Industrial Workbench — Minecraft block

Industrial Workbench

Industrial Workbench is the Ala Industrial job-site block that turns an unemployed villager into an Industrialist who pays emeralds for the mod's metals and dusts.

Block ID alaindustrial:industrial_workbench
Game versions
All versions

Description

Industrial Workbench is the villager job-site block of the Ala Industrial mod for Minecraft 26.2 (Java Edition): a steel table with a vise that turns an unemployed adult villager into an Industrialist, exactly like a vanilla blast furnace creates an armorer. Craft one Industrial Workbench from two Tin Ingots across the top and four planks below on a 3×3 grid — the same layout as a vanilla smithing table — and place it next to a villager with no profession: he walks over, claims the block and takes the job. One Industrial Workbench employs exactly one villager, and the block itself needs no EU: it is a trading post, not a machine. The block breaks with a pickaxe (hardness 2.5, blast resistance 6.0) and works identically on Fabric and NeoForge.

The Industrialist buys the mod's resources for emeralds: 8 Raw Tin, 24 Coal Dust or 12 Copper Dust at Novice; 3 Silver or Nickel Ingots, or 10 Lapis Dust, at Apprentice; 2 Uranium Ingots, 4 Gold Dust or 6 Iron Dust at Journeyman. At Expert he takes 1 Tempered Iron Pickaxe for an emerald and sells a Tempered Iron ingot for 6; at Master he sells components — 1 Electronic Circuit for 5 emeralds, 2 Copper Coils for 3, 1 Iron Gear for 4 — and these prices never drop with reputation or curing. Each level shows 2 of 3 possible trades picked at random, so two Industrialists rarely offer the same list. In newly generated villages of all five biomes a small stone Industrialist house can appear with the workbench, a bed and the villager inside; in old worlds you craft the Industrial Workbench yourself.

Block properties

Item ID alaindustrial:industrial_workbench
/give command /give @p alaindustrial:industrial_workbench
Stackable Yes (64)
Best tool Pickaxe
Renewable No
Hardness 2.5
Blast resistance 6
Java Edition Java Edition 26.2

Java Edition Guide

How to hire an Industrialist villager in Ala Industrial

  1. 1

    Craft the Industrial Workbench

    Place two Tin Ingots in the top row of a 3×3 crafting grid and fill the two rows below with four planks of any kind — the result is one Industrial Workbench, shaped like a vanilla smithing table.

  2. 2

    Find an unemployed villager

    Locate an adult villager with no profession in a village; a child or an already-employed villager cannot take the Industrialist job.

  3. 3

    Place the workbench next to the villager

    Put the Industrial Workbench within reach of the unemployed villager — he walks over, claims the job site and becomes an Industrialist.

  4. 4

    Trade resources for emeralds

    Sell what he asks for: at Novice level, 8 Raw Tin or 12 Copper Dust each earn one emerald. Every trade moves the villager toward the next level.

  5. 5

    Buy components at Master

    At the top level the Industrialist sells 1 Electronic Circuit for 5 emeralds, 2 Copper Coils for 3 emeralds and 1 Iron Gear for 4 emeralds — a shortcut that skips the crafting.

Village houses

In newly generated villages of all five biomes (plains, desert, savanna, snowy, taiga) a small stone Industrialist house can generate with a workbench, a bed and the villager inside. Villages generated before the mod was added never receive the house — craft the Industrial Workbench yourself there.

How to craft this block

Ingredients:
Crafting
Industrial Workbench
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Industrial Workbench

Frequently asked questions

How do you get an Industrialist villager in Ala Industrial?

Place an Industrial Workbench next to an unemployed adult villager — he claims the block and takes the profession, the same way a vanilla blast furnace creates an armorer.

What does the Industrialist buy?

He pays emeralds for the mod's metals and dusts: 8 Raw Tin, 24 Coal Dust or 12 Copper Dust at Novice, and silver, nickel, uranium, gold, iron, lapis and diamond items at higher levels. Each metal is bought in exactly one form.

Does the Industrial Workbench need EU power?

No. The Industrial Workbench is a villager job site, not a machine — it consumes and produces no EU and works without any cable or generator.

Can you find an Industrial Workbench in a village?

Sometimes. New villages generated in any of the five biomes have a chance to include a small stone Industrialist house with the workbench, a bed and the villager inside.

What tool do you need to break the Industrial Workbench?

A pickaxe. The Industrial Workbench has hardness 2.5 and blast resistance 6.0 and drops nothing without a pickaxe in hand.

What does the Industrialist sell at Master level?

Electronic Circuits for 5 emeralds, Copper Coils (2 for 3 emeralds) and Iron Gears for 4 emeralds. These sell prices never drop from reputation or zombie curing — that anti-exploit rule is intentional.

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