The Writing Desk
Picture to add: a Writing Desk with its Backboard, books on the shelf and papers on the desk
The desk
- A two-block desk.
- Add a Writing Desk Backboard on top for a hutch with a shelf.
- It's the Archivist's workstation.
The screen
- 25 tabs on the left each hold a Collation Folder or Symbol Portfolio.
- The selected tab's pages are laid out on a parchment notebook, with search ("Search symbols"), alphabetical sort ("A-Z") and an "ALL" view. In creative, ALL shows every symbol.
Picture to add: the Writing Desk screen
Slots
| Top left | Paper |
| Bottom left | The item being written: a page, folder or portfolio |
| Top right | Ink in |
| Bottom right | Empty bottle out |
Copying symbols
- Copying a symbol costs 50 ink and one paper.
- One Ink Vial fills the desk's 1,000 ink, which is 20 copies.
- With no item being written, the copy is made from paper.
On the desk itself
- A book stands on the backboard shelf for each folder in its tabs.
- An ink vial sits on the desktop while it has ink.
- A page or two from the folders lie on the desk.
- Paper piles up as you add it.
Recipes
Writing Desk
Writing Desk Backboard
Shown in oak. Every wood works (oak, spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, dark oak, mangrove, cherry, bamboo, crimson and warped): use that wood's planks and slab, and the piece comes out in that wood.
Last updated November 7, 2026