The Ancient Workbench costs 50 Soralite Ingot to place, more than any other material it needs, and is unlocked by the Ancient Workbench technology at level 67.

Build cost

Unlocked by Ancient Workbench.

Soralite Ingot

Material

Needed: ×50

×50

AI Core

Material

Needed: ×5

×5

Bio Battery

Material

Needed: ×20

×20

Workers

Game data

Exact values extracted from Palworld's game files.

Source: DT_MapObjectAssignData
Build: 4570874460
Confidence: exact

How paldb sources its data

Ancient Workbench needs Handiwork at level 6 or above and Medicine Production at level 6 or above — all of them, not any one of them.

Working it costs a Pal -0.11 sanity per cycle, which is why a base running hot needs food and beds more than it needs more workers.

Plan a base to total these across every structure you place, then build the team that covers them.

Other product_repair structures

Advanced Workshop

Ancient Relic Recycler

Drafting Table

Gold Coin Assembly Line

High-Quality Workbench

Pal Gear Workbench

Primitive Workbench

Production Assembly Line

Production Assembly Line II

Repair Bench

Nearest to it by build cost in the same category: Primitive Workbench (2), Repair Bench (20), High-Quality Workbench (38), Pal Gear Workbench (42), Drafting Table (60), Gold Coin Assembly Line (135), Production Assembly Line (135), Production Assembly Line II (145), Advanced Workshop (150) and Ancient Relic Recycler (150). Every structure the game ships is on the buildings list.

Extracted from Palworld's game files on 7 September 2026 (build 4570874460).Methodology