Small Drying Rack
| Small Drying Rack | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Workstation |
| Type | Workstation |
| Build Menu | Farming |
| Build Skill | Carpentry: 1 |
| Build XP | Carpentry: 10 |
| Build Tools | |
| Health | 100 (+20 per skill level) |
| Recipes | 1 |
| Crafts | Farming |
| Location | Built |
The Small Drying Rack is a light frame of sticks and twine for drying the wet leather of small animals. The in-game tooltip says it is used to dry the Leather of small animals like rabbits or calves.
It is the last step of leather making in the Farming menu. A hide is first scraped at the Softening Beam. It then soaks at the Tannin Barrel and comes out as wet leather. The rack dries that wet leather into finished leather for Tailoring. It is the cheapest of the three leather racks and often the first one a trapper builds. The Medium Drying Rack and the Large Drying Rack take the bigger hides.
A trap line brings in rabbits and raccoons, and their hides all dry here. That often makes this rack the start of leatherwork.
How to Build Small Drying Rack
The build is called Leather Drying Rack (Small) and sits in the Farming build menu. It takes four Long Stick, four Twine and one Nails. A hammer and a saw are needed, and both come back after the build. A small saw or a crude saw works in place of a full saw.
The builder needs Carpentry level 1. The build gives 10 Carpentry XP. The recipe is known from the start.
Once built, the rack has 100 health. Each level of the builder's skill adds 20 more.
The medium and large racks each take more sticks, twine and nails. They are open at Carpentry level 0, while this one asks for level 1.
The Leather Drying Rack (Small) recipe is in the Farming build menu. It needs Carpentry level 1.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Stick | 
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4x | No | /additem Base.LongStick
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| Twine | 
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4x | No | /additem Base.Twine
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| Claw Hammer | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.Hammer
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| Hacksaw | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.Saw
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| Nails | 
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1x | No | /additem Base.Nails
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How to Use Small Drying Rack
Wet leather is hung on the rack, and the rack holds it until it is dry. The drying is started by hand once the leather is in place.
Only small wet leather fits this rack. That covers rabbits and raccoons from the trap line. It also takes the young of farm animals and deer: calves, lambs, piglets and fawns.
The wet leather comes from two earlier stations. At the Softening Beam, a Fleshing Tool scrapes the hide. Remove Flesh keeps the fur on, while Remove Fur gives a crude hide. At the Tannin Barrel, Tan Leather soaks the hide with a Bowl of Brain Tan. The bowl is mixed in the hand from a bowl, a little water and an animal brain.
Both earlier stations are cheap. The Softening Beam and the Tannin Barrel each take two Plank, two Nails and a hammer.
Crafting Recipes
Dry Small Leather is the single job of this rack. Crude wet leather dries into Small Leather (Crude). Furred wet leather dries into the matching furred kind. Examples are Rabbit Leather (Furred), Raccoon Leather (Furred), Lamb Leather (Furred) and Fawn Leather (Furred).
It is open to any survivor and is known from the start. The dried leather then goes into Tailoring recipes.
Cut Up Small Leather turns a dried piece into Leather Strips on any surface. It needs a sharp knife or scissors. A small piece gives half as many strips as a medium one.
Small leather suits small items. Early Tailoring makes a Pouch, Crude Leather Footwear and a Hide Bandeau. A Hide Headsack and hide skirts follow, then a Hide Wallet and a Hide Mask. The Hide Fanny Pack comes a little later. Small Leather (Crude) also makes a Tool Roll - Leather, a Leather Water Bag and a Holster - Double.
Some forged armour needs a small piece too. The Metal Codpiece and the Metal Neck Guard each take small leather, along with both Blacksmithing and Tailoring skill.
Every recipe made at the Small Drying Rack 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Leather (Crude) | 
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Dry Small Leather | 1x Small Leather (Crude, Wet) | - | None | No | /additem Base.Leather_Crude_Small_Tan
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Notes
- The tooltip says it dries the Leather of small animals like rabbits or calves.
- Drying is started by hand after the leather is hung.
- It is cheaper to build than the medium and large racks.
- Rabbits and raccoons from traps give leather for this size.
- The hammer and saw used for the build are kept.
- Fawn, lamb and calf leather all belong on this small rack.
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