The Amalgamator is one of the more interesting items added to White Knuckle, especially if you like experimenting with item combinations. It allows you to combine certain items together and turn them into completely new items, although the ingredients are destroyed in the process.
In this guide, I’ll go through the Amalgamator recipes currently listed by the community, including crafting combinations for weapons, climbing equipment, food, medical items, disks, roaches, and several other useful items.
Spoiler warning: This guide contains spoilers for the Amalgamator and some of its recipes. If you want to discover the combinations yourself, you may want to stop here.
White Knuckle Amalgamator Recipes and Combinations Guide
The Amalgamator is a special item first found in the new Habitation shortcut.
Its main purpose is to convert existing items into new ones by combining them.
When you use the Amalgamator, it opens up and interacts with nearby items that are positioned under your crosshair. The items remain attached to the crosshair while you’re holding the appropriate mouse button.
The exact button depends on which hand you’re using to hold the Amalgamator:
- Left Mouse Button (LMB) when held in one hand
- Right Mouse Button (RMB) when held in the other
Once you combine the required ingredients, the original items are consumed and the resulting item is created.
Amalgamator Recipes
Here are the known Amalgamator combinations from the guide.
Climbing and Construction Items
These recipes are useful for creating upgraded climbing equipment.
| Ingredients | Result |
|---|---|
| 2 Pitons | 1 Auto Piton |
| 3 Pitons | 1 Rebar |
| 2 Rebars | 1 Rope Rebar |
| 3 Auto Pitons | 1 Grapple Piton |
| 2 Bricks | 1 Rebar |
If you’re carrying a lot of basic Pitons or Bricks, the Amalgamator gives you a way to convert them into more specialized equipment.
Flare and Explosive Recipes
You can also combine Flares with Rebars to create special items.
| Ingredients | Result |
|---|---|
| 2 Flares + 2 Rebars | Flare Gun |
| 3 Flares + 1 Rebar | Explosive Rebar |
| 4 Flares | Fuel Cell |
The Fuel Cell recipe uses four Flares.
Disk Recipes
The Amalgamator can upgrade certain disks into rarer versions.
| Ingredients | Result |
|---|---|
| 2 Black Disks | 1 Red Disk |
| 1 Red Disk + 1 Black Disk | 1 Golden Disk |
So, if you have extra Black Disks, you can combine them into a Red Disk and then use a Red Disk with another Black Disk to create a Golden Disk.
Food Recipes
The Amalgamator also has several food-related combinations.
Beans and Milk
These two items can be converted into one another:
| Ingredients | Result |
|---|---|
| 1 Can of Beans | 1 Milk |
| 1 Milk | 1 Can of Beans |
Food Bar
You can combine two food items to create a Food Bar.
The recipe is:
2 of any food item → 1 Food Bar
There are some exceptions. The following items cannot be used for this recipe:
- Wine
- Food Bars
- P-Beans
Injector
Once you have Food Bars, you can combine them further.
3 Food Bars → 1 Injector
Bottle of Pills
You can also create a Bottle of Pills using either Wine or Food Bars.
2 Wine OR 2 Food Bars → 1 Bottle of Pills
P-Beans Recipe
P-Beans have a more specific recipe.
1 Can of Beans + 2 Blink Eyes → 1 P-Beans
You’ll need both a regular Can of Beans and two Blink Eyes for this combination.
Creature Recipe
The Amalgamator can also be used for a rather unusual combination.
2 Grubs → The Creature (Sister)
This is one of the more mysterious recipes in the list, so be careful if you’re experimenting with Grubs and don’t want to create the Creature.
Roach Recipes
The Amalgamator has several combinations involving Roaches.
Platinum Roach
You can combine either Golden Roaches or Lemon Roaches.
3 Golden Roaches OR 3 Lemon Roaches → 1 Platinum Roach
Ruby Roach
Once you have Platinum Roaches, you can upgrade them again.
2 Platinum Roaches → 1 Ruby Roach
These recipes give you a progression from the more common Roach variants toward the rarer ones.
Rho Stone Recipe
Another special recipe uses Blink Eyes and Bricks.
1 Blink Eye + 2 Bricks → 1 Rho Stone
If you’re specifically looking for a Rho Stone, these are the materials you’ll need.
Headlamp Recipe
The Amalgamator can also create a Headlamp.
The recipe is:
1 Roach + 1 Flashlight OR Entity Scanner → 1 Headlamp
In other words, you need any type of Roach together with either a Flashlight or an Entity Scanner.
Headlamp Recipe Bug
The original guide notes that this recipe can be buggy, particularly in version 0.61b.
The Flashlight or Entity Scanner may not be properly deleted after crafting.
Instead, the items can become unusable for normal grabbing even though they may still technically work as crafting ingredients.
So if you use this recipe and notice something strange happening to your Flashlight or Entity Scanner, it appears to be a known issue with the combination rather than necessarily a mistake on your end.
Complete Amalgamator Recipe List
For a quick reference, here’s the full list in one place:
| Ingredients | Result |
|---|---|
| 2 Pitons | Auto Piton |
| 3 Pitons | Rebar |
| 2 Rebars | Rope Rebar |
| 3 Auto Pitons | Grapple Piton |
| 2 Bricks | Rebar |
| 2 Flares + 2 Rebars | Flare Gun |
| 3 Flares + 1 Rebar | Explosive Rebar |
| 4 Flares | Fuel Cell |
| 2 Black Disks | Red Disk |
| 1 Red Disk + 1 Black Disk | Golden Disk |
| 1 Can of Beans | Milk |
| 1 Milk | Can of Beans |
| 2 Food Items | Food Bar |
| 3 Food Bars | Injector |
| 2 Wine OR 2 Food Bars | Bottle of Pills |
| 1 Can of Beans + 2 Blink Eyes | P-Beans |
| 2 Grubs | The Creature (Sister) |
| 3 Golden Roaches OR 3 Lemon Roaches | Platinum Roach |
| 2 Platinum Roaches | Ruby Roach |
| 1 Blink Eye + 2 Bricks | Rho Stone |
| 1 Roach + 1 Flashlight OR Entity Scanner | Headlamp |
Final Thoughts
The Amalgamator gives you a surprisingly large number of crafting possibilities, and it’s worth keeping some spare materials around once you find one. Pitons, Bricks, Flares, Food, Disks, Roaches, and Blink Eyes can all have additional uses beyond their normal functions.
Keep in mind that the recipe list can change as White Knuckle receives updates. The original community guide was also being expanded based on player discoveries, so additional combinations may be added later.
If you discover a combination that isn’t listed here, it’s worth testing it carefully and checking whether the recipe works in the current version of the game.