Compost Bin

The compost bin is a crafting surface that allows players to create compost. It was introduced in version 1.6.

Compost Bin
Compost Bin
Category	Crafting Surface
Use	Crafting
Tool
Stackable	Yes (99)

"Make compost."

Appearance

A compost bin is a brown block with vertical stripes resembling wood grain. The top of the block is dark, suggesting a compost block or a hollow interior. Like most crafting surfaces, it is slightly smaller than a solid block.

Where Found

A compost bin is crafted at a level 2 workbench with one wood, one dirt, and five worms.

Location Input Item 1 Input Item 2 Input Item 3 Input Item 4 Input Item 5 Crafted Output + + + + = Lvl. 2 Workbench Wood Dirt Worm [[]] [[]] Compost Bin Quantity 1 1 5 {{{Qty4}}} {{{Qty5}}} 1

Rush Cost 8 Double-Time 4

Products

The following items can be created using a compost bin:

Icon	Name	Slogan	Item 1	Item 2	Item 3	Item 4	Item 5	Rush Cost	Double-Time
	Compost	Plants & trees grow better.	5 x					8 TC	4
	Compost	Plants & trees grow better.	5 x					8 TC	4
	Compost	Plants & trees grow better.	5 x					8 TC	4
	Compost	Plants & trees grow better.	5 x					8 TC	4
	Compost	Plants & trees grow better.	5 x					8 TC	4
	Compost	Plants & trees grow better.	5 x					8 TC	4
	Compost	Plants & trees grow better.	5 x					8 TC	4
	Compost	Plants & trees grow better.	5 x					8 TC	4
	Compost	Plants & trees grow better.	5 x					8 TC	4
	Compost	Plants & trees grow better.	5 x					8 TC	4
	Compost	Plants & trees grow better.	5 x					8 TC	4
	Compost	Plants & trees grow better.	5 x					8 TC	4
	Compost	Plants & trees grow better.	5 x					8 TC	4
	Compost	Plants & trees grow better.	5 x					8 TC	4
	Compost	Plants & trees grow better.	5 x					8 TC	4
	Compost	Plants & trees grow better.	5 x					8 TC	4
	Compost	Plants & trees grow better.	5 x					8 TC	4
	Compost	Plants & trees grow better.	5 x					8 TC	4
	Compost	Plants & trees grow better.	5 x					8 TC	4
	Compost	Plants & trees grow better.	5 x					8 TC	4
	Compost	Plants & trees grow better.	5 x					8 TC	4
	Compost	Plants & trees grow better.	5 x					8 TC	4

Using

Like other crafting surfaces, a compost bin must be placed on top of, next to, or below a solid block, on backwall, on top of, next to, or below another bench or chest, before it can be used.

Tapping on a compost bin gives two options: Remove and Compost Bin.

Remove causes the selected blockhead to move to the compost bin and place it in his/her inventory.

Compost Bin opens the crafting menu, showing a left-right scrollable list of icons. See Crafting for details about how to use the menu. Tapping the "Craft" button (if visible) will add the task to the selected blockhead's queue.

Tapping outside of the menu will close the menu with no action taken.

Trivia

Although a blockhead has to be actively working at a compost bin to craft compost, in real life, compost is made by putting in organic materials and waiting for it to decompose.