Welcome to Elderfield Crafting and Workshop Guide

Welcome to Elderfield separates farm processing and facility crafting from equipment forging. The Prep Table prepares inputs before the Drying Rack processes them, while the Workshop and anvil serve equipment progression. Molly's Workshop dialogue is shown granting a Furnace, although the full unlock path is not settled.

Official updates were checked on September 29, 2026. The latest documented full-game announcement is v1.0.2a, dated September 23; the separate Demo has a v1.0.0 changelog dated September 8. Older Demo and alpha research below retains its original evidence boundaries. These announcement versions do not guarantee which build is installed on your device. Full-game, Demo, and Patreon changes are kept separate throughout the guide.

Demo v0.11.2 added Rawhide, Herb Bundles, and Leadleaf-related processing or forging material, and its recipe menu uses green to show satisfied requirements. Demo v0.11.17 fixed processor progress during sleep, simplified craft confirmation, and added category guidance. These changes make older interface walkthroughs unreliable even when the underlying station still exists.

The September 18 full-game update lowers material costs for Preserving Barrels, Kegs, Furnaces and Grinders, as well as most early forge recipes; copper recipes no longer require Leather. Cooking stations can take ingredients from Primary Storage after the player enables the option with the station's gear icon. September 23 fixes the Crusader's Greaves self-ingredient bug, so use the patched recipe menu rather than an old material list.

Confirmed here means either an official source states the point directly or two independent sources agree on the same observable behavior. It does not mean every related number, location, or unlock condition is known. Exact values stay out of the confirmed section unless the collected material supports them at the same version level.

Identify whether the goal is farm processing, material preparation, or equipment forging before choosing a station. Follow the current recipe menu and verify every input name, especially the distinct hide stages. Speak with Molly when the Workshop route opens, but do not assume that one old task order is the only way the Furnace can appear.

Use the confirmed sequence first and check the in-game wording before committing rare materials or long sessions. Interface labels and broad mechanics are more stable than balance values, rewards, and exact routes during development. A step marked Pending verification (待确认) is a research lead, not a guaranteed instruction for the current build.

Facility material costs, placement ranges, prices, Leather chains, ore fuel, and processing durations rely on single-source or conflicting data. Rawhide, Scraped Hide, Thick Hide, and Leather are not interchangeable labels. Exact Copper Bar outputs and times remain Pending verification (待确认) because the collected sources disagree and no official recipe resolves them.

Welcome to Elderfield launched on Steam on September 10, 2026. Its public Demo and older itch or Patreon builds remain separate evidence. A detail can be authentic and still be obsolete or unavailable in another channel. Historical footage is not automatically proof of the released game's balance or unlock requirements.

Sources conflict over whether the Furnace route belongs to Molly, Hans, or multiple task paths. Rain-offering duration and Harvest or Fertility Effigy percentages also conflict within one guide's tables. A complete current recipe list, stable Leather chain, blueprint order, and processing schedule cannot be published as settled facts.

Pending verification (待确认) means the collected sources did not reach the required confidence threshold. It may be supported by one guide, one developer comment, or footage whose build cannot be identified, but it lacks a matching current source. These points are retained because players search for them, while their uncertainty remains visible.