Crafting
Outbound Crafting Guide
Outbound has four crafting benches and a strict refining pipeline. Skip a step and you waste hours gathering the wrong thing. This page maps the entire tree.
Game version 1.0Updated 2026-05-11Platform: Steam (PC)
The four benches
Every craftable item belongs to one of four benches. Higher-tier benches consume the output of lower-tier ones — never the reverse.
| Bench | Tier | Inputs | Produces | Unlock |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Furnace | T1 | Ore + Coal | Iron Bar, Glass Panel, Ceramic | Start |
| Workshop | T2 | Bars + Wood | Wire, Plastic, Engine Parts | Build T1 Furnace |
| Fabricator | T3 | Wire + Plastic | Circuit Board, Advanced Panels | Build Workshop Lv.2 |
| Ion Forge | T4 | Exotic Ore + Crystalline Core | Ion Cell, Phase Plate | Recover Ion Schematic |
Refining pipeline
Outbound rewards batching. Do not smelt 1 Iron Bar — mine enough for 20 and smelt in one session. Coal consumption per bar halves after bar #10 thanks to the residual-heat mechanic.
Unlock order that actually works
- Basic Furnace → Iron Bar → Workshop Lv.1.
- Workshop Lv.1 → Copper Wire → Solar Mk1 (ends night shortage).
- Workshop Lv.2 → Plastic → Fabricator.
- Fabricator → Circuit Board → Engine Upgrade + Water Recycler.
- Ion Forge → Ion Cell → Hover Thrusters and end-game mobility.