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Research Table

—Information accurate as of: devblog 158 Update

The Research Table is used to create components out of Scrap.

To create a component, you need an original of it to place down in the research table, so you cannot craft components you don't already have an instance of.

Research tables can be found in Monuments as well as crafted for your base.

Locations

List may be incomplete

• Power Plant: On the second floor of a big central building next to the inner water reservoir, right next to a Recycler.
• Satellite Dish: Inside the socket of the more intact of the two standing dishes, soft wall needs to be broken.
• Airfield: In the tower building, in a separate room on the main floor.

Crafting

Crafting a research table takes 60 seconds and requires:

• 200 Metal Fragments
• 75 Scrap

Researching Item(s)

To create a component, one instance of the item must be placed into the upper slot of the research table. Adding a stack of more than one item will not work. Each component has a specific amount of scrap which is needed to create the item reliably. It is possible to use less scrap, in which case the chance to create the component will be reduced linearly. The success chance will be displayed by the table in before, and if you place more scrap than required into the table, the amount needed for 100% chance will be taken.

Researching takes 10 seconds and gambling will yield the same return rate as using enough scrap on the long term, so it is recommended to always use enough scrap for a 100% success rate.

Recycling craft-able components will yield scrap, usually 10% of the crafting requirement. Cost and return are listed below.

Item	Scrap to craft	Scrap yield
Metal Blade	10	1
Empty Propane Tank	10	1
Metal Pipe	20	2
Road Signs	20	2
Sheet Metal	30	2
Gears	30	3
Metal Spring	50	5
Tech Trash	100	10
Semi Automatic Body	50	5
SMG Body	75	6
Rifle Body	250	25

Trivia

• Researching will continue if you close the table's interface during the process. Items can be stored in the slots of the research table.
• The sound that plays when researching an item can be heard by anyone nearby.
• Research tables were originally implemented for another system, the Blueprint System. The table was then removed from crafting and re-introduced in devblog 158 with the introduction of Scrap.

Items
Ammunition	12 Gauge Buckshot • 12 Gauge Slug • 5.56 Rifle Ammo • Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo • Handmade Shell • High Velocity Arrow • High Velocity Rocket • HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo • HV Pistol Ammo • Incendiary 5.56 Rifle Ammo • Incendiary Pistol Bullet • Incendiary Rocket • Pistol Bullet • Rocket • Smoke Rocket • Wooden Arrow
Attire	Bandana Mask • Baseball Cap • Beenie Hat • Bone Armor • Bone Helmet • Boonie Hat • Boots • Bucket Helmet • Burlap Headwrap • Burlap Shirt • Burlap Shoes • Burlap Trousers • Candle Hat • Coffee Can Helmet • Hazmat Boots • Hazmat Gloves • Hazmat Helmet • Hazmat Jacket • Hazmat Pants • Hazmat Suit • Hide Boots • Hide Halterneck • Hide Pants • Hide Poncho • Hide Skirt • Hide Vest • Hoodie • Improvised Balaclava • Jacket • Leather Gloves • Longsleeve T-Shirt • Metal Chest Plate • Metal Facemask • Miners Hat • Pants • Riot Helmet • Road Sign Jacket • Road Sign Kilt • Santa Hat • Shirt • Shorts • Snow Jacket - Red • Tank Top • T-Shirt • Wolf Headdress • Wood Armor Pants • Wood Chestplate
Components	Bleach • Duct Tape • Empty Propane Tank • Gears • Glue • Metal Blade • Metal Pipe • Metal Spring • Rifle Body • Road Signs • Rope • Semi Automatic Body • Sewing Kit • Sheet Metal • SMG Body • Sticks • Tarp • Tech Trash
Construction	Armored Door • Armored Double Door • Barbed Wooden Barricade • Building Plan • Chainlink Fence • Chainlink Fence Gate • Code Lock • Concrete Barricade • Floor Grill • High External Stone Gate • High External Stone Wall • High External Wooden Gate • High External Wooden Wall • Ladder Hatch • Large Water Catcher • Lock • Metal Barricade • Metal horizontal embrasure • Metal Vertical embrasure • Metal Window Bars • Mining Quarry • Prison Cell Gate • Prison Cell Wall • Pump Jack • Reinforced Window Bars • Sandbag Barricade • Sheet Metal Door • Sheet Metal Double Door • Shop Front • Small Water Catcher • Stone Barricade • Tool Cupboard • Wind Turbine • Wood Double Door • Wood Shutters • Wooden Barricade • Wooden Door • Wooden Ladder • Wooden Window Bars
Food	Apple • Bear Meat • Bear Meat Cooked • Black Raspberries • Blueberries • Burned Chicken • Burned Human Meat • Burned Pork • Burned Wolf Meat • Burnt Bear Meat • Cactus Flesh • Can of Beans • Can of Tuna • Candy Cane • Chocolate Bar • Cooked Chicken • Cooked Fish • Cooked Human Meat • Cooked Pork • Cooked Wolf Meat • Corn • Corn Seed • Granola Bar • Hemp Seed • Minnows • Mushroom • Pork • Pumpkin • Pumpkin Seed • Raw Chicken Breast • Raw Fish • Raw Human Meat • Raw Wolf Meat • Rotten Apple • Small Trout • Small Water Bottle • Spoiled Chicken • Spoiled Human Meat • Spoiled Wolf Meat • Water Jug
Items	Bed • Bota Bag • Camp Fire • Ceiling Light • Double Sign Post • Furnace • Huge Wooden Sign • Jack O Lantern Angry • Jack O Lantern Happy • Landscape Picture Frame • Lantern • Large Banner Hanging • Large Banner on pole • Large Furnace • Large Wood Box • Large Wooden Sign • One Sided Town Sign Post • Paper Map • Pookie Bear • Portrait Picture Frame • Reactive Target • Repair Bench • Research Table • Salvaged Shelves • Single Sign Post • Sleeping Bag • Small Oil Refinery • Small Stash • Small Stocking • Small Wooden Sign • SUPER Stocking • Survival Fish Trap • Tuna Can Lamp • Tall Picture Frame • Two Sided Hanging Sign • Two Sided Ornate Hanging Sign • Two Sided Town Sign Post • Water Barrel • Water Purifier • Wood Storage Box • Wooden Sign • XL Picture Frame • XXL Picture Frame
Medical	Anti-Radiation Pills • Bandage • Blood • Large Medkit • Medical Syringe
Miscellaneous	Acoustic Guitar • Blueprint • Door Key • Large Present • Medium Present • Note • Small Present
Resources	Animal Fat • Battery - Small • Bone Fragments • CCTV Camera • Charcoal • Cloth • Coal • Crude Oil • Empty Can Of Beans • Empty Tuna Can • Explosives • Gun Powder • High Quality Metal • High Quality Metal Ore • Human Skull • Leather • Low Grade Fuel • Metal Fragments • Metal Ore • Paper • Research Paper • Salt Water • Stones • Sulfur • Sulfur Ore • Targeting Computer • Water • Wolf Skull • Wood
Tools	Camera • Flare • Hammer • Hatchet • Pick Axe • Rock • Salvaged Axe • Salvaged Hammer • Salvaged Icepick • Satchel Charge • Stone Hatchet • Stone Pick Axe • Supply Signal • Survey Charge • Timed Explosive Charge • Torch • Water Bucket
Traps	Auto Turret • Land Mine • Shotgun Trap • Snap Trap • Wooden Floor Spikes
Weapons	4x Zoom Scope • Assault Rifle • Beancan Grenade • Bolt Action Rifle • Bone Club • Bone Knife • Crossbow • Custom SMG • Double Barrel Shotgun • Eoka Pistol • F1 Grenade • Flame Thrower • Holosight • Hunting Bow • Longsword • LR-300 Assault Rifle • M249 • Mace • Machete • MP5A4 • Muzzle Boost • Muzzle Brake • Pump Shotgun • Revolver • Rocket Launcher • Salvaged Cleaver • Salvaged Sword • Semi-Automatic Pistol • Semi-Automatic Rifle • Silencer • Stone Spear • Thompson • Waterpipe Shotgun • Weapon Flashlight • Weapon Lasersight • Wooden Spear