Carving and knapping recipes

Bone, wood and stone tools you can make with almost nothing, which is why they matter on day one. This page lists all 58 of them with what they use, what they need and what they make. Read from the Build 42 game files, November 2026.

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Each row is one recipe. Ingredients are used up. Tools stay in your inventory, though some wear a little. Where a cell says "or", any one of the options works. Requirements lists the skill level you need, the XP the craft gives, and how the recipe is learned if you do not know it from the start. Under each name is where you craft it: in hand, on any surface, at a named workstation, or built in the world from the building menu.

Back to the recipe database. For how the crafting system works, see crafting.

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Carving (47)

Recipe	Ingredients (used up)	Tools (kept)	Requirements	Makes
Carve 12 Small Handles On any surface	Plank	any sharp knife or any meat cleaver	Carving 1. Gives 10 Carving XP	12 × Small Handle
Carve 2 Small Handles In hand	Antlers or Scrap Wood or Broken Baseball Bat or 5 more	any sharp knife or any meat cleaver	Carving 1. Gives 10 Carving XP	2 × Small Handle
Carve 4 Large Bone Beads On any surface	Animal Bone or Large Animal Bone or Jawbone	any sharp knife or any meat cleaver; any whetstone or any file; a wood drill or a metal drill or a basic wood drill	Carving 1. Gives 40 Carving XP. Unlocks at Carving 3	4 × Large Bone Bead
Carve 4 Small Handles In hand	Tree Branch or Wooden Rod or Broken Long Stick or 2 more	any sharp knife or any meat cleaver	Carving 1. Gives 10 Carving XP	4 × Small Handle
Carve 6 Medium Handles On any surface	Plank	any sharp knife or any meat cleaver	Carving 2. Gives 20 Carving XP	6 × Medium Handle
Carve 8 Small Handles In hand	Long Stick or Sapling	any sharp knife or any meat cleaver	Carving 1. Gives 10 Carving XP	8 × Small Handle
Carve Bat On any surface	Large Branch	any sharp knife or any meat cleaver	Carving 9. Gives 90 Carving XP. Read: The Louisville Bruiser or reach Carving 10 and Long Blunt 10	Crafted Baseball Bat
Carve Blunt Bone Knife In hand	Sharp Bone Fragment	any whetstone or any file; any sharp knife	Carving 1. Gives 10 Carving XP	Blunt Bone Knife
Carve Bone Awl On any surface	Sharp Bone Fragment	any whetstone or any file; any saw or any crude saw or any small saw or 1 more	Carving 1. Gives 10 Carving XP. Read: Ancient Tailoring or reach Carving 3	Awl - Bone
Carve Bone Fishing Hook In hand	Sharp Bone Fragment	any whetstone or any file; any sharp knife	Carving 5. Gives 50 Carving XP. Read: Cultures of Prehistory or reach Carving 7	Bone Fishing Hook
Carve Bone Fork In hand	Sharp Bone Fragment or Bone Spoon	any whetstone or any file; any sharp knife	Carving 3. Gives 30 Carving XP. Read: Pioneering Carvers or reach Carving 5	Bone Fork
Carve Bone Sewing Needle On any surface	Sharp Bone Fragment	any whetstone or any file; any sharp knife	Carving 4. Gives 40 Carving XP. Read: Ancient Tailoring or reach Carving 6	Bone Needle
Carve Bone Spoon In hand	Sharp Bone Fragment	any whetstone or any file; any sharp knife	Carving 2. Gives 20 Carving XP	Bone Spoon
Carve Bone War Hatchet Head On any surface	Jawbone or Large Animal Bone	any saw or any small saw or any crude saw or 2 more; any whetstone or any file	Carving 3. Gives 30 Carving XP. Read: The First Weapons or reach Carving 6 and Axe 1	Bone War Hatchet Head
Carve Bucket On any surface	Log; Medium Handle or Tree Branch or Wooden Rod	any sharp knife	Carving 4. Gives 30 Carving XP. Read: Pioneering Carvers or reach Carving 6	Carved Bucket
Carve Clay Sculpting Tool On any surface	Small Handle	any sharp knife	Carving 1. Gives 10 Carving XP	Wood Clay Sculpting Tool
Carve Cutting Boards On any surface	Plank	any sharp knife; any saw	Carving 3. Gives 30 Carving XP	2 × Cutting Board
Carve Dice On any surface	Small Handle or Bone Pieces	any sharp knife	Carving 2. Gives 20 Carving XP	Depends on what you put in
Carve Fleshing Tool In hand	Animal Bone or Large Animal Bone	any sharp knife or any meat cleaver or any saw or 2 more	Carving 2. Gives 20 Carving XP. Read: Tool Use of Early Man or reach Carving 4	Bone Fleshing Tool
Carve Goblets On any surface	Log	any sharp knife	Carving 5. Gives 50 Carving XP. Read: Pioneering Carvers or reach Carving 7	4 × Wood Goblet
Carve Knapping Tools On any surface	Antlers	any sharp knife	Carving 1. Gives 10 Carving XP	2 × Knapping Tool
Carve Knitting Needles In hand	Long Sharp Bone or Tree Branch or Medium Handle or 3 more	any sharp knife or any meat cleaver	Carving 3. Gives 30 Carving XP. Read: Pioneering Carvers	Depends on what you put in
Carve Large Bone Bead On any surface	Bone Pieces or Long Sharp Bone	a wood drill or a metal drill or a basic wood drill; any sharp knife or any meat cleaver	Carving 1. Gives 10 Carving XP. Unlocks at Carving 3	Large Bone Bead
Carve Large Handle On any surface	Plank or Large Branch	any sharp knife or any meat cleaver	Carving 3. Gives 30 Carving XP	Large Handle
Carve Long Stick In hand	any carvelongstick	any sharp knife or any meat cleaver	No skill needed. Gives 5 Carving XP	Long Stick
Carve Medium Handle On any surface	Large Handle or Broken Long Stick or Wooden Rod or 3 more	any sharp knife or any meat cleaver	Carving 2. Gives 20 Carving XP	Medium Handle
Carve Pipe On any surface	Small Handle	any sharp knife	Carving 3. Gives 30 Carving XP	Smoking Pipe
Carve Plank On any surface	Large Branch	any sharp knife or any meat cleaver	Carving 2. Gives 20 Carving XP	Plank
Carve Short Bat On any surface	Plank or Tree Branch or Baseball Bat or 2 more	any sharp knife or any meat cleaver	Carving 7. Gives 70 Carving XP. Read: Medieval Armory - May 1993 or reach Carving 9 and Short Blunt 9	Short Bat
Carve Simple Wooden Tongs In hand	Plank or Tree Branch or Wooden Rod or 1 more; Twine or Rag or Denim Strips or 2 more	any sharp knife or any meat cleaver	No skill needed. Gives 5 Carving XP	Simple Wooden Tongs
Carve Small Handle In hand	Medium Handle or Broken Banjo Neck or Broken Garden Tool Handle or 3 more	any sharp knife or any meat cleaver	Carving 1. Gives 10 Carving XP	Small Handle
Carve Spear In hand	Long Stick or Sapling or Rake or 5 more	any sharp knife or any meat cleaver	No skill needed. Gives 5 Carving XP	Wooden Spear
Carve Stake In hand	Tree Branch or Medium Handle or Broken Long Stick or 5 more	any sharp knife or any meat cleaver	No skill needed. Gives 5 Carving XP	Stake
Carve Trowel In hand	Tree Branch or Medium Handle or Broken Long Stick or 5 more	any sharp knife or any meat cleaver	No skill needed. Gives 5 Carving XP	Wooden Trowel
Carve Whistle On any surface	Bone Pieces	a wood drill or a metal drill or a basic wood drill; any sharp knife	Carving 6. Gives 60 Carving XP. Read: Cultures of Prehistory or reach Carving 8	Bone Whistle
Carve Wooden Fork On any surface	Small Handle or Wooden Spoon	any sharp knife	Carving 2. Gives 20 Carving XP. Read: Pioneering Carvers or reach Carving 4	Wooden Fork
Carve Wooden Rod In hand	Plank or Tree Branch or Broken Long Stick or 2 more	any sharp knife or any meat cleaver or any saw	Carving 1. Gives 10 Carving XP	Wooden Rod
Carve Wooden Spade In hand	Large Branch or Plank	any sharp knife or any meat cleaver	Carving 4. Gives 40 Carving XP. Read: Pioneering Carvers or reach Carving 6	Wooden Spade
Carve Wooden Spoon On any surface	Small Handle	any sharp knife	Carving 1. Gives 10 Carving XP	Wooden Spoon
Make Long Tooth Necklace On any surface	3 × Animal Teeth; 2 × Twine	a wood drill or a metal drill or a basic wood drill	Carving 3, Tailoring 1. Gives 30 Carving XP, 5 Tailoring XP	Long Teeth Necklace
Make Pig Tusk Earrings On any surface	2 × Pig Tusk; Wire	a wood drill or a metal drill or a basic wood drill; any pliers	Carving 2, Tailoring 1. Gives 20 Carving XP, 5 Tailoring XP	Earrings - Pig Tusk
Make Pig Tusk Necklace On any surface	Pig Tusk; Twine	a wood drill or a metal drill or a basic wood drill	Carving 2, Tailoring 1. Gives 20 Carving XP, 5 Tailoring XP	Tusk Necklace
Make Pig Tusks Necklace On any surface	4 × Pig Tusk; 2 × Twine	a wood drill or a metal drill or a basic wood drill	Carving 2, Tailoring 1. Gives 20 Carving XP, 5 Tailoring XP	Tusks Necklace
Make Tooth Necklace On any surface	2 × Animal Teeth; Twine	a wood drill or a metal drill or a basic wood drill	Carving 3, Tailoring 1. Gives 30 Carving XP, 5 Tailoring XP	Teeth Necklace
Sharpen Bone On any surface	Large Bone Bead or Bone War Hatchet Head or Long Sharp Bone or 1 more	any whetstone or any file; any saw or any small saw or any crude saw or 2 more	Carving 1. Gives 10 Carving XP. Read: Tool Use of Early Man, The First Weapons or reach Carving 2	Sharp Bone Fragment
Sharpen Jawbone On any surface	Jawbone	any whetstone or any file; any saw or any small saw or any crude saw or 2 more	Carving 2. Gives 20 Carving XP. Read: The First Weapons or reach Carving 5	Long Sharp Bone, Animal Teeth
Sharpen Long Bone On any surface	Animal Bone or Large Animal Bone	any whetstone or any file; any saw or any small saw or any crude saw or 2 more	Carving 2. Gives 20 Carving XP. Read: The First Weapons or reach Carving 4	Long Sharp Bone

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Knapping (11)

Recipe	Ingredients (used up)	Tools (kept)	Requirements	Makes
Knap Large Stone Axe Head On any surface	Large Smooth Flat Stone	any hammer stone or any mallet or any knapping tool	Knapping 4. Gives 50 Knapping XP. Read: Tool Use of Early Man or reach Knapping 7	Large Stone Axe Head
Knap Long Stone Blade On any surface	Flint Nodule	any hammer stone or any mallet or any knapping tool	Knapping 6. Gives 70 Knapping XP. Unlocks at Knapping 9	Long Stone Blade
Knap Sharp Flint Flake On any surface	Flint Nodule	any hammer stone or any mallet or any knapping tool	No skill needed. Gives 10 Knapping XP	Sharp Flint Flake
Knap Stone Awl On any surface	Sharp Flint Flake	any hammer stone or any mallet or any knapping tool	No skill needed. Gives 10 Knapping XP. Read: Cultures of Prehistory or reach Knapping 2	Awl - Stone
Knap Stone Blade On any surface	Sharp Flint Flake	any hammer stone or any mallet or any knapping tool	Knapping 1. Gives 20 Knapping XP. Read: Wilderness Survival, Tool Use of Early Man or reach Knapping 3	Stone Blade
Knap Stone Blade Scythe On any surface	Tree Branch or Medium Handle; Sharp Flint Flake	any hammer stone or any mallet or any knapping tool	Knapping 2. Gives 30 Knapping XP. Read: Tool Use of Early Man or reach Knapping 5	Stone-Blade Scythe
Knap Stone Chisel On any surface	2 × Sharp Flint Flake	any hammer stone or any mallet or any knapping tool	Knapping 1. Gives 20 Knapping XP. Read: Cultures of Prehistory or reach Knapping 4	Stone Chisel
Knap Stone Drill On any surface	Sharp Flint Flake	any hammer or any club hammer or any hammer stone or 2 more; any crude chisel or a mason's chisel	Knapping 5. Gives 60 Knapping XP. Read: Cultures of Prehistory or reach Knapping 8	Stone Drill
Knap Stone Maul Head On any surface	Large Smooth Flat Stone	any hammer stone or any mallet or any knapping tool	Knapping 5. Gives 60 Knapping XP. Read: Tool Use of Early Man or reach Knapping 8	Stone Maul Head
Knapp Flint Saw On any surface	Tree Branch or Medium Handle; Sharp Flint Flake; Twine or Leather Strips	any hammer stone or any mallet or any knapping tool	Knapping 3. Gives 40 Knapping XP. Read: Cultures of Prehistory or reach Knapping 6	Flint Saw
Remake Long Stone Blade On any surface	Long Stone Blade	any hammer stone or any mallet or any knapping tool	Knapping 1. Gives 20 Knapping XP. Read: Tool Use of Early Man	Stone Blade

Recipe facts (ingredients, tools, skill levels and results) come from the game's own Build 42 script files, as catalogued by the PZFans craft table. The wording, grouping and layout are ours. Tool groups such as "any hammer" mean any item the game counts as that tool. Your game is the final word: if it disagrees with us, tell us and we will fix the page.