> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.equinoxroleplay.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Crafting
> Learn how crafting works in Equinox, including public crafting locations, bench types, medical crafting, electronics, and hidden specialty benches.
Crafting is a major part of progression throughout **Equinox Roleplay**.
From everyday supplies and medical equipment to electronics and specialized criminal equipment, crafting gives you another way to obtain useful items without simply purchasing everything from a store.
### Crafting Is About Exploration & Progression
Some benches are available publicly and can be used by anyone.
Others are intentionally hidden and must be discovered **in character** through exploration, connections, and roleplay.
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# Public Crafting Benches
There are currently **two primary General Crafting locations** that are available to everyone.
These benches provide access to:
* General Crafting
* General Medical Crafting
* Electronics
| **Bench** | **Location** | **Available Crafting** |
| -------------------- | ---------------- | ----------------------------- |
| **General Crafting** | Murietta — 9379 | General, Medical, Electronics |
| **General Crafting** | Grapeseed — 2010 | General, Medical, Electronics |
**Postal:** 9379
Access general crafting, medical recipes, and electronics.
**Postal:** 2010
Access general crafting, medical recipes, and electronics.
If you're just getting started with crafting, these two public benches are the best place to begin.
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# General Crafting
General Crafting covers many of the everyday recipes available to players.
Depending on the recipe, you may need to gather or purchase specific materials before the item can be created.
### Check the Bench
Interact with a crafting bench to see:
* Available recipes
* Required materials
* Crafting requirements
* Items you currently have available
Not every recipe in Equinox is available at every bench.
The type of bench you're using matters.
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# Medical Crafting
The public crafting locations also provide access to **General Medical** recipes.
These recipes allow players to create certain medical-related supplies from the appropriate materials.
Medical crafting is available through both public General Crafting locations.
General Medical Crafting should not be confused with any specialized department or restricted medical equipment that may exist elsewhere in the server.
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# Electronics
Both public crafting locations also include access to **Electronics Crafting**.
Electronics can become useful throughout several different systems in Equinox.
Gather the required components and use the public crafting benches to access available electronics recipes.
Don't immediately throw away unfamiliar electronic components.
Some materials that look useless at first may become important once you discover additional recipes or systems.
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# Specialty Crafting Benches
Not every crafting bench is marked on the map.
Several specialized benches are hidden throughout San Andreas and are intended to be discovered through **in-character gameplay**.
### Hidden Means Hidden
Exact locations for specialty crafting benches will **not** be provided in this guide.
Find them through roleplay, exploration, criminal connections, or information learned naturally in the city.
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## Bench Types
| **Bench Type** | **Location** | **Documented Count** |
| ----------------------- | ------------------------- | :------------------: |
| **Criminal Benches** | **FIND OUT IN CHARACTER** | 4 |
| **Hacking Benches** | **FIND OUT IN CHARACTER** | 3 |
| **Knives Benches** | **FIND OUT IN CHARACTER** | 2 |
| **Weapon Benches** | **FIND OUT IN CHARACTER** | 3 |
| **Full Weapon Benches** | **FIND OUT IN CHARACTER** | 3\* |
| **Everything Benches** | **FIND OUT IN CHARACTER** | 2\* |
**\*** indicates an **exact documented count**.
Counts without an asterisk represent the currently documented availability and may not necessarily reveal everything about the system.
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# Criminal Benches
Criminal benches provide access to recipes intended for characters involved in criminal progression.
**Documented Benches:** 4
**Location:** Find out in character.
Don't expect the guide to tell you where they are.
Talk to people.
Build relationships.
Ask the right questions.
And pay attention to what other criminals are using.
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# Hacking Benches
Hacking benches are dedicated to equipment associated with more technical systems.
**Documented Benches:** 3
**Location:** Find out in character.
If your character wants to move deeper into technical crime, finding the right people may be just as important as finding the bench itself.
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# Knives Benches
Specialized knife crafting has its own dedicated benches.
**Documented Benches:** 2
**Location:** Find out in character.
These are not publicly marked crafting locations.
You'll need to discover them through gameplay.
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# Weapon Benches
Weapon crafting is separated from normal public crafting.
There are multiple levels of specialized weapon benches available throughout the city.
**Documented Count:** 3
Specialized weapon crafting locations hidden throughout the city.
**Exact Count:** 3
More complete weapon crafting opportunities available at specially hidden locations.
Access to a weapon crafting bench does not automatically mean your character can craft everything.
Recipes may still require specific materials, progression, or other prerequisites.
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# Everything Benches
The rarest documented crafting locations are the **Everything Benches**.
There are exactly:
## **2**
**Exact Count:** 2
**Location:** Find out in character.
As the name suggests, these benches provide access to a much broader range of crafting opportunities than ordinary locations.
Finding one should feel significant.
### Some Knowledge Should Stay Valuable
Hidden crafting locations give players something worth discovering, protecting, sharing, selling, or keeping secret.
That's part of the economy surrounding them.
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# Public vs. Hidden Crafting
| | **Public Benches** | **Specialty Benches** |
| ----------------------- | ------------------ | --------------------- |
| **Locations Published** | Yes | No |
| **General Crafting** | Yes | Varies |
| **Medical Crafting** | Yes | Varies |
| **Electronics** | Yes | Varies |
| **Criminal Recipes** | Limited / No | Yes |
| **Weapon Crafting** | No | Yes |
| **Discovery Required** | No | Yes |
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# Finding Hidden Benches
We're intentionally not giving you a map with every crafting location.
That's not an oversight.
It's part of the progression.
You may discover benches by:
* Talking to other characters
* Building criminal connections
* Exploring unusual locations
* Working with organizations
* Buying or trading information
* Following clues
* Simply stumbling into something you weren't expecting
### Information Has Value
If your character learns the location of a rare crafting bench, think before immediately telling everyone in the city.
Knowledge can be just as valuable as the items being crafted.
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# Keep Your Materials
Crafting relies heavily on materials and components gathered throughout other activities.
Before throwing something away because you don't immediately recognize it, consider whether it might be useful later.
Hold onto useful components gathered from jobs, activities, and exploration.
Visit crafting benches to see what materials your current recipes require.
Public benches are only the beginning. Specialized crafting exists elsewhere.
Other characters may know recipes, bench locations, or sources for materials that you don't.
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# Quick Reference
| **Bench** | **Count** | **Public Location?** |
| -------------------- | :-------: | :------------------: |
| **General Crafting** | 2 Known | Yes |
| **Criminal** | 4 | No |
| **Hacking** | 3 | No |
| **Knives** | 2 | No |
| **Weapon** | 3 | No |
| **Full Weapon** | 3 Exact | No |
| **Everything** | 2 Exact | No |
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# Craft Something Worth Using
Crafting isn't meant to be a menu you completely understand on your first day.
Start with the public benches.
Gather materials.
Learn recipes.
Find new locations.
Build connections.
And eventually, your character may gain access to crafting opportunities most people don't even know exist.
### The public benches teach you how crafting works.
**The hidden benches give you something to search for.**