Nightwater Buildings

Early machines use the Primitive prefix. Press B for Build Mode. The wood chain walkthrough lives in the first automation guide.

How buildings work

Build harvesters, chests, and pipes to start the wood chain, then extend to stone and wheat. Step-by-step placement order is in the first automation guide.

Press B for the build menu / Build Mode; rotate with R.
Pipe chevrons mark link direction on the hologram.
Steam cites 60+ buildings overall; this hub lists demo-confirmed HUD names only.

All buildings

9 entries

WorkbenchEarly Primitive build; Select Building panel shows a wood-logs cost.Research TableEarly tutorial build using wood and planks; opens the research book.Primitive Wood HarvesterUnlock at Wood Milestone 1, then place on trees.Primitive Rock CrusherUnlock on the Stone milestone track, then place on rock nodes.Primitive Plant FarmerUnlock on the Wheat milestone track, then place on plant patches.Primitive ChestUnlock on the early automation quest; capacity 30 items.Primitive PipeUnlock with the chest quest; connect machine inventories.Primitive AssemblerEarly Select Building unlock after the first pipe chain.ManifesterWorld interactable in front of the cave; not a factory crafter.

Guides that cover buildings

Nightwater biomes & resources (expand the island)Expand Forest then Mountain at the Manifester, and read which HUD resources belong to each biome.Nightwater first automation (wood chain)Place Workbench → Research Table → Primitive Wood Harvester → Chest → Pipe, then extend the same pattern to stone and wheat.