Crafting is the backbone of progression in Heartopia. Building structural houses, decorating your plot with custom furniture, and upgrading your gathering gear all depend on your workshop operations. This guide covers crafting professions, raw material catalogs, refining mechanics at the Sawmill and Furnace, tool upgrades, and efficient gathering routes.

Crafting Professions

There are 4 main crafting professions, each with its own specialized workbench and recipe registry:

Profession	Station	Location	Focus
Woodworking	Workbench	Builder Bob’s Workshop / Home Plot	Furniture, structural arches, wooden decor
Forging	Forge	Blacksmith (unlocks Guild Level 7)	Metal ingots, iron tool upgrades
Alchemy	Alchemy Bench	Mystic Grove (unlocks Guild Level 3)	Potions, insect perfumes, soil boosters
General Crafting	Crafting Table	Home Plot	Fabrics, ropes, basic decorative items

Leveling Professions

Each profession levels up independently as you craft items of that category:

Level 1: Basic recipes (Softwood Planks, Copper Keys).
Level 2: Improved recipes (Hardwood Planks, Copper Tools).
Level 3: Rare blueprints unlock (Iron Chest, Cozy Rug).
Level 4: Advanced materials (Mahogany refining, Silver smelting).
Level 5: Master recipes, +10% crafting speed bonus.
Level 6: Legendary blueprints (Gilded Warehouse, Golden Tools).

Complete Raw Material Catalog

Wood Materials

Material	Source	Tools Needed	Sell Price	Rarity
Softwood	Common Birch/Pine trees	Any axe	5 Gold	Common
Hardwood	Oak trees (Forest)	Copper Axe+	12 Gold	Common
Mahogany	Tropical trees (Beach Cove)	Iron Axe+	30 Gold	Uncommon
Ancient Wood	Ancient Oak (Deep Forest)	Iron Axe+	50 Gold	Rare
Phoenix Wood	Burnt trees (Volcano)	Titanium Axe	100 Gold	Rare

Stone & Mineral Materials

Material	Source	Tools Needed	Sell Price	Rarity
Stone	Boulders anywhere	Any pickaxe	3 Gold	Common
Copper Ore	Copper nodes (Mines)	Any pickaxe	10 Gold	Common
Iron Ore	Iron nodes (Deep Mines)	Copper Pickaxe+	20 Gold	Common
Silver Ore	Silver nodes (Caves)	Iron Pickaxe+	40 Gold	Uncommon
Gold Ore	Gold nodes (Deep Caves)	Iron Pickaxe+	80 Gold	Rare
Crystal Shard	Ice caves (Mountains)	Titanium Pickaxe	150 Gold	Rare

Refining Wood at the Sawmill

Raw wood harvested from trees must be sliced into planks at the Sawmill before it can be used for furniture:

Softwood Planks:
- Input: Softwood x3
- Output: Softwood Plank x1 (Takes 10 seconds)
Hardwood Planks:
- Input: Hardwood x4
- Output: Hardwood Plank x1 (Takes 30 seconds)
Mahogany Planks:
- Input: Mahogany Logs x5
- Output: Mahogany Plank x1 (Takes 60 seconds, requires Sawmill Level 2)

Smelting Ores in the Furnace

Smelting combines raw ore with coal (mined from dark stone deposits) to produce refined ingots:

Refined Bar	Raw Materials Input	Smelting Time	Required Furnace Level
Copper Bar	Copper Ore x4 + Coal x1	1 Minute	Level 1
Iron Bar	Iron Ore x5 + Coal x2	3 Minutes	Level 1
Silver Bar	Silver Ore x5 + Coal x3	5 Minutes	Level 2
Gold Bar	Gold Ore x6 + Coal x4	10 Minutes	Level 2

Upgrading Gathering Tools

Upgraded tools reduce the stamina cost of actions and allow you to harvest higher-tier resources:

Stone Tools: Baseline default. Cannot harvest Hardwood or Iron nodes.
Copper Tools: Craft at Workbench using Copper Bar x3 + Softwood Plank x2. Allows harvesting of Oak Trees and Copper Nodes.
Iron Tools: Craft at Workbench using Iron Bar x5 + Hardwood Plank x3. Unlocks Mahogany logging and Iron node mining.
Titanium Tools: Craft at Forge using Silver Bar x4 + Gold Bar x2 + Mahogany Plank x3. Unlocks Crystal Shard mining and Phoenix Wood logging.

Optimized Resource Gathering Routes

Route 1: Town & Forest Loop (Beginner)

Start at your Home Plot → Walk west to Willow Creek forest edge → Log 6 Softwood trees → Mine 3 Copper nodes along the river banks → Walk north to Town Center → Smelt at Bob’s workshop.

Route 2: Highlands Mining Run (Mid-Game)

Teleport to Rocky Hills Mine Crystal → Mine 5 Iron nodes on Level 1 → Progress to Level 2 for Silver nodes → Walk back to the mine entrance station → Take the bus to Town Center to refine.