Plan your next build, prepare for raids, and find the parts you need. Practical Survival routes, wiki references, and tools for Scrap Mechanic 1.0.
The live game version and the checked version of a dataset are shown separately. Recipes, trades, unlocks, raid tables, and individual wiki entries keep their own version labels until they are re-extracted or retested.
Official patch note ↗Live counts from the same indexes used on every inner page.
Five decisions that unlock the rest of Survival.
View the reference map or a supported local Survival save in your browser. Explore landmarks, progression routes, risks, and preparation.
Open interactive map →The opening Survival landmark contains the crashed ship, the three-fire Getting Started objective, the nearby Water Bucket pond, the first Master Battery ruin, the Mini Craftbot, and the Logbook route to the Mechanic Station.
A recognizable station marked by a large illuminated wrench, commonly used as an early workshop, storage point, and vehicle base.
A road-side destination used in produce logistics. Its value comes from turning farming into a transport problem rather than a chest-management problem.
A progression and trading location where prepared deliveries become useful equipment. The route matters as much as the destination because cargo can be bulky.
A large multi-level combat and exploration landmark associated with ranged bot threats, valuable materials, and difficult recovery runs.
Growlabs are part of the expanded 1.0 Survival world and story. They combine exploration, combat, and progression in spaces where preparation matters.
Open a calculator for raid pressure, material totals, or steering geometry.
Calculate current 1.0 crop value, raid level, exact bot budget, multiplayer scaling, weighted enemy odds, and one possible drop timeline.
Open tool ›Calculate full batches, direct materials, finished output, extra pieces, station time, and schematic requirements across 614 recipes.
Open tool ›Calculate separate inner and outer front-wheel limits for ideal Ackermann steering, then copy the Level 5 Driver's Seat bearing settings.
Open tool ›Two start points, then Survival / Building / Progression manuals.
Enter the crashed ship to start Getting Started, follow the path opposite its entrance to the pond, fill the Water Bucket, extinguish the three marked fires inside, recover the nearby Master Battery, restore ship power, reconnect the console with the Connect Tool, and take the Logbook before leaving for the Mechanic Station.
Old Creative worlds can load in 1.0; old Survival worlds need a legacy Steam branch. Back up the complete save before switching, test Parts or Custom Game mods on a copy, and check the current 1.0.5 patch timeline before diagnosing raid, Vault, underground, welding, or Thruster problems.
Crop value, raids, and Warehouse combat.
Starter chassis and tested automation.
Garage blueprints and achievement routes.
Task indexes first, encyclopedia categories second.
Job-first builds with part counts and commissioning tests.
Scrap Mechanic left Early Access on July 24, 2026. Drilling Thunder adds the complete Survival story, Excavation Island and underground mining, Growlabs, more bots and parts, terrain shaping, schematic progression, rebalanced crafting, and a visual overhaul.
Post-1.0 candidates, legacy dependencies, and current status warnings.
Do not install from mirrors; this entry is retained as a status warning
Builders who want functional truck, towing, and machinery components
Creative combat prototypes, aircraft, ships, and large machines
Legacy Creative builds that already depend on its parts
Test mods on a copied save before using them in your current world.
Common Survival questions, from the Crash Site to Excavation Island.
Enter the crashed ship, take the Water Bucket from the nearby pond, extinguish the three marked interior fires, recover the ruin's Master Battery, restore ship power, reconnect the console, and open the Logbook before leaving for the Mechanic Station.
Activate Getting Started inside the ship, then follow the path opposite the entrance to the nearby pond. The Water Bucket is at the pond edge beside the farming tutorial supplies.
No. The Master Battery from the ruin near the Crash Site powers the crashed ship. The Mechanic Station objective marks a separate battery in the station's bunk-room area.
Old Survival worlds require the older Steam branch. Back up important worlds before switching versions.
Survival worlds are generated. Navigate with roads, large structures, and location roles rather than copied coordinates.
Some can, but Parts and Custom Games mods are particularly likely to need an update. Test a copied world first.
Confirm the current objective, remove mods for a copied test save, and check the latest patch before repeating a dangerous story area.
Bring lights, food perks, a Spudgun, and a repairable mining vehicle. Scout with the Ore Prospector, dig with a Plasma Drill, and process ore behind the dig face while watching for Cablebots and Minerbots.
