FOUR RECIPE GROUPS
Crafting Table recipes and setup
The Crafting Table makes equipment and supplies, processes dried plants, repairs weapons, and dismantles spare weapons into Scrap Metal. Blue Sky, NTZ and Powder use the separate Lab Table. The wiki catalogs 39 bench recipes; the grouped examples below help you choose the right operation.
The recipe quantities, durations, unlock and table price below are single-source summaries of the official wiki: https://thebossgangster.com/wiki/ They are base values from its 26 October edition, not independently confirmed post-hotfix measurements.
Set up and run the bench
- Buy or rent a property. Unlock Crafting Table in the Feature Vault; the wiki lists 100 points for the node and $5,000 for the table purchase.
- Bring the table in the selected character inventory, enter the property, right-click the item and choose Place.
- Load the exact ingredients and quantities, choose the intended recipe, start it, then collect the finished output.
- In a motel room, the Crafting Table and Lab Table share one placement slot. Plan the room before buying both.
Equipment and supplies
These are base recipes, before Craft skill reduces time.
| Output | Ingredients | Base time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Lockpick | 5 Scrap Metal | 30 seconds |
| 1 Body Armor | 10 Scrap Metal + 2 Chemical X + 2 Chemical Y | 30 seconds |
| 5 Bug Spray | 1 Plastic + 1 Chemical X + 1 Chemical Y | 60 seconds |
Plants: grow, dry, then process
Harvest the plant, put it on a Drying Rack, and collect the dried plant before using the bench. A raw plant is not the input for these processing recipes. The tier is retained: ordinary, Lux and Delux inputs produce Broccoli, Broccoli Luxury and Broccoli Deluxe respectively.
The wiki groups dried-plant condition at 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% and 100%, yielding 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 products respectively. Each listed processing recipe has a 30-second base time. This is an output rule, not a sale-price or profit forecast.
Repair or dismantle: choose before starting
Repair returns the weapon; dismantling consumes it and returns only scrap. Do not select dismantling when you want to keep a firearm.
| Operation | Inputs or result | Base time |
|---|---|---|
| Repair Colt, Desert Eagle, Gold Desert Eagle or Revolver | Weapon + 5 Scrap Metal returns that weapon | 30 seconds |
| Repair AK-47, Gold AK-47, M4A1 or Thompson | Weapon + 10 Scrap Metal returns that weapon | 60 seconds |
| Dismantle one of those handguns | Returns 3 Scrap Metal; weapon is consumed | 30 seconds |
| Dismantle one of those rifles | Returns 5 Scrap Metal; weapon is consumed | 30 seconds |
| Dismantle Bat, Crowbar, Knife or either Knuckleduster | Returns 1 Scrap Metal; weapon is consumed | 30 seconds |
Craft skill changes time, not ingredients
The wiki gives a 75% bench-time reduction at Craft 10: a 30-second recipe becomes 7.5 seconds. It does not reduce material quantities or change the selected cooking time on the manual Lab Table.
Questions
Why will the bench not make Blue Sky?
That formula belongs to the Lab Table. Use the lab recipe guide for slot order, Mix, Heat and cooking time.
Does processing require a dried plant?
Yes, the listed bench recipes take a Dried Plant item. Growing and drying precede bench processing.
Keep going
Lab table
The three named orders.
Repair
Rifle versus pistol scrap.
Employee stars
Employee star tiers and skill limits.
Version line: 1.0 plus the 28 October 2026 hotfix, unless a paragraph says otherwise. Patch notes. Sources. Checked 2026-10-29. Store: Steam. Wiki: thebossgangster.com/wiki.