Dragonwilds Crafting Stations — Every Bench, What It Crafts, and What to Build First
Quick answer
Dragonwilds has 11 crafting stations and 13 processing stations, all built through the Construction menu (B). A campfire, a furnace and a Blacksmith’s Bench cover the entire bronze-to-iron stretch — add the rest as their materials enter your loop.
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The crafting loop
Crafting in Dragonwilds is a closed loop: gathering skills (Mining, Woodcutting, Farming, Fishing) pull raw materials out of the world; processing stations convert them into inputs — ore into bars, hides into leather, fibre into cloth; and crafting stations turn those inputs into weapons, armour, runes, food and tools, training the Artisan skill along the way.
Crafting stations (11)
Every station below is placed through the Construction building menu.
| Station | What it crafts |
|---|---|
| Blacksmith’s Bench | Melee weapons and metal tools |
| Armour Bench | Armour sets across melee, ranged, and magic |
| Crafting Table | General crafting and components |
| Fletching Bench | Bows, crossbows, and ranged ammunition |
| Jeweler’s Bench | Jewellery |
| Mystic Forge | Magic weapons, Masterwork ascensions, ascension cores |
| Rune Altar | Runes from Rune Essence |
| Stone Range | Stone-tier construction and goods |
| Cooking Range | Cooked food |
| Pottery Wheel | Pottery |
| Brewing Cauldron | Brews and potions |
Processing stations (13)
Processing stations are the quiet backbone: the Furnace and Blast Furnace feed every metal tier, the Tannery and Spinning Wheel feed the leather and cloth lines, and the Sawmill and Stonecutter feed construction.
| Station | What it processes |
|---|---|
| Furnace | Ore into metal bars |
| Blast Furnace | Higher-throughput smelting (3 coal per bar from steel onward) |
| Grindstone | Grinding and sharpening |
| Campfire | Basic cooking and heat |
| Grill | Grilled food |
| Spinning Wheel | Fibre into thread and cloth |
| Loom | Cloth weaving |
| Tannery | Hides into leather |
| Advanced Tannery | Higher-tier leathers |
| Kiln | Firing pottery and ceramics |
| Sawmill | Logs into planks |
| Stonecutter | Stone into building blocks |
| Imbuing Barrel | Imbued materials |
What to build first
Claim a bed first — it’s your respawn point; death without one sends you back to the Wise Old Man’s temple. Then Campfire → Furnace → Blacksmith’s Bench: the bronze age in three builds. Tannery and Spinning Wheel come next to unlock the leather and cloth halves of every recipe.
FAQ
- How many crafting stations are in Dragonwilds?
- Eleven crafting stations and thirteen processing stations — twenty-four buildable structures in total, all placed through the Construction menu.
- What does the Mystic Forge do?
- It crafts magic weapons, crafts Power Level 4–6 ascension cores (99 Ascension Shards + 10 tier bars/leather/cloth each), and ascends Masterwork weapons and vestige armour. It unlocks as soon as you obtain a bronze bar.
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