Crafting, Storage & Production

Crafting in Eco is a network of ingredients, work tables, skills, labour, time, power and storage access. A recipe can be unlocked and still be unusable because one of those links is missing.

Diagnose a stalled order

Check in this order:

1. Correct table and required module.
2. Required skill and level.
3. Ingredients in linked storage.
4. Available labour calories.
5. Fuel or electrical/mechanical power.
6. Output storage capacity.
7. Room requirements and table status.

Storage design

Build small production cells around a clear input → work table → output flow. Name stockpiles and reserve output space. Roads and vehicles multiply a town’s productive capacity because hauling time is part of every recipe, even when it is not shown in the crafting duration.

Verified example: Smelt Iron

The supplied 13.0.4 generated data defines the Bloomery recipe as:

• Skill: Smelting level 1
• Inputs: 2 Iron Concentrate and 6 Clay Mould
• Outputs: 6 Iron Bar, 2 Slag and 3 returned Clay Mould
• Labour: 60 calories
• Base duration: 5 minutes

Server multipliers and later balance changes can alter practical costs, so use the in-game order screen for the final value on your server.