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Cardboard Block

A very light and fragile block useful for mockups, breakable targets, and mechanisms where low mass matters.

Version 1.0Checked July 2026Shape, weight, strength, and surfaceHow to get it ↓Current recipe ↓Crafting & trade ↓
In-game asset / blocks
Cardboard Block item icon in Scrap Mechanic
Category
Blocks
Max stack
500
Flammable
Yes
Role
Lightweight and breakable material
Cardboard Block
Entry version boundaryCardboard Block is checked for 1.0

The live game version is shown separately from this article's own test label. Structured recipe, trade, object, and quest relationships can also carry older source versions and are not automatically promoted by a site-wide release update.

Live game
1.0.5
Entry version
1.0
Entry checked
July 2026
Role
Lightweight and breakable material
Good for
Mockups, targets, and tests
Poor for
Protecting important controls
Crafted at
Craftbot
Recipe unlock
Available from the start
Used by recipes
16 across Craftbot, Saw Table
Crafting and trade

Where Cardboard Block fits

Cardboard Block has 1 production route at Craftbot. It is consumed by 16 recipes across Craftbot, Saw Table, using 5–20 per batch.

What it can make16 recipes
  • Unfolded Banana BoxUses 10× Cardboard Block at Craftbot
  • Unfolded Grow BoxUses 10× Cardboard Block at Craftbot
  • Unfolded Onion BoxUses 10× Cardboard Block at Craftbot
  • Carrot BoxUses 10× Cardboard Block at Craftbot
  • Banana BoxUses 10× Cardboard Block at Craftbot
  • Fruit BoxUses 10× Cardboard Block at Craftbot
  • Onion BoxUses 10× Cardboard Block at Craftbot
  • Beetroot BoxUses 10× Cardboard Block at Craftbot
  • Orange BoxUses 10× Cardboard Block at Craftbot
  • Cucumber BoxUses 10× Cardboard Block at Craftbot
  • Vegetable BoxUses 10× Cardboard Block at Craftbot
  • Plant ContainerUses 10× Cardboard Block at Craftbot
Plus 4 more matches in the recipe directory.Search every use →

Recipe and trader connections checked for version 1.0.1.869.

How to get it

Routes and locations

Cardboard is a lightweight craftable block used for temporary shapes, tests, and builds that benefit from easy destruction.

Method / location

Warehouses and packaged structures

Cardboard construction and related materials also appear around industrial interiors.

Before you leave
  • Do not treat cardboard as impact protection.
  • Use it to prototype clearances and disposable mechanisms.
  • Keep flammability in mind around hazards.
Game data

Cardboard Block recipes and properties

Craftbot recipe5s
5×Scrap Wood Block
Crafted atCraftbot5s
20×Cardboard Block

Combine 5 Scrap Wood Block at Craftbot for 5sto make 20 Cardboard Block.

Max stack
500
Material
Cardboard
Flammable
Yes
Durability
1/10
Weight
1/10
Friction
4/10
Buoyancy
2/10

Build for Failure on Purpose

Cardboard is useful when a part should be easy to remove or destroy. It is a testing material, not reliable protection for a seat, engine, storage chest, or farm wall.

  • Use it to check size before spending stronger blocks.
  • Keep it away from the load path of a moving machine.
  • Replace the final prototype sections that must survive impact.