Originally posted by Reften:

Originally posted by ½-ŠmºkëÐ:

it takes 2 core wood logs to make a bench, 8 core wood logs to build a section of wall, and TWENTY core wood logs to make a Stagbreaker hand-held weapon? Someone failed physics.

rationalize it like this.

There are elements of the core wood needed to make the weapon, small elements. So lots of scrap. For a bench, you basically use 100% of the wood. Wall section generates a bunch of scrape too.

Or, can just say this is a video game....

I rationalise the cost as wasted materials along the way to getting it right. E.g. it takes 20 weight units to make a 5 item, so, the viking took 3~4 attempts to get it right. This also explains upgrading costs, you want a higher tier you need more materials in experimentation to get a result.