Available	Science Tier 1	Science Tier 2	Magic Tier 1	Magic Tier 2	Other	Blueprint
Tools
Light Sources
Prototypers & Stations
Refined Materials
Weapons
Armour
Clothing
Healing
Shadow Magic
Decorations						Think Tank (prototypable): Terra Firma Tamper (prototypable):
Structures
Storage Solutions						Think Tank (prototypable):
Cooking
Food & Gardening
Fishing						Think Tank (prototypable): Tackle Receptacle (prototypable):
Seafaring						Think Tank (prototypable):
Beefalo Riding
Winter Items
Summer Items
Rain Gear

Crafting Requirements
Filter	Station	Items
Ancient Pseudoscience	Broken Ancient Pseudoscience Station Ancient Tier1 Ancient Pseudoscience Station Ancient Tier2
Critters	Rock Den
File:Sculpt Filter.png Sculpt	Potter's Wheel
Cartography	Cartographer's Desk
Celestial	Celestial Orb Celestial Tier1 Lunar Altar or Celestial Orb after Celestial Champion Celestial Tier2

Trivia[]

Prior to the Hungry for your Hunger update, the Shadow Manipulator functioned as a "level 3" crafting station. It could research all the same items as the Alchemy Engine and Science Machine before the science and magic crafting trees were separated.
In the early beta of Don't Starve, the game used a 'Research points' system instead of prototyping.
- Before that, Gold Nuggets were used to directly buy recipes.
In the Shipwrecked DLC, the Sea Lab serves the same function as the Alchemy Engine, but can only be placed on the Ocean allowing the player to prototype new recipes at sea.

Gameplay Mechanics view
Activities	Cooking • Crafting • Farming • Fighting • Fishing • Sleeping • Beefalo Riding (Boating )
Environment	Day-Night Cycle • Moon Cycle • Nightmare Cycle • Earthquake • Lightning • Rain (Strong Winds • Fog • Waves • Flooding • Volcanic Eruption ) (Fog ) (Moonstorm • Sandstorm )
Seasons	Summer • Winter • (Autumn • Spring ) (Mild Season • Hurricane Season • Monsoon Season • Dry Season ) (Temperate Season • Humid Season • Lush Season )
Mechanics	Beard • Biome • Characters • Charlie • Controls • Death • Durability • Experience • Fire • Food Spoilage • Freezing • Health • Hunger • Inventory • Light • Map • Naughtiness • Non-renewable resources • Sanity • Saving • Structures (Wetness ) (Overheating ) (Poison ) (Hay Fever • Peculiar Objects • Aporkalypse • Pig Fiesta ) (Enlightenment • Events • Disease • Ghosts • World Regrowth • Skins )
Mode	Survival Mode • Adventure Mode • Caves • Ruins • Volcano • World Customization
Others	Pig Village • Road (Trail) • Graveyard • Ocean • Abyss • Bridge • Set Piece • Things • Morgue