Crafting system hub
Crafting Guide: Workbench, Blueprints & Machines
Crafting builds objects from learned Workbench recipes. Processing is a separate machine interaction that turns inputs into outputs over time.
Use this page to understand the route, find the right authority and troubleshoot missing recipes. It intentionally does not duplicate the full Workbench, blueprint, Shrine or Processing databases.
At a glance
- Craft station
- Workbench
- Blueprint required
- Usually yes
- Verified Workbench records
- 40
- Blueprint records
- 37
Materials alone do not unlock a recipe, and owning a finished machine does not automatically prove that its Workbench recipe is learned.
Three separate systems
Crafting, Processing and Cooking have different authorities
Keeping these gates separate prevents a missing blueprint from being mistaken for a material problem or a cooking Recipe from being treated as a Workbench craft.
Crafting
Build objects, machines, utilities and selected furniture at the Workbench. Exact materials and recipe visibility live here.
Open guideProcessing
Put an input into a machine and compare canonical outputs, timing, quantity and value. Machine specialists own exact details.
Open guideCooking
Learn dishes through the Cooking Recipe pool. Cooking equipment can be a Workbench object without turning every dish into a craft.
Open guideBlueprint provenance
Find where a recipe or blueprint knowledge comes from, including Shrine, Helping Event, story and special sources.
Open guideShrine Skills
Check exact repair stages, Shrine nodes and Magatama costs. Do not copy the full skill tree into this hub.
Open guideMaterials and storage
Workbench adjacency and Storage Box behavior are physical station rules, not general Crafting claims.
Open guideMachine Finder
Need to make something? Start with the canonical route
These rows are derived from processing recipe records. They are routing shortcuts, not a second output or timer database.
Need to make
Beer
Use Brewing Barrel
Open machine guideNeed to make
Miso
Use Aging Barrel
Open machine guideNeed to make
Tofu
Use Milk Processor
Open machine guideNeed to make
Natto
Use Pickling Barrel
Open machine guideNeed to make
Soy Sauce
Use Oil Press
Open machine guideNeed to make
Kinako
Use Mill
Open machine guideNeed to make
Charcoal
Use Charcoal Kiln
Open machine guideNeed to make
Fertilizer
Use Composter
Open machine guideNeed to make
Ingots
Use Furnace
Open machine guideFor exact inputs, timers, values and capacity, continue to Processing or the linked specialist page.
Blueprint sources
A learned blueprint is not the same as its materials
The source family is a compact map only. The Blueprint Sources guide owns the full provenance records and unresolved conditions.
Helping Event
4 canonical records
Check source detailsShrine
27 canonical records
Check source detailsStory / progression
2 canonical records
Check source detailsSpecial
4 canonical records
Check source detailsMachine directory
Compact routing catalog
Each card names the canonical machine family, its unlock family and its specialist authority. Exact materials, timers, capacity and upgrades stay downstream.
processing
Pickling Barrel
Unlock family: Helping
Use the specialist guide for exact machine behavior.
Open authorityprocessing
Milk Processor
Unlock family: Shrine
Use the specialist guide for exact machine behavior.
Open authorityprocessing
Mayonnaise Processor
Unlock family: Unknown
Use the specialist guide for exact machine behavior.
Open authorityprocessing
Brewing Barrel
Unlock family: Shrine
Use the specialist guide for exact machine behavior.
Open authorityprocessing
Aging Barrel
Unlock family: Shrine
Use the specialist guide for exact machine behavior.
Open authorityprocessing
Dryer
Unlock family: Shrine
Use the specialist guide for exact machine behavior.
Open authorityprocessing
Mill
Unlock family: Shrine
Use the specialist guide for exact machine behavior.
Open authorityprocessing
Oil Press
Unlock family: Shrine
Use the specialist guide for exact machine behavior.
Open authorityprocessing
Furnace
Unlock family: Shrine
Use the specialist guide for exact machine behavior.
Open authorityprocessing
Charcoal Kiln
Unlock family: Shrine
Use the specialist guide for exact machine behavior.
Open authorityprocessing
Loom
Unlock family: Shrine
Use the specialist guide for exact machine behavior.
Open authorityprocessing
Silkworm Box
Unlock family: Shrine
Use the specialist guide for exact machine behavior.
Open authorityprocessing
Beehive
Unlock family: Helping
Use the specialist guide for exact machine behavior.
Open authorityprocessing
Composter
Unlock family: Shrine
Use the specialist guide for exact machine behavior.
Open authorityprocessing
Smoker
Unlock family: Shrine
The upgraded source says “1 day”; the repository does not normalize whether that is a reduction or a fixed cycle.
Open authoritySpecial cases
Base machine and upgrade sources can differ
Do not flatten separate provenance records into one universal Shrine rule.
- Brewing Barrel: an earlier Sazanka Helping Event may provide a finished machine or related reward, while the Repair Stage 3 Shrine node owns the Workbench recipe.
- Pickling Barrel: the base blueprint belongs to Chinana's Helping Event; the upgraded Pickling Barrel is a separate Shrine progression record.
- Mill: the canonical public English label is Mill, with stable ID
mill. “Grinder” is not a second machine entity.
Soybean routing
One input, five canonical processors
This map is generated from the shared processing routes, so a missing edge fails validation instead of silently becoming stale.
Troubleshooting
Why is my recipe missing?
Follow the narrowest authority that can answer the question.
Exact materials
Check the canonical Workbench recipe browser and nearby storage rules.
Open guideRecipe source
Check whether the recipe comes from Shrine, Helping, story or a special source.
Open guideShrine node
Check repair stage, node effect and Magatama cost.
Open guideWrong output route
Check the machine family and canonical input/output record.
Open guideTool tier
Physical Copper, Iron, Gold and Meteor Iron upgrades belong to Tool Upgrades.
Open guideMachine Parts
Machine Parts are a nighttime collection objective, not a universal blueprint currency.
Open guideFurniture
Use Furniture and Catalog for shop or Midnight furniture rather than copying it into Crafting.
Open guideCooking
Use Cooking for dishes, ingredients, recovery and Recipe knowledge.
Open guideProgression recommendation
Build for the bottleneck you actually have
This is editorial navigation, not a mandatory game sequence or profitability ranking.
Farm automation
Start with the Workbench and storage context, then check Sprinklers when watering is the bottleneck.
Open guideProcessing basics
Choose a machine based on the input supply you can sustain, not a universal best-machine ranking.
Open guideMoney routes
Use Money Making and Processing for value comparisons; Crafting only points to the route.
Open guideFAQ
Crafting questions
Short answers preserve the important system boundaries without duplicating specialist databases.
Crafting has two gates: learn the blueprint, then build the object at a Workbench with the required materials.
Use the Workbench for unlocked object, machine, utility and selected furniture recipes. Exact materials belong to the Workbench guide.
Materials alone do not unlock a recipe. Check the Blueprint Sources guide, Shrine Skills, Helping Events, story progression and other recorded source families.
The Shrine is a major source, but Helping Events, story progression, shops and special rewards also appear in the canonical provenance records.
Not automatically. A progression event can provide a finished machine before the related Workbench recipe is learned.
No. Pickling Barrel and Beehive have Helping Event blueprint records, Sap Collector has a story source, and Brewing Barrel keeps a separate Helping reward relation alongside its Shrine Workbench recipe.
Use the Workbench guide's canonical recipe browser.
Use the Processing guide or the individual machine specialist page.
Miso uses the Aging Barrel, Tofu the Milk Processor, Natto the Pickling Barrel and Beer the Brewing Barrel. The Machine Finder below is generated from processing routes.
No. Cooking owns learned dishes and cooking facilities; Workbench crafting owns objects and equipment.
For exact Workbench materials, open Workbench. For blueprint provenance, open Crafting Blueprint Sources. For processing routes and value, open Processing. Cooking dishes remain on Cooking.
Written by: Village in the Shade Guide Editorial Team
Last updated: August 27, 2026
Sources: Official publisher and storefront pages, released-game research and linked source notes.