Research Table

—Information accurate as of: devblog 184 Update

The Research Table is used to create Blueprints by using Scrap and the item to make the blueprint of, which means one has to find the desired item first.

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

Locations[]

List may be incomplete

Airfield: In the tower building, in a separate room on the main floor.
Power Plant: On the second floor of a big central building next to the inner water reservoir, right next to a Recycler.
Satellite Dish Array: Inside the socket of the more intact of the two standing dishes, soft wall needs to be broken.
Abandoned Supermarket
Outpost inside the metal fence adjacent to the recycler
Military Tunnel near the cave entry.
Launch Site inside the Cobalt Offices

Crafting[]

A Research Table can be crafted in 60 seconds, requiring a Work Bench Level 1 and:

200 Metal Fragments
20 Scrap

Researching[]

To create a Blueprint, put one of the desired item in the upper slot - more than one item doesn't work. The required amount of scrap will display after, and is put in the lower slot - using less scrap will not work. If those criteria are met, the "Research" button will turn clickable. After clicking it, both slots will be blocked during the process. Once it's completed, the blueprint will appear in the upper slot.

Researching takes 10 seconds and uses only the required amount of scrap, leaving the rest in the lower slot. The durability of the item does not play a role, as long as it is not broken, in which case the researching won't work.

After researching an item, it will be replaced with the blueprint and is destroyed.

A list of researchable items is shown below. (Needs completion!)

Build[]

Item	Required Scrap
Stone Barricade	20
Sandbag Barricade	20
Concrete Barricade	20
Wooden Barricade	20
Wood Shutters	20
Metal horizontal embrasure	20
Metal Vertical embrasure	20
Small Water Catcher	20
Garage Door	75
Barbed Wooden Barricade	75
Large Water Catcher	75
Floor Grill	75
Chainlink Fence Gate	125
Chainlink Fence	125
Netting	125
Prison Cell Gate	125
Prison Cell Wall	125
Metal Window Bars	125
Reinforced Glass Window	50
Reinforced Window Bars	125
High External Wooden Gate	125
High External Wooden Wall	125
Metal Barricade	125
Wooden Ladder	125
Ladder Hatch	125
Sheet Metal Double Door	125
Armored Door	500
Armored Double Door	500
High External Stone Gate	500
High External Stone Wall	500
Mining Quarry	500

Items[]

Item	Required Scrap
Water Barrel	20
Mail Box	20
Spinning wheel	20
Small Planter Box	20
Large Planter Box	20
Rug	20
Rug Bear Skin	20
Table	20
Chair	20
Tuna Can Lamp	20
Ceiling Light	20
Fridge	20
Reactive Target	20
Large Wooden Sign	75
Huge Wooden Sign	75
Salvaged Shelves	75
Bed	75
Drop Box	75
Locker	75
Search Light	125
Small Oil Refinery	125
Large Furnace	125

Resources[]

Item	Required Scrap
Explosives	500

Clothing[]

Item	Required Scrap
Beenie Hat	20
Improvised Balaclava	20
Leather Gloves	20
Shorts	20
T-Shirt	20
Jacket	20
Miners Hat	20
Bucket Helmet	75
Riot Helmet	75
Coffee Can Helmet	75
Tank Top	75
Longsleeve T-Shirt	20
Shirt	75
Hoodie	75
Snow Jacket - Red	20
Pants	75
Boots	75
Road Sign Jacket	75
Road Sign Kilt	75
Hazmat Suit	125
Heavy Plate Helmet	125
Heavy Plate Jacket	125
Heavy Plate Pants	125
Metal Facemask	500
Metal Chest Plate	500

Tools[]

Item	Required Scrap
Water Bucket	20
Chainsaw	125
Hatchet	75
Salvaged Hammer	75
Survey Charge	75
Salvaged Icepick	125
Salvaged Axe	125
Satchel Charge	125
Timed Explosive Charge	500
Flare	20

Medical[]

Item	Required Scrap
Medical Syringe	75
Large Medkit	75

Weapons[]

Item	Required Scrap

Salvaged Sword	20
Mace	75
Salvaged Cleaver	75
Longsword	75
Beancan Grenade	75
F1 Grenade	75
Revolver	75
Waterpipe Shotgun	75
Python Revolver	125
Double Barrel Shotgun	125
Pump Shotgun	125
Semi-Automatic Pistol	125
Semi-Automatic Rifle	125
Custom SMG	125
Thompson	125
MP5A4	125
Flame Thrower	125
Assault Rifle	500
Bolt Action Rifle	500
Rocket Launcher	500
Silencer	75
Weapon Flashlight	75
Simple Handmade Sight	75
Weapon Lasersight	125
Muzzle Brake	125
Muzzle Boost	125
Holosight	125
4x Zoom Scope	125

Ammunition[]

Item	Required Scrap
High Velocity Arrow	0
12 Gauge Buckshot	75
12 Gauge Slug	75
Pistol Bullet	75
HV Pistol Ammo	125
Incendiary Pistol Bullet	125
5.56 Rifle Ammo	125
HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo	125
Incendiary 5.56 Rifle Ammo	125
Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo	125
Rocket	125
High Velocity Rocket	125
Incendiary Rocket	125

Traps[]

Item	Required Scrap
Wooden Floor Spikes	20
Snap Trap	75
Flame Turret	75
Land Mine	125
Shotgun Trap	125
Auto Turret	125

Misc[]

Item	Required Scrap
Empty Propane Tank	75
Metal Blade	75
Road Signs	75
Sewing Kit	125
Metal Spring	125
Gears	75
Metal Pipe	125

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 Blueprint System. The table was then removed from crafting and re-introduced in devblog 158 with the introduction of Scrap with a different purpose. However, as of devblog 180, the Research Table is once again used for blueprints.

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