🔨 Crafting

Loftia Crafting Guide

Beta notice: Stations and recipe lists reflect Closed Beta and community wiki records.

Quick Answer

Crafting in Loftia uses workbenches and crafting tables to turn gathered resources into tools, furniture, and equipment. Craft immediately — don't hoard resources.

Official Fact Check

Beta reviewers confirm crafting tables, workbenches, and refining machines. BackerKit Devlog #17 references real-time crafting timers. Steam and loftiawiki.org document tools, furniture, decor, and clothing outputs plus Research Stations for new recipes. Storage limits in beta punished hoarding — treat slot counts as beta est.*.

Confirmed Crafting Stations

  • Crafting tables — general recipe hub
  • Workbenches — tool and build-focused crafting
  • Refining machines — process raw mats into refined inputs
  • Research Stations — unlock new recipes over time (loftiacodex-documented)

Core Rule: Craft Immediately

Beta storage is tight. Hoarding wood, stone, plastic, and scrap without converting it at stations slows district unlocks — especially before Gridfall thresholds.

Where Resources Come From

Scavenging

Pick up tires, wood, plastic, and scrap in Loftia City streets.

Farming & fishing

Crops and catches feed cooking and crafting chains — see Farming and Hanging Gardens routes.

Community expeditions

Group content can return rare mats for advanced benches — details beta est.*.

What You Can Craft (Wiki-Tracked Categories)

  • Tools
  • Furniture
  • Decoration
  • Clothing

Full recipe encyclopedia beta est.*.

Upcycling Integration

Steam highlights upcycling as a signature loop — turn scrap into useful inputs. Read the Upcycling guide for material names and Gridfall sourcing.

Real-Time Crafting

Devlog #17 notes timers run in real time — queue jobs before logging off, similar to other cozy MMO crafting pipelines. Exact durations beta est.*.

Crafting FAQ

Crafting in Loftia uses a workbench system with multiple tiers. You gather materials from your island, Gridfall scavenging, and farming outputs, then combine them at the workbench to produce tools, furniture, and energy components. Higher workbench tiers unlock advanced recipes.

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Related Guides

Equipments →Research Stations →Gridfall Guide →
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