Board
A Board is the first thing you make from a Log: the Sawhorse turns one Log into 4 Boards. It is not the same item as a Wooden Plank. A plank is a Board worked once more at the Woodworking Workbench I, one Board for one plank, and recipes ask for one or the other by name.
Boards go mostly into buildings: the Woodworking Workbench I itself (8 Boards), the Autopsy Table I and Corpse Pallet I (4 each), Improve the Church I (8), and the Sawhorse (2). They also make the Wooden Sign for graves, and each blockage in the church takes a Board and a Bronze Detail to clear.
How to obtain
Craft
| Workbench | Ingredients | Yields | Mastery | Duration | Tech points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sawhorse |  Log ×1 | ×4 |  1 | 5 | 1 |
| Circular Saw | Log ×1 | × 4 ( Carpenter +2 ) | 3 | 6 | 2 |
Traders
| Name | Tier | Stock |
|---|---|---|
| Builder · town building — build it first | Tier I | 10 |
| Builder · town building — build it first | Tier II | 20 |
| Builder · town building — build it first | Tier III | 30 |
Gathered from
| Name | × | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Junk (broken barrels, trash piles) | 1–2 | — |
| Junk (broken barrels, trash piles) | 1 | 0.25 |
Dug up or gathered at
| Where | × |
|---|---|
| Alchemy Lab, Writing Basement, Morgue, Resurrection Lab | 2–4 |
Found in
| Name | Where | × |
|---|---|---|
| Simple Chest | Yard | 2 |
Used for
Ingredient for
| Workbench | Ingredients | Outputs | Mastery | Duration | Tech points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodworking Workbench I Woodworking Workbench II |  Iron Ingot ×6  Board ×4  Bronze Nails ×8 |  Supply: Iron ×1 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| Blockage | Board ×1 | — | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Blockage | Board ×1 | — | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Blockage | Board ×1 | — | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Blockage | Board ×1 | — | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Woodworking Workbench I Woodworking Workbench II | Board ×2  Stick ×2 |  Wooden Sign ×1 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| Workshop Courtyard Workshop Courtyard Workshop Courtyard Workshop Courtyard | Board ×12 Bronze Nails ×8 | — | — | — | — |
| Woodworking Workbench I Woodworking Workbench II | Board ×1 |  Wooden Plank ×1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Study
| Study requires: | Tech points | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Science ×1 | 10 | 3 ( Researcher −1 ) |
Each item is studied once, on the Study Table. Studying does not use the item up. With the Scientist perk, a 30% chance of a Story.
Build
| Sawhorse | ×2 |
| Woodworking Workbench I | ×8 |
| Sluice Box | ×4 |
| Improve the Church I | ×8 |
| Folio | ×3 |
| Autopsy Table I | ×4 |
| Corpse Pallet I | ×4 |
| Garden Well Upgrade | ×6 |
| Compost Pile | ×2 |
| Millstone | ×2 |
Town
| Pottery Workshop | ×12 |
Can be sold to
Herm
Other uses, out of reach (10)
Ingredient for
| Workbench | Ingredients | Outputs | Mastery | Duration | Tech points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blockage | Board ×1 | — | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Blockage | Board ×1 | — | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Blockage | Board ×1 | — | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Blockage | Board ×1 | — | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Blockage | Board ×1 | — | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Locked hatch | Board ×2 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Build
| Sawhorse | ×2 |
| Woodworking Workbench I | ×8 |
| Sluice Box | ×4 |
| Autopsy Table I | ×4 |
Notes
- The first Boards need no workbench but the Sawhorse, which The Concept of Wood gives you free on your first night home. The Woodworking Workbench I, and with it Wooden Planks, costs 8 Boards and 4 Bronze Nails.
- You start with a few. The Simple Chest in the yard holds 2, the ten broken barrels in the yard and garden drop 1 or 2 each when you break them, and the broken shelf in the morgue drops 2 to 4.
- Herm buys Boards but never sells them, at any tier. The only sellers are town stalls, across the bridge.