Simple Loom
| Simple Loom | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Workstation |
| Type | Workstation |
| Build Menu | Farming |
| Build Skill | Carpentry: 3 |
| Build XP | Carpentry: 30 |
| Build Tools | |
| Recipes | 3 |
| Crafts | Farming |
| Location | Built |
The Simple Loom is a wooden frame loom for weaving cloth. The in-game tooltip says it is for weaving cloth from Thread or Hemp.
It belongs to Farming and closes the long chain from field to fabric. Hemp grown and processed on the farm becomes Burlap Piece. Thread becomes Cheese Cloth or a full Cotton Fabric Roll. The cloth is then used in Tailoring and other crafts. A survivor builds it once hemp or a good stock of Thread is on hand. The loom is built from logs, sticks and cordage.
Two fibre lines end here. The hemp line runs from the field to a Large Plant Drying Rack, then to the Scutching Board, then to the loom. The flax and wool lines run through the Spinning Wheel first and arrive as Thread. Hemp Dogbane, a wild plant found by foraging, goes straight to the loom.
How to Build Simple Loom
The build is called Simple Loom and sits in the Farming build menu. It takes four Log, five Long Stick and four lengths of binding. Rag, Rag (Dirty), Twine, Rope or Sheet Rope all work for the binding. A hammer and a saw are needed, and both come back after the build. A crude saw works in place of a full saw.
The builder needs Carpentry level 3. The build gives 30 Carpentry XP. The recipe is known from the start.
The materials suit a camp in the woods. Logs come from felling trees with an axe. Twine and Rope can be made by hand from scutched hemp, so a hemp farm can supply its own binding. The loom is a two-tile piece of furniture and can be picked up and moved later.
The Simple Loom recipe is in the Farming build menu. It needs Carpentry level 3.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claw Hammer | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Hammer
|
| Flint Saw | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Saw_Flint
|
| Log | 
|
4x | No | /additem Base.Log
|
| Long Stick | 
|
5x | No | /additem Base.LongStick
|
| Rag or similar | 
|
4x | No | /additem Base.RippedSheets
|
How to Use Simple Loom
Weaving is a plain bench job. The fibre or thread goes in, and the cloth comes out.
The amounts differ a lot between the jobs. Burlap takes only three pieces of fibre. Cheese Cloth takes twenty Thread. A Cotton Fabric Roll takes four hundred Thread, so it is a late project for a well-stocked base.
Crafting Recipes
Weave Burlap is the farm route. It takes Hemp (Scutched) or Hemp Dogbane and gives a Burlap Piece.
Weave Cheesecloth takes Thread and gives a Cheese Cloth. Cheese Cloth is one of the tools for pressing oil at the Hand Operated Press.
Weave Cloth turns a large store of Thread into a Cotton Fabric Roll.
None of these ask for a skill level, and all are known from the start.
Burlap Piece is the everyday cloth of a farm. Tailoring turns it into burlap shirts, pants, dresses, skirts, long johns, sacks and wraps for the hands and feet. A Cotton Fabric Roll goes into cotton versions of the same clothing, plus pillows and teddy bears. Cheese Cloth is kept after each pressing, so one piece lasts at the oil press.
Every recipe made at the Simple Loom 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burlap Piece | 
|
Weave Burlap | 3x Hemp (Scutched) or Hemp Dogbane | - | None | No | /additem Base.BurlapPiece
|
| Cheese Cloth | 
|
Weave Cheesecloth | 20x Thread | - | None | No | /additem Base.CheeseCloth
|
| Cotton Fabric Roll | 
|
Weave Cloth | 400x Thread | - | None | No | /additem Base.FabricRoll_Cotton
|
Station Tiers
The Loom runs exactly the same recipes. Either one does the same weaving. The Simple Loom is built from logs and sticks, which suits a camp far from town.
The Loom is found as furniture rather than built. One stands on the second floor of the Coalfield Inn. Building the Simple Loom saves the trip to fetch it.
The Simple Loom shares its recipes with the stations below. A higher station runs everything a lower one runs.
| Name | Image | Recipes | Build Skill | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Loom | 
|
3 | Carpentry: 3 | This station |
| Loom | 
|
3 | - | Runs the same recipes |
Notes
- The tooltip says it weaves cloth from Thread or Hemp.
- Burlap takes only three pieces of scutched hemp.
- A Cotton Fabric Roll takes four hundred Thread.
- Cheese Cloth is needed for pressing oil.
- Twine from scutched hemp works as the binding for the build.
- The hammer and saw used for the build are kept.
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