Station · Crafting
Workbench
Main ranch crafting bench, with repair and Upgrade tabs for item quality.
At a glance
- Made
- By hand
- Recipe unlock
- Tier 2
- Crafting time
- 10 s
Values can change between playtests. Numbers from Game data: Alpha 5 game data
Recipe
What goes into Workbench and where it’s made.
Used in
What Workbench goes into.
Facts
Each fact links to where it comes from.
Has an Upgrade tab: drop an item in to see its quality upgrade cost (temporary UI).
Ranch workbench is built from wood and stone.
Upgrade recipes cover hat, coat, gloves, shirt and glider; the UI does not show which upgrade recipes you know.
New workbench Upgrade tab is a precursor to the item quality system.
Video: The Legend of California Dev Livestream (July) at 1:10:47 (opens in a new tab)
Can be placed at a campsite; needs materials such as hides.
Video: The Legend of California Dev Livestream (June) at 36:28 (opens in a new tab)
Has a repair tab; repairing there costs materials.
Video: The Legend of California Dev Livestream (June) at 1:51:51 (opens in a new tab)
Can be placed on the ranch house porch.
Video: The Legend of California Dev Livestream (June) at 2:38:15 (opens in a new tab)
Workbench recipe uses wood and stone and goes on the ranch porch by habit.
Video: The Legend of California Dev Livestream (October) at 1:32:09 (opens in a new tab)
Numbers already shown in the tables above aren’t repeated here.
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Patch history
3 versions
Every fact about Workbench by game version, newest first.
| Version | What we know |
|---|---|
| Dev build |
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| Alpha 5 |
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| Alpha 4 |
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Sources
8
Official posts, videos and game data this page is built from.
| Source | Date | Used |
|---|---|---|
| Alpha 5 game data Game data | Nov 12, 2026 | 67 |
| The Legend of California Dev Livestream (October) (opens in a new tab) Video | Oct 17, 2026 | 1 |
| Alpha Weekend Livestream - Jeff & Tim Play on Dread Rock (PvP server) (opens in a new tab) Video | Sep 20, 2026 | 1 |
| Alpha 4 Patch Notes (opens in a new tab) Steam post | Sep 16, 2026 | 2 |
| The Legend of California Dev Livestream (July) (opens in a new tab) Video | Jul 18, 2026 | 1 |
| The Legend of California Dev Livestream (June) (opens in a new tab) Video | Jun 6, 2026 | 3 |
| The Legend of California Dev Livestream (May) (opens in a new tab) Video | May 2, 2026 | 1 |
| Jeff Kaplan + Tim Ford Play 10 MORE HOURS of The Legend of California (opens in a new tab) Video | Mar 22, 2026 | 1 |