Mortar and Pestle

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This simple stone contraption can be used to grind resources into new substances.

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Structure

Type

Crafting

Health

1,000

Item slots

24 / 12

Decay time

16d

Item

Weight

4.0

Found in Supply Crate

Green

Spawn Command

cheat giveitemnum 106 1 0 0
or
cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Structures/Misc/PrimalItemStructure_MortarAndPestle.PrimalItemStructure_MortarAndPestle'" 1 0 0

Crafting

Required level

Level 6

Engram points

6 / 4 EP

Crafting XP

28.8 XP

Crafting time

5s

Unlocks

Used to craft

12 items

Crafted in

Inventory

Ingredients

65 × Stone

15 × Hide

The Mortar and Pestle is a crafting tool used to break down certain resources into different useful items.

Usage[]

The Mortar and Pestle can only be placed on a player made surface, including but not limited to: Foundations, Ceilings, or Wooden Tables. The Mortar and Pestle is used to grind resources into new substances (e.g. Narcoberry and Spoiled Meat = Narcotic.)

Recipes[]

Mortar and Pestle recipes can be made using the Mortar and Pestle or in the more advanced Chemistry Bench. However, the player does not need to remain at the Mortar and Pestle once crafting has begun and XP will still be gained as long as the crafting continues.

Name	Required Level	EP	Ingredients	Prerequisite	Crafting XP
Sparkpowder	5	3	1 × Stone 2 × Flint	None	0.05
Narcotic	5	6	5 × Narcoberry or Ascerbic Mushroom 1 × Spoiled Meat	None	2.0
Gunpowder	10	2	1 × Sparkpowder 1 × Charcoal	Sparkpowder	0.5
Stimulant	10	6	5 × Stimberry 2 × Sparkpowder	None	0.05
Cementing Paste	10	3	4 × Chitin or Keratin 8 × Stone	None	1.2
Bug Repellant	15	12	6 × Pelt 2 × Narcotic 4 × Citronal 4 × Rockarrot	None	1.0
Lesser Antidote	20	16	10 × Rare Flower 10 × Rare Mushroom 3 × Leech Blood or Horns 1 × Narcotic	None	2
Clay	5	3	2 × Sand 1 × Cactus Sap	None	0.12
Preserving Salt	5	3	2 × Raw Salt 1 × Sulfur	None	0.12
Propellant	20	12	1 × Sulfur 1 × Cactus Sap 1 × Oil	Mortar and Pestle	2

Notes[]

It is possible to completely hide a Mortar and Pestle inside of a Stone Pillar where the pillar sticks out of a ceiling tile. An enemy player would then have to stumble upon the mortar by accident or demolish the structure to know it is even there.
Despite appearing to be made of stone, it is most likely either a hardened clay or a rough ceramic. As such, the Mortar and Pestle takes damage extremely easily.

The Mortar and Pestle is treated as a thatch structure and can be damaged by anything except non-explosive ranged attacks.

It seems as if blueprints for Cement Paste, Gun Powder, Narcotic and Spark Powder have been cut from the game. Cheat commands used to spawn blueprints of them will spawn just the items, NOT their blueprint.
In Primitive Plus, the Handmill is an upgraded alternative to the mortar and pestle, boasting 6 extra inventory slots and being able to craft primitive plus recepies that the mortar and pestle can't.

Gallery[]

As it appears in-game

Painting and Color Regions[]

The Mortar and Pestle is not currently paint-able, however this object may be re-mapped to include paint regions in a future update.

For more information on Paint Regions and how to use them, please view the Dye, Paintbrush, or Spray Painter pages.