Pottery Bench
| Pottery Bench | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Workstation |
| Type | Workstation |
| Build Menu | Pottery |
| Build Skill | Carpentry: 5 |
| Build XP | Carpentry: 5 |
| Build Tools | Claw Hammer |
| Recipes | 3 |
| Crafts | Pottery |
| Location | Built |
The Pottery Bench is a covered work table for sculpting long clay objects. The in-game tooltip calls it a covered table for sculpting long clay objects and for general crafting.
It belongs to Pottery and handles the shapes that do not suit a wheel or a press. It makes a clay sheet mold, a glass blowing pipe and a smoking pipe. These pieces come off the bench unfired, so a kiln follows. The glass blowing pipe links Pottery with Glassmaking. A potter builds it once Carpentry is high enough. It is built in the Pottery build menu.
The bench is one stop in a longer line. Clay is dug and carried home first. The bench shapes it, and a Small Kiln or Large Kiln fires it hard. The fired pipe and mold then become the working tools of a glass workshop.
How to Build Pottery Bench
The build is called Build Pottery Bench. It takes four Plank, four Nails and one Sheet. A hammer is needed, and it is kept after the build.
The builder needs Carpentry level 5, which is a steep ask for a small table. The build gives 5 Carpentry XP. The recipe is known from the start.
The Sheet is the cover over the table. A Sheet can be cut from a Cotton Fabric Roll with scissors, or untied from a Sheet Rope.
The Build Pottery Bench recipe is in the Pottery build menu. It needs Carpentry level 5.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claw Hammer | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Hammer
|
| Plank | 
|
4x | No | /additem Base.Plank
|
| Nails | 
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4x | No | /additem Base.Nails
|
| Sheet | 
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1x | No | /additem Base.Sheet
|
How to Use Pottery Bench
Work at the bench is hand sculpting. Each job takes a little Clay. Two of the jobs use a clay tool, which comes back after the craft. The glass blowing pipe also takes a small splash of water from a container.
The clay tool is a Clay Sculpting Tool or the carved Wood Clay Sculpting Tool. Either one works.
Clay comes from the ground near water. Digging at a river or pond edge with a shovel fills an empty sack with clay. The Take Clay from Sack recipe then empties a Sack of Clay into loose Clay and hands back the sack.
Everything made here comes out unfired. The pieces must go into a kiln before use. Firing at a Small Kiln or Large Kiln takes a fire starter and a log or charcoal for fuel. The Small Kiln itself is built from Clay with a Mason's Trowel, so it is a natural next build.
Crafting Recipes
Press Sheet Mold is the first job. It is open at Pottery level 0 and takes three Clay. The result is a Clay Sheet Mold (Unfired), ready for the kiln.
Fired, it becomes a Ceramic Sheet Mold. Molten glass poured into it sets as a Glass Pane. With a Steel Sheet - Small added, the same mold makes a Mirror at Glassmaking level 4. The mold is kept after each pour.
Sculpt Glass Blowing Pipe needs Pottery level 2 and takes two Clay. It gives a good amount of Pottery XP for a small job.
Once fired, the Glass Blowing Pipe is the main tool of Glassmaking. With pliers and a crucible of molten glass, it blows a Drinking Glass at Glassmaking level 2. A Bottle follows at level 3 and a Jar at level 5. Wine Glass and Lantern Glass open at level 7, and the Champagne Glass at level 9. The pipe is kept after each piece, so one pipe serves a whole workshop.
Sculpt Smoking Pipe needs Pottery level 3 and takes one Clay. It gives the most Pottery XP of the three.
The fired Smoking Pipe is filled with tobacco through the Fill Pipe recipe. That gives smokers a way to use loose tobacco.
Every recipe here is known from the start.
Every recipe made at the Pottery Bench is listed with what it uses up, the tools it hands back and the skill it asks for. A "Yes" under Learned means the recipe has to be learned before it shows up.
| Name | Image | Recipe | Crafting Materials | Tools | Skill | Learned | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Sheet Mold (Unfired) | 
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Press Sheet Mold | 3x Clay | Clay Sculpting Tool | Pottery: 0 | No | /additem Base.ClaySheetMoldUnfired
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| Glass Blowing Pipe (Unfired) | 
|
Sculpt Glass Blowing Pipe |
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- | Pottery: 2 | No | /additem Base.GlassBlowingPipeUnfired
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| Clay Smoking Pipe (Unfired) | 
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Sculpt Smoking Pipe | 1x Clay | Clay Sculpting Tool | Pottery: 3 | No | /additem Base.SmokingPipeUnfired
|
Notes
- The tooltip calls it a covered table for long clay objects and general crafting.
- The build needs Carpentry level 5.
- The clay tool is kept after each job.
- Every piece made here must be fired in a kiln.
- Sculpt Smoking Pipe gives the most Pottery XP per Clay.
- Dig clay at river and pond edges with a shovel and an empty sack.
- The fired Glass Blowing Pipe is kept after every glass recipe that uses it.
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