All 24 Production Chains and Recipes in Songs of Syx

In Songs of Syx, a production chain is a line of buildings that turns raw materials, like ore, grain and wood, into the goods your city runs on, from metal and tools to bread and furniture. Each building feeds the next, so the chains you set up early shape how fast the rest of your city can grow.

Coal (Charcoaler)

The Charcoaler turns wood into coal, a fuel used by several production rooms.

Room

Charcoaler

Recipe

Wood 2 → Coal 6

Raw Goods Needed

Wood

Bread (Bakery)

The Bakery turns grain into bread and can burn wood or coal for fuel.

Room

Bakery

Recipe

Grain 6 + Wood 1 → Bread 6; Grain 7 + Coal 0.5 → Bread 7

Raw Goods Needed

Grain, Wood, Coal

Piva (Brewery)

A Brewery makes Piva from grain, using pottery and coal in the recipe.

Room

Brewery

Recipe

Grain 2 + Pottery 0.25 + Coal 0.5 → Piva 2.5

Raw Goods Needed

Grain, Clay, Coal, Wood

Shedeh (Brewery)

A Brewery makes Shedeh from fruit, using pottery and coal in the recipe.

Room

Brewery

Recipe

Fruit 2 + Pottery 0.25 + Coal 0.5 → Shedeh 2.25

Raw Goods Needed

Fruit, Clay, Coal, Wood

Metal (Metal Smelter)

The Metal Smelter combines ore and coal into metal for tools, weapons, and machinery.

Room

Metal Smelter

Recipe

Coal 1.25 + Ore 1.25 → Metal 0.5

Raw Goods Needed

Ore, Coal, Wood

Fabric (Weaver)

A Weaver turns fibre into fabric for tailoring and other buildings.

Room

Weaver

Recipe

Fibre 2 → Fabric 2

Raw Goods Needed

Fibre

Bow (Bowyer)

A Bowyer makes bows from wood and leather.

Room

Bowyer

Recipe

Wood 4 + Leather 1 → Bow 0.4

Raw Goods Needed

Wood, Leather

Furniture (Carpenter)

A Carpenter turns wood into furniture, a material used in construction and machinery.

Room

Carpenter

Recipe

Wood 2 → Furniture 0.5

Raw Goods Needed

Wood

Spear (Carpenter)

A Carpenter can make spears from wood and stone or from wood and metal.

Room

Carpenter

Recipe

Wood 2 + Stone 2.5 → Spear 0.5 (Makeshift Spears); Wood 1 + Metal 0.4 → Spear 1

Raw Goods Needed

Wood, Stone, Ore, Coal

Warhammer (Carpenter)

A Carpenter can make a warhammer from wood and stone.

Room

Carpenter

Recipe

Wood 2 + Stone 2.5 → Warhammer 0.25 (Makeshift Battle-Hammers)

Raw Goods Needed

Wood, Stone

Shield (Carpenter)

A Carpenter makes shields from wood and leather.

Room

Carpenter

Recipe

Wood 6 + Leather 2 → Shield 1

Raw Goods Needed

Wood, Leather

Jewelry (Jeweller)

A Jeweller combines metal and gems to make jewelry.

Room

Jeweller

Recipe

Metal 0.04 + Gem 0.1 → Jewelry 0.1

Raw Goods Needed

Ore, Coal, Wood, Gem

Cut Stone (Masonry)

Masonry cuts stone into a building material.

Room

Masonry

Recipe

Stone 2 → Cut Stone 0.5

Raw Goods Needed

Stone

Machinery (Mechanic)

A Mechanic combines furniture and metal to make machinery.

Room

Mechanic

Recipe

Furniture 1 + Metal 0.4 → Machinery 0.25

Raw Goods Needed

Wood, Ore, Coal

Paper (Papermaker)

A Papermaker turns wood into paper.

Room

Papermaker

Recipe

Wood 2 → Paper 0.75

Raw Goods Needed

Wood

Pottery (Pottery Room)

The Pottery workshop makes pottery from clay.

Room

Pottery

Recipe

Clay 1 → Pottery 1

Raw Goods Needed

Clay

Ration (Rationmaker)

A Rationmaker preserves food as rations through several ingredient recipes.

Room

Rationmaker

Recipe

Bread 6 → Ration 2; Bread 3 + Herb 0.03 → Ration 2.5; Meat 3 + Herb 0.13 → Ration 3; Fish 3 + Herb 0.13 → Ration 3; Fruit 3 + Shedeh 1 → Ration 3; Vegetable 3 + Shedeh 1 → Ration 3

Raw Goods Needed

Grain, Wood, Coal, Herb, Meat, Fish, Fruit, Vegetable, Clay

Tool (Smithy)

A Smithy turns metal and coal into tools.

Room

Smithy

Recipe

Coal 2 + Metal 0.4 → Tool 2

Raw Goods Needed

Ore, Coal, Wood

Plate Armour (Smithy)

A Smithy crafts plate armour from metal and coal.

Room

Smithy

Recipe

Coal 2 + Metal 0.4 → Plate Armour 0.15

Raw Goods Needed

Ore, Coal, Wood

Falcata (Smithy)

A Smithy makes falcatas from metal and coal.

Room

Smithy

Recipe

Coal 2 + Metal 0.4 → Falcata 0.5

Raw Goods Needed

Ore, Coal, Wood

Flanx (Smithy)

A Smithy makes flanx from metal and coal.

Room

Smithy

Recipe

Coal 2 + Metal 0.4 → Flanx 0.25

Raw Goods Needed

Ore, Coal, Wood

Warhammer (Smithy)

A Smithy can make a warhammer using wood, metal, and coal.

Room

Smithy

Recipe

Coal 1 + Metal 0.4 + Wood 2 → Warhammer 0.5

Raw Goods Needed

Wood, Ore, Coal

Clothes (Tailor)

A Tailor can make clothes from either fabric or leather.

Room

Tailor

Recipe

Fabric 4 → Clothes 3; Leather 4 → Clothes 3

Raw Goods Needed

Fibre, Leather

Leather Armour (Tailor)

A Tailor turns leather into leather armour.

Room

Tailor

Recipe

Leather 2 → Leather Armour 0.25

Raw Goods Needed

Leather

How Goods Move Through a Production Chain

A production chain works like a relay. Something you gather or grow goes into a building as an input, that building makes a new good, and the new good becomes the input for the next building down the line. A Metal Smelter, for example, needs coal and ore, and the metal it makes then feeds the crafting buildings that come after it. The catch is that a building only runs when it has everything its recipe calls for, so one missing input can hold up the whole line.

Refining and Crafting: What Each Group Does

Refining buildings take raw materials and turn them into basic goods that other buildings need. The Metal Smelter is the clearest example, since it turns coal and ore into metal. The Brewery, which makes drinks from grain or fruit, sits in the same group.

Crafting buildings take those basics and make finished goods. The Carpenter makes furniture, the Smithy makes tools and weapons, and the Mechanic turns furniture and metal into machinery. The Tailor, Jeweller and Bowyer follow the same pattern, using materials like fabric, leather, gems and wood.

Where Raw Materials Come From

Raw materials come from a few main sources. Mines, woodcutters, clay pits and fisheries gather what the land offers, such as ore, coal, stone, wood, clay and fish. Farms and pastures grow or raise food and cotton, while hunters bring in meat and leather.

Trade is the other route. When your own supply falls short, you can buy goods such as metal and machinery from other settlements. Farms work differently from mines, though. Each farm produces once a year, during the harvest season for its crop, so food arrives in waves rather than a steady trickle.

Keeping Goods Moving With Storage and Workers

Goods need somewhere to wait between buildings, and that's what warehouses and stockpiles are for. Workers haul items into storage and out to the buildings that need them, and you set how much of each item to keep on hand. If storage is too small or too far from the work, goods pile up in the wrong place and the next building in line sits idle.

Harvests need the most care. Farmers leave what they pick on the ground, and if logistics workers don't collect it, it decays before anyone can use it. Keep storage close to the buildings that use it, so haul trips stay short.

Every building has a set number of workers, and running short hurts its output. Farms get their workers automatically once they're built, and it's best to leave those numbers alone.

Which Production Chains Matter Most in Songs of Syx

Food comes first. A typical citizen eats about one unit every two days, and without enough of it, colonists starve quickly, which drops their happiness and can lead to riots. That's why farms and the bakery, which turns grain into bread, are the chains to set up before anything else.

Wood and coal come next, because many other chains depend on them. Woodcutters supply wood for furniture and for the Charcoaler, which burns wood into coal. Coal is then needed by the Metal Smelter, the Smithy and the Brewery, and metal is needed in a long list of recipes and room upgrades.

Furniture and machinery follow. Homes and many buildings need furniture, and the Mechanic turns furniture and metal into machinery, which many advanced upgrades require. Tool smithies make sense once metal and coal are steady, since tools let workers finish many jobs faster.

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