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Looking for the Workshop contraption combinations in Blue Prince? The elusive Workshop room though rare is a game changer, letting you combine items to produce souped up special versions with unique abilities. From lighting candles to smashing through brick walls, these unique combinations are needed to get to the game’s best kept secrets.
Drafting the Workshop is a challenge in itself, not to speak of finding requisite items to craft new items. Expect it to take you dozens of runs through Mt. Holly to piece together all the combinations. In this guide, you’ll find a full list of all Workshop combinations.
All Blue Prince Workshop contraption combinations
There are a total of 8 unique Workshop combinations that you can craft at the crafting table in the Workshop room. The items will need to be in your inventory to complete the process so don’t hesitate to lean on the Coat Room to carry specific items between runs.
| Contraption | Requires Items | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pick Sound Amplifier | Metal Detector and Lockpick | Higher change of picking high sensitivity locks. |
| Burning Glass | Metal Detector and Magnifying Glass | Can light candles and ignite fuses. |
| Detector Shovel | Metal Detector and Shovel | Greater change of finding coins and keys. Much greater chance of finding coins and keys while digging. |
| Power Hammer | Sledgehammer, Battery Pack, and Broken Lever | A stronger sledge hammer that can also knock down weaker brick walls. |
| Dowsing Rod | Shovel and Compass | Points toward rooms that contain more items than usual while drafting. |
| Lucky Purse | Coin Purse and Rabbit’s Foot | Doubles all the coins you find. |
| Jack Hammer | Shovel, Broken Lever, and Battery Pack | Greater rewards from dig spots. |
| Electromagnet | Battery Pack and Compass | Greater change of drafting Mechanical Rooms and automatically collects keys and coins when entering a room. |
Crafting all 8 contraptions earns you the Trophy of Invention for the Trophy Room along with an achievement of the same name.
Tips and tricks to craft Workshop contraptions
The real kicker is actually getting the Workshop to pop up as one of your drafting options. It’s mostly down to RNG, patience, and lashings of persistence. You can nudge it in the right direction by reducing the Workshop’s rarity using the Conservatory. Again, RNG plays a role here as you’ll need the drafting board to show the Workshop before you can adjust how often the room spawn.
The Gear Wrench is also useful as it lets you adjust the rarity of individual Mechanical Rooms. The Workshop is considered a Mechanical Room and when you visit with a Gear Wrench you’ll have the option to tweak the rarity. It’s also worth remembering that the Workshop only ever comes up as a drafting option in the middle three columns of Mt. Holly’s floorplan.
As for the items needed for the recipes, focus on drafting rooms that contain free items such as the Closet, Walk-In Closet, Courtyard, Tool Shed, and Attic. It’s also worth using the Trading Post to swap items when you can and checking the Commissary to see if any are on sale. Lastly, strategically depositing items into the Coat Check room to retrieve them on subsequent runs is highly recommended.
For more help, check out all the Blue Prince safe codes and passwords and a quick primer on the Parlor Game and Dartboard puzzles.
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