Ancient Pseudoscience Station

Ancient Pseudoscience Station
	Can be Hammered
	Repaired by:
Renewable?	Yes
Resources	×2, 50%, 50%,50%, See below
Spawns	See below
	Military Sacred
Perk	Grant access to Ancient Tab.
	"ancient_altar" "ancient_altar_broken"

“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 Crafting Tab and emits enough light to protect from Charlie when nearby.

When struck with a Hammer, in either the full or broken state, lightning will strike the player and 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 lightning strikes (2 strikes following the 10th hammer hit) and drops.

Many broken stations are found naturally in the Ruins with only 1 hit left and have half the available recipes (7 instead of 14), 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. The last stage of repair causes a lightning strike. To obtain never ending loot drops and lightning strikes 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.

This, along with every other Structure in the Ruins, can be renewed by regenerating the Caves with the Seed of Ruin.

Don't Starve Together

In Don't Starve Together, killing the Ancient Fuelweaver will cause all the Broken and Repaired Ancient Pseudoscience Stations to respawn. Damaging stations with a hammer will also not cause lightning strikes.

Walter can make Cursed Rounds from his Slingshot Ammo Tab when next to any Ancient Pseudoscience Station.

Crafting Recipes

A Broken Ancient Pseudoscience Station offers 7 Ancient Crafting recipes (half that of a fully repaired station): 9 Ancient Crafting recipes in Don't Starve Together.



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  Thulecite

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  Thulecite Wall

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  Thulecite Medallion

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  Magiluminescence

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  Construction Amulet

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  Star Caller's Staff

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  Deconstruction Staff

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  Premier Gardeneer Hat

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  Cursed Rounds
  

A fully repaired Ancient Pseudoscience Station offers 14 Ancient Crafting recipes (including the 7 listed above): 16 Ancient Crafting recipes in Don't Starve Together.



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  The Lazy Forager

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  The Lazy Explorer

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  Pick/Axe

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  Thulecite Crown

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  Thulecite Club

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  Thulecite Suit

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  Houndius Shootius

Item Drops

Possible result after a hammer strike:

Chance (Each)	Result
12.3%
11.2%	, ×4, ×2-4, ×5, ×2, ×2
1.1%	+25 / -10 ()
0.56%
0.11%
0.056%

Tips

• Lightning Rods placed nearby will divert any lightning strikes.
• A WX-78 player traveling to the ruins can benefit from hitting an Ancient Pseudoscience Station, as the lightning strikes will give them a System Overload.
• 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.
• A naturally occurring fully operational Ancient Pseudoscience Station will typically have more Ancient Clockwork enemies guarding it, along with two Nightmare Lights beside it.

Gallery

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  Wilson examining a fully repaired Ancient Pseudoscience Station in the Sacred Biome.

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  A broken Ancient Pseudoscience Station summoning lightning after being hit with a hammer.

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  Mayhem ensues after an Ancient Pseudoscience Station is hammered down.