“It breaks items into their scientific components.”
“Even I dont know everything, yet.”
“I am not sure how I feel about... science.”
“I will learn unspeakable things.”
“MOTHER?”
“It's a research station. I can learn new things with it.”
“I don't trust all this science stuff.”
“I can't believe I forgot how to build those things.”
“How interesting! Proximity affects its usability.”
“I prefer battle tö science.”
“It's like a science lab in here!”
“I wish you were a do-all-the-work-for-me machine.”
“A centre for learning.”
“I heard 'bout this science stuff. 'Tis up 'n comin'.”
“WILBA AM SO SMART”
“Makes more things!”
“Time to make some discoveries of the scientific variety!”
“Rickety, but I can use it to build things.”
“Mortals play such silly games.”
“Funny-hair man say "Science" come out of it?”
–Wurt
“I never knew science was such an important part of survival.”
“I really want to know what makes it tick...”
The Science Machine is the tier 1 Science station. It costs 1 Gold Nugget, 4 Logs, and 4 Rocks to craft, and it is available from the start of the game. Like other Prototyper, standing near the Science Machine allows prototyping new recipes. Prototyping Items for the first time will grant the player 15 Sanity. Once prototyped, items can be crafted without being near a Science Machine.
See also: Crafting
Downloadable Content[]
In the Shipwrecked DLC, Science Machine can be flooded causing it to malfunction and become unusable.
Tips[]
- When Wickerbottom is near a Science Machine, it acts as an Alchemy Engine, as she is already able to craft tier 1 science items, thus making the Science Machine serve as a tier 2 Science station.
- Science machines may be hammered after an alchemy engine has been built to save resources.
- Wickerbottom should skip the Science machine when playing in DST to let others also use tier 2 science recipes.
Trivia[]
- In the early Beta version of Don't Starve, the game used a "Research Points" system, instead of prototyping. When Wilson examines the Science Machine, he states that "It breaks down items into their scientific components", which is a leftover dialogue script from when the game used Research Points.
- Its old crafting description was "Probe the depths of the universe!".
- The main section of this machine bears a resemblance to the weighted storage cubes in Valve's Portal series.
- The Science Machine appears at the top of the screen when the game "Autosaves".
- There appears to be rope turning the wheels on the machine, while no rope is needed to build it.
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