# Latest **URL:** https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/latest.md [Latest](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/tags.md) --- ## [Membership: what it costs, what it gives, and what it keeps running](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/membership-what-it-costs-what-it-gives-and-what-it-keeps-running/1613)
**Author:** [@attila.katana](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/u/attila.katana)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 11:58pm UTC](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/membership-what-it-costs-what-it-gives-and-what-it-keeps-running/1613 "2026-09-23T23:58:49Z")
SL Colonies Roleplay is free to play and stays that way. The HUD and meter cost nothing, and everything in the economy is gathered or made by players. Members are what keep it running. The servers, and the work of buil… --- ## [\[RECIPES\] Bottling Station](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/recipes-bottling-station/1429)
**Author:** [@Auryn](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/u/Auryn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2026, 3:01am UTC](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/recipes-bottling-station/1429 "2026-08-09T03:01:54Z")
There are no recipes to list here, and that is the design. The Bottling Station does not ship with a recipe list, because it is not that kind of station. It exists so that you put a drink of your choosing into a vesse… --- ## [\[CRAFTABLES\] Bottling Station](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/craftables-bottling-station/1490)
**Author:** [@Auryn](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/u/Auryn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 3:55am UTC](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/craftables-bottling-station/1490 "2026-08-21T03:55:42Z")
The Bottling Station is not a brewer’s tool, and that is the first thing to know about it. Any profession, at any level, can use it. If you can make or buy a drink — juice, oil, beer, spirits — you can put it in a vesse… --- ## [Half-price SLC stuff! If this post is up, items are still avaialble!](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/half-price-slc-stuff-if-this-post-is-up-items-are-still-avaialble/1646)
**Author:** [@RemmyHun](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/u/RemmyHun)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/half-price-slc-stuff-if-this-post-is-up-items-are-still-avaialble/1646 "2026-10-14T12:19:12Z")
I will delete this post once all items are gone. I will remove individual items from the list and adjust package (all items together) prices as they’re sold. Thank you! I put out a group notice in the Community HUB grou… --- ## [The Workshops, Renewed](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/the-workshops-renewed/1681)
**Author:** [@attila.katana](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/u/attila.katana)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2026, 10:25am UTC](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/the-workshops-renewed/1681 "2026-10-14T10:25:22Z")
Four of our crafting stations have new apps, live today: the Cooking Station, the Alchemy Station, the Mash Tun and the Fermentor. Touch any of them and the new app opens; you don’t need to do anything. Updated statio… --- ## [Quest actions are not always counted](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/quest-actions-are-not-always-counted/1507)
**Author:** [@kaiara.moonchild](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/u/kaiara.moonchild)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2026, 3:43am UTC](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/quest-actions-are-not-always-counted/1507 "2026-09-02T03:43:23Z")
I’m not sure if this is a bug, or if there are things being worked on, on the back end. I set up a small handful of quests the other day (I am new to the creating of quests using the quest system) I have noticed that so… --- ## [\[ESSENTIALS\] Marketplace HUB](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/essentials-marketplace-hub/1513)
**Author:** [@Auryn](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/u/Auryn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 12:11pm UTC](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/essentials-marketplace-hub/1513 "2026-08-22T12:11:03Z")
Every realm’s market keeps its own stock and its own prices. One that’s full of something sells it cheap and pays little for more of it; one that’s short of something pays well and sells it dear. Goods move between them … --- ## [Four new herbs for the herb garden: nettle, star anise, wormwood and hyssop](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/four-new-herbs-for-the-herb-garden-nettle-star-anise-wormwood-and-hyssop/1678)
**Author:** [@attila.katana](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/u/attila.katana)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2026, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/four-new-herbs-for-the-herb-garden-nettle-star-anise-wormwood-and-hyssop/1678 "2026-10-13T08:40:37Z")
You asked, and they’re in. Nettle, star anise, wormwood and hyssop now grow in the herb garden, alongside the fifty-odd herbs already there. (Fennel was on the list too, but it has been in the garden for a while; you’… --- ## [\[FARMABLES\] Herb Garden](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/farmables-herb-garden/1559)
**Author:** [@Auryn](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/u/Auryn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2026, 3:08am UTC](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/farmables-herb-garden/1559 "2026-09-02T03:08:16Z")
The herb garden is eight separate plots in one object. Every other field grows one crop across the whole plot; this one grows up to eight different herbs at once, each on its own timer. What makes it diffe… --- ## [\[FARMABLES\] Vineyards](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/farmables-vineyards/1563)
**Author:** [@Auryn](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/u/Auryn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2026, 3:08am UTC](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/farmables-vineyards/1563 "2026-09-02T03:08:28Z")
The vineyard grows grapes and hops on a trellis. It is worked with a hoe rather than a plough, harvested with a basket rather than a sickle, and — unlike every other field — it pays Brewer crafting experience, not Farmer… --- ## [\[GATHERABLES\] Trees](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/gatherables-trees/1532)
**Author:** [@Auryn](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/u/Auryn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2026, 1:06am UTC](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/gatherables-trees/1532 "2026-08-25T01:06:41Z")
Fir, oak and maple are gatherables: rez one on your land and you have a tree that colonists can fell for logs, and that grows back on its own. Maple and fir can be tapped instead. The harvest is the same for all three — … --- ## [\[RECIPES\] Forge & Anvil](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/recipes-forge-anvil/1427)
**Author:** [@Auryn](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/u/Auryn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2026, 2:21am UTC](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/recipes-forge-anvil/1427 "2026-08-09T02:21:04Z")
The Forge & Anvil is where raw metal becomes something useful. It is the Blacksmith’s station, and almost every tool another profession relies on passes through it at some point — blades for the butcher’s knives, hand… --- ## [\[RECIPES\] Cooking Station](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/recipes-cooking-station/1282)
**Author:** [@attila.katana](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/u/attila.katana)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2025, 4:35am UTC](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/recipes-cooking-station/1282 "2025-12-21T04:35:46Z")
The recipes listed below are only the system recipes we created for players initially. The cooking station lets you combine any consumable in the game into food and drink — the limit is your imagination. Recipes invente… --- ## [\[RECIPES\] Distillery](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/recipes-distillery/1432)
**Author:** [@Auryn](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/u/Auryn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2026, 3:02am UTC](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/recipes-distillery/1432 "2026-08-09T03:02:02Z")
The Distillery is a crafting station used by Ingredient. Recipes 3 system recipes. Player-created recipes are not listed — they belong to the colonists who invented them. Level 1 3 recipes Recipe Makes XP Time I… --- ## [\[RECIPES\] Carpentry Bench](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/recipes-carpentry-bench/1281)
**Author:** [@attila.katana](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/u/attila.katana)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2025, 4:16am UTC](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/recipes-carpentry-bench/1281 "2025-12-21T04:16:27Z")
The Carpentry Bench makes the tools, tool parts, barrels and furniture parts the rest of the colony builds on. It belongs to the carpenter, it needs a carpenter’s hammer from the Forge, and at 153 recipes it is the large… --- ## [👩‍🍳 New for Cooks, Smiths and Woodsmen: getting ready for grafting](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/new-for-cooks-smiths-and-woodsmen-getting-ready-for-grafting/1673)
**Author:** [@attila.katana](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/u/attila.katana)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2026, 8:58am UTC](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/new-for-cooks-smiths-and-woodsmen-getting-ready-for-grafting/1673 "2026-10-11T08:58:21Z")
Grafting at the Grafting Table is about to get hands-on, and it will need things only you can make. Cooks, Smiths and Woodsmen each have something new from today. Cooks: beeswax and grafting wax Makes Takes Time L… --- ## [Compost Bin update: fertiliser in packs of ten, and soil kinds you can start making today](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/compost-bin-update-fertiliser-in-packs-of-ten-and-soil-kinds-you-can-start-making-today/1666)
**Author:** [@attila.katana](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/u/attila.katana)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2026, 7:46am UTC](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/compost-bin-update-fertiliser-in-packs-of-ten-and-soil-kinds-you-can-start-making-today/1666 "2026-10-10T07:46:06Z")
The Compost Bin has changed today, and Farmers can start stocking up now for the vineyard update that is on its way. Fertiliser now comes in packs of ten Every field recipe at the bin now makes ten a batch, packed in… --- ## [\[RECIPES\] Compost Bin](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/recipes-compost-bin/1289)
**Author:** [@attila.katana](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/u/attila.katana)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2025, 7:53am UTC](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/recipes-compost-bin/1289 "2025-12-21T07:53:26Z")
The Compost Bin turns pig dung into what the fields want, and it is the farmer’s station. Every field recipe now makes a pack of ten, in a large bag: twenty dung and one large bag make ten fertiliser in thirty-five hours… --- ## [Coming soon: Vines, Soil and the Grafting Table](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/coming-soon-vines-soil-and-the-grafting-table/1664)
**Author:** [@attila.katana](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/u/attila.katana)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2026, 11:29pm UTC](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/coming-soon-vines-soil-and-the-grafting-table/1664 "2026-10-09T23:29:03Z")
This is not live yet. It is being built and tested now, and it will roll out in stages over the next week or two. The chalk pit comes first. The new tools, the soil test kit and the vine assay kit, still have to be a… --- ## [Alchemy station not detecting electrolytes on hand](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/alchemy-station-not-detecting-electrolytes-on-hand/1571)
**Author:** [@kaiara.moonchild](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/u/kaiara.moonchild)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2026, 10:05pm UTC](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/alchemy-station-not-detecting-electrolytes-on-hand/1571 "2026-10-02T22:05:45Z")
:puzzle\_piece: Summary In trying to make more of a custom crafted potion recipe, I am seeing electrolytes showing in RED text in the alchemy station when I am carrying 42 of them. The station also tells me I do not have … --- ## [Your Recipe Book: every recipe you know, in one place](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/your-recipe-book-every-recipe-you-know-in-one-place/1660)
**Author:** [@attila.katana](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/u/attila.katana)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2026, 3:49am UTC](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/your-recipe-book-every-recipe-you-know-in-one-place/1660 "2026-10-09T03:49:18Z")
If you have used My Recipe Book on the meter site, you know the shape of it: a list of what your character knows, a pop-up to read a recipe, and a separate page to edit the things you invented. It did the job for year… --- ## [Blanket Not Showing Up When Crafting Bed](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/blanket-not-showing-up-when-crafting-bed/1610)
**Author:** [@kaia.sachin](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/u/kaia.sachin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/blanket-not-showing-up-when-crafting-bed/1610 "2026-10-08T19:50:42Z")
I’m trying to craft a bed, but the blanket isn’t showing up in the pop-up menu as an item I can add. I was able to add all the other required parts, but the blanket is the only one missing. I have two blankets in my inve… --- ## [📦 The new Market is open: every realm trades, and Merchants carry the goods](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/the-new-market-is-open-every-realm-trades-and-merchants-carry-the-goods/1648)
**Author:** [@attila.katana](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/u/attila.katana)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 11:35am UTC](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/the-new-market-is-open-every-realm-trades-and-merchants-carry-the-goods/1648 "2026-10-08T11:35:44Z")
The old market sold everything, everywhere, from one bottomless pool. That’s gone. Every realm’s market now keeps its own stock and its own prices, and the goods have to be carried from one to the next by the people w… --- ## [The Guilds Are Open: CXP, the Masters, the Trainers and the Chronicler are live](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/the-guilds-are-open-cxp-the-masters-the-trainers-and-the-chronicler-are-live/1649)
**Author:** [@attila.katana](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/u/attila.katana)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/the-guilds-are-open-cxp-the-masters-the-trainers-and-the-chronicler-are-live/1649 "2026-10-08T09:39:53Z")
Continuing the discussion from The Guilds Open Their Doors: CXP, levels, ranks and the Trainers: Two days ago we told you what was coming. Today it is here. The switch-over has run, every character has been carried a… --- ## [Plots -- stack heap collision](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/plots-stack-heap-collision/1626)
**Author:** [@angelrose.boucher](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/u/angelrose.boucher)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2026, 8:05am UTC](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/plots-stack-heap-collision/1626 "2026-10-01T08:05:17Z")
Herb plots and a few fields have been given this error last week and this as I started to plough or plant. Resetting and updating does not work! The only thing that works is taking it back into inventory and re rezzing.… --- ## [🔮 The Scrying Stone is here: run your colony from anywhere](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/the-scrying-stone-is-here-run-your-colony-from-anywhere/1636)
**Author:** [@attila.katana](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/u/attila.katana)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2026, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/the-scrying-stone-is-here-run-your-colony-from-anywhere/1636 "2026-10-06T23:21:39Z")
Your colony just got a lot closer. The Scrying Stone is live: open it on the website, from your phone or your computer, and every crafting station, tree, vein, reed, beehive, farm animal and field your colony shares i… --- ## [The Guilds Open Their Doors: CXP, levels, ranks and the Trainers](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/the-guilds-open-their-doors-cxp-levels-ranks-and-the-trainers/1638)
**Author:** [@attila.katana](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/u/attila.katana)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2026, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/the-guilds-open-their-doors-cxp-levels-ranks-and-the-trainers/1638 "2026-10-06T21:02:05Z")
We have been rebuilding how you grow in SL Colonies Roleplay, and it is nearly ready. CXP, profession levels and stats are all changing, and each profession now has a Master you can visit. This post walks through what… --- ## [How to Play Index](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/how-to-play-index/1302)
**Author:** [@attila.katana](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/u/attila.katana)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2025, 7:18am UTC](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/how-to-play-index/1302 "2025-12-22T07:18:58Z")
Welcome to the SL Colonies “How to Play” guide. This section is designed to help new players get up and running quickly, using clear, step-by-step tutorial videos that walk you through the basics of the system. You’ll … --- ## [The Scrying Stone: work your colony from anywhere](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/the-scrying-stone-work-your-colony-from-anywhere/1635)
**Author:** [@attila.katana](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/u/attila.katana)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2026, 2:46am UTC](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/the-scrying-stone-work-your-colony-from-anywhere/1635 "2026-10-06T02:46:12Z")
Work your colony from anywhere. The Scrying Stone shows every crafting station, tree, vein, reed, animal and field your colony shares, on any screen, phone included. Start crafts, collect finished goods, gather and farm… --- ## [\[ESSENTIALS\] Colony Sign](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/essentials-colony-sign/1508)
**Author:** [@Auryn](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/u/Auryn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 12:10pm UTC](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/essentials-colony-sign/1508 "2026-08-22T12:10:49Z")
A colony is the group you belong to in SL Colonies Roleplay — a family, a faction, a bloodline, a house. The colony sign plants it on your land: it shows your crest, your leader and how many have joined, and lets a passe… [Next page](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/latest.md?page=1)