Most placed crafting stations live in a Crafting District — the flat, fenced-off areas found in most nation locations and every capital city, where Constructions called Workstations can be set down. Placing one here grants a production-speed bonus that depends on the location. Stations that benefit include the Campfire, Bloomery, Furnace, Metallurgic Furnace, Brewery, Distillation Apparatus and Carpentry Table.
- Workstations placed in a loot-enabled area can be 100% looted by enemy nation players — your own nation can never loot them. The Fish Trap is the one exception: it's never lootable, even in a loot zone.
- Crafting Districts provide a production-speed bonus.
- Crafting Districts do not need to be levelled up or improved with the Bastion system.
- Guilds that own Guild Provinces may place Crafting Districts for 5 Economic Points.
- Press J at any time to see a list of all your workstations and other constructions.
Production speed by location
Where you set a workstation down changes how fast it produces. A loot zone beats a safe one, a Crafting District beats open ground, and stacking both is best:
| Where it's placed | Production speed |
|---|---|
| Open world — non-loot area | 100% |
| Open world — loot area | 125% |
| Crafting District — non-loot area | 125% |
| Crafting District — loot area | 150% |
Destroying workstations
Aside from being looted in a loot-enabled area, the other way a workstation comes down is destruction by the controlling guild:
- A workstation may be destroyed by the guild leader at a Guild Province — usually during castle construction, when someone needs to build where the furnaces are sitting.
Workstations destroyed this way have their materials deposited back to the "Offers" tab of the Market — no items are lost.