Scrap Mechanic Schematics: Schematic Box and Recipe Unlocks

What a schematic is

A schematic is the recipe itself. Until you own it the item stays locked in the Craftbot or Saw Table list, even when you are carrying every material it needs.

Where Schematic Boxes come from

The caged farmer at the Hideout sells five boxes for one Broccoli Crate, and loot crates drop one to three at a time. A box is only useful at a Schematicbot.

How the Schematicbot draws

One box buys a two-second scan that unlocks a single recipe. Every recipe still locked has exactly the same chance, and the one you get leaves the pool, so each box draws from a shorter list than the last.

Research a part you already own

Put a part you own into the Schematicbot instead of a box and it unlocks that exact recipe, no box spent. It is the only way to aim at a specific part.

Blocks pull their wedge out with them

Unlocking a block anywhere in the game also unlocks the matching Saw Table wedge. That takes the wedge out of the research pool for free, so blocks you buy or find shrink the draw.

Research tracker

Tick what you have already unlocked. The pool, the odds and the boxes you still need update as you go, and the list stays saved in this browser.