Crafting stations

See also: Crafting 101.
A **Crafting Station** allows players to craft various items. Entering the inventory screen displays the "Crafting window" in the lower-left, and when the player is standing near one or more Crafting Stations and possesses the right crafting ingredients, the bar is expanded with additional item choices.

Nearly all crafting stations are furniture. There are currently 44 crafting stations in total.

## Basic

### Hardmode

 Ancient Manipulator | Crafts a variety of end-game items from Lunar Fragments and Luminite.

## Specialized

These have limited crafting use and only craft a couple of arguably non-essential items.

Pre-Hardmode
 Living Wood  | Solely crafts Living Wood Walls.

Hardmode
 Meat Grinder | Solely crafts Flesh Blocks and Lesion Blocks.

## Themed furniture

The following crafting stations are used to craft themed versions of various furniture items.

Pre-Hardmode

Hardmode

1. ↑ The Glass Kiln also functions as a plain Furnace
2. ↑ The Sky Mill also crafts Rain Clouds and Snow Clouds
3. ↑ The Solidifier also crafts Frozen and Pink Slime Blocks

## Liquids

A few items require standing near liquids to appear in the crafting menu. Standing next to any Sink type works if the required liquid is water.

Liquids also produce unique blocks when colliding with each other (  +  = Obsidian,  +  = Honey Block,  +  = Crispy Honey Block,  /  +  = Aetherium Block.)

 Shimmer | Crafts transmutations. Also transmutes a number of items thrown into it.

## Biomes

* Crafting Snow Clouds requires the player to be in the Snow biome (a Sky Mill is also required).
* Being in a Graveyard is required for crafting various items (other crafting stations are also required, see Ecto Mist for details).

## Other

These do not use the crafting menu but produce items in unique ways.

 Extractinator | Silt, Slush and Desert Fossil blocks are placed on the Extractinator, which causes it to drop coins, random ores, and gems.

## Crafting station reach

* The player can reach any crafting station within ~3 blocks to their left or right, 3 blocks below them, or the 3 blocks of their character's height. This gives a total reach of ~8 by 6 blocks centered below the player. This is shorter than the player's reach for tools or chests of ~10 by 9 centered on the player.
* Unlike the player's item reach, crafting reach cannot be extended by items such as the Architect Gizmo Pack or Extendo Grip. It can however be extended permanently by consuming the Artisan Loaf.
* The crafting reach of the player isn't a whole number. If they press against a wall, they can reach a crafting station 4 blocks away, but they will never be able to reach 2 crafting stations 4 blocks away on either side. This can be easily tested by locking the player in a 2 wide space with crafting stations 4 blocks away on either side of them; they will only be able to reach 1 crafting station at any given time. Similarly, the player's item reach will extend to 5 blocks if pressed against a wall. Interestingly, the player has to be closer to the wall to extend item reach compared to crafting reach.

## Achievement

 **Crafty** • *“Used every crafting station”*Use every Crafting Station at least once.
 **Benched** • *“Craft your first work bench.”*Craft your first Work Bench. Category:  Collector
 **Heavy Metal** • *“Obtain an anvil made from iron or lead.”*Obtain your first Iron or Lead Anvil. Category:  Collector
## Basic progression

This list shows the general order a new player will likely need to follow in obtaining the **basic** crafting stations. This list only covers stations for essential tools and game advancement. Others can be obtained in more varying orders.

* Work Bench: crafted by hand from Wood.
* Wooden Table, Wooden Chair: crafted at the Work Bench from Wood.
* Furnace: crafted at the Work Bench, from Wood, Stone, and Torches.
* Iron Anvil/Lead Anvil: crafted at the Work Bench from Iron Bars/Lead Bars.
* Sawmill: crafted at the Workbench, from an Iron Chain, Wood, and Iron Bars.
* Loom: crafted at the Sawmill.
* Hellforge: found in The Underworld, generated with the world inside Ruined Houses.

### Hardmode

* Mythril Anvil/Orichalcum Anvil: crafted at the Iron/Lead Anvil from Mythril Bars/Orichalcum Bars
* Adamantite Forge/Titanium Forge: crafted at Mythril/Orichalcum Anvil from a Hellforge and Adamantite Ore/Titanium Ore.
* Ancient Manipulator: dropped by Lunatic Cultist

## History

PC version
* Desktop 1.4.0.1: Added Decay Chamber.

* Desktop 1.3.0.1:
	+ Added Alchemy Table and Ancient Manipulator.
	+ Items can now be crafted from a chest while it is open without having to place its contents in the player inventory beforehand.
	+ Now shows all possible craftings when the player clicks on the "Crafting window" icon.

* Desktop 1.2.3: Added 8 new crafting stations.

* Desktop 1.2: There are several new crafting stations.

* Desktop-Release: Introduced.

Console version
* Console-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo Switch version
* Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

Mobile version
* Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DSversion
* 3DS-Release: Introduced.