The Workbench is an additional crafting queue for the player. Using ingredients held in the players Inventory the workbench can craft items that the player normally could from their backpack. This enables a player to craft multiple items in parallel, when crafting with the workbench as well as from their backpack, as previously done.
Usage[ | ]
Once placed, the workbench is ready to use. There is no fuel source other than the ingredients necessary to craft a particular item. To craft an item, a player must have all ingredients in Inventory. Once the item to be crafted is selected in the workbench menu and "craft" is selected, the ingredients move from inventory to the workbench queue. Once the item is crafted, it is available in the workbench output slots.
Since A15, it is possible to combine 2 items of the same type on the Workbench to obtain an item of higher quality.
Also worth noting for A15, the workbench is now a requirement to build certain advanced components.
HeatMap[ | ]
Since A15, using a Workbench doesn't affect the Heatmap.