Simple research bench
Simple research bench
A simple bench with writing implements and simple measurement devices. Researchers work here to discover new things.
Base Stats
- Type
- Production – Research
- HP
- 250
- Flammability
- 100%
- Rotatable
- Yes
Building
- Size
- 3 × 2
- Placeable
- Yes
- Cover Effectiveness
- 50%
- Efficiency
- 75%
Creation
- Work To Make
- 2,800 ticks (46.67 secs)
- Stuff Tags
- Metallic, Woody, Stony
- Resources to make
75 + 
25- Deconstruct yield
- 56 +
18
A simple research bench is a Production bench at which your colonists can research new technology. Once you've selected a project in the Research tab, your research-capable colonists will operate the bench when not otherwise occupied. Multiple researchers can contribute toward a project at the same time, so long as sufficient research benches are available and/or double shifts. Simple research benches are incapable of researching certain advanced technologies. Getting further along on the research tree requires using a hi-tech research bench. It produces research at only 75% the rate of the high-tech research bench.
Building research benches outdoors imposes a x0.75 penalty to research speed. Indoors, the cleanliness of the room the bench is in comes into play, granting modifiers ranging from x0.75 for very dirty rooms to x1.09 for sterile. You can reinstall them at convenience. Because research projects are such long-term projects, it is strongly advised you place dining chairs or armchairs at each bench to keep your researchers comfortable.
Version history
- 0.12.906 - Sprite changed