How to Recycle Crafted Items with the Deconstruction Table

Setting Up Deconstruction

The Deconstruction Table allows you to break down surplus or unwanted crafted items back into their base components. Place the Deconstruction Table in your workspace and interact with it to open its interface.

To deconstruct an item, its crafting recipe must be unlocked and present in your recipe book. This applies to standard items as well as supported mod items. If an item fails to deconstruct, check your recipe book to ensure the recipe has been discovered and registered.

Recovering Base Components

Place the target item into the table's input slot. The table reads the recipe and breaks the item down into the original ingredients used to craft it. Dyed items are also fully supported, allowing you to salvage materials from recolored equipment or blocks. Once the deconstruction process finishes, collect the returned resources from the output slots and store them for future projects.