# How to Get the Ancient Workbench and All It Crafts

The Ancient Workbench in Palworld: technology level 67 and 5 points, all three build materials, the full raw-material bill, the five Pals that can actually work it, and every one of the 68 weapons, armor pieces and ammo types it is the only bench to make.

Source: https://palworld-db.com/guides/how-to-get-ancient-workbench
Updated: 2026-08-04

The Ancient Workbench is the bench that builds the Soralite and Ancient gear tiers — the [Ancient Armor](https://palworld-db.com/item/AncientArmor_5) and [Mechanical Bow](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyBow_5) end of the game, and nothing below it will make any of them. This guide covers the technology level it sits behind, the three build materials and where each one comes from, what the whole project really costs in raw ore, the five Pals that can legally work it, and all 68 items it turns out.

## Ancient Workbench at a Glance

This is the last production bench Palworld hands you and it behaves unlike every other one. It draws **2,000 electricity**, and out of 480 buildable structures only the [Ancient Furnace](https://palworld-db.com/structures) and the High-Pressure Crude Oil Extractor pull more. The part that catches people out is that you cannot use it — the interaction prompt never appears for the player, because the bench is a Pal-only station. Assign the right Pal and the queue runs; assign the wrong one and it sits idle no matter how many workers your base has.

| What | Detail |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Base structure, **Production** tab of the build menu |
| Technology level | Lv. 67 |
| Technology points | 5 |
| Materials | 50 [Soralite Ingot](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyislandIngot), 5 [AI Core](https://palworld-db.com/item/AIcore), 20 [Bio Battery](https://palworld-db.com/item/Bio_Battery) |
| Build workload | 1,000,000 |
| Power draw | 2,000 — electric, so it needs a generator on the grid |
| Who can use it | Pals only — the player cannot craft at it |
| Work required | Handiwork Lv. 6 **and** Medicine Production Lv. 6 |
| Craft speed | Same rate as a plain workbench — it is range, not speed |
| What it makes | 68 items: 10 weapon lines, 5 armor lines, 8 ammo types |

## How to Unlock the Ancient Workbench

Reach character level 67, open the [Palworld technology tree](https://palworld-db.com/tech) and spend 5 technology points. Unlocking it is the easy half. The bench cannot be built, powered or fed without three earlier structures already standing, because each of its materials is made at exactly one place and none of those places is the Ancient Workbench itself. Budget for the whole chain below before you commit the points — run all four at once and you are pulling **6,400 electricity**, which is more than a single [generator](https://palworld-db.com/structures) tier covers.

| Build this first | Tech Lv | Power | Why you need it |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 42 | 400 | The only bench that makes [Bio Battery](https://palworld-db.com/item/Bio_Battery), [Computer](https://palworld-db.com/item/Computer) and [Thermal Core](https://palworld-db.com/item/Thermal_Core) |
|  | 62 | 1,000 | The only bench that makes [AI Core](https://palworld-db.com/item/AIcore) — and every gear recipe here needs them |
|  | 66 | 3,000 | The only furnace that smelts [Soralite Ingot](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyislandIngot) |
|  | 67 | 2,000 | The bench itself |

## Crafting Materials and Where to Make Them

Three lines on the build screen, and the middle one is the entire project. Five [AI Cores](https://palworld-db.com/item/AIcore) are worth 252,940 gold apiece at merchant rates — roughly 1.26 million of the bench's 1.67 million total value — and each one swallows 10 more [Soralite Ingots](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyislandIngot) on top of the 50 the bench lists. That is **100 Soralite Ingots** in total, and at 700,000 crafting workload per bar the smelting alone is 70,000,000 workload. The bench's own 1,000,000 build cost is the smallest number in the whole job.

| Material | Qty | Made at | Recipe per unit | Value each |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Soralite Ingot](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyislandIngot) | 50 | Ancient Furnace | 2 [Soralite](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyIslandOre) + 2 [Pure Quartz](https://palworld-db.com/item/Quartz) | 7,200 |
| [AI Core](https://palworld-db.com/item/AIcore) | 5 | Advanced Workshop | 5 [Computer](https://palworld-db.com/item/Computer) + 10 [Soralite Ingot](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyislandIngot) + 2 [Thermal Core](https://palworld-db.com/item/Thermal_Core) + 1 [Ancient Civilization Core](https://palworld-db.com/item/AncientParts2) | 252,940 |
| [Bio Battery](https://palworld-db.com/item/Bio_Battery) | 20 | Production Assembly Line II | 1 [Electric Organ](https://palworld-db.com/item/ElectricOrgan) + 1 [Refined Ingot](https://palworld-db.com/item/IronIngot) + 1 [Carbon Fiber](https://palworld-db.com/item/CarbonFiber) | 2,230 |

### Soralite Ingot ×50

Two [Soralite](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyIslandOre) and two [Pure Quartz](https://palworld-db.com/item/Quartz) per bar, smelted at the Ancient Furnace. Soralite only comes out of Sunreach, and there are [226 Soralite nodes on the map](https://palworld-db.com/map?layers=res_soralite) — a small number compared to the 1,632 Ore nodes you are used to, so plan a route rather than wandering. Killing works too: [Jetragon](https://palworld-db.com/pal/jetragon) hands over 10 per kill at 100%, and [Pierdon Cryst](https://palworld-db.com/pal/pierdon-cryst) gives 4–5. Pure Quartz is easier at [607 nodes](https://palworld-db.com/map?layers=res_purequartz), and Pierdon Cryst drops that as well, which makes it the single most efficient Pal to farm for this bench.

### AI Core ×5

Five [Computers](https://palworld-db.com/item/Computer), 10 [Soralite Ingots](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyislandIngot), 2 [Thermal Cores](https://palworld-db.com/item/Thermal_Core) and 1 [Ancient Civilization Core](https://palworld-db.com/item/AncientParts2) each, at the Advanced Workshop, at 5,000,000 crafting workload apiece. The Ancient Civilization Core is the hard gate: only two Pals in the game drop it, [Silvance](https://palworld-db.com/pal/silvance) and [Dandilord](https://palworld-db.com/pal/dandilord), one guaranteed per kill. Both are World Tree bosses, so five AI Cores means five boss clears — and pleasingly, those same two Pals are among the handful that can then work the bench you are building. The [full Ancient Civilization Core guide](https://palworld-db.com/guides/how-to-get-ancient-civilization-cores) covers the fight order.

### Bio Battery ×20

One [Electric Organ](https://palworld-db.com/item/ElectricOrgan), one [Refined Ingot](https://palworld-db.com/item/IronIngot) and one [Carbon Fiber](https://palworld-db.com/item/CarbonFiber) each at the Production Assembly Line II, and at 20,000 workload they are the only cheap thing on the list. Count 70 Electric Organs rather than 20, because the Computers inside your AI Cores eat 50 more. [Prixter Lux](https://palworld-db.com/pal/prixter-lux) drops 4–5 per kill at 100%, so around fifteen kills covers the entire build.

## Full Raw Material Cost

Trace every sub-recipe down to things you mine, shoot or pump and one Ancient Workbench comes to the fourteen materials below. The 1,200 Wood at the top looks alarming and is not — it burns into the 600 [Charcoal](https://palworld-db.com/item/Charcoal) that the Carbon Fiber needs, and wood is the one thing your base already produces on its own. The rows that actually decide your timeline are the 200 Soralite, which is a Sunreach trip, and the **5 Ancient Civilization Cores**, which is five World Tree boss fights and cannot be shortcut, bought or farmed anywhere else.

| Raw material | Total needed | Where to get it |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Wood](https://palworld-db.com/item/Wood) | 1,200 | Any tree — burned into 600 [Charcoal](https://palworld-db.com/item/Charcoal) for the Carbon Fiber |
| [Ore](https://palworld-db.com/item/CopperOre) | 515 | [1,632 Ore nodes](https://palworld-db.com/map?layers=res_copperore), or an Ore Mining Site at technology level 24 |
| [Pure Quartz](https://palworld-db.com/item/Quartz) | 300 | [607 nodes](https://palworld-db.com/map?layers=res_purequartz), or [Pierdon Cryst](https://palworld-db.com/pal/pierdon-cryst) at 4–5 per kill |
| [Coal](https://palworld-db.com/item/Coal) | 220 | [824 Coal nodes](https://palworld-db.com/map?layers=res_coal), or [Blazamut](https://palworld-db.com/pal/blazamut) at a flat 10 per kill |
| [Soralite](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyIslandOre) | 200 | [226 nodes, all in Sunreach](https://palworld-db.com/map?layers=res_soralite), or [Jetragon](https://palworld-db.com/pal/jetragon) at 10 per kill |
| [Flame Organ](https://palworld-db.com/item/FireOrgan) | 160 | 37 Pals drop it — [Blazamut](https://palworld-db.com/pal/blazamut) gives 10, [Suzaku](https://palworld-db.com/pal/suzaku) 5–10 |
| [Crude Oil](https://palworld-db.com/item/CrudeOil) | 150 | [185 oil fields](https://palworld-db.com/map?layers=oilfield) with an extractor, or [56 oil rig crates](https://palworld-db.com/map?layers=oilrigcrate) |
| [High Quality Pal Oil](https://palworld-db.com/item/PalOil) | 100 | [Mammorest](https://palworld-db.com/pal/mammorest) at 5–10 per kill, 25 Pals in total |
| [Sulfur](https://palworld-db.com/item/Sulfur) | 70 | [655 Sulfur nodes](https://palworld-db.com/map?layers=res_sulfur), or [Pierdon](https://palworld-db.com/pal/pierdon) at 4–5 |
| [Electric Organ](https://palworld-db.com/item/ElectricOrgan) | 70 | [Prixter Lux](https://palworld-db.com/pal/prixter-lux) at 4–5 per kill, 23 Pals in total |
| [Venom Gland](https://palworld-db.com/item/Venom) | 20 | [Menasting](https://palworld-db.com/pal/menasting) at 5–10 per kill |
| [Chromite](https://palworld-db.com/item/Chromium) | 20 | Buried — needs a Metal Detector, or [Silvegis](https://palworld-db.com/pal/silvegis) at 2–3 |
| [Hexolite Quartz](https://palworld-db.com/item/RainbowCrystal) | 20 | [635 nodes](https://palworld-db.com/map?layers=res_hexolitequartz), all in Feybreak |
| [Ancient Civilization Core](https://palworld-db.com/item/AncientParts2) | 5 | Only [Silvance](https://palworld-db.com/pal/silvance) and [Dandilord](https://palworld-db.com/pal/dandilord), 1 guaranteed each |

## Which Pals Can Work the Ancient Workbench

This is where most finished Ancient Workbenches sit dead. The bench posts two job requirements at once — **Handiwork Lv. 6 and Medicine Production Lv. 6** — and only 13 Pals in the game reach Handiwork 6 while only 7 reach Medicine Production 6. Exactly five clear both bars on their own, and those five are the clean answer: park one of them in the base and the bench never stalls. [Silvance](https://palworld-db.com/pal/silvance) is the pick if you can only bring one, since its Medicine Production 8 is the highest rating any Pal has in that job and it drops the Ancient Civilization Cores you need anyway.

| Pal | Handiwork | Medicine | Where it comes from |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Silvance](https://palworld-db.com/pal/silvance) | 6 | 8 | World Tree boss — drops [Silvance's Plume](https://palworld-db.com/item/BossDefeatReward_Mothman) and 1 Ancient Civilization Core |
| [Selyne](https://palworld-db.com/pal/selyne) | 7 | 6 | Wild, 40 spawn spots — the highest Handiwork of the five |
| [Bellanoir Libero](https://palworld-db.com/pal/bellanoir-libero) | 6 | 7 | Raid boss, no wild spawns |
| [Wistella](https://palworld-db.com/pal/wistella) | 6 | 6 | Wild, 40 spawn spots and an alpha — much the easiest of the five to get |
| [Dandilord](https://palworld-db.com/pal/dandilord) | 6 | 6 | World Tree boss — also Planting 8, so it doubles as a farm worker |

If none of those five are on your roster yet, cover the two jobs with two Pals instead of one. [Solenne](https://palworld-db.com/pal/solenne) has the best Handiwork in the game at Lv. 8 but no Medicine Production at all, so it needs a partner; [Lyleen Noct](https://palworld-db.com/pal/lyleen-noct) at Medicine Production 7 and [Mycora](https://palworld-db.com/pal/mycora) at 6 are the two easiest ways to fill the other half. Craft speed is not a tiebreaker here — every Pal in Palworld has the same base craft speed of 100, so the only thing that separates these workers is which jobs they qualify for.

## All 68 Items the Ancient Workbench Crafts

Sixty-eight items name the Ancient Workbench as their bench, and for all 68 it is the only one — there is no fallback, no slower alternative, no schematic that reroutes them to a weapon assembly line. That set breaks down into 5 armor lines, 10 weapon lines and 8 ammo types, with each gear line having four craftable rarities unlocked by its Lv. 1 to Lv. 4 schematic. Every single one of the 60 gear recipes wants [AI Cores](https://palworld-db.com/item/AIcore) and [Ancient Civilization Parts](https://palworld-db.com/item/PalCrystal_Ex); building the top rarity of all ten weapon lines and all five armor lines would take 492 AI Cores, so keep the Advanced Workshop running long after the bench is up.

| Category | Lines | Craftable pieces | Craft workload each |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Armor and helm | 5 | 20 | 16,000,000 |
| Weapons | 10 | 40 | 112,000,000 |
| Ammo | 8 | 8 | 250,000–300,000 per batch |

### Ancient Armor and Helm

This is the strongest armor in Palworld and it is not close. The three resistance variants top out at **1,092 defense and 3,120 HP**, plain [Ancient Armor](https://palworld-db.com/item/AncientArmor_5) sits just behind at 1,040, and [Ancient Helm](https://palworld-db.com/item/AncientHelmet_5) at 650 defense beats the next best head slot — the Hexolite Helmet at 455 — by nearly 200. Start with plain Ancient Armor: it is the cheapest of the four bodies at 60 Soralite Ingots and 6 AI Cores, and the resistance versions cost [Paloxite Ingot](https://palworld-db.com/item/WorldTreeIngot) instead, which is a different farming trip. Even the Lv. 1 schematic version is worth building at 880 defense, so do not sit on a low-rarity schematic waiting for a legendary.

| Armor | Defense (Lv. 4) | HP | Materials for the Lv. 4 craft |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Lightweight Ancient Armor](https://palworld-db.com/item/AncientArmorWeight_5) | 1,092 | 3,120 | 60 [Paloxite Ingot](https://palworld-db.com/item/WorldTreeIngot), 14 [AI Core](https://palworld-db.com/item/AIcore), 100 [Corrosive Solvent](https://palworld-db.com/item/Corrosive_Solvent), 9 [Ancient Civilization Parts](https://palworld-db.com/item/PalCrystal_Ex) |
| [Heat-Resistant Ancient Armor](https://palworld-db.com/item/AncientArmorHeat_5) | 1,092 | 3,120 | 60 [Paloxite Ingot](https://palworld-db.com/item/WorldTreeIngot), 10 [AI Core](https://palworld-db.com/item/AIcore), 12 [Thermal Core](https://palworld-db.com/item/Thermal_Core), 9 [Ancient Civilization Parts](https://palworld-db.com/item/PalCrystal_Ex) |
| [Cold-Resistant Ancient Armor](https://palworld-db.com/item/AncientArmorCold_5) | 1,092 | 3,120 | 60 [Paloxite Ingot](https://palworld-db.com/item/WorldTreeIngot), 10 [AI Core](https://palworld-db.com/item/AIcore), 100 [Cryogenic Coolant](https://palworld-db.com/item/Bio_Coolant), 9 [Ancient Civilization Parts](https://palworld-db.com/item/PalCrystal_Ex) |
| [Ancient Armor](https://palworld-db.com/item/AncientArmor_5) | 1,040 | 3,120 | 60 [Soralite Ingot](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyislandIngot), 6 [AI Core](https://palworld-db.com/item/AIcore), 9 [Ancient Civilization Parts](https://palworld-db.com/item/PalCrystal_Ex) |
| [Ancient Helm](https://palworld-db.com/item/AncientHelmet_5) | 650 | 1,560 | 40 [Soralite Ingot](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyislandIngot), 5 [AI Core](https://palworld-db.com/item/AIcore), 9 [Ancient Civilization Parts](https://palworld-db.com/item/PalCrystal_Ex) |

### Weapons

Ten weapon lines, and six of them are the outright best in their class — compare attack only against the same weapon type, since a bow's per-shot number and a shotgun's per-pellet number are not the same measurement. [Mechanical Bow](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyBow_5) at 24,000, [Beam Launcher](https://palworld-db.com/item/BeamLauncher_5) at 16,800, [Laser Sword](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyBeamSword_5) at 2,400 and [Prototype Shotgun](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyShotgun_5) at 1,400 all sit at the top of their categories with nothing else close. The one honest exception is the rifles: [Plasma Rifle](https://palworld-db.com/item/ElectricArcAssaultRifle_5) at 2,232 is the best sustained-fire gun here, but the [Charge Rifle](https://palworld-db.com/item/ChargeLaserRifle_5) from the Advanced Weapon Assembly Line posts 15,000 on a charged shot, so it is a different weapon doing a different job rather than a straight upgrade. The Plasma Rifle also carries 100,000 durability, the highest on this bench by a factor of three.

| Weapon | Class | Attack (Lv. 4) | Materials for the Lv. 4 craft |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Mechanical Bow](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyBow_5) | Bow — best in class | 24,000 | 80 [Soralite Ingot](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyislandIngot), 40 [Carbon Fiber](https://palworld-db.com/item/CarbonFiber), 400 [Paldium Fragment](https://palworld-db.com/item/Pal_crystal_S), 6 [AI Core](https://palworld-db.com/item/AIcore), 9 [Ancient Civilization Parts](https://palworld-db.com/item/PalCrystal_Ex) |
| [Beam Launcher](https://palworld-db.com/item/BeamLauncher_5) | Launcher — best in class | 16,800 | 200 [Paloxite Ingot](https://palworld-db.com/item/WorldTreeIngot), 100 [Bio Battery](https://palworld-db.com/item/Bio_Battery), 20 [AI Core](https://palworld-db.com/item/AIcore), 20 [Ancient Civilization Core](https://palworld-db.com/item/AncientParts2), 10 [Ancient Civilization Parts](https://palworld-db.com/item/PalCrystal_Ex) |
| [Tactical Grenade Launcher](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyGrenadeLauncher_5) | Launcher — 2nd | 8,066 | 160 [Soralite Ingot](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyislandIngot), 30 [Corrosive Solvent](https://palworld-db.com/item/Corrosive_Solvent), 10 [Thermal Core](https://palworld-db.com/item/Thermal_Core), 10 [AI Core](https://palworld-db.com/item/AIcore), 9 [Ancient Civilization Parts](https://palworld-db.com/item/PalCrystal_Ex) |
| [Laser Sword](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyBeamSword_5) | Melee — best in class | 2,400 | 100 [Soralite Ingot](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyislandIngot), 500 [Paldium Fragment](https://palworld-db.com/item/Pal_crystal_S), 60 [Bio Battery](https://palworld-db.com/item/Bio_Battery), 6 [AI Core](https://palworld-db.com/item/AIcore), 9 [Ancient Civilization Parts](https://palworld-db.com/item/PalCrystal_Ex) |
| [Plasma Rifle](https://palworld-db.com/item/ElectricArcAssaultRifle_5) | Rifle — best sustained | 2,232 | 160 [Paloxite Ingot](https://palworld-db.com/item/WorldTreeIngot), 100 [Bio Battery](https://palworld-db.com/item/Bio_Battery), 16 [AI Core](https://palworld-db.com/item/AIcore), 14 [Ancient Civilization Core](https://palworld-db.com/item/AncientParts2), 10 [Ancient Civilization Parts](https://palworld-db.com/item/PalCrystal_Ex) |
| [Heavy Assault Rifle](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyAssaultRifle_5) | Rifle — 46-round mag | 1,938 | 200 [Soralite Ingot](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyislandIngot), 100 [Carbon Fiber](https://palworld-db.com/item/CarbonFiber), 60 [Bio Battery](https://palworld-db.com/item/Bio_Battery), 10 [AI Core](https://palworld-db.com/item/AIcore), 9 [Ancient Civilization Parts](https://palworld-db.com/item/PalCrystal_Ex) |
| [Combat SMG](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkySubmachineGun_5) | Rifle — 50-round mag | 1,587 | 100 [Soralite Ingot](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyislandIngot), 60 [Carbon Fiber](https://palworld-db.com/item/CarbonFiber), 40 [Cryogenic Coolant](https://palworld-db.com/item/Bio_Coolant), 8 [AI Core](https://palworld-db.com/item/AIcore), 9 [Ancient Civilization Parts](https://palworld-db.com/item/PalCrystal_Ex) |
| [Prototype Shotgun](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyShotgun_5) | Shotgun — best in class | 1,400 | 120 [Soralite Ingot](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyislandIngot), 80 [Carbon Fiber](https://palworld-db.com/item/CarbonFiber), 10 [Thermal Core](https://palworld-db.com/item/Thermal_Core), 10 [AI Core](https://palworld-db.com/item/AIcore), 9 [Ancient Civilization Parts](https://palworld-db.com/item/PalCrystal_Ex) |
| [Beam Scatter](https://palworld-db.com/item/WidePenetrateShotgun_5) | Shotgun — 38-round mag | 609 | 100 [Paloxite Ingot](https://palworld-db.com/item/WorldTreeIngot), 100 [Soralite Ingot](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyislandIngot), 10 [AI Core](https://palworld-db.com/item/AIcore), 10 [Ancient Civilization Core](https://palworld-db.com/item/AncientParts2), 10 [Ancient Civilization Parts](https://palworld-db.com/item/PalCrystal_Ex) |
| [Drone Launcher](https://palworld-db.com/item/DroneLauncher_5) | Melee slot — deploys drones | 240 | 140 [Paloxite Ingot](https://palworld-db.com/item/WorldTreeIngot), 80 [World Tree Holy Water](https://palworld-db.com/item/WorldTreeHolyWater), 16 [AI Core](https://palworld-db.com/item/AIcore), 10 [Ancient Civilization Core](https://palworld-db.com/item/AncientParts2), 10 [Ancient Civilization Parts](https://palworld-db.com/item/PalCrystal_Ex) |

### Ammo

Every one of these guns fires ammo that only this bench makes, which is the practical reason the Ancient Workbench is a permanent fixture rather than something you build, use once and demolish. The good news is the ammo is cheap next to the guns: 250,000–300,000 workload a batch against 112,000,000 for a weapon. [Mechanical Bow Ammo](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyBowArrow) is the standout at 2 Soralite Ingots for ten arrows and no second material at all, while the energy rounds want [Paloxite Ingot](https://palworld-db.com/item/WorldTreeIngot) and [Bio Battery](https://palworld-db.com/item/Bio_Battery) and are the ones worth queuing overnight. Note that [Plasma Rifle Ammo](https://palworld-db.com/item/ElectricArcAssaultRifleBullet) comes out 20 to a batch for the same materials as a 10-round beam batch, so the Plasma Rifle is by some way the cheapest gun here to actually feed.

| Ammo | Materials | Output | Feeds |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Mechanical Bow Ammo](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyBowArrow) | 2 [Soralite Ingot](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyislandIngot) | ×10 | [Mechanical Bow](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyBow_5) |
| [Heavy Assault Rifle Ammo](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyAssaultRifleBullet) | 2 [Soralite Ingot](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyislandIngot), 10 [Gunpowder](https://palworld-db.com/item/Gunpowder2) | ×20 | [Heavy Assault Rifle](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyAssaultRifle_5) |
| [Combat SMG Ammo](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkySubmachineGunBullet) | 2 [Soralite Ingot](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyislandIngot), 6 [Gunpowder](https://palworld-db.com/item/Gunpowder2) | ×20 | [Combat SMG](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkySubmachineGun_5) |
| [Plasma Rifle Ammo](https://palworld-db.com/item/ElectricArcAssaultRifleBullet) | 1 [Bio Battery](https://palworld-db.com/item/Bio_Battery), 3 [Paloxite Ingot](https://palworld-db.com/item/WorldTreeIngot), 2 [Soralite Ingot](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyislandIngot) | ×20 | [Plasma Rifle](https://palworld-db.com/item/ElectricArcAssaultRifle_5) |
| [Prototype Shotgun Ammo](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyShotgunBullet) | 4 [Soralite Ingot](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyislandIngot), 8 [Gunpowder](https://palworld-db.com/item/Gunpowder2) | ×10 | [Prototype Shotgun](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyShotgun_5) |
| [Tactical Grenade Launcher Ammo](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyGrenadeLauncherBullet) | 4 [Soralite Ingot](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyislandIngot), 10 [Gunpowder](https://palworld-db.com/item/Gunpowder2) | ×10 | [Tactical Grenade Launcher](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyGrenadeLauncher_5) |
| [Beam Launcher Ammo](https://palworld-db.com/item/BeamLauncherBullet) | 1 [Bio Battery](https://palworld-db.com/item/Bio_Battery), 6 [Paloxite Ingot](https://palworld-db.com/item/WorldTreeIngot), 2 [Soralite Ingot](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyislandIngot) | ×10 | [Beam Launcher](https://palworld-db.com/item/BeamLauncher_5) |
| [Beam Scatter Ammo](https://palworld-db.com/item/WidePenetrateShotgunBullet) | 1 [Bio Battery](https://palworld-db.com/item/Bio_Battery), 3 [Paloxite Ingot](https://palworld-db.com/item/WorldTreeIngot), 2 [Soralite Ingot](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyislandIngot) | ×10 | [Beam Scatter](https://palworld-db.com/item/WidePenetrateShotgun_5) |

> **Tip.** Build the [Ancient Furnace](https://palworld-db.com/structures) at level 66 before you spend a single point on the Ancient Workbench. It is the only furnace that smelts [Soralite Ingot](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyislandIngot), and the Workbench needs 100 of them once you count the ones hidden inside its [AI Cores](https://palworld-db.com/item/AIcore) — so a Workbench unlocked without a furnace behind it is a build screen you cannot satisfy.

## Ancient Workbench vs the Other Ancient Stations

Three stations in the entire build menu demand two work suitabilities at Lv. 6, and all three are Ancient-tier. They are worth comparing before you plan a base, because their staffing problems are completely different. The Ancient Workbench is the friendliest of the three: five Pals cover both its jobs at once. The Ancient Kitchen needs Kindling 6 alongside Handiwork 6, which [Flaracle](https://palworld-db.com/pal/flaracle) and [Renjishi](https://palworld-db.com/pal/renjishi) both manage. The Ancient Furnace is the awkward one — Kindling 6 and Cooling 6 are opposite elements and no single Pal in Palworld has both, so that station always takes a pair of workers.

| Station | Tech Lv | Power | Work required | Pals covering both |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 67 | 2,000 | Handiwork 6 + Medicine Production 6 | 5 |
|  | 66 | 3,000 | Kindling 6 + Cooling 6 | 0 — needs two Pals |
|  | 70 | — | Kindling 6 + Handiwork 6 | 2 |

## Is the Ancient Workbench Worth It

If you want the best gear in Palworld, it is not optional — it is the only bench that makes any of it, and it makes the ammo too. The honest cost is one Sunreach mining trip for 200 Soralite, five World Tree boss clears for the Ancient Civilization Cores, and a base grid that can spare 2,000 electricity on top of the Ancient Furnace's 3,000. Get [Wistella](https://palworld-db.com/pal/wistella) first if you have none of the five workers, since it is the only one with a wild alpha and it clears both job requirements on its own. Then queue plain [Ancient Armor](https://palworld-db.com/item/AncientArmor_5) before anything else: 1,040 defense and 3,120 HP for the cheapest recipe on the bench is the single biggest power jump left in the game.

## Related Guides

Where to go next:
- [How to Get Ancient Civilization Cores and Uses](https://palworld-db.com/guides/how-to-get-ancient-civilization-cores) — the material that gates every AI Core
- [How to Get Legendary Ancient Armor: Every Schematic Source](https://palworld-db.com/guides/how-to-get-legendary-ancient-armor) — the schematics that unlock this bench's armor
- [All Legendary Weapon Schematic Locations in Palworld](https://palworld-db.com/guides/legendary-weapon-schematic-locations) — where the Lv. 4 weapon schematics drop
- [How to Upgrade Schematics to Legendary at the Drafting Table](https://palworld-db.com/guides/how-to-upgrade-schematics) — turning a Lv. 1 schematic into a Lv. 4 one
- [Sunreach Skies Guide: Pals, Bosses, and Loot](https://palworld-db.com/guides/sunreach-skies) — the region all your Soralite comes from
- [How to Get and Use the Ancient Relic Recycler](https://palworld-db.com/guides/ancient-relic-recycler) — the other Ancient-tier station worth building
- [Best Base Pals in Palworld: 7 Workers for Every Job](https://palworld-db.com/guides/best-base-pals) — staffing the rest of the base
- [Palworld structure database](https://palworld-db.com/structures) and the [full technology tree](https://palworld-db.com/tech) — every bench, cost and power draw
- [Interactive map, Soralite layer](https://palworld-db.com/map?layers=res_soralite) — all 226 nodes


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