Advanced Workbench
Similar to the smithy but allows you to craft things at a reduced material cost.
Details
- Category
- Structure
- Games
- ASE + ASA
- Expansion
- Base
- Recipe
- 4 ingredients
Engram
How you unlock it
- Required level
- 70
- Engram points
- 35
- How to unlock
- Manual
Maps
Found on 1 map
Video guides: search YouTube for Advanced Workbench guides
How to craft Advanced Workbench (Primitive Plus)
Advanced Workbench (Primitive Plus) is crafted from 4 ingredients. The engram unlocks at level 70, costs 35 engram points, takes 5 seconds, gives 15 XP.
Ingredients
For one craft
Raw materials
If you craft every ingredient yourself
80Stone
40Chitin/KeratinCrafted along the way: Cementing Paste ×10.
Advanced Workbench — Detailed Guide
A material-saving station from Primitive Plus
Part of the Primitive Plus DLC for ARK: Survival Evolved, the Advanced Workbench is a crafting station that lowers what recipes cost. Its in-game description: "Similar to the smithy but allows you to craft things at a reduced material cost." The ARK Wiki says it is operated just like a 
Smithy and cuts the resources a recipe needs by 25%, rounded down.
Engram and building cost
The engram is listed at level 70 and costs 35 engram points. Building a workbench takes 5 seconds, earns 15 XP and uses:
- 70
Wood - 50 Leather
- 20 Iron Ingot (Primitive Plus)
- 10
Cementing Paste
Each workbench weighs 4. Up to 100 fit in a stack, which then weighs 400.
A known bug on consoles
The wiki reports a bug on PS4 and Xbox: the engram may be missing from the Smithy even after engram points were spent on it. On PS4 or 5, the workbench can be crafted in the construction table instead. On Xbox, an admin cheat appears to be the only way to obtain it for now.