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Connect Tool

An opening-route tool crafted at the powered crashed ship to reconnect its console, then used to link interactive parts and inspect signal direction throughout the game.

Version 1.0Checked July 2026The mechanic's working kitHow to get it ↓Current recipe ↓Crafting & trade ↓
In-game asset / tools
Connect Tool item icon in Scrap Mechanic
Category
Tools
Type
Building tool
First acquisition
Crashed ship Mini Craftbot
Opening objective
Reconnect the ship console
Connect Tool
Entry version boundaryConnect Tool 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
Type
Building tool
First acquisition
Crashed ship Mini Craftbot
Opening objective
Reconnect the ship console
Primary use
Connect interactive parts
Also shows
Connection order and bearing direction
Crafted at
Craftbot, Workbench
Recipe unlock
Available from the start
Crafting and trade

Where Connect Tool fits

Connect Tool has 2 production routes at Craftbot, Workbench.

Recipe and trader connections checked for version 1.0.1.869.

How to get it

Routes and locations

The Connect Tool is crafted during the opening ship objective and remains the primary way to inspect interactive connections.

Method / location

Crashed ship Mini Craftbot

Getting Started asks the player to craft the tool and reconnect the ship console.

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Method / location

Player tool inventory

Once acquired, keep it available for vehicle, logic, and machine diagnosis.

Before you leave
  • Inspect bearing arrows before the first road test.
  • Stand where the complete signal path is visible.
  • Paint dense connection groups before troubleshooting.
Game data

Connect Tool recipes and properties

Inventory description

Every mechanic's favorite tool. Connects interactive parts together, for example: a gas engine to bearings or a thruster to a driver's seat.

Craftbot recipe5s
5×Scrap Metal Block
2×Circuit Board
Crafted atCraftbot5s
1×Connect Tool

Combine 5 Scrap Metal Block, 2 Circuit Board at Craftbot for 5sto make 1 Connect Tool.

Workbench recipe5s
5×Scrap Metal Block
2×Circuit Board
Crafted atWorkbench5s
1×Connect Tool

Combine 5 Scrap Metal Block, 2 Circuit Board at Workbench for 5sto make 1 Connect Tool.

How to Get the Connect Tool at the Crash Site

Complete the Water Bucket fire objective, recover the nearby Master Battery, and install it in the crashed ship. Once the ship's Mini Craftbot has power, follow Getting Started and craft the Connect Tool there. Use it on the requested console connection before taking the Logbook and leaving for the Mechanic Station.

How Connections Work

Select the Connect Tool to reveal connection points on interactive parts. Drag from a control part to the part it should operate. The arrows on a completed line show which part sends the signal and which part receives it.

Useful Checks

  • Confirm every wheel bearing points in the intended drive direction.
  • Read Controller connection numbers before changing a sequence.
  • Trace the signal from a Button, Switch, Sensor, or Seat to the final action.
  • Disconnect a line before rebuilding a mechanism around a different control.