Crafting Recipes | Island Beekeeper Wiki

Crafting is the backbone of progression in Island Beekeeper. From your first axe to advanced honey processing equipment, every tool and structure you build expands what you can do. This guide covers every known crafting recipe organized by station, with materials requirements and tips for efficient resource gathering. For a complete list of all materials and where to find them, see the Items & Materials Reference.

Workbench Recipes

The workbench is your first and most versatile crafting station. You build it from basic materials found on the starting island and use it throughout the entire game. The workbench produces tools, basic building components, and station blueprints.

Basic Tools

Axe — Used for chopping trees and collecting wood. Essential in the early game, but remember that wood does not regrow on the starting island.

• Materials: 3 Wood, 2 Stone

Pickaxe — Required for mining stone, iron ore, coal, and sand deposits. Upgraded pickaxes break harder materials faster.

• Materials: 3 Wood, 3 Stone

Hammer — The building tool. Equip the hammer to place structures, walls, floors, and furniture. This is how you expand your apiary and farm.

• Materials: 4 Wood, 2 Stone, 1 Iron Ore

Hoe — Tills soil for planting crops. Essential for farming strawberries, flax, and the various seeds you discover on other islands.

• Materials: 2 Wood, 2 Stone

Watering Can — Keeps your crops hydrated. Without regular watering, plants wilt and produce lower yields.

• Materials: 3 Iron Ore, 1 Wood

Bug Net — Used to capture insects and small creatures for the local wildlife orders. Also useful for collecting certain crafting materials.

• Materials: 2 Wood, 1 Flax, 1 String

Smoker — Calms bees during hive management. Using the smoker before interacting with your hives reduces the chance of bee agitation and improves honey collection efficiency.

• Materials: 2 Wood, 1 Coal, 1 Wax

Station Blueprints

Honey Extractor Blueprint — Unlocks the honey extractor building. Requires Journeyman reputation to learn.

• Materials: 5 Wood, 3 Iron Ore, 2 Stone

Boiler Blueprint — Unlocks the boiler station for glass and wax processing. Requires Apprentice reputation.

• Materials: 4 Wood, 4 Stone, 2 Iron Ore

Storage and Furniture

Basic Chest — Adds storage capacity to your home base. You will need many of these as your inventory grows.

• Materials: 6 Wood, 1 Iron Ore

Large Chest — An upgraded storage container with triple the capacity of a basic chest.

• Materials: 10 Wood, 3 Iron Ore, 1 Wax

Work Table — A decorative and functional furniture piece that increases your crafting speed slightly when placed near a workbench.

• Materials: 5 Wood, 2 Stone

Building Recipes (Hammer)

The hammer is equipped as a tool and used to place structures in the world. These recipes are crafted directly from your inventory while the hammer is active. Building recipes expand your apiary, farm, and living space.

Apiary Structures

Basic Hive — Your first bee housing. Attracts wild bees and provides a small production area. Place near flowers for best results.

• Materials: 8 Wood, 2 Wax, 1 Flax

Improved Hive — A larger hive with better production rates and capacity for hybrid bees. Requires Artisan reputation.

• Materials: 12 Wood, 4 Wax, 3 Iron Ore, 2 Glass

Queen Chamber — An attachment for hives that increases the breeding success rate for rare bee species.

• Materials: 6 Wood, 3 Wax, 2 Glass, 1 Iron Ore

Farm Structures

Basic Crop Plot — A tilled section of land for planting one crop. Place these near a water source or use watering cans to maintain them.

• Materials: 2 Wood, 1 Stone

Irrigation Channel — Connects water to your crop plots automatically, removing the need for manual watering. A significant quality-of-life upgrade.

• Materials: 3 Wood, 2 Iron Ore, 1 Sand

Greenhouse Frame — Extends the growing season for crops by protecting them from weather. Essential for farming on islands with harsh climates.

• Materials: 10 Wood, 4 Glass, 3 Iron Ore

Utility Buildings

Post Station — The drone delivery hub for shipping orders to Earth. You need at least one post station to fulfill orders.

• Materials: 8 Wood, 4 Stone, 3 Iron Ore, 1 Glass

Storage Shed — A larger storage building that can hold multiple chest-equivalent inventories in one structure.

• Materials: 15 Wood, 5 Stone, 2 Iron Ore

Meadow Cycle Station — The inter-island travel hub. Unlocking and repairing this station is required to visit new islands. Check the Islands & Biomes guide for details on what each island offers.

• Materials: 20 Wood, 10 Stone, 5 Iron Ore, 3 Glass, 2 Wax

Boiler Recipes

The boiler station processes raw materials into refined products. It is your primary source of glass and processed wax, both of which are essential for mid-to-late game crafting.

Glass Production

Glass — Crafted from sand at the boiler. Glass is used in hives, windows, greenhouses, and advanced crafting recipes. Sand is found on beaches and desert areas across multiple islands.

• Input: 2 Sand → Output: 1 Glass

Reinforced Glass — A stronger variant used in greenhouse construction and certain premium recipes.

• Input: 2 Glass, 1 Iron Ore → Output: 1 Reinforced Glass

Wax Processing

Refined Wax — Raw wax from bee colonies can be processed into refined wax for higher-quality crafting. Refined wax is required for queen chambers and premium hives.

• Input: 2 Wax → Output: 1 Refined Wax

Wax Block — A large block of compressed wax used in decorative building and certain advanced recipes.

• Input: 4 Wax → Output: 1 Wax Block

Honey Jars

Honey Jar — The standard container for shipping honey. You need empty jars to fill with honey from the extractor. Glass is the primary ingredient.

• Input: 1 Glass, 1 Wax → Output: 2 Honey Jars

Sealed Honey Jar — A premium jar with an airtight wax seal. Required for specialty orders that demand preserved honey.

• Input: 1 Honey Jar, 1 Refined Wax → Output: 1 Sealed Honey Jar

Honey Extractor Recipes

The honey extractor is the station that converts raw honeycomb from your hives into usable honey products. This is one of the most important structures in the game, as honey is both your primary income source and a key crafting ingredient.

Basic Extraction

Standard Honey — The most common honey type, produced by meadow and wild bees. Used for classic honey orders and basic recipes.

• Input: 1 Honeycomb → Output: 1 Standard Honey

Forest Honey — Produced from forest bee honeycomb. Richer and darker than standard honey, it commands higher prices in the orders system.

• Input: 1 Forest Honeycomb → Output: 1 Forest Honey

Tropical Honey — Exotic honey from tropical bee colonies. Required for premium baked goods and specialty orders.

• Input: 1 Tropical Honeycomb → Output: 1 Tropical Honey

Advanced Processing

Honey Infusion — Combines honey with fruits or herbs to create flavored varieties. Different ingredients produce different results.

• Input: 1 Standard Honey, 1 Strawberry → Output: 1 Strawberry Honey
• Input: 1 Standard Honey, 1 Raspberry → Output: 1 Raspberry Honey

Honey Concentrate — A thick, reduced honey used in high-value crafting recipes. Takes longer to produce but yields more value per unit.

• Input: 3 Standard Honey → Output: 1 Honey Concentrate

Royal Jelly — A rare product that only appears when processing honeycomb from high-tier bee colonies. Royal jelly is used in queen chamber upgrades and advanced breeding recipes.

• Input: 1 Alpine Honeycomb → Output: 1 Royal Jelly (chance-based)

Crafting Tips and Strategies

Resource Management

Crafting efficiently requires planning your resource gathering trips. A few key principles:

• Never waste wood on the starting island. Since it does not regrow, every piece of wood should go toward essential structures. Save decorative building for islands with renewable wood sources.
• Batch your boiler runs. Glass and wax processing takes time. Queue up large batches rather than crafting one at a time.
• Keep a stock of empty jars. Running out of honey jars when a good order comes in is frustrating. Always have glass and wax reserves for emergency jar crafting.

Progression Order

For players wondering what to craft first, here is the recommended progression:

1. Basic tools (axe, pickaxe, hammer, hoe, watering can)
2. Basic hive to start bee production
3. Boiler station for glass production
4. Honey jars (start stockpiling immediately)
5. Honey extractor to process honeycomb
6. Post station for order fulfillment
7. Improved hive for better production
8. Meadow Cycle Station for island access

This order ensures you have the production chain running before you need it. For a broader overview of the game’s progression systems, see the Getting Started Guide. For questions about specific crafting situations, check the FAQ page.