Ancient Pseudoscience Station/DST

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“An ancient and mysterious structure.”

–Wilson

“Oooo! An afterlife intercom.”

–Willow

“Is nasty, creepy altar.”

–Wolfgang

“It is full of the echoes of the dead.”

–Wendy

“ERROR CAUSALITY COMPROMISED”

–WX-78

“A monument to some long dead god.”

–Wickerbottom

“There's axe marks on these altar stones.”

–Woodie

“Where are their gods now?”

–Maxwell

“It reveals an entirely new branch of science!”

–Wagstaff

“These crafts had better be gööd.”

–Wigfrid

“Old and full of mysteries.”

–Webber

“This is giving me major jeepers.”

–Walani

“A structure from antiquity.”

–Warly

“A statue from ye old times.”

–Woodlegs

“WILBA CAN USETH FOR MAGICS”

–Wilba

“Makes more things!”

–Wormwood

“Looks like an ancient knowledge kind of thing.”

–Wheeler

“Some incredible stuff could be assembled here.”

–Winona

“A fun place to do some naughty magic.”

–Wortox

“Look real old.”

–Wurt

“Do you think aliens helped them make it?”

–Walter

“It seems like they were a clever bunch. Just not clever enough.”

–Wanda

An Ancient Pseudoscience Station is a Crafting Structure found only in the Ruins. It gives access to the Ancient Pseudoscience Filter and emits enough light to protect from Charlie when nearby.

When struck with a Hammer, in either the full or broken state, the station will either drop loot or spawn enemies (see the table below). Upon destruction it also drops 2 Thulecite, 1 Nightmare Fuel with a 50% chance, 1 Frazzled Wires with a 50% chance, and 1 Rocks with a 50% chance.

A fully repaired Ancient Pseudoscience Station will be completely destroyed after 10 hits from a Hammer, causing 11 drops.

Many broken stations are found naturally in the Ruins with only 1 hit left and have about half the available recipes (9 instead of 16), but will still emit light. Thulecite can be used to repair a broken station, using 32-34 Thulecite Fragments (or for simplicity 6 Thulecite) to obtain a fully repaired Station. To obtain never ending loot drops, a player could hit the station with a hammer and then repair it with 3-4 Thulecite Fragments per hammer strike. However, this will generate many more monsters than valuable loot, so be prepared to fight.

Killing the Ancient Fuelweaver will cause all the Broken and Repaired Ancient Pseudoscience Stations to respawn.

Item Drops

Possible result after a hammer strike:

Chance (Each)	Result
12.3%
11.2%	, ×4, ×2-4, ×5, ×2, ×2
1.1%
0.56%
0.11%
0.056%

Tips

• It's possible to keep destroying/repairing a station for the purpose of farming items, but enemies have a much higher chance to spawn than any of the loot.
• There will always be a naturally occurring fully operational Ancient Pseudoscience Station, which will always have 2 Damaged Bishops guarding it, along with four Nightmare Lights beside it.
• The Brightshade Smasher has better efficiency and only takes 8 hits to destroy a fully repaired Ancient Pseudoscience Station. If the player is after more loot, it is advised to use a Hammer instead.

Gallery

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  Wilson examining a fully repaired Ancient Pseudoscience Station in the Sacred Biome.
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  Mayhem ensues after an Ancient Pseudoscience Station is hammered down.

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