NPC Workbench Permafrost build part

Build cost, refund and repair

What placing it costs, what deconstruction returns, and what one repair takes.

Cost

• Wood×10
• Quality Metal×10

Refund

• Wood×5

Repair

• Wood×5

The quickest known source for each of the 2 ingredients: a container with its chance per visit, a trader with the price, an animal, a resource node, or a recipe.

Where to get the materials

Item	Where it comes from
Wood	Mined from Scavengable Bush node (1 per node)Quality Crate (Tier 1) · 20%
Quality Metal	Quality Crate · 5%Eric Hirsch · 40 Bucks

Health, decay and how it compares with the other parts in its category.

HP

250vs 14 other parts in the category

Cost

20higher = cheaper than more peers

Where the game lets you put it.

• Needs a foundation
• Needs a roof
• Needs an enclosed room

How to unlock

Bought in the blueprint tree for 2 points.

Building blueprint2 blueprint points

15 parts share this build-menu group. Campfire is the cheapest at 2 materials; Makeshift Smelter is the toughest at 250 HP.

Other workstations parts

Structure	HP	Cost	Materials	Build time
Campfire	125	2	2× Stone	1.5 s
Makeshift Smelter	250	5	5× Scrap	1.5 s
Professional Smelter	250	5	5× Iron Ingot	1.5 s
◆Radio Station	250	5	2× Scrap, 1× Wire, 2× Wood	1.5 s
Workbench Furnace	250	5	5× Quality Metal	1.5 s
Workbench	250	10	10× Wood	1.5 s
Radio Station Bench	250	13	3× Wire, 10× Wood	1.5 s
Tailoring Bench	250	18	15× Wood, 3× Copper Ingot	1.5 s
Tanning Rack	250	18	15× Wood, 3× Deer Pelt	1.5 s
NPC Workbench	250	20	10× Wood, 10× Quality Metal	1.5 s
Dismantle Bench	250	20	10× Wood, 10× Iron	1.5 s
Repair Bench	250	20	10× Wood, 10× Flint	1.5 s
Weapon Bench	250	20	10× Wood, 10× Iron Ingot	1.5 s
Stove	250	30	30× Scrap	1.5 s
Stone Furnace	250	40	40× Stone	1.5 s

How much you pay for each point of health, against the other 15 Workstation parts with a cost and HP.

Materials per HP

Part	Materials per 100 HP	Note
NPC Workbench	8	Cheaper per HP than 27% of the category
Workstation average	6.3	This part is 28% dearer per HP than average
Makeshift Smelter	2	Best value in the Workstation category

Materials are counted one-for-one regardless of rarity, so a part built from scarce ingots looks cheaper than it feels.

Similar parts

Other parts from the same group of the build menu.

• CampfireSurvival125HP2Cost
• Dismantle BenchWorkstation250HP20Cost
• Makeshift SmelterWorkstation250HP5Cost
• Professional SmelterWorkstation250HP5Cost
• ▣Radio StationWorkstation250HP5Cost
• Radio Station BenchWorkstation250HP13Cost
• Repair BenchWorkstation250HP20Cost
• Stone FurnaceWorkstation250HP40Cost

Data: Permafrost Early Access preview build 0.44.2.4552-playtest — refreshed at the Oct 9 launch. How we source this