Construction Amulet/DST

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Construction Amulet
"Craft with a discount!"
	×2 ×3 ×1
Filters
Tier
	+2/min
	5 uses
Dropped by
Perk	Halves crafting requirements Raises Sanity over time
	Does not stack items
	"greenamulet"

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“Just when I thought I couldn't get any better.”

–Wilson

“I feel my mind open when I wear it.”

–Willow

“What is this thing?”

–Wolfgang

“A flash of brilliance!”

–Wendy

“CONSERVATION OF MASS... IGNORED”

–WX-78

“I don't know what that is.”

–Wickerbottom

“I've always been better at cuttin' anyways.”

–Woodie

“I swear I don't normally need this.”

–Maxwell

“A facilitator for the breaking of the laws of conservation!”

–Wagstaff

“Enhanced emerald crafting skills!”

–Wigfrid

“Time to build!”

–Webber

“This necklace is a creative force. I'm feelin' it.”

–Walani

“For more savvy construction!”

–Warly

“Wearin' this ol'amulet makes me feel so smart!”

–Woodlegs

“DOUBLE, DOUBLE TOIL”

–Wilba

“Helps for building”

–Wormwood

“Fabrication just got easier.”

–Wheeler

“We could be good friends, you and I.”

–Winona

“So I'll be more skilled when I rebuild.”

–Wortox

“Help with building things!”

–Wurt

“Great for when you're low on supplies!”

–Walter

“Beautifully efficient.”

–Wanda

“Halves the cost of crafted items and raises sanity when worn.”

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The Construction Amulet is a craftable item found in the Ancient Tab. It requires 1 Green Gem, 3 Nightmare Fuel and 2 Thulecite, and at least a Broken Ancient Pseudoscience Station to craft. It also can randomly drop from an Ancient Pseudoscience Station when the latter is damaged with a Hammer, Gunpowder/Slurtle Slime etc. Like all items from the Ancient Tab, Construction Amulets cannot be prototyped and Characters always need to be near an Ancient Pseudoscience Station to craft them again.

While having it equipped in the chest slot, crafting items requires half the materials they would normally consume, rounded up. It degrades by 20% each time an item is crafted. It will also provide the player with a passive +2 per minute.

Players have a 0.02% chance of finding Green Gems inside Tumbleweeds, thus making Construction Amulets renewable.

Common Uses

The following table illustrates some of the most common uses of a Construction Amulet. These uses generally involve items requiring rare resources. The relative scarcity of different resources may vary from world to world and early vs. late game, but this table tries to assume typical availability. The time spent gathering a resource (butterfly wings, green gems, thulecite, steel wool, living logs, etc.) is harder to account for and is not represented in this table. Also, the benefit of crafting something otherwise unachievable early in the game may tip an otherwise questionable use of the Construction Amulet in the player's favor.

Item	Base Cost	Cost with amulet	Net Cost	Net Savings
Deconstruction Staff	×2 ×2 ×4	×1.2 ×0.4 ×1 ×2.6	×0.4	×0.8 ×1 ×1.4
Star Caller's Staff	×2 ×2 ×4	×1 ×0.2 ×0.4 ×1 ×2.6	×0.2 ×0.4	×1 ×1 ×1.4
Thulecite Suit	×6 ×4	×0.2 ×3.4 ×2.6	×0.2	×2.6 ×1.4
Thulecite Club	×4 ×3 ×4	×0.2 ×2.4 ×2 ×2.6	×0.2	×1.6 ×1 ×1.4
Thulecite Crown	×4 ×4	×0.2 ×2.4 ×2.6	×0.2	×1.6 ×1.4
Glossamer Saddle	×2 ×4 ×68	×0.2 ×0.4 ×1 ×0.6 ×2 ×34	×0.2 ×0.4 ×0.6	×1 ×2 + ×34
War Saddle	×4 ×4 ×10	×2 ×0.2 ×0.4 ×2 ×0.6 ×5	×0.2 ×0.4 ×0.6	×2 ×2 ×5
Telelocator Focus	×4 ×4 ×8	×0.2 ×0.4 ×2 ×2.6 ×4	×0.2 ×0.4	×2 ×1.4 ×4
Construction Amulet	×1 ×2 ×3	×1.2 ×1.4 ×2.6	×0.2	×0.6 ×0.4

Since the amulet has 5 uses, 1/5 of its construction cost is consumed with each use: ×0.2 ×0.4 ×0.6. This is added to the 'Cost with amulet' column of the table. Additional amulets could be crafted using the first amulet, but 1 green gem is at least as rare as 3 thulecite, making this practice questionable. If thulecite is scarce, constructing and deconstruting Thelucite Suits is a more efficient use of resources.

While the Deconstruction Staff, Thulecite Suit, and fancy Saddles are probably the most worthwhile construction amulet uses, other possibilities might include the Weather Pain, Circuits#Beanbooster_Circuit, Mast#Winged_Sail, Ice Flingomatic, bunny and pig houses, etc. Any of these could be combined with the Deconstruction Staff for doubling less common resources.

Tips

• Since Green Gems are so rare, the best use for Construction Amulets is to craft items that require very rare or non-renewable materials (i.e. items from the Ancient Tab).

Trivia

• The Construction Amulet shares the same in-game model with the Life Giving Amulet but its gem is green instead of red.

Bugs

• When left with only 20% durability remaining (its last use), the Amulet's effect will only partially work. The amulet will properly allow the player to completely build something with only the first half of its normal material cost. However, it will erroneously cause the second half of the cost to be consumed as well, if the player has the materials.

Gallery

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  When crafting with the Construction Amulet equipped, an icon appears next to the "Build" button.

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  A Construction Amulet dropped on the ground.

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  Wilson wearing a Construction Amulet.

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  Willow wearing a Construction Amulet.

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  Wolfgang wearing a Construction Amulet.

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  Wendy wearing a Construction Amulet.

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  WX-78 wearing a Construction Amulet.

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  Wickerbottom wearing a Construction Amulet.

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  Woodie wearing a Construction Amulet.

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  Wes wearing a Construction Amulet.

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  Maxwell wearing a Construction Amulet.

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  Wigfrid wearing a Construction Amulet.

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  Webber wearing a Construction Amulet.

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  Walani wearing a Construction Amulet.

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  Warly wearing a Construction Amulet.

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  Wilbur wearing a Construction Amulet.

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  Woodlegs wearing a Construction Amulet.

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  Wilba wearing a Construction Amulet.

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  Wormwood wearing a Construction Amulet.

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  Wheeler wearing a Construction Amulet.

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  Winona wearing a Construction Amulet.

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  Wortox wearing a Construction Amulet.

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  Wurt wearing a Construction Amulet.